Fifty States of Crime

Alaska

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Blair and Anne Marie talk about the alarming issue of missing and murdered indigenous women, including the stories of Mackenzie Howard, Jade Williams, and Florence Okpealuk.  

Sources: 

  • https://www.adn.com/crime-justice/article/kake-teens-slaying-shocks-village-investigators-press/2013/02/10/ 
  • https://alaskapublic.org/2013/02/01/tlingit-elder-clarence-jackson-dies/ 
  • https://www.sealaska.com/about/ 
  • https://www.indianz.com/News/2014/08/04/teen-held-for-brutal-murder-of.asp 
  • https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1593&context=alr 
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/08/05/a-killer-on-the-loose-in-a-remote-alaska-town-with-no-law-enforcement/ 
  • https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2019/122319-Friday.
  • html https://www.kfsk.org/2018/08/15/one-year-after-tragedy-stakes-are-high-for-kake-vpsos/ 
  • Indigenous Women Targeted in Murder Spree | Fatal Frontier: Evil in Alaska Highlights | Oxygen, S1 Ep6, 
  • YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSx_akk9Q3Y&t=1s 
  • https://www.aknwrc.org/resources/aknwrc-resources/mmiw-resources/ 
  • https://www.npr.org/2022/05/08/1097458584/alaska-appoints-investigator-dedicated-to-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people 
  • https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw 
  • https://dataforindigenousjustice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/We-Are-Calling-To-You-1.pdf 
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SG3tN3ZVzg  

    • Resources: Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) Awareness: In 2019, The White House designated May 5 as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

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    Fifty States of CrimeBy Blair Lant & Anne Marie Sekhon