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Episode 18: Missing - Emmilee Risling
Lyndsie and Lauryn are back this week with an episode discussing the 2021 disappearance of Emmilee Risling from the Yurok reservation in Northern California. Join Lyndsie and Lauryn as they discuss the still unsolved disappearance and the importance of raising awareness for missing and murdered indigenous persons.
Emmilee is 32 years old, 5’2 and weighs 140 pounds. She has short brown hair and eyes of the same color. If you have information regarding Emmilee’s current location please contact the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Dispatch at (530) 625-4202.
Sources:
Bull, B. (2022). The case of emmilee risling's disappearance has relatives and MMIW advocates calling for greater attention and better data collection. KLCC Oregon. https://www.klcc.org/crime-law-justice/2022-02-21/the-case-of-emilee-rislings-disappearance-has-relatives-and-mmiw-advocates-calling-for-greater-attention-and-better-data-collection
Contrares, J. (2023). Missing and murdered indigenous peoples awarenss month. Administration for children and families. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2023/05/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-peoples-mmip-awareness-month#:~:text=Missing%20and%20Murdered%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20(MMIP)%20Awareness%20Month,-Listen&text=Every%20May%205th%2C%20grassroots,disappeared%20and%20have%20been%20murdered.
Cook, E. (2023). Where is Emmilee Risling? Missing, murdered indigenous women cases hampered by 50s era law. CBS News.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/emmilee-risling-unseen-indigenous-women-missing-murdered-california-native-american-yurok/#:~:text=Emmilee%20was%20arrested%20for%20igniting,part%20of%20the%20Yurok%20reservation.
Flaccus, G. (2022). A young california mom disappears, the latest native woman to go missing, few are paying attention. Desert Sun. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2022/02/21/emmilee-risling-among-string-missing-and-murdered-native-american-indian-women-california-mmiw-fbi/6883917001/#
KTVU Staff. (2022). Emmilee Risling missing: search continues for native mom in california. Fox KTVU.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/northern-california-woman-missing-over-4-months-search-continues
National Congress of American Indians (2021). Research Policy Update: State of the data on violence against american indian and alaska native women and girls. NCAI Policy Research Center. https://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/research-data/prc-publications/NCAI_VAWA_Data_Update_2021_FINAL.pdf
Not Invisible Act (2019) https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ166/PLAW-116publ166.pdf
Sovereign Bodies Institute:
https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/community-projects
https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/mmiw-database
Savana's Act (2020) https://www.justice.gov/tribal/mmip/SavannasAct#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20the%20Act%20changed%20the,Assault%2C%20and%20Stalking%20Grant%20Program.
Sze, K. & Davis, R. (2022). Native american tribe issues emergency declaration over cases of missing women along ca coast. ABC News. https://abc7news.com/emmilee-risling-native-american-women-missing-california-coast-murdered/11616025/
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By A Place in the CourtroomLyndsie and Lauryn are back this week with an episode discussing the 2021 disappearance of Emmilee Risling from the Yurok reservation in Northern California. Join Lyndsie and Lauryn as they discuss the still unsolved disappearance and the importance of raising awareness for missing and murdered indigenous persons.
Emmilee is 32 years old, 5’2 and weighs 140 pounds. She has short brown hair and eyes of the same color. If you have information regarding Emmilee’s current location please contact the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Dispatch at (530) 625-4202.
Sources:
Bull, B. (2022). The case of emmilee risling's disappearance has relatives and MMIW advocates calling for greater attention and better data collection. KLCC Oregon. https://www.klcc.org/crime-law-justice/2022-02-21/the-case-of-emilee-rislings-disappearance-has-relatives-and-mmiw-advocates-calling-for-greater-attention-and-better-data-collection
Contrares, J. (2023). Missing and murdered indigenous peoples awarenss month. Administration for children and families. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2023/05/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-peoples-mmip-awareness-month#:~:text=Missing%20and%20Murdered%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20(MMIP)%20Awareness%20Month,-Listen&text=Every%20May%205th%2C%20grassroots,disappeared%20and%20have%20been%20murdered.
Cook, E. (2023). Where is Emmilee Risling? Missing, murdered indigenous women cases hampered by 50s era law. CBS News.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/emmilee-risling-unseen-indigenous-women-missing-murdered-california-native-american-yurok/#:~:text=Emmilee%20was%20arrested%20for%20igniting,part%20of%20the%20Yurok%20reservation.
Flaccus, G. (2022). A young california mom disappears, the latest native woman to go missing, few are paying attention. Desert Sun. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2022/02/21/emmilee-risling-among-string-missing-and-murdered-native-american-indian-women-california-mmiw-fbi/6883917001/#
KTVU Staff. (2022). Emmilee Risling missing: search continues for native mom in california. Fox KTVU.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/northern-california-woman-missing-over-4-months-search-continues
National Congress of American Indians (2021). Research Policy Update: State of the data on violence against american indian and alaska native women and girls. NCAI Policy Research Center. https://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/research-data/prc-publications/NCAI_VAWA_Data_Update_2021_FINAL.pdf
Not Invisible Act (2019) https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ166/PLAW-116publ166.pdf
Sovereign Bodies Institute:
https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/community-projects
https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/mmiw-database
Savana's Act (2020) https://www.justice.gov/tribal/mmip/SavannasAct#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20the%20Act%20changed%20the,Assault%2C%20and%20Stalking%20Grant%20Program.
Sze, K. & Davis, R. (2022). Native american tribe issues emergency declaration over cases of missing women along ca coast. ABC News. https://abc7news.com/emmilee-risling-native-american-women-missing-california-coast-murdered/11616025/