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Yakama Elder Breaks Silence on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Emily Washines

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Yakama Elder Breaks Silence on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women are receiving more awareness, more data collection, more mainstream media coverage and some state and federal elected officials calling for solutions to address this issue.      

There are elders we look to for their good words and lessons. A Yakama elder breaks her silence on a 1850s historical account and her own personal story of facing predatory behavior.

Phyllis LittleBull is 78-years-old.