Local activists in Minnesota say deaths and disappearances of Native women are linked to human trafficking and that police aren’t taking the issue seriouslyA recent spate of cases involving Native American women from northern Minnesota being murdered or going lost has raised questions about how seriously such disappearances are taken by the police and other authorities.
As Duluth,Minnesota, marks trafficking awareness month, and local activists say some of the disappearances and deaths are linked to this issue,and argue that the invisibility of the Native American population contributes to neglect by police, media and social services and point to the need for better data collection in order to track the number of lost and murdered women.
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Source: theguardian.com