Oregon Active Transportation Summit

This toolbox presentation will share resources to help others replicate the presenter's success. Thousands of Native American women and girls disappear or are killed each year. These women and girls vanish from tribal lands, rural communities, and cities with no official accounting. The presentation will explore the unique mobility patterns of Native Americans as they travel from rural tribal territories to urban centers. Certain social structures have made mobility difficult for indigenous women and girls, and as a result, there are accounts of human trafficking from tribal communities. Presenter will discuss current federal Indian laws and tribal guidelines that may affect human trafficking, identify the social determinants and risk factors of murdered and missing indigenous women (MMIW), and describe the critical issues of human sex trafficking with regards to tribal jurisdiction. Attendees will learn about the critical issues of tribal jurisdiction in human sex trafficking. Participants will understand federal Indian law and policy, identify how transportation and transit officials can help prevent human trafficking. Attendees will understand geography and mobility from a tribal perspective. MMIW is at the intersectionality of race, gender and mobility.