In June of this year, the whereabouts of Gabby Petito obsessed the nation, exploding over social media platforms, like TikTok and Instagram, and fostering a broadcast media frenzy to find one missing woman.  Meanwhile, in 2019 alone, the National Crime Information Center reported over 10,000 indigenous people missing — and that’s surely a vast underestimate.  Wendelin Hume is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Dakota.

Photo of vigil for missing and murdered indigenous women by Howl Arts Collective, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

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