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MMNHWG REPORT 5 "Murdered" for this report is defined as Native • 380/6 (N= 74) of those arrested for solic- Hawaiian women and girls who are killed through iting sex from a thirteen-year-old online violent physical means. It also includes Native through Operation Keiki Shield are ac- Hawaiian women and girls who died under sus- tive-duty military personnel (Hawai'i Inter- picious and/or complex circumstances such as net Crimes Against Children Task Force, drug overdose and suicide. These definitions are 2022). aligned with how other Indigenous nations are defining violence within the Missing and Mur- In 2021, the Missing Child Center Hawaii dered Indigenous Women and Girls movement. (MCCH) assisted law enforcement with These definitions also allow for the accuracy of 376 recoveries of missing children. These exploring and naming the specific mechanisms cases are only 1906 of the estimated 2,000 of the MMNHWG crisis such as sexual assault, cases of missing children in Hawaii each domestic violence, child abuse, suicide, poverty, year (MCCH, 2021). and disenfranchisement from the land. Expand- • On Hawaii Island, Kanaka Maoli children ing the frame of exploration of MMNHWG beyond ages 15-17, represent the highest number governmental definitions of missing and mur- of missing children's cases, with the most dered creates space to center the experiences of children reported missing in area code survivors and move toward community healing in 96720, Hilo (HawaN Island Police Depart- a way that is accurate and respectful. ment, 2022). 2196 of HawaiTs total population (N= 1,441,553) • From 2018-2021, there were 182 cases identifies as Native Hawaiian (U.S. Census Bureau, of missing Kanaka Maoli girls on Hawaii 2021). 10.20/6 of the total population of Hawaii Island, higher than any other racial group identifies as a Native Hawaiian female, with (N= 1,175) (Hawai'i Island Police Depart- 47.60/6 of this population identified as females ment, 2022). under the age of 18 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2021). . 570/6 of participants served through the Mana'olana Program at Child & Family • More than a quarter (1/4) of missing girls Services are Native Hawaiian females who in Hawaii are Native Hawaiian (JJIS, 2001- 2021). have experienced human trafficking (Ma- na'olana, CFS, 2021-2022). • Hawai'i has the eighth highest rate of missing persons per capita in the nation at 7.5 missing people per 100,000 resi- dents (Kynston, 2019). • The average profile of a missing child: 15 year old, female, Native Hawaiian, missing from Oahu (MCCH, 2022). • The majority (430/6) of sex trafficking cases are Kanaka Maoli girls trafficked in Waikiki, O'ahu (Amina, 2022).