This House resolution supports naming May 5, 2026, the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.” It cites data and events from the bill text: a 2017 CDC finding that homicide was the sixth-leading cause of death for American Indian and Alaska Native women under 44, and that murder rates were more than 10 times the national average. The resolution notes about 1,500 American Indian and Alaska Native missing-person records in the National Crime Information Center and about 2,700 murder or nonnegligent homicide reports to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. It references a 2020 Hawai‘i study finding 64 percent of human trafficking victims in Hawai‘i identified as at least part Native Hawaiian. The resolution describes federal actions: Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act (2020), the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Missing and Murdered Unit (2021), the Not Invisible Act Commission formation (2022) and its 2023 recommendations, and DOJ regional outreach efforts. It also cites 2024 figures in the resolution: 5,614 Indigenous women and girls reported missing in 2024, 4,179 of them under 18, and 628 active missing-person records at the end of 2024. The resolution notes May 5 has been used previously to remember Hanna Harris, a Northern Cheyenne woman. The resolution: (1) expresses support for the May 5, 2026 designation; (2) calls on people and groups to commemorate victims and show solidarity with families; (3) recommends that the National Institute of Justice commission a new study to update statistics on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; and (4) recognizes more work is needed.
The resolution asks people, communities, and groups to remember and honor missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and to show support for families. It asks a federal research agency (the NIJ) to be asked to carry out a new study with updated statistics. As a House resolution expressing support and making recommendations, it does not itself create new rules or authorize spending.
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Supporters want a national day to raise awareness, honor victims and families, and push for better data and responses. The resolution points to high rates of homicide and missing-person reports, recent federal efforts (Savanna’s Act, the Not Invisible Act, DOI unit, and commission work), and calls for a new NIJ study to update statistics since the 2016 study.
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