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By Alexandra Kelly, Changing America; Trump is creating a task force on missing and murdered Native American women. Here’s what it will do This is the second initiative from the Trump administration to fight violence against indigenous women and girls.
One member of the task force, Tara Sweeney, identifies as a member of the Native Village of Barrow Traditional Iñupiat Government and Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope tribes. She is the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs.
According to ABC News, Sweeney is also a survivor of sexual assault.
The task force will deliver its first report in November 2020.
By Michael S. Lockett, Juneau Empire: Juneau author nominated for Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame She wrote a book highlighting WWII American internment camps
Candess, Redskins News: First Lady Candess visits troops in Alaska
By Elizabeth Chuck and Haimy Assefa, NBC News: She hoped to shine a light on maternal mortality among Native Americans. Instead, she became a statistic of it. Stephanie Snook, who was due with twins, wanted to be interviewed for an article about indigenous women’s high rate of pregnancy-related deaths. She had no idea her own life was at stake.
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