Gianforte introduces Savanna’s Act to address epidemic of MMIW
From Representative Gianforte’s Office
WASHINGTON — Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) and a bipartisan group of legislators introduced Savanna’s Act, a bill to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women.
Native American women face a murder rate 10 times higher than the national average, and 84 percent experience some form of violence in their lifetime.
There is no reliable way of knowing how many Native women go missing each year. The databases that hold statistics of these cases are outdated, and there is a lack of coordination among law enforcement agencies.
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