Presidential Document2022-10073
Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2022
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May 9, 2022
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May 4, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10073]
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Vol. 87
Monday,
No. 89
May 9, 2022
Part III
The President
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Proclamation 10389--Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness
Day, 2022
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Executive Order 14073--Enhancing the National Quantum Initiative
Advisory Committee
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 89 / Monday, May 9, 2022 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10389 of May 4, 2022
Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness
Day, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For generations, Indigenous persons, including American
Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, have been
forced to mourn a missing or murdered loved one without
the answers and support they deserve. On Missing or
Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, we remember
these victims and their families, and commit to working
with Tribal Nations and Native communities to achieve
justice and healing.
The Federal Government has an obligation to ensure that
cases of missing or murdered persons are met with swift
and effective action. My Administration is fully
committed to investigating and resolving these cases
through a coordinated law enforcement response, as well
as intervention and prevention efforts. We are also
dedicated to researching the underlying causes of this
violence and to working with Native communities to
address them.
The safety and well-being of all Native Americans
continues to be a top priority for my Administration.
That is why during my first year in office, at the
first White House Tribal Nations Summit, I issued an
Executive Order directing Federal agencies to improve
public safety and criminal justice for Native Americans
and to address the crisis of missing or murdered
Indigenous people. This includes implementing a
coordinated Federal law enforcement strategy that
supports Tribal and other local law enforcement
efforts. It also strengthens prevention, early
intervention, and survivor services while improving
data collection, analysis, and information sharing.
For far too long, justice for Indigenous communities
has been elusive. We must improve our investigations to
resolve missing or murdered cases while supporting
victims and their families. Toward that aim, the
Department of Justice is working closely with Tribal
Nations to develop regionally appropriate guidelines
for these cases. The Department of Justice has created
a dedicated steering committee to oversee and
coordinate this critical work, including an outreach
services liaison for Federal criminal cases in Indian
Country.
This March, I signed into law the Violence Against
Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022. This important
law expands special criminal jurisdiction of Tribal
courts to cover non-Native perpetrators of sexual
assault, child abuse, stalking, sex trafficking, and
assaults on Tribal law enforcement officers on Tribal
lands and supports the development of a pilot project
to enhance access to safety for survivors in Alaska
Native villages.
My Administration understands that Native people,
particularly survivors of violence, know best what
their communities need to feel safe. That is why we
must work hand in hand with Tribal partners through
each phase of the justice system to create solutions
that are victim-centered, trauma-informed, and
culturally appropriate.
Our Nation's failure to address this ongoing tragedy
not only demeans the dignity of each Indigenous person
who goes missing or is murdered--it undermines the
humanity of us all. Today and every day, we must
continue to stand up for Indigenous people, and we must
never forget the thousands
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of unsolved cases that continue to cry out for justice
and healing. As a Nation, we must answer that call and
work together to achieve the promise of America for all
Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 5, 2022,
as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness
Day. I call on all Americans and ask all levels of
government to support Tribal governments and Tribal
communities' efforts to increase awareness of the issue
of missing or murdered Indigenous persons through
appropriate programs and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand
twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.
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