Joe Biden tweets in honor of Missing Indigenous Persons day
Today, President Joe Biden tweeted in honor of The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day and about the government’s firm and committed intentions towards working with Tribal Nations.
This Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day, we honor the memory of the Indigenous people who we have lost to murder and those who remain missing.
My Administration is committed to working with Tribal Nations to ensure swift and effective action. https://t.co/DNfgOcWBdt
— President Biden Archived (@POTUS46Archive) May 5, 2021
May 5 is regarded to be national awareness day for murdered and missing indigenous woman because this day marks the birthday on Hanna Harris- a 21-year-old woman and member of the Northern Cheyyene tribe who was killed in 2013.
In 2019, governor Steve Bullock signed the Hanna’s Act and it was subsequently put into action. The act officially authorized and provided funding to the Montana Department of Justice to assist local law enforcement authorities in missing persons cases through a specialist that would help in quickly coordinate and conduct searches for Montanans and especially Native Americans.
Harris would’ve turned 29 years old this year today.
