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Minnesota has the ninth-highest rate of missing and murdered indigenous women in the nation, according to a 

More than half of native women across the country have experienced 

 and, in some places, native women are nearly 

 to be murdered than the rest of the population. 

 across the country trying to address this problem through legislation.

 in January that would form a task force to examine the causes of violence against native women and report on ways to fight it.

The fate of that legislation pending as the legislative session winds down. The House passed it as part of a larger public safety package, and it received a committee hearing in the state Senate.  
 

 joined MPR News guest host Tiffany Hanssen Wednesday to discuss the future of that legislation and other efforts being made to curb violence against native women. 


Flanagan said she was surprised and pleased when President Trump 

 a Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day. She hopes that the attention will garner more support for federal and local action. 

"We invest in the things that we care about," Flanagan said. "Well, I hope that we all can agree that we care about native women and girls, and making sure that they are safe and loved and protected and valued."

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Native American women are murdered at a far higher rate than the rest of the population. Can legislation help change that?

Minnesota has the ninth-highest rate of missing and murdered indigenous women in the nation, according to a recent report from the Urban Indian Health Institute.

More than half of native women across the country have experienced sexual violence and, in some places, native women are nearly ten times more likely to be murdered than the rest of the population. 

Minnesota is one of several states across the country trying to address this problem through legislation.

Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan joined MPR News guest host Tiffany Hanssen to discuss the status of that legislation and other efforts being made to curb violence against native women.

Lt. Gov. Flanagan on missing and murdered indigenous women

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