Bureau of Indian Affairs

FCC advances new IPAWS alert code for missing, endangered Indigenous people

Denise Gee Peacock | July 18, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a proposal for an emergency alert that could help save the lives of missing and endangered Indigenous people. The new alert code would make it easier for public safety officials to use TV, radio, and cell phones to notify the public about missing Native Americans and Alaska Natives. […]

Indigenous women abecoming advocates to address MMIW plight

Denise Gee Peacock |

Is there hope for the hundreds of missing and murdered indigenous women? An article by Rachel Monroe in The New Yorker begs this question, and the answer may lie in the strength of other Indigenous women. Lela Mailman became an advocate for the voiceless after her 21-year-old daughter, Melanie James, vanished in 2014 in Farmington, […]