Tribes Awarded $20 Million to Investigate Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

Published on July 17, 2024

California has awarded nearly $20 million in grants to 18 Native American tribes to help them investigate murdered and missing indigenous people, the governor announced July 11. The awards were part of a second round of state funding given to federally recognized tribes in the state to address what California Gov. Gavin Newsom called a crisis. “Too many Native people, many of them women and girls, are missing with no answer,” Mr. Newsom said in a press release Thursday. “Behind each Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person case is a family and community grieving a loved one. These grants will support tribal governments in helping those families find peace—and in stemming this tragic epidemic.”...

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