Red dresses on the LACASA Center’s campus in Howell, Michigan, serve as a reminder of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls who advocates say often never see justice.
Across the country, Indigenous women experience murder, assault and disappearances at nearly 10 times the national average, according to Mona Shand, who works with LACASA.
“The challenges of solving these cases, you’re dealing with a really complicated mix of local, federal, tribal jurisdictions, so it’s hard to even prosecute these cases and move them forward,” said Shand…