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6 days agoTrump Admin Got Rid of Report on Indigenous Deaths & Disappearances
The Not Invisible Act report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous people was removed from government websites and remained offline for 285 days.
Alan Artale, stepfather to Leanne Marie Hausberg, a 14-year-old biracial Native American girl, did what every American is told to do when their child goes missing. He immediately reported Hausberg's disappearance to the New York City police department. But 26 years later, speaking at the family's neighbourhood park in Brooklyn, New York, he says their response at the time felt dismissive.