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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>Relative to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>This measure would designate the month of May 2025 as California’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021 report on Homicides of American Indians/Alaskan Natives between 2003 to 2018, homicide was the fifth leading cause of death among Native Americans in 2019; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2023 Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Persons Data report, there were 10,650 reported incidents of Native people who have gone missing. Of those entries, 5,801 were females and 7,124 were juveniles; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that about 58 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced domestic violence during their lifetime. Violence among intimate partners was a leading factor in 44 percent of the homicides of Native women; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Today, there is still little data on the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous people. The data that is available tends to be incomplete and inadequate; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Current statistics by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about 57 percent of these homicides happened in urban areas and about 43 percent happened in rural areas; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, According to the first report conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute in 2018 on missing and murdered indigenous women in urban cities: </html:p>
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In 27 percent of the missing and murdered indigenous women cases, the victims were 18 years of age or younger.
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The average age for missing and murdered indigenous women was 29 years of age.
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California has the sixth highest death rate of indigenous women in urban cities; and
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<html:p>WHEREAS, According to the most recent census data, California has the largest population of American Indians, more than any other state in the country; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1314, the Feather Alert, which is a preventative measure that will be utilized to reunify missing and endangered indigenous people to their homes; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Since 2022, California has held its annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People candlelight vigils on the State Capitol grounds in recognition of the crisis that plagues the tribal community within this state and to remember those who have been lost; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Since 2023, the Yurok Tribe has hosted the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Summit to bring together tribal leaders from across the state, MMIP survivors, and victim advocates, as well as state lawmakers, federal partners, law enforcement, and academic researchers to identify solutions to stop the crisis and to bring awareness, education, and action by giving a voice to California’s missing and murdered indigenous people and their families; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In 2023, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 44 which requires the Department of Justice to grant access to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to the law enforcement agency or tribal court of a qualified federally recognized Indian tribe, thus facilitating the exchange and dissemination of information between law enforcement agencies in the state; now, therefore, be it</html:p>
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<html:i>Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring,</html:i>
That the Legislature hereby designates the month of May 2025 as California’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month; and be it further
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That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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