Loved ones urge community to remember Renzo Bullhead as relatives flock to Bismarck for International Powwow

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“Remember Renzo” signs are designed to stay lit at night, Sept. 4, 2025. (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/ Brian Bull)

This story was filed on September 5, 2025, from Bismark, North Dakota

On Thursday evening, as the closing drums faded in the Bismarck Event Center, Renzo Bullhead’s family and friends gathered at Sacred Pipes Resource Center five miles away… to keep his light burning bright.

Bullhead disappeared March 16, his last known movements documented by security cameras on the Burlington-Northern railroad bridge.

“Every day I’m searching,” Bullhead’s grandmother Barbara Charging Cloud said. “There’s people out there that know what happened.”

The event included a prayer, updates from the family and a community meal.

Undated photo of Renzo Bullhead. (Facebook screen grab)

As people arrive for the UTTC International Powwow starting Sept. 5, Bullhead’s family and friends are lining the street with bold-red-lettered signs spelling “Remember Renzo.” The signs are designed to stay lit at night, keeping his disappearance front of mind with so many tribal members in town and unity and community permeating as themes.

Tips with information regarding Bullhead’s disappearance can be sent to 701-667-3250. Donations can be made to the family through GoFundMe.

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Jolan Kruse

Report for America corps member and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples reporter at Buffalo’s Fire.

Location: Bismarck, North Dakota

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