User:Sunset Town/Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Utah

Numbers
A 2018 paper from the Urban Indian Health Institute claimed there were 24 deaths of indigenous women at the time. The Salt Lake City Police Department refuted that claim, stating that there were only 2 homicides out of 17 total deaths since 2008.

Black Hawk War: from 1865-1867 between Native Americans and Mormon settlers

Utah also had multiple Residential Schools, which have been known to be burial grounds for Native American bodies, where Native American children were sent in order to integrate them into the LDS Church

References

Missing and murdered - uihi.org. (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf?ltclid=.

Press release: Salt Lake City respond to report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls. SLCPD. (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2021, from http://www.slcpd.com/2018/12/07/press-release-salt-lake-city-respond-to-report-on-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-girls/.