ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A ‘Walk for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’ took place on the University of Alaska Anchorage’s campus on Thursday afternoon.
Organized by the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, the walk began at 5:30 at the ANSEP building on campus. The Qissunamiut Yurartet Dancers drummed to begin the procession and performed a dance upon returning to the ANSEP building.
Tatiana Ticknor spoke at the event. Ticknor is Dena’ina, Deg Hit’an, and Lingit, and is a program coordinator of the Data for Indigenous Justice. Ticknor is one of many working to reclaim data for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Among the many people walking for the cause was Shannon Nelson. Nelson lost her son, Kenneyon Baker, in October of 2024 in Anchorage.
“If I don’t fight for justice for my son or any missing murdered Indigenous person, then who’s going to fight for them?” Nelson said. “We are the ones, as Alaska Natives, should stand up so we’re able to get justice for anybody that’s missing or murdered.”
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