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By Susan Montoya Bryan And Michael Warren ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) \u2014 Indigenous people across North America are calling this week for sustained responses to the violence in their communities, much of it against women and girls. In prayer walks, self-defense classes, marches and speeches at state capitols, they are pushing for better cooperation among law enforcement agencies to find missing people and solve homicides that are among about 4,300 open FBI cases this year. Some parents said they were using Monday\u2019s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day to make sure children understand what\u2019s at stake. Others \u2014 like Geraldine Toya of Jemez Pueblo, whose daughter Shawna was killed in 2021, and Lynette Pino of Tesuque Pueblo, whose son Darian Nevayaktewa disappeared in 2008 \u2014 showed up to demand answers… <\/p>\n

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By Susan Montoya Bryan And Michael Warren ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) \u2014 Indigenous people across North America are calling this week for sustained responses to the violence in their communities, much of it against women and girls. In prayer walks, self-defense classes, marches and speeches at state capitols, they are pushing for better cooperation among law enforcement agencies to find missing people and solve homicides that are among about 4,300 open FBI cases this year. Some parents said they were using Monday\u2019s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day to make sure children understand what\u2019s at stake. Others \u2014 like Geraldine Toya of Jemez Pueblo, whose daughter Shawna was killed in 2021, and Lynette Pino of Tesuque Pueblo, whose son Darian Nevayaktewa disappeared in 2008 \u2014 showed up to demand answers... <\/p>\n

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