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Indigenous people raise awareness about their missing and murdered

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Indigenous people across North America are calling for sustained responses to violence in their communities.

Monday is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day .

Indigenous women are more than twice as likely to be victims of homicide than the national average.

Many young women are covering their mouths with bright red handprints, vowing to speak for those who have been silenced.

The 2023 “Not One More” recommendations commissioned by Congress no longer appears on the Justice Department website, but still can be seen at the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center . In it, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland noted over 84% of Native American men and women experience violence in their lifetimes. ___ Associated Press journalist Matt York in Scottsdale , Arizona , contributed to this report..