‘A slap in the face’: activists reel as Trump administration removes crucial missing Indigenous peoples report

This recommendation is shared by Bill Tammeus.

The Not Invisible Act Commission’s resource was historic for Native Americans. It’s now been scrubbed from federal websites.

Since January, Donald Trump’s presidency has been marked by a series of radical changes. Of note is the way troves of previously publicly available information on government websites such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or National Institutes of Health (NIH) have quietly gone dark.

One such page is the Not Invisible Act Commission’s final report from November 2023. The Not Invisible Act Commission was mandated by bipartisan legislation and signed into law by Trump himself. The report was a collaboration between the justice department and the interior department to address, document and respond to the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP) crisis, in which Indigenous communities experience disproportionate rates of abduction, assault and murder. Read more.

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons Day Remembrance

Remember missing and murdered Indigenous persons at a remembrance event at Second Presbyterian’s Native Plant Peace Garden with The Kansas City Indian Center on Monday, May 5, from 5-7 p.m.