{"id":36214,"date":"2023-05-23T11:31:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/biden-recognizes-mmip-awareness-day\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:31:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:31:10","slug":"biden-recognizes-mmip-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/biden-recognizes-mmip-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden recognizes MMIP Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MMIW march in Rapid City, SD on Friday May 12. (Photo by Taylor Gunhammer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On May 4, 2023, the White House released a presidential proclamation, titled \u201cA Proclamation on Missing Or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION<\/p>\n

On Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, we remember the many lives shattered or lost, and commit to working with Native communities to find justice, keep families safe, and help them heal.<\/p>\n

Indian Country has been gripped by an epidemic of missing or murdered Indigenous people, whose cases far too often go unsolved.\u00a0 Families have been left investigating disappearances on their own, demanding justice for their loved ones, and grieving pieces of their souls.\u00a0 Generations of activists and organizers have pushed for accountability, safety, and change.\u00a0 We need to respond with urgency and the resources needed to stop the violence and reverse the legacy of inequity and neglect that often drives it.<\/p>\n

When I ran for President, I promised to work across jurisdictions to break this cycle of violence.\u00a0 Under the leadership of Secretary Deb Haaland, the Department of the Interior created a new unit to speed up investigations, bring families closure, and keep Native communities safe.\u00a0 At our 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit, I signed an Executive Order that tasked Federal agencies with investigating the causes of this crisis, collecting better data on these overwhelmingly underreported crimes, and developing a strategy to combat this epidemic, which most often impacts women, girls, LGBTQI+ people in the community, and Two-Spirit Native Americans.<\/p>\n

At the 2022 Summit, we built on that progress by announcing that all United States Attorneys\u2019 Offices operating in Indian Country would better prioritize addressing this crisis.\u00a0 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has new personnel focusing specifically on missing and murdered Indigenous cases.\u00a0 The Departments of Justice and Interior are coordinating their efforts to more effectively investigate and prosecute these crimes using trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches.\u00a0 The Department of Justice established a new position devoted to ensuring victims and their families have a voice throughout the criminal justice process.<\/p>\n

My Administration is helping Native American survivors and victims\u2019 families pursue justice in Tribal courts too.\u00a0 Last year, I worked with the Congress to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act \u2014 a law that I first wrote as a United States Senator over 30 years ago to end the scourge of gender-based violence.\u00a0 This time, we expanded recognition of Tribal courts\u2019 jurisdiction over non-Native perpetrators suspected of committing crimes of stalking, sexual assault, child abuse, and sex trafficking on Tribal lands.\u00a0 At the same time, we are investing in shelters and rape crisis centers on Tribal lands, housing and legal assistance for survivors, and trauma-informed training that helps law enforcement and courts be more responsive.\u00a0 We are working to address the underlying causes of violence, from human trafficking to longstanding economic disparities, systemic racism, historical trauma, and the need for services to address substance use disorders.<\/p>\n

Our efforts are guided by Indigenous survivors and victims\u2019 families \u2014 and by our enduring Nation-to-Nation relationships.\u00a0 That is why we have convened Tribal leaders, law enforcement, service providers, survivors, and family members of missing and murdered people to work together to combat this epidemic and support paths to healing.\u00a0 The United States is also working with the governments of Mexico and Canada, and with Indigenous women leaders from all three countries, to better coordinate our response \u2014 all the while ensuring that we uphold our solemn trust and treaty responsibilities, strengthening our Nation-to-Nation ties.<\/p>\n

For the thousands of families who have lost or are still looking for a friend or loved one, I know this day is full of purpose and pain.\u00a0 Know that your fight to cast light on these injustices has already saved lives.\u00a0 Our Government has a solemn obligation to ensure that every case of a missing or murdered Indigenous person is met with swift, effective action to finally bring justice and healing.\u00a0 Together, we will get that done.<\/p>\n

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 5, 2023, as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.\u00a0 I call on all Americans and ask all levels of government to support Tribal governments and Tribal communities\u2019 efforts to increase awareness and address the issues of missing or murdered Indigenous persons through appropriate programs and activities.<\/p>\n

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-seventh.<\/p>\n

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