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This Resolution officially designates May 5, 2017, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls" to bring attention to the disproportionately high rates of violence and disappearances faced by Native American and Alaska Native women. The resolution highlights alarming statistics, such as murder rates in some tribal communities being over ten times the national average and homicide being a leading cause of death for young Native women, and notes the lack of data on missing Native women. It also references the tragic case of Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe who was raped and murdered, as an example of the many similar cases, and establishes May 5th as her birthday to honor her memory. The resolution calls for the commemoration of all missing and murdered Native women, both those whose cases are publicly known and those who are not, and urges solidarity with the victims' families.