Episode 6.7: Omi Hodwitz — Missing and Murdered Indigenous

Question: When it comes to complex social issues like gun violence, health care or in this case, the missing and murdered Indigenous population, how do we even begin tackling these problems? Meet Omi Hodwitz (go.uidaho.edu/3mULvlz), an associate professor in the Department of Culture, Society and Justice (go.uidaho.edu/3oBoe8C) at University of Idaho. Hodwitz and her students are compiling the most comprehensive database to date of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirits in Canada and the United States. Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory​. Email us at [email protected]. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu. More U of I CLASS Stories Florian Justwan — How Our Brains Wrestle With Politics (go.uidaho.edu/40zkP7I) Junior Wants to Show Idaho’s Latinx Population Anything Is Possible (go.uidaho.edu/3KZHMuV) Childhood Experiences Led to Bex Riehm’s U of I Journey to Become a Cop (go.uidaho.edu/3mNW3mJ) Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (bit.ly/3f271AU) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (bit.ly/3D7wBMV). “Open Doors” by Anchor (bit.ly/3H72yaV) via soundstripe.