Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, center, participates in a Not Invisible Act Commission hearing in February 2023. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior)

Federal commission wants public input on missing and murdered Indigenous people
BY: - July 24, 2023

The South Dakota-based leader of the Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains is encouraging people to provide input during a federal commission’s upcoming hearings on missing and murdered Indigenous people and human trafficking. Carmen O’Leary, Cheyenne River Lakota, of Eagle Butte, is the executive director of the society.  “It is important to our community […]

Allison Morrisette, left, the state's new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons coordinator, and Mary Beth Holzwarth, right, the state's new human trafficking coordinator. (Courtesy of Attorney General's Office)

Attorney general makes new hires to address human trafficking, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons
BY: - November 30, 2022

Attorney General Mark Vargo announced two new hires Wednesday to address human trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. Allison Morrisette is the state’s inaugural Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons coordinator. Morrisette is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe who last served as adult diversion coordinator for the Pennington County State’s Attorney’s […]

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