[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27905-27906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10073]



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Vol. 87

Monday,

No. 89

May 9, 2022

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 10389--Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness 
Day, 2022



Proclamation 10390--National Day of Prayer, 2022



Executive Order 14073--Enhancing the National Quantum Initiative 
Advisory Committee


                        Presidential Documents 



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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10389 of May 4, 2022

                
Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness 
                Day, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For generations, Indigenous persons, including American 
                Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, have been 
                forced to mourn a missing or murdered loved one without 
                the answers and support they deserve. On Missing or 
                Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, we remember 
                these victims and their families, and commit to working 
                with Tribal Nations and Native communities to achieve 
                justice and healing.

                The Federal Government has an obligation to ensure that 
                cases of missing or murdered persons are met with swift 
                and effective action. My Administration is fully 
                committed to investigating and resolving these cases 
                through a coordinated law enforcement response, as well 
                as intervention and prevention efforts. We are also 
                dedicated to researching the underlying causes of this 
                violence and to working with Native communities to 
                address them.

                The safety and well-being of all Native Americans 
                continues to be a top priority for my Administration. 
                That is why during my first year in office, at the 
                first White House Tribal Nations Summit, I issued an 
                Executive Order directing Federal agencies to improve 
                public safety and criminal justice for Native Americans 
                and to address the crisis of missing or murdered 
                Indigenous people. This includes implementing a 
                coordinated Federal law enforcement strategy that 
                supports Tribal and other local law enforcement 
                efforts. It also strengthens prevention, early 
                intervention, and survivor services while improving 
                data collection, analysis, and information sharing.

                For far too long, justice for Indigenous communities 
                has been elusive. We must improve our investigations to 
                resolve missing or murdered cases while supporting 
                victims and their families. Toward that aim, the 
                Department of Justice is working closely with Tribal 
                Nations to develop regionally appropriate guidelines 
                for these cases. The Department of Justice has created 
                a dedicated steering committee to oversee and 
                coordinate this critical work, including an outreach 
                services liaison for Federal criminal cases in Indian 
                Country.

                This March, I signed into law the Violence Against 
                Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022. This important 
                law expands special criminal jurisdiction of Tribal 
                courts to cover non-Native perpetrators of sexual 
                assault, child abuse, stalking, sex trafficking, and 
                assaults on Tribal law enforcement officers on Tribal 
                lands and supports the development of a pilot project 
                to enhance access to safety for survivors in Alaska 
                Native villages.

                My Administration understands that Native people, 
                particularly survivors of violence, know best what 
                their communities need to feel safe. That is why we 
                must work hand in hand with Tribal partners through 
                each phase of the justice system to create solutions 
                that are victim-centered, trauma-informed, and 
                culturally appropriate.

                Our Nation's failure to address this ongoing tragedy 
                not only demeans the dignity of each Indigenous person 
                who goes missing or is murdered--it undermines the 
                humanity of us all. Today and every day, we must 
                continue to stand up for Indigenous people, and we must 
                never forget the thousands

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                of unsolved cases that continue to cry out for justice 
                and healing. As a Nation, we must answer that call and 
                work together to achieve the promise of America for all 
                Americans.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 5, 2022, 
                as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness 
                Day. I call on all Americans and ask all levels of 
                government to support Tribal governments and Tribal 
                communities' efforts to increase awareness of the issue 
                of missing or murdered Indigenous persons through 
                appropriate programs and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.
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