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Murdered & Missing Indigenous Peoples

Reporting on the MMIP crisis, efforts to address it and the stories of those affected.

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CTUIR elder remains missing after three-day search

Efforts to find Wesley Dixon Jones entailed new technology; coordinator plans to search again before weather worsens

Missing Persons

Spirit Lake Tribe searches for Danica White: ‘She is more than a missing person’

Community unites in hope of finding Renzo Bullhead before winter

Search for missing elder gets help from AI

Missing Persons

Spirit Lake Tribe searches for Danica White: ‘She is more than a missing person’

The 20-year-old citizen disappeared Nov. 1

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Community unites in hope of finding Renzo Bullhead before winter

Volunteers join law enforcement to search by foot, boat and horseback

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Search for missing elder gets help from AI

Searchers will test out new apparatus in Oregon

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Spirit Lake's Incident Command Team is a model for tribal emergency response

'Nobody is coming to save us but us': After Isaac Hunt and Jemini Posey went missing, the Spirit Lake Tribe built its own 40-expert response team, creating an alert system and saving lives

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Families still searching for missing Spirit Lake citizens

Jemini Posey and Isaac Hunt were reported missing in early 2024

Police ask for tips in unsolved murder case

Standing Rock citizen Kevin Grey Bull was killed in 2022

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Native community calls for return of MMIP report

Not One More report scrubbed from DOJ’s website shortly after President Trump took office

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Red Dress Special honors MMIP

Long Soldier Wacipi reflected kinship, remembrance and a new push for coverage of missing Indigenous people

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Justice Delayed

Grassroots organizations work to fill gap in MMIP data

Advocates call for Native-led solutions

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Amber Alert Initiative advances across Indian Country

More than 100 tribes have partnered with the alert system

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

Family holds gathering Sept. 4 to ask people with information to come forward

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MMIP activists hold late summer walk in Oregon to spread awareness

Event is first for newly christened organization

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Emergency Preparedness

Red Thread Network provides a template for what to do if a loved one goes missing

Tyler Rambeau provides emergency services guides

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Emmy Award goes to animated documentary honoring MMIP

“Who She Is” aims to humanize the women behind the statistics

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Standing Rock holds its first Red Dress Special

More than 50 dancers perform for MMIP awareness and healing

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Healing Journey

Conference addresses gender-based violence in Native communities

Attendees join in solidarity to build path toward healing

Standing Rock woman dedicated to bringing home missing Indigenous people

Alva Cottonwood-Gabe spreads the word, organizes searches

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MMIP motorcycle ride ends with prayers at Bear Butte

Benefit Ride to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples

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Cole Brings Plenty: 2-day MMIP commemoration kicks off

A 456-mile journey of healing, remembrance and solidarity

“You Are Not Forgotten” MMIR Benefit Ride