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Yurok Chief Justice Abby Abinanti interviewed MMIWG2

Yurok Chief Justice Abby Abinanti was interviewed for this NBC story about a recent report commissioned by the Yurok Tribal Court on missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. The Tribal Court is working with Sovereign Bodies Institute to develop the first MMIWG2 database in California. The To’ Kee Skuy’ Soo Ney-Wo-Chek’ (I will see you again in a good way) Project also aims to establish a more effective system of investigation surrounding MMIWG2 cases.

A new report documents more than 2,300 missing Native American women and girls in the U.S., underscoring the reasons behind the lack of awareness and scrutiny in these cases.

Read the full interview here

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