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The new Missing and Murdered Unit will operate within the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services. It’ll coordinate multiple agencies in examining cases that often go unsolved because of a lack of investigative resources.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico, calls violence against Indigenous people a crisis that’s been underfunded for too long. She says the new office will hold people accountable and provide closure for families.
“Whether it’s a missing family member or a homicide investigation, these efforts will be all hands-on deck,” said Haaland in a press release. “We are fully committed to assisting Tribal communities with these investigations, and the MMU will leverage every resource available to be a force-multiplier in preventing these cases from becoming cold case investigations.”
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Interior Department s New Unit To Investigate Missing And Murdered Native Americans
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