February 25, 2022
The crisis has spurred the Yurok Tribe to issue an emergency declaration and brought increased urgency to efforts to build California's first database of such cases and regain sovereignty over key services. Professor Blythe George, a Yurok tribal member, consults on a project documenting the problem.
"I came to this issue as both a researcher and a learner, but just in this last year, I knew three of the women who have gone missing or were murdered — and we shared so much in common. You can't help but see yourself in those people."
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