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President Trump Sign Historical Executive Order to Fight Missing & Murdered American Indian Women January 1, 2020 Happy New Year! President Trump Sign Historical Executive Order To Fight Missing & Murdered American Indian Women By Ernie C. Salgado Jr. For the past 30-year four Ameri- cans more focused on gun control sexually abusing his mixed blood number of Native Americans collection and analysis, and can Presidents, Bush 1, Clinton, and gun rights than the lives and daughter. This is only one exam- who are murdered or reported training to support local re- Bush 2 and Obama have turned a safety of the American Indian ple of thousands. missing every year.” sponse efforts,” the DOJ’s state- blind eye toward the American women. In way of example, earli- Both parties in Congress have He went on to say: “Native ment noted. Indians plea for help regarding er this year legislation to recog- refused to allow the tribes juris- American women face particu- Barr announced the plan at an the abuse, missing and murdered nize and allow for some efforts diction over non-Indians simply larly high rates of violence, with event “with tribal leaders and American Indian women. Includ- on domestic violence in the reser- at least half suffering sexual or law enforcement officials on the ed in the 30-years total is the first vation was delayed for most of because they don’t trust the tribal intimate-partner violence in two-years of the Trump admin- the year because the Democrats law enforcement or the tribal Flathead Reservation in Mon- istration and to be fair he was not wanted gun restrictions on indi- court to treat the non-Indians fair- their lifetime. Too many of these tana” last week, according to aware of the crisis until May viduals convicted of domestic ly. All this at the expense of hun- families have experienced the CBS News.“Ending the violence 2019. violence while Republicans op- dreds of missing and murdered loss of loved ones who went that disproportionately affects American Indian women. missing or were murdered. American Indian and Alaska Na- A report released last year by the Urban Indian Health But, Trump is the racist! ”Making a lasting impact tive communities is imperative,” Institute said there were 5,712 cases of missing and mur- U.S. Attorney General In a statement released by the the president said in a statement dered Indigenous girls in 2016, but only 116 of those cases William “Bill” Barr wast- Department of Justice (DOJ) an- at the time. “Under my admin- were logged in a Justice Department database. ed no time in rolling out a nounced that Barr had launched a istration, federal agencies are new plan to address the three-part “national strategy” working more comprehensively posed it because they believed it and more collaboratively to ad- President Trump takes bold ac- growing crisis of missing and known as the “Missing and Mur- violated their Second Amend- dress violent crime in Indian tion with the signing of an Execu- murdered Native Americans ac- dered Indigenous Persons Initia- ment Right of the U.S. Constitu- country, to recover the American tive Order establishing a tasks cording to news reports. tive,” which “places the coordi- tion, force to fight missing and mur- nators in 11 U.S. Attorney’s offic- Indian and Alaska Native wom- “American Indian and Alaska dered American and Alaska Na- Many obstacles prevent tribes es who will develop protocols for en and children who have gone Native people suffer from unac- tives which include 1.5 million from providing protection or a more coordinated law enforce- missing, and to find justice for ceptable and disproportionately dollars in start up funds. prosecution of non-Indian crimi- those who have been murdered.” high levels of violence, which ment response to missing cases.” nal violators in the reservations. He went on to declare May 5, Like it or not, President Trump can have lasting impacts on fam- According to the Associated Jurisdiction is one of the major will expand the protection of Press, the initiative will receive at 2019, as “Missing and Murdered obstacles faced by the tribal law ilies and communities,” Barr said American Indian men, women American Indians and Alaska enforcement and tribal courts. in the Department of Justice least $1.5 million in federal fund- and children over the next five- Natives Awareness Day” — and The tribes have no jurisdiction *DOJ) statement. The Justice ing to pay for these staffers. “The years. However, it may come at since then, it seems the president over non-Indians. They are not Department and the wider Trump plan also calls for the deploy- the expense of some minor com- has made good on his promise not even allowed to intervene in a administration will be allocating ment of the FBI’s most ad- prises in Tribal Sovereignty such to forget the crisis. domestic dispute if the non- additional federal resources to the vanced response capabilities as allowing Constitutional Rights Indian male is beating his wife or issue in hopes of “reducing the when needed, improved data “As a nation, we honor the lives for tribal members and non- of all missing and murdered Indians. The resistance of both American Indians and Alaska parties in Congress will be anoth- Natives, and we reaffirm our er major factor. commitment to ensuring that I envision him authorizing the violence against these vulnerable jurisdiction of the tribes over Americans shall not be over- crimes committed by non-Indians looked or tolerated,” Trump on Indian lands. I also see him wrote in his May statement. “My creating a criminal justice system administration will continue that includes the tribal courts and working to root out injustice and law enforcement within the feder- protect each and every person in al judicial system which would America.” lend to the credibility of the tribal courts and law enforcement. Barr’s announcement comes just six months after President Donald Granted, Congress has passed Trump first drew attention to the several toothless legislation that issue in May 2019. expired within a few years and little or no money. And it seemed to take a backseat in Congress with the Democrats and Republi- January 1, 2020 Page 2 of 16 Ernie C. Salgado Jr. MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to provide the American Indian Tribal Community with a wide range of information and views that may help to better understand the current Assembly Member Ramos and Governor Newsom tribal issues and the changing world in Kick-off Statewide Announcement of $650 Million in which we live. Emergency Homelessness Aide Ernie C. Salgado Jr., Editor/Publisher Thursday, December 5, 2019 * Contact: Jeovana Sanchez Gonzalez (909) 476-5023 DISCLAIMER: Any reproduction or posting of (Loma Linda, CA) – Assemblymember James ceived, they have gotten back on their feet, se- any data herein in any form must C. Ramos (D-Highland) welcomed Governor cured a job closer to their family, and will be By Ernie C. Salgado Jr.: give credit to the American Indi- Gavin Newsom to the Loma Linda Veterans Vil- moving in the near future. Now, that unit is avail- The American Indian Reporter an Reporter and/or the primary lage where they announced $650 million in emer- able to help the next homeless veteran. This $36 is based strictly on my humble source/s. gency homelessness aide. million in emergency homelessness aide will pro- vide much needed relief to San Bernardino Coun- opinion of the numerous tribal Violators will be subject to us Monies can be used with local discretion as need- ty and Assembly District 40.” matters and issues. It is not in- creating an effigy of you and ed for projects such as the Loma Linda Veterans tended to represent the views or stick it with pins and needles. Village, where supportive services connect home- Assemblymember Ramos and Governor Newsom positions of any American Indian less veterans to mental health, job, and communi- answered questions from local press on the issue Send us your news, flyer, notices, Tribal Government, American ty resources. of homelessness to wrap up the site tour. Discus- photos and please includes the Indian organization, community sion centered on the dramatic influx of homeless identity of the person or names While on site, Assemblymember Ramos and Gov- organization or any sponsor or individuals flooding cities and counties. Touching pictured in the photo or if is of a ernor Newsom visited with two households in the advertisers of the American In- on Assemblymember Ramos’s shared humanity building, activity or location village to see first-hand how the services are dian Reporter. remark, the Governor concluded that together we please identify as well. Please providing pathways to prosperous lives. Of the can solve homelessness. The primary purpose of this attach in a format that will allow $650 million, $36 million will go to San Bernar- newspaper is to provide infor- us to copy and paste. dino County. At the state level, Assemblymember Ramos mation to the American Indian hopes to introduce legislation in the upcoming The American Indian Reporter “We have to keep this about our shared humani- population and general public on printed copies are free to the ty” said Assembly member Ramos. “These re- session that supports transitional age homeless American Indian affairs at the public and distributed E-Mailed sources are working. Because of the supportive youth between the ages of 18 and 26 who are of- local, state and national levels. on-line at no cost to subscribers. housing services one of the households has re- ten forgotten. 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