National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons FINAL

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons May 5, 2026 The City of Boulder acknowledges the city is on the ancestral homelands and unceded territory of Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Nations who have traversed, lived in and stewarded lands in the Boulder Valley since time immemorial, which include the: Di De’i (Apache), Hinono’eiteen (Arapaho), Tsétsėhéstȧhese (Cheyenne), Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche), Caiugu (Kiowa), Čariks i Čariks (Pawnee), Sosonih (Shoshone), Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux), Núuchiu (Ute), and Uto-Nahuatl peoples. 1,2 The city refutes past justifications for the colonization of Indigenous lands and acknowledges a legacy of oppression that has caused intergenerational trauma to Indigenous Peoples, Tribal Nations, and their homelands and ecosystems. 3 Indigenous People are at a disproportionate risk of experiencing violence, murder, trafficking, including sex trafficking, or going missing and make up a significant portion of the missing and murdered cases reported to the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice. On this Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, we reaffirm our commitment to honor the lives of murdered and missing Indigenous Persons, particularly women, girls, and Two-Spirit individuals, and continue to shine a light on egregious and unconscionable treatment towards and against Indigenous people. More than four out of five Indigenous People have experienced violence in their lifetime, including more than half who have experienced sexual violence, and as many as 85% of Indigenous Two-Spirit individuals who fulfill one of many mixed gender roles traditionally found in many Indigenous groups have Source: https://bouldercolorado.gov/projects/staff-land-acknowledgment As part of its Tribal Consultation work, the City of Boulder invites designated Tribal Representatives from the following Tribal Nations to ongoing consultations: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Kiowa Tribe, Northern Arapaho Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation. For additional information on the City’s consultation practices and collaborative work with Tribal Nations, visit https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/tribal-consultation. 3 Source: https://bouldercolorado.gov/projects/staff-land-acknowledgment 1 2

been a victim of violence. Many Indigenous People continue to experience systemic and individual discrimination and Indigenous women, girls, and TwoSpirit individuals experience highly disproportionate levels of life-threatening and gender-based violence, trauma, and exploitation. Surrounding Indigenous Nations continue to experience the loss of loved ones and we stand in solidarity with the families in Colorado and across Canada and the United States who have missing or murdered family members. We, the City Council of the City of Boulder, Colorado, declare May 6th, 2026, as the

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons In the City of Boulder and encourage all residents to educate themselves and increase their awareness of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous Peoples in Colorado and across Canada, Mexico and the United States. Furthermore, we encourage Boulder Law Enforcement to learn about Colorado-specific Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples issues and history and to be proactive in timely searches and responses in their duties and investigations with cultural sensitivity. Finally, through this declaration, we hope to inspire city departments and staff to take active steps to recognize the root causes and ongoing harms of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Crisis and solidify processes and policies to address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples.

_____________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor