One top recommendation from the MMIWP Task Force is for lawmakers to fully fund a cold case unit within the AG’s office that focuses on cases involving indigenous people.
“It will be the first of its kind across the country,” said Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. “What we’re hearing from them is, we have these cold cases. Why is no one looking into it? And we heard that over and over again. That’s why we’re stepping up to say hey, let’s put that in my office,” he said.
“Our mothers are kind of our tethers in the world to where we fit. And when that is gone, you’re families are left to kind of left to re-identify who they are without that matriarch, without that elder,” DeFord said. Standardizing the use of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System — the Legislature should require all law enforcement agencies to use the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
Promoting inclusive language — community service and resource programs should utilize inclusive language that reflects the experiences of MMIWP families and survivors.
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