Alaska's Crisis: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

0:00A 19-year-old woman named Kelly Hunt from Shaktulik has been found dead on the 3500 block of lowest drive in Anchorage and a memorial is growing there for her. She's the latest heartbreaking loss in Alaska's ongoing crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, shining a light on how vulnerable native. People are, especially those in or visiting the city. Efforts to improve how these cases get reported and handled by law enforcement have fallen short, leaving native communities unprotected. The state, Anchorage leaders, and even some native organizations have stayed too quiet for too long on the rising numbers of these tragedies. Folks are furious that public outrage explodes over 25 dead dogs but barely registers for native women facing domestic violence, rape, and murder. Law enforcement jumps on fish and game violations by natives faster than crimes against them and in rural villages with no cops around survivors, feel totally abandoned. The author, a survivor of child abuse and domestic violence

1:02herself, calls out native leaders for their silence and urges them not to wait until it. Hits their own families. She pushes for a big summit, bringing together tribal heads, and all levels of police to build trust and real solutions. We've lost too many sisters already. Time to step up, demand better protection, and turn this pain into action that saves lives. That's the story for today. Anchorage News Today, driven by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.