{"id":1243,"date":"2021-02-15T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2021-10-07T13:59:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:59:50","slug":"mmip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/projects\/mmip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"UW Research finds that Indigenous People in the State are Missing and Murdered at Disproportionate Rates, Media Coverage Lacking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Governor\u2019s Taskforce on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons released its first statewide report on\u00a0MMIP on\u00a0January 7, 2021. The report,\u00a0developed by the University of Wyoming\u2019s Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center,\u00a0was the culmination of an 18 month\u00a0long\u00a0look into\u00a0law enforcement data on Indigenous missing persons and Indigenous homicide victims in Wyoming. The report analyzed media coverage of homicide and missing persons cases for\u00a0Indigenous people\u00a0in Wyoming, compared to coverage given to other races in the state.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The report states\u00a0that, of the 8,431\u00a0missing persons\u00a0records\u00a0entered into\u00a0NCIC in\u00a0Wyoming\u00a0between 2011 and 2020, 15% (1,254) were Indigenous persons. These records represent 4,884 unique individuals, 710 of whom were Indigenous.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Media portrayal of missing persons differed between Indigenous people and White people. White people were more likely to have an article written while they were still missing (76% of articles on White missing people, compared to 42% of articles on Indigenous missing people). Indigenous people were more likely to have an article written about them being missing only after they were found dead (57% of articles about Indigenous missing people, compared to\u00a0zero\u00a0articles about White missing people). Twenty-three percent of the articles about missing White people said they were found alive and well, while zero articles discussed missing Indigenous people who were found alive and well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Twelve percent of the articles about Indigenous missing persons contained a photo of the missing person, whereas 33% of the articles about White missing persons contained their photo. Negative character framing\u00a0(emphasizing negative aspects of the victim\u2019s life, family, and community that are unrelated to the crime itself)\u00a0was\u00a0found in\u00a016% of the articles about Indigenous people. None of the articles about missing White people included negative character framing. Positive character framing\u00a0(emphasizing positive aspects of the victim\u2019s life, family, and community that are unrelated to the crime itself)\u00a0was\u00a0present\u00a0in 43% of the articles about White people, compared to 38% of the articles about Indigenous people.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The report recommends that state, federal, and local policymakers consider improved protocol and data systems, the creation of advocate positions for\u00a0Indigenous victims and their families, and a community awareness campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

To see the full report, go to: https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/reports\/View\/7713<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Additional Resources:<\/p>\n

MMIW Toolkit for Families and Communities<\/a><\/p>\n

Wyoming Department of Victim Services<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo: From left to right, Ahyla Grey Bull, Destiny Spoonhunter, Kiera Spoonhunter, Alea Sanchez, Alicia Sanchez, Annalilla Sanchez and Arianna Sanchez. Credit: Paulita Spoonhunter<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Governor\u2019s Taskforce on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons released its first statewide report on\u00a0MMIP on\u00a0January 7, 2021. The report,\u00a0developed by the University of Wyoming\u2019s Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center,\u00a0was the culmination of an 18 month\u00a0long\u00a0look into\u00a0law enforcement data on Indigenous missing persons and Indigenous homicide victims in Wyoming. The report analyzed media coverage of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[346,347,349,351,348,350],"coauthors":[230,165,344,345],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","tag-crime","tag-homicide","tag-indigenous","tag-media-coverage","tag-missing-persons","tag-native-american","clients-wyoming-division-of-victim-services","clients-wyoming-missing-murdered-indigenous-persons-task-force","project_type-report"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions\/1264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}