#they were sohappy help

[syscardinal]

suguru geto!

man anyone told me that jjk was like this I am drowning in my tears here (ye, I finally watch the shibuya incident) PD: took reference from my fav frame of geto!

[notwiselybuttoowell]

The Hanford nuclear site was established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, and over the next four decades produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the US’s nuclear weapons supply, including the bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

During its lifespan, hundreds of billions of gallons of liquid waste were dumped in underground storage tanks or simply straight into the ground. After the site’s nine nuclear reactors were shut down by 1987, about 56m gallons of radioactive waste were left behind in 177 large underground tanks – two of which are currently leaking – alongside a deeply scarred landscape.

In the decades since, the Yakama Nation has been one of four local Indigenous communities dedicated to the cleanup of this historic landscape. For the Yakama Nation, that has meant tireless environmental and cultural oversight, advocacy and outreach with the hope that one day the site will be restored to its natural state, opening the doors to a long-awaited, unencumbered homecoming.

Today, their outreach work has reached a fever pitch. There are few Yakama Nation elders still alive who remember the area before its transformation, and there are likely decades to go before cleanup is complete. So members are racing to pass on the site’s history to the next generation, in the hopes they can one day take over.

Yakama Nation history on the Hanford site dates back to pre-colonization, when people would spend the winter here fishing for sturgeon, salmon and lamprey in the Columbia River, as well as gathering and trading with other families. In 1855, the Nation ceded over 11m acres of land to the US, which included the Hanford area, and signed a treaty that relegated them to a reservation while allowing the right to continue fishing, hunting, and gathering roots and berries at “all usual and accustomed places”.

But in the 1940’s, the situation shifted dramatically when the area was cleared out to make room for the construction of nuclear reactors.

LaRena Sohappy, 83, vice-chairwoman for Yakama Nation General Council, whose father was a well-known medicine man, grew up in Wapato, about 40 miles from Hanford. She said she remembers the strawberry fields that lined the Hanford site, her family gathering Skolkol, a root and daily food, and traveling to the area for ceremonies.

Her cousin’s family who lived close to Hanford were woken in the middle of the night and forced to leave to make way for the nuclear site, she recalled

“They didn’t have time to pack up anything,” said Sohappy. “They just had to leave and they were never told why and how long they were going to be gone.”

The effort to give Indigenous people a voice in Hanford’s fate was forged in part by Russell Jim, a member of Yakama Nation’s council, whose work has been credited with helping to keep Hanford from becoming a permanent “deep geologic repository”, a place where high-level nuclear waste from this site and others across the country would be stored.

“From time immemorial we have known a special relationship with Mother Earth,” Jim, who died in 2018, said in a statement to the US Senate in 1980. “We have a religious and moral duty to help protect Mother Earth from acts which may be a detriment to generations of all mankind.”

Today, the ER/WM program, which was founded in the early 1980’s with Jim at the helm, includes such staff as a biologist, ecologist and archeologist. It’s funded by the US Department of Energy (DoE), which operates the Hanford site and leads the cleanup process under an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Washington state department of ecology.

The Yakama Nation program’s focus is on accelerating a thorough cleanup of the site, protecting culturally significant resources and assessing the threats to wildlife and water.

[6flyingosprey6]

Hello there! My native language is neither English nor Spanish but since we mentioned the a/b/o again (this time in the qsmp) i wanna share a Bagi/Cellbit alphas idea;

Hear me out Cellbit and Bagi are both alphas, the angst of the siblings who vaguely recognize each other , they can see it because they are twins and even worse smell it on the other. They vaguely recognize the smell they had when they were children but now it is so diluted by time.

It's not even a question of remembering, but of instinct. Bagi instinctively knows that Cell is her brother, when it is fully confirmed it is a w f u l l, it should be great, she should be sohappy but Oh plot twist! She is not happy at all, both ways. Her deepest instinct contradictorily tells her that this is her lost younger twin, but at the same time she does not recognize him, she only recognizes another alpha who until now has all the signs of being a threat, it does not help that her reason and tells her that he cannot trust him but she still loves him because they are still twins of the same pack (if they ever had one at home)

Sorry for bother you if this has been so long but I really like a/b/o angst with instincts

Oh my god I love all of this I want your brain

The idea that before they were confirmed as siblings, they still had that vague feeling that they were familiar. Not only that they had known this person before, but that they had the others scent on them its just

incredible

[sazvariboy]

Her family rejoiced after relatives and tribal police found her, but Ms. Sohappy said she felt humiliated to suddenly be known as a Missing Person reading local newspaper articles about her family’s search. One day, she walked into a convenience store in Toppenish and saw her own “Missing” poster on the wall. But when she tried to enroll in a tribal substance-abuse clinic, she said, she was told there was a two-week wait. “I kind of stopped trying,” Ms. Sohappy said. She said her drinking got worse and she grew more despondent until one night in November, when she texted a suicide hotline as a last plea for help. This time, it worked. She is now in an outpatient treatment program in Portland, Ore., and taking classes in medical billing. “While I was gone I felt like nobody loved me and nobody cared about me,” she said. “We’re overlooked as a people.” A lack of support or follow-up from social workers or victims’ advocates makes it more likely that women and girls will go missing repeatedly. Some are written off as habitual runaways, activists said. In Washington State, Ms. Lucchesi has collected data showing that 83 percent of missing girls had been reported missing more than once. “We see these kids going missing over and over again until eventually they don’t come back,” she said. The crisis has turned families into search parties and parents into private detectives. They draw grids across rural reservations and fan out through chaparral and sagebrush. They crack into their children’s social media accounts to search for a telltale direct message. Around the Navajo Nation, volunteer activists set up their own version of an Amber Alert to supplement the spotty official alert systems. They pin “Missing” posters to the bulletin boards of grocery stores. They provide a live accounting of missing-persons cases. From January to October, 86 Navajo men and women have gone missing nationwide, said Meskee Yanabah Yatsayte, a missing-persons advocate for the Navajo Nation since 2013. She said 55 of them had been found safe, 21 were found dead and 10 were still missing. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRW8bFgMs5/?igshid=yl02fyo0b8e9

[pageantcast]

PageantCast Mail Bag: 09/29/2019

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PageantCast Mail Bag: 09/29/2019

We know no one uses mail anymore, but here in the mailbag we put a selection of Instagram posts, Facebook posts and Twitter posts that we’ve been tagged in.

Here’s this week’s selection:

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Our queen is ready for orientation. #missaustraliaglobal #missaustraliaglobalinternational #bodyscub #natural #pamper #feel #beautiful #beyou #beaqueen #MAGI #MAGI2018 #crown #wildlife #australia #experience #bodyscrub #love #missglobalinternational #global #missaustraliaglobal #today #princess #adventure

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The OFFICIAL Galaxy Pageant Floorshot!!!!! I’m so blessed. I’m so grateful. I’m so honored. That’s me~Mrs Galaxy 2020 and loving this year!! Photo by @danielgagnon Makeup by @makeupbysheila My director @missgalaxypageant #mrsgalaxy2020 #galaxypageants #queens #floorshot #oftenimitated #neverduplicated #swarovski #pageantqueen #blessed #thankful #grateful #mylife #thisis42 #epic #sohappy #themrs #mrs #ididit #internationalqueen #photoshoot #professionalphoto #confidence #gown #gregoryellenburg

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Thank you so much for having me today @ashandtsformals ❤️❤️❤️ So very thankful for you being my Evening gown sponsor for the @uscontinentalpageants this year!!! You helped me be the very best I could be!!!! So grateful for your support and friendship ❤️❤️❤️#uscpageant #uscontinentalpageant #sponsor #grateful #thankful #titleholder #sashalert #crownontherun

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BTS at swimsuit photographic judging Montego Bay Jamaica @miakalaniswim @missglobalinternational @secretresorts #missaustraliaglobal #queen #missaustralia #beauty #smile #shine #MAGI #pretty #kind #stunner #pageant #pageantqueen #missglobalinternatinal #travel #experience #love #live #laugh #true #missglobalinternational #miakalaniswim

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🇺🇸Today I toured our Nations Capital City 🇺🇸 🇺🇸Washington Monument ✅ 🇺🇸 Lincoln Memorial ✅ 🇺🇸Reflection Pool ✅ 🇺🇸White House ✅ 🇺🇸Martin Luther King Memorial ✅ 🇺🇸Korean War Memorial ✅ 🇺🇸World War 2 Memorial ✅ 🇺🇸Hang out with veterans from all over the world here on Honor Flights ✅ 🇺🇸Celebrate sisterhood with my dear friend Annika Adams 👑 ❤️👑 #uscpageant #msuscontinental2019 #crownontherun #sashalert #washingtondc #dc #lincoln #mlk #memorial #ww2history #usa

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Miss Australia global Swinging into the weekend with a smile on her face surrounded by beautiful people and beautiful sights! @missglobalinternational @chels.anne95 #missaustralia #missaustraliaglobalinternational #pageant #beauty #beautyqueen #shinebright #sparkleon #beautiful #MAGI #Swing #crown #crownbound #australia #experience #travel #love #international #global #experience #life #live #love #lover #fighter #pink #jamaica #missglobalinternational #dreams #ocean

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📚 Reading is key to children’s development! So my nieces and I went to their local school 🏫 @jamestownelementary 🙌🏻 We donated books 📖 to their own free little library located right on school campus👏Now children 👧🧒from the neighborhood and school can enjoy new fun reading material grades K-5th! Spread the love of learning in your community by donating! #uscpageant #uscontinentalpageant #msillinoisuscontinental #sashalert #crownontherun #pageant #work #volunteer #books #school

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Miss Australia with the Mayer in Montego Bay Jamaica! #missaustraliaglobal #missaustraliaglobalinternational #bodyscub #natural #pamper #feel #beautiful #beyou #beaqueen #MAGI #MAGI2018 #crown #coffeescrub #australia #experience #bodyscrub #love #international #global #missglobalinternational #today #mayer

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💜Proudly representing Marleighs Ministry and Marleighs Angel Gowns as their International Spokesperson! Join our mission to help preemie and preemie families in NICU around the world 🌎 💜 Eariler this year I took my nieces to where they were born to give back to a hospital 🏥 that saved both their lives. Both were preemies and had complications. 💜This time we donated to @wakeforestbaptisthospital to support their local community. They were excited and even dressed the part to match me 😊😊😊 Auntie was so incredibly proud! 💜 I started in pageantry 17 years ago on a mission to make a difference and be a role model to those of all ages! 💜 Together we CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! #marleighsministry #marleighsangelgowns #uscpageant #msuscontinental #mm #marleighsministry #mission #volunteer #sashalert #crownontherun

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[alifeatthelanding]

Josh and I did a project today!! I love having projects ❤️😊 We ordered a barn door track and a cute handle from @amazon and it arrived just in time for us to get to work this morning! We hung the track and then I went outside and built the door! . I used MDF which I cut to size and then pieces of MDF trim to create the frame and the inner panels! Josh is the math wiz, so I asked him to help me make sure the panels were as even as possible 😂❤️ After everything was cut and marked, all I used to attach it all was wood glue, clamps, and screws! Easy peasy! . I was worried about fit, so Josh helped me hang it before it was painted or finished just so I could make sure everything was right- and I couldn’t be more thrilled!! All I have to do now is caulk all the seams and paint that bad boy white! #diy #ibuiltthat #wedidthat #slidingdoor #pantry #hugepantry #betterthanababygate #pantrydoor #nodogadmittance #nearlyfinished #iloveit #moreroom #sohappy #projectsmakemehappy #diyonabudget #love #couplesproject #embracethemess #alifeatthelanding https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Zz9FGDfPm/?igshid=iy6ructfsif6

[ouroffbeatlife]

My heart is full. 🥰 Today is what our travelling adventure is all about. This morning, we met IRL a worldschool family I'd only spoken to online. 🤩 We swapped travel stories and plans, while our kids played themselves out. Yes, that's 2 kids on one scooter. 😂 Then we had lunch with a fellow @thevipkidlife teacher, and spent the afternoon day drinking (responsibly!) while playing games with total strangers we encountered at a brewery. I didn't get all their names but their dogs were Peter and Mo (short for Monique). 😂 Priorities, amiright? 😎 Even our kiddo played games with us! Seeing Little Man embrace new friends so easily has affirmed for me that this lifestyle is going to help him blossom in wonderful ways I can't even imagine. ♥️ #worldschooling #worldschool #homeschool #travel #travelwithkids #travellife #travelling #traveling #familytravel #digitalnomad #digitalnomads #ouroffbeatlife #playtime #myheartisfull #sohappy #happy #latergram (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1kSSoPlcDM/?igshid=172dhmp71w3if

[incurableoptimistest1994]

“Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.” 💖💚 This girl 💖 I wouldn’t be me without her, couldn’t be me without her, and wouldn’t want to. She’s utterly changed my life for the better... she’s changed me for the better. I have had so many incredible, amazing, wondrous, beautiful experiences, opportunities and adventures because of her that I’d never have had without her. One of those experiences was this morning; this morning I went swimming. I went swimming for the first time with Jumbulance in FOUR YEARS! Last time I could go swimming with everyone we were actually in this hotel! I’ve found it really hard to sit on the sidelines (or rather, the side of the pool) all these years, and it made me quite sad... but today I got to join in the fun 😆😆😆! It was absolutely incredible to go swimming, one of my most favourite things to do, with my Jumbulance family, some of my most favourite people to be with 😭💖 and especially with my most favourite person, Jade! It’s something we’ve missed doing together. We had a minor hiccup when my shoulder dislocated and we had to pop it back in, but compared to some problems we’ve faced, it was nothing! And that’s the thing; to @mjenga10 a dislocated shoulder, a poolside spasm... these things are all just something to be dealt with, to be taken in our stride, before we get back to focusing on the important business of having the time of our lives. And I love her for it 💖 I love her for helping me to live a full and beautiful life whilst understanding that this comes with challenges and risks, but that those challenges are worth facing and those risks worth taking to be able to really, truly live. I’m lucky to have such an incredible guardian angel 💚💖 #atthepool #onholiday #austria🇦🇹 #hotelsonnschein #jumbulance #jumbulance2019 #jumbulancetrust #havingablast #wewentswimming #firsttimeinfouryears #sohappy😭❤️ #thisgirl #becauseiknewyouihavebeenchangedforgood #shesmyguardianangel #imherebecauseofher #shesamiracle #ilovemybigsister❤️ (at Hotel Sonnschein) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzrASs4hQmU/?igshid=1fqd0uw9cf0hk

[camilladerrico]

I'm heading home and thought I could share some of the memories from my trip! 😊💓Here's Dorian in his frame looking all dapper!! He found a home and I won't lie it was super hard to say goodbye to him. I know his new home will be a happy one ☝💖 There were lots of happy and incredible moments like my amazing signing with Simone Legno the incredible creator and artist of Tokidoki 😆💝🙌Our signing at Dark Horse Comics was the biznazz of awesome!! Thank you to everyone who made that possible you rock harder than Kiss!! 😆 My Art Raffle was fun but a little crazy ha ha!!! SDCC had to shut me down because there were too many of you lovelies there to play!! 😅Ha ha oh wow that was fun and scary, you don't wanna get on the bad side of the con.🙅🏻 Then there was the time I saw a tattoo of my art and a new artist that recreated my painting Aria and of course my Save The Bees Panel 🐝💖 Goodness that was a packed house!!! Thank you to all who came and made that possible. I want to save these little bumbles and you are all helping to make that happen!!! Highest of fives to you! 👋 💕 I didn't meet Norman Reedus at the con BUT I did see Chris Hemsworth and I did meet and shake hands with Mark Ruffalo 😆🙌💓 So all in all this was a truly stupendous SDCC! Next year is my 20th anniversary at the con so I think I'm going to have to start now to plan for it! 😄 thank you all for giving me such happy memories and cheers 🍻 to doing it bigger and crazier next year!!! 😘💕💕💕👍 Oh and a huge hug to my crew that made this possible!! You are my hearts and souls and I couldn't do any of it without all your help😚💖 PS I'm going to keep my little fingers crossed that I meet Daryl Dixon in my next adventure 😁💖 #highfive #supercute #fanappreciation #sohappy @bigbaldhead @chrishemsworth @markruffalo @thecamillastore @planet_bee @holbeinartistmaterials @darkhorsecomics @jryuart @tashazimich @simonelegno @tokidokibrand (at San Diego Comic Convention)

[kariijane]

How to enjoy working abroad

When I first received the good news that my visa was approved for me to work abroad, I’m sohappy and very excited because finally— my dream came true. Full of ethusiasm that bags packed, airplane ticket, and norwegian dictionary bought way too early. By the way, I am a Filipino registered nurse working as a health personnel here in Oslo, Norway. I really liked my job because it is more easy and I’m satisfied of the monthly income I am receiving. Here abroad, I can help my family in their financial needs and save more for my future. At first, I am full of excitement and expectation..

6 months, 9 months had passed.. Things changed..

I got bored and lonely.

I was grateful and satisfied by what I am receiving but I am away from my family. In addition of very cold weather, different culture of people that surrounds me, and I can’t find my favorite street food. I think it is normal that I have felt this way, right?

You should know that feeling this way is totally typical.

However in my experience, as I continually pursue my job being an OFW, there are so many ways on how to overcome the feeling boredom and loneliness.. and enjoy working abroad..

✔️ Get to know people

Get connected. Odds are you’re not the only person in your workplace/house who’s feeling bored and lonely. Talk and make friends. Plan a dinner party, attend church services, or organize a fellowship. You should be able to find at least one person to bond with—and that can make a huge difference in your life working abroad.

In my own experience, I am so grateful that I have met good people that led me to Christ. It was a rollercoaster life that time— long story😅, but in perfect time and situation, Jesus rescued me through the lives of these good people.

✔️ Save and Invest

You might think this is misleading but NO, knowing that you have something for your family and to your own future family is exciting! Giving your family and your future an assurance will make you happy and persevere to work hard. When you have a goal or a vision, being bored and lonely will be least to come up and in case of emergency, you are ready and you will never be frustrated of not having a money to get and to give. Keep the bigger picture in mind.

I am blessed that I have my auntie as a financial advisor. She taught me to be smart in my financial aspect. It is very fulfilling because I am already saving and investing for my family and for myself as well, though there are times that I cannot control myself from buying what I want🤣 It also makes me happy, eh?

✔️ Pursue a hobby/ try something new

Your life abroad shouldn’t just be about work—it’s about social, spiritual, and personal growth as well. Whether it’s movie, book clubs, dancing, playing instruments, or gaming; there’s probably a class, community, or a place for you to go. Or.. learn how to cook new dishes.. or.. the best thing to do.. Pursue your relationship with God.

I pursue a LOT of hobbies and I love trying something NEW. I learned how to cook dishes such as adobo and tinola and I hiked 10 mountains here in Norway. It is unimaginable at first but yeaahh, I made it! I play ukulele, read books, paint, write, and travel during my dayoffs. And.. the best thing that gives me joy is serving the King above all kings. There is something about Him that really satisfies me.

✔️ Call your love ones everyday

You will surely miss many occassions and events with your family. You will miss your family. Yet, we millennials are blessed because we have facebook messenger, facetime, skype, etc. todate and communicating to our love ones is so easy. And by this.. Ohh.. You can be with them in every occassions and events. Take this as an advantage.

I always chat/text my family everyday telling where I am and what I am doing. I let them know specifically my mother if I am not feeling well or I miss them. I’m honest with them and I’m so glad that they are that kind of family who motivates and cheers up.

✔️Build relationship with God

Our lives consist of various types of relationships. Family, friends, neighbors, rivals, and even strangers all contribute to the blend of relationships that shape the way we experience life. Boldly telling, there’s this one relationship that we need to build for us to have joy in our lives or for us to enjoy working abroad, and that is the relationship with The One who gave us our lives. Have a meaningful connection with our God. What do we need to do?

See, we have this nature of sin. We are all sinners. Apostle Paul says that we’re all sinful- Romans 3:23. So.. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer the consequences of our sin and death, so we might experience life and a relationship with God as we were meant to.

Good news:

“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:6-8 NIV

This amazing gift of grace is extended to everyone. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28 NIV. That means Jesus has a place in His heart for those who have burned themselves out trying to work their way to God’s favor. When we finally surrender our sins/stubborness and place our faith in Christ, we receive His forgiveness and enter into a new relationship with Him.

Start..

Start by talking to Him..

Start by praying..

Prayer is a reflection of what we believe and feel in our hearts and the words don’t need to be fluent/ persuasive. Here’s an example:

Lord. I want a relationship with you. I am a sinner and I just want to live life my own way. But today, forgive me. I now realize that I need You in my life. I needed a Savior. Thank you for sending your son Jesus, for me to be saved. I believe He lived, died, and rose from the grave to forgive my sins, conquer death, and give me new life and hope. I place my trust in You and I’m ready growing in this new relationship with you. I know that this will not be easy but I know you’ll continue to change me, and I’m going to trust You. God, thank you!

That’s it!

For me, this is the best thing that happened when I worked here in abroad. My relationship with Him and this, I wouldn’t trade for the world.

But he said to me, my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9-11 NIV

[punkybeee]

FINALLY LAST NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO SEE GREEN DAY! I remember when i first heard Good Riddance at my kindergarden graduation and thought this band was pretty cool. This band has helped influence my music taste since my preteens and im happy to say they were everything i was hoping for and more! #greenday #greendayconcert #revolutionradiotour #revolutionradio #concert #amazing #timeofmylife #icried #sohappy

[bountyofbeads]

In Indian Country, a Crisis of Missing Women. And a New One When They’re Found. https://nyti.ms/2EPhav7

Indigenous activists say that generations of killings and disappearances have been disregarded by law enforcement and lost in bureaucratic gaps concerning which local or federal agencies should investigate.

There is not even a reliable count of how many Native women go missing or are killed each year. Researchers have found that women are often misclassified as Hispanic or Asian or other racial categories on missing-persons forms and that thousands have been left off a federal missing-persons database.

In Indian Country, a Crisis of Missing Women. And a New One When They’re Found.

The federal government is trying to catch up with a crisis of missing Native American women. But no one is addressing the problems that arise when they’re found.

By Jack Healy, Photographs by Adriana Zehbrauskas | Published Dec. 25, 2019, 3:00 a.m. ET | New York Times | Posted December 25, 2019

GALLUP, N.M. — Prudence Jones had spent two years handing out “Missing” fliers and searching homeless camps and underpasses for her 28-year-old daughter when she got the call she had been praying for: Dani had been found. She was in a New Mexico jail, but she was alive.

It seemed like a happy ending to the story of one of thousands of Native American women and girls who are reported missing every year in what Indigenous activists call a long-ignored crisis. Strangers following Dani’s case on social media cheered the news this past July: “Wonderful!” “Thank you God!” “Finally, some good news.”

But as Ms. Jones visited Dani in jail, saw the fresh scars on her body and tried to comprehend the physical and spiritual toll of two years on the streets, her family, which is Navajo, started to grapple with a painful and lonely epilogue to its missing-persons saga.

“There’s nothing for what comes after,” said Ms. Jones, 48, who has five daughters. “How do you heal? How do you put your family back together? The one thing I’ve found is there’s no support.”

Indigenous activists say that generations of killings and disappearances have been disregarded by law enforcement and lost in bureaucratic gaps concerning which local or federal agencies should investigate.

There is not even a reliable count of how many Native women go missing or are killed each year. Researchers have found that women are often misclassified as Hispanic or Asian or other racial categories on missing-persons forms and that thousands have been left off a federal missing-persons database.

From state capitals to tribal councils to the White House, a grass-roots movement led by activists and victims’ families is casting a national spotlight on the disproportionately high rates of violence faced by Indigenous women and girls.

Several states, including New Mexico, have set up task forces. President Trump signed an executive order last month creating a task force to improve cooperation among Balkanized law enforcement agencies and address problems with basic data collection.

Some tribal officials praised the move, but other activists criticized it as a hollow, belated gesture that failed to include tribes or survivors in its membership, and would do nothing to give tribes more authority to prosecute sex traffickers or others who prey on women and girls. They said its focus on rural reservations has also overlooked the large numbers of Native people in cities who become targets of violence.

Tara Sweeney, assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the Interior Department, said the task force had already met with survivors and Indigenous leaders in Arizona, Alaska, South Dakota and Washington State and was committed to including their voices in its recommendations.

“We need to do something,” she said.

But for all the official promises to help, families like Dani’s say they get little assistance in navigating a patchwork of tribal, state and federal law-enforcement agencies to find their missing relatives or heal their families if they are found.

“Nothing happens afterwards — that’s the scary thing,” said Annita Lucchesi, whose group, the Sovereign Bodies Institute, has tallied numbers of missing and murdered from a jumble of police reports, news clippings, family contacts and social media posts. “Maybe a victim advocate from their tribe might offer some assistance. But that’s a case-by-case basis.”

Activists describe the crisis as a legacy of generations of government policies of forced removal, land seizures and violence inflicted on Indigenous people. Hundreds of the missing never return, and families said they have struggled to find counseling and treatment for those who do. Some are trying to cope with the trauma of being trafficked. Some are confronting addiction or grappling with violence they suffered on the streets. Some had fled abuse at home and do not have a safe place to welcome them back.

There are also authorities and counselors who have failed to screen located Navajo women and girls as victims of sex trafficking, said Amber Kanazbah Crotty, a Navajo Nation Council delegate who has been studying the issue.

On the Yakama reservation in Washington State, Larise Sohappy’s family spent three weeks looking for her after she went missing in August 2018. Ms. Sohappy, 36, said she had been “lost in my addiction” after being in an abusive relationship.

Her family rejoiced after relatives and tribal police found her, but Ms. Sohappy said she felt humiliated to suddenly be known as a Missing Person reading local newspaper articles about her family’s search. One day, she walked into a convenience store in Toppenish and saw her own “Missing” poster on the wall. But when she tried to enroll in a tribal substance-abuse clinic, she said, she was told there was a two-week wait.

“I kind of stopped trying,” Ms. Sohappy said.

She said her drinking got worse and she grew more despondent until one night in November, when she texted a suicide hotline as a last plea for help. This time, it worked. She is now in an outpatient treatment program in Portland, Ore., and taking classes in medical billing.

“While I was gone I felt like nobody loved me and nobody cared about me,” she said. “We’re overlooked as a people.”

A lack of support or follow-up from social workers or victims’ advocates makes it more likely that women and girls will go missing repeatedly. Some are written off as habitual runaways, activists said. In Washington State, Ms. Lucchesi has collected data showing that 83 percent of missing girls had been reported missing more than once.

“We see these kids going missing over and over again until eventually they don’t come back,” she said.

The crisis has turned families into search parties and parents into private detectives. They draw grids across rural reservations and fan out through chaparral and sagebrush. They crack into their children’s social media accounts to search for a telltale direct message.

Around the Navajo Nation, volunteer activists set up their own version of an Amber Alert to supplement the spotty official alert systems. They pin “Missing” posters to the bulletin boards of grocery stores.

They provide a live accounting of missing-persons cases. From January to October, 86 Navajo men and women have gone missing nationwide, said Meskee Yanabah Yatsayte, a missing-persons advocate for the Navajo Nation since 2013. She said 55 of them had been found safe, 21 were found dead and 10 were still missing.

Ms. Yatsayte said the focus on missing women and girls had also ignored a parallel crisis among men and boys, and she has urged tribal leaders and other government officials to widen their focus.

Dani went missing from Gallup in September 2017 after years of drug use and personal and legal problems. Court records show she had lost custody of her two young children and been arrested several times earlier that year on charges that included burglary and fleeing the police in a stolen truck after a police officer reported seeing her and another man — both apparently on drugs — trying to break into a self-storage unit.

Dani’s family, which asked that she not be identified by her full name because of concerns about her privacy and mental condition, called the police and began papering streetlights with “Missing” posters.

Her twin sisters, Ashley and Renee, 20, posted on her Facebook account in the hopes that Dani would log in and notice. The family followed sightings and rumors of her to Las Vegas and Southern California.

The charges against Dani were dropped, and she was released from jail after she was found not competent. It was the only psychological examination she has received, Ms. Jones said.

Dani has told her family little about what happened during the two years she was missing, living mostly on the streets and in homeless camps. “It was hard,” she said one afternoon.

If she spoke in straight lines before, her thoughts now meander. She arranges and rearranges shampoo and soaps on the windowsill of the motel room she shares with her mother and her sister Ashley. She collects scraps of dirty fabric and sometimes forgets she is no longer 26.

“28, honey,” Ms. Jones reminded her one night. “It’s been two years.”

When missing children are located, police officers and child-protection investigators are often tasked with following up. But Dani is a legal adult, though one with no Medicaid coverage or bank account.

Ms. Jones said she and Dani’s sisters have tried to welcome her back with love and comfort. But Dani has resisted when Ms. Jones suggested going to the packed walk-in clinic at the Indian Health Service hospital, and Ms. Jones worries that if she pushes too hard for counseling or drug treatment or the doctor, Dani will slip away.

One chilly afternoon, she did. She had not returned to the motel on Route 66 where the family now lives, and it was getting dark fast.

So Ms. Jones set out to find her daughter again, swinging her gray Chevy by landmarks that might have drawn her. They passed a street preacher sermonizing to a group of homeless people. An ex-boyfriend’s house.

“I didn’t see her,” said Ashley, sitting in the back seat.

“Shoot,” Ms. Jones murmured. “We might get her. We might not.”

Then, they pulled into an alley and there she was, talking to two friends in a car. Ashley approached and told her, gently, “I like your hair.”

Ashley and her twin, Renee, said they grew up being mothered by Dani and their two other older sisters, carried around on her back at family parties. “I’m the big sister now,” Ashley said. They struggled with not knowing whether Dani was alive or dead, and now, loving her despite not knowing who, exactly, their sister is.

“She’s there, but she’s not the same Dani,” Renee said. “You can kiss her and talk to her, but the Dani who’s here isn’t there as much.”

One night, the four women sat on the double beds in the motel room, looking at old photos of themselves riding horses, at parties and Disneyland, and talking about their hopes of leaving Gallup for a fresh start with relatives in the Eastern United States. Then Dani started pacing the room, twirling a cigarette as she edged toward the door.

Her mother looked up: “Stay close, O.K.?”

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John Eligon contributed reporting from Kansas City, Mo.

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LISTEN LINDA! Way back when Ryan @ryanbea9948 came to me and Zach @zaxjones because he saw that there were kids in a shelter that needed food I was excited to join the cause and get on board. But I honestly did not realize how much this would affect me. We had people out at the farm the other day that took time out of their day to help us. Kelly Ferrara, Jake Bath, Travis Markel. THANKS SO MUCH. But just to see that people enjoy helping other people seriously makes me see hope for people to get along. So today I was floored when this woman that I planted one of the #givinggardens at her house and she is not able to go outside and see the progress and I showed her pictures and she cried. Now she has a spot where she can have fresh fruit and vegetables whenever she wants. WOW! All I did was dig a bunch of holes and clear a space and plant some seeds and this is seriously changing her life. I have to thank Ryan @ryanbea9948 and Zach @zaxjones for showing how to do all this and how we continue to grow and learn together. I am AMAZED to think about what the future has in store for this project. LOVE YOU GUYS! If we all did just a little bit more to help someone else you you would AMAZED at the results. Does not have to be planting a garden or being a farmer but we can all do something. I am so INCREDIBLY nervous because I will have a group of kids out at the farm and showing them stuff this Wednsday from 8am until 12 noon, Zach and Ryan are working and we all need to work because we have funded most of this out of our pocket. SO...... any of my friends that have experience or just want to help this Wednesday at Horn Farm Center in Hallam you are welcome to come out. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! MAKE IT A GREAT DAY! #sproutofhope #givinggardens #hornfarm #hope #help #gardens #sohappy #share #lendahand #roboace #roboacescom (at Dallastown, Pennsylvania)

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Update On Christmas!!!!

I had a very fun busier like 6 days from like Tuesday Dec 5th to yesterday evening. 2 very special guests came from far out of state from Tuesday Dec 5th evening to this morning. one of the special guests was my cute 2 year old nephew (Which he is in his terrible twos) They both stayed at my dads 5 out of the 6 nights they were in town. Then they stayed one of the nights at my place. We are so grateful they were able to come up here this time of the year!!! Today i ordered a few stocking stuffers from Amazon that will hopefully will be here when its supposed to. I got my 2nd Christmas card in the mail as well today which was very sweet. Tomorrow/Wed I’ll be going to Walmart with my uncle to pick out some more stocking stuffers & maybe a grocery or 2 & I’ll maybe be doing some gift wrapping that day as well (I only have like 5 more items to wrap so i don't need to wrap them right away). This Thursday I’ll be wrapping any gifts i didn't finish wrapping on Wed. This Friday/15th I’ll be going to Costco to help my dad to try an finish his gift buying for other people & a $30 gift for the mystery gift i gotta bring to my family Christmas party. Thursday/The 21st I’ll probably be going to my dads for the day to finish any gift wrapping that may need to be done & to visit plus clean for the next day. Friday/22nd I’ll be having my mom, sister & brother over to visit & exchange gifts/stockings plus to have lunch. Saturday I’ll probably be lazy & check the mail plus clean any messes that may be out. Sunday/Christmas Eve I’ll be leaving to go to my family Christmas party at around 11am & I’ll be leaving to go back to my place/home by 7:30pm. Monday/25th I’ll be up/awake by 6:30am Christmas morning to take a shower, chill with my kitty, give my kitty her stocking, feed my kitty, treat my kitty then have my uncle pick me up at like 8am to go to my dads, I’ll be passing out the stockings/gifts, A few guests will be there around 11am, I’ll be passing out there gifts, I’ll be going to my uncles families get together from like 1 to like 6pm. 

#TisTheSeason #SoHappy #SoBlessed #SoExcited

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Summer summer summertiiiimmmmeeeee ---- S/O: @ashlieghrose ---- These hot summer days were having mean being outside more and being outside more means aches and allergies. I have turned to my muscle soother to help with my aches and pains as well as my seasonal support for my sniffles and sneezes. ��🏼🖤🙌🏼 . . . . #showmeyouroils #AllOilLove #musclesoother #seasonalsupport #allergies #achesandpains #sunshine #summerdays #oilrollers #30ml #sohappy #nofilter #pnw #shopsmall #summertime #achy #friday #alloileverything (at Alloileverything.com)

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Nawaz debacle in the Holy Land: Was the visit for saving himself from Panama Shaheen Sehbai WAS THE SAUDI visit by Nawaz Sharif planned to get rubbished by the 50-Plus Islamic States and President Trump, who ignored Pakistan like a piece of dirty linen? And why did Nawaz take his personal lawyer Akram Sheikh to an international conference which had nothing to do with his domestic legal and political problems? The only explanation can be that some contacts with the Qatari saviours were expected during the stay in Saudia and Mr Sheikh may have been needed to follow up on the infamous and already trashed Qatari letters presented in the Supreme Court. And all this came in the backdrop of constant reports that the Panama JIT may ask the Qatari prince to appear before the investigators and answer some pertinent questions to back up his two letters. A detailed strategy session with the Qataris in the presence of PM's top lawyer thus obviously looks like an inevitable necessity. Even if the Qatari prince agreed to appear before the JIT and face cross examination, which is highly doubtful, he may have to produce the money trail as his words, already sent in writing, may not just be enough for the court. That is highly improbable. The curious part of the whole scenario is that almost none of the hand-picked media persons who accompanied the PM have reported any meeting so far between Nawaz Sharif and the Qatari leaders and whether Mr Akram Sheikh was also present. These media men probably found no news in Riyadh and Medina. But Mr Akram Sheikh himself gave a funny explanation: "I was advising the PM on terrorism in Riyadh." Well he never did so publicly in Pakistan before. If the reporters had snooped around, and the meetings were actually held, as they obviously were likely, it would have become clear that the Summit was just a God-sent opportunity but the real purpose was to coordinate the new strategy and formulate plans to extricate Nawaz Sharif from the Panama mess. The cold shoulder Nawaz received in the Summit as depicted by not even a mention of Pakistan and its fight and sacrifices against terrorism by any leader, including the Saudis and Trump, was some indication that Nawaz's domestic troubles were having a negative impact on world leaders and no one was sure whether he was the right person any more to discuss long term policies and strategies. In private sessions, the Saudis may have discussed Nawaz's troubles and expressed some sympathy but whether they would like to intervene on his behalf again is not clear. Mostly likely it may not happen. All realize that this time the matters are not so simple as in year 2000 when the Saudis had to convince only one man, General Musharraf, bribe or persuade him with all incentives, and get what they wanted --- a reprieve for the Sharif family and a quick exit from Pakistan in a Royal plane. Today the matter is in the hands of the Supreme Court where a number of judges are handling it under the watchful and almost singularly focused eyes of the political spectrum and the ever-vigilant media. Today any NRO is not possible with any single person, including the army chief, who may not be inclined to help Nawaz for his own multiple reasons, some of these would be the attempts by Nawaz to demean the chief, confront him in several ways, insult his institution publicly through events like the Dawn Leaks, the Kulbhushan fiasco etc. So what could Nawaz have discussed with the Saudis and the Qataris in his visit as his role in the Summit was just like a silent spectator? Islamabad is rife with hushed reports that Nawaz may be seeking Divine/Saudi/Qatari intervention to get him out of the complex black hole in return for a snap election in which he may offer not to be a candidate. How this can be achieved in the current charged situation is a mind boggling question. But indications that the Election Commission of Pakistan was preparing an urgent/rushed plan for a snap election point to some movement in that direction. The SC bench which heard the first JIT report also increased the woes of the Nawaz camp. The categorical declaration that not a day would be extended for the JIT to complete its report created a lot of stir. Nawaz loyalists immediately started talking of using the usual delaying tactics that lawyers deploy to drag cases, to raise objections and show reservations. Shortly before this piece was written came the information that the Sharif family had challenged the credentials of two JIT members saying they were not acceptable. Top lawyers immediately said this was a mala-fide move attacking not just the JIT but the judges of the Supreme Court itself. But the judges were very firm. They asked the JIT to report to the bench any attempt made by anyone to obstruct or delay its investigations or proceedings. Whether Nawaz succeeds in wriggling out of this situation through his foreign friends is a big question but if he opts for some major political change in Pakistan, he will create a storm of uncertainty and legal and constitutional questions will pop up in dozens. For instance as the new 2017 Census is coming to an end, the biggest question would be whether the new elections will be held under the old or the new voters' lists. Likewise after the census, delimitation of constituencies will have to take place and that could be a highly contentious matter. Appointment of an interim government to hold the election will also raise a lot of dust as an outgoing Nawaz may not be allowed by his political opponents and a not-sohappy Establishment to name his own interim PM and cabinet. Where do the Panama cases go will also be carefully watched and if Nawaz is penalized or punished, a chorus of voices will be raised for accountability of others, including the PPP and the Zardari company. In the process, to equalize things even Imran Khan may face judicial decisions which he may not like. In short a huge period of turmoil can be seen on the horizon, waiting to unleash its wrath on a political system that has become rotten to the core.