{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-supports-resolution-designate-today-national-day-awareness-missing-and", "Johnson Supports Resolution to Designate Today as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls", "2023-05-05", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and his colleagues introduced a House Resolution to designate May 5, 2023 as the \u201cNational Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and Girls.\u201d Four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women experience violence in their lifetime. The Resolution seeks to bring attention to the disproportionate violence towards Native women and the lack of updated statistics on the national level, as well as the lack of resources to address the issue.\n\n\u201cAmerican Indian women living on reservations face murder rates more than 10 times the national average and four in five American Indian woman will experience violence in their lifetime,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cThese statistics are unacceptable. I\u2019m proud to shine a light on these tragedies and will continue to advocate for vulnerable Native populations\u2014this day of awareness is much needed.\u201d\n\nPage 35 of the South Dakota Attorney General\u2019s 2021 Crime Report shows the disproportionate rates of crime against those of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Despite making up less than 9% of the state population, 31.6% of murder victims are American Indian or Alaska Natives and 37.1% of kidnapping/abduction victims are American Indian or Alaska Natives.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-supports-resolution-designate-today-national-day-awareness-missing-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7193670608103275, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}