KZMU News: Monday December 14, 2020

President Trump’s task force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People has released its first report. It recommends the creation of a centralized database to track cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, and increased federal funding for local efforts to address the crisis. Plus, our partners speak with the filmmakers behind ‘The Blessing,’ a documentary about a Navajo coal miner struggling with the irreversible destruction of their sacred mountain at the hands of America’s largest coal producer.

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Show Notes

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Photo: A still from ‘The Blessing’ from PBS America ReFramed

Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives: 11/25/20 Operation Lady Justice 
operationladyjustice.usdoj.gov/sites/g/f…final.pdf

America Reframed: The Blessing
worldchannel.org/episode/arf-blessing/