UNLV summit amplifies voices of murdered and missing Indigenous women

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

Tucked in a room on the second floor of UNLV’s Student Union was a group of Indigenous community members from across the nation, many dressed in black and red hues with shirts carrying phrases like “No More Stolen Sisters.”

It was the annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness Summit, where advocates and leaders gathered last week to discuss the crisis and share the work being done to protect Native American communities.

“When people think about Native Americans, it’s often referred to as historical … and we don’t talk about current topics. We don’t really have as much visibility in the mainstream, so if people still deem us as invisible, how can we bring our crises to the table?” said Crystal Lee, founder of United