South Dakota Attorney General names new MMIP specialist
Appointee brings more than two decades of experience
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Wednesday that Marlys Big Eagle of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe from Fort Thompson will serve as the state’s new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Specialist.
Big Eagle carries an extensive resume into the role: 27 years with the United States Department of Justice, including 23 years as the Supervisory Victim Witness Coordinator for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Dakota and four years at the Executive Office for United States Attorneys in Washington, D.C.
She was also the DOJ’s first Native American Outreach Services Liaison for Missing or Murdered Indigenous Person cases occurring in Indian Country.
Big Eagle assumes the position vacated by Allison Morrisette earlier this summer when Morrisette, the first person to take on the specialist role, moved to the Unified Judicial System.
South Dakota’s missing people clearinghouse consistently indicates that 60% of cases in the state involve Native Americans, even though only about 8.5% of the state’s population is Native.
- 1.Press release. Office of the South Dakota Attorney General, .
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