The Daily Rundown – May 7, 2026
🕯️ Raishawn Josiah Denetclarance, a 25-year-old Diné man, was murdered in downtown Las Vegas earlier this year, on February 7. His death remains unsolved. He’s part of the growing number of unsolved Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) cases. It wasn’t that long ago that law enforcement agencies weren’t accepting Indigenous missing persons reports.
Previously, if an enrolled tribal member vanished from their community, a missing persons report would have to be filed with their tribal police. Then a law from the 2023 Nevada Legislative Session changed that, due to advocacy by Assemblymember Shae Backus, the only Indigenous lawmaker in Nevada…