Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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Blackfeet Community College Website Offers Local, Anonymous Missing Persons Reporting

On Nov. 7 Blackfeet Community College celebrated the launch of a new missing persons reporting website created in collaboration with Montana’s Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force.

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Families Of Missing, Murdered Call For Review Of Cases In Southeast Montana

Kayla Desroches

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Families in southeast Montana are demanding law enforcement review all cases of missing and murdered indigenous people in Big Horn, Rosebud, and…

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MTV, Dr. Oz Show To Highlight Hanna Harris Case

The story of a Northern Cheyenne woman will be featured in two national pop-culture shows this week. The Dr. Oz Show and MTV are airing episodes about…

A woman in a red t-shirt stands holding a poster in front of a crowd seated at desks in a college classroom setting.

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Community To State MMIW Task Force: We Want Our Own

The Montana Missing Idigenous Persons Task Force hosted a public meeting in Billings Feb. 6. Some community members pressed for Native people to form a…

People gather around candles and a picture of Selena Not Afraid at a nighttime vigil.

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State Division Of Criminal Investigation To Assist With Not Afraid Investigation

The sheriff leading an investigation into a 16-year-old Crow girl’s disappearance and death has requested assistance from the state Division of Criminal…

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More Than 1,000 Attend Funeral For Hardin Girl

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More than 1,000 people attended the funeral for a 16-year-old girl who died of hypothermia after reportedly walking away from an Interstate 90 rest stop…

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Relatives, Law Enforcement Clash Over What Killed 16-Year-Old Crow Girl

Update Jan. 23, 2020: A preliminary autopsy report released Thursday says Selena Not Afraid died of hypothermia. Montana's chief medical examiner at the…

Francine Amyotte waits for volunteer searchers to come in at a makeshift command center based in the old Crow casino Apsaalooke Nights on Jan. 17, 2020.

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Missing Crow Girl's Body Found Near Site Of Disappearance

The body of a 16-year-old Crow girl missing since New Years Day has been found near where she disappeared at an Interstate-90 rest area outside of…

A selfie of Selena Shelley Faye Not Afraid with physical descriptions written next to it.

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FBI Joins Search For Missing Hardin Girl

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the search for a missing girl from south-central Montana.Sixteen-year-old Selena Shelley Faye Not Afraid…

A sign from a Jan. 9, 2019 missing and murdered Indigenous women vigil in Missoula.

Montana's Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force Address Meth and Human Trafficking

Montana’s Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force met for a third time in Billings Friday, Sept. 27. Charyl Eagle came to the meeting to make sure task...