{"id":25320,"date":"2024-10-16T17:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T23:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/missing-in-new-mexico-day-set-for-saturday-in-shiprock\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:15:20","slug":"missing-in-new-mexico-day-set-for-saturday-in-shiprock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/missing-in-new-mexico-day-set-for-saturday-in-shiprock\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing in New Mexico Day set for Saturday in Shiprock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A red handprint decal on car window signifies the MMIWG movement for victimized Indigenous women and girls. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations will launch the Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) system on Friday after recent legislation (Senate Bill 22-150) that expands the bureau\u2019s investigations of missing and murdered Indigenous people. (Courtesy)<\/span>TERESA OTTO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

An event meant to connect people who have missing loved ones with police and other resources is scheduled for Saturday at Shiprock High School.<\/p>\n

Officials are required by a 2022 state law to host Missing in New Mexico Day every year. The idea came from a now-defunct task force on missing and murdered Indigenous people, although the event is open to anyone who has a loved one who went missing from the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I recognize this event is not solely for Indigenous people, but rather for all of New Mexico\u2019s missing persons, I would be remiss to note that Native people continue to be murdered or go missing at numbers far too great,\u201d said Josett Monette, who is now secretary of the Indian Affairs Department, at last year\u2019s gathering.<\/p>\n

There are 197 Native Americans missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation, according to an FBI list<\/a> last updated earlier this month.<\/p>\n

For the past two years, the event has been held in Albuquerque and has included numerous law enforcement agencies and nonprofit groups. Family members have been encouraged to bring any information that could be helpful in either reporting or updating cases.<\/p>\n

The event is set to run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Missing in New Mexico Day set for Saturday in Shiprock. Courtesy<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

This story was originally published o<\/em>n New Mexico In Depth<\/a> and is republished here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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