Indigenous Groups Call for New Crime Alert System
The draft would create a rapid statewide alert system and add cleanup language for Indian Child Welfare Act protections, Backus said.
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Indigenous groups call for new crime alert system
Indigenous groups call for new crime alert system mps-post Wed, 10/14/2026 - 05:00 Image (Nevada News Service) Audio file Indigenous Peoples Day observances in Nevada on October 12 saw a new proposal to establish an alert system to send out texts and emails when Indigenous women are missing and feared murdered.The alert would use the same system the state now has for Amber Alerts and Silver Alerts for missing children and older people.Jonnet…
Nevada lawmakers propose alert system for missing Indigenous people
Nevada lawmakers are aiming to introduce a bill that would help address the ongoing crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous people in the state. Nevada state Assemblymember Shea Backus (D-Las Vegas), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, on Monday announced a bill draft request she sponsored that would establish a statewide Missing and Murdered Indigenous […]
Nevada proposes alert system for missing Indigenous people
Nevada Assemblymember Shea Backus (right), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, speaking at press conference on Indigenous People’s Day. Nunie Harjo, an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, waves the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe flag. (Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current)
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