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December 19, 2022
Native communities throughout Iowa are pushing for justice for Indigenous women who are missing or murdered. They hope grassroots efforts can help curb the public health crisis.
July 13, 2022
Rita Papakee disappeared in 2015 and hasn’t been seen since
June 17, 2022
A missing tribal member can be like a "dark cloud looming" over small Native communities, a tribal police commissioner said.
June 6, 2022
Indigenous people are missing in Iowa, but disappearances span the nation.
January 20, 2021
TAMA COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL)- It has been six years since Meskwaki woman Rita Papakee vanished without a trace. Papakee was last seen on January 16th, 2015, as she left the Meskwaki Bingo casino, never to be heard from again. "It has been a tough six years," Papakees Aunt Ona Youngbear said. "It is this not knowing that is hard." Papakees family said it was not unusual for her to go for several days, even a week, without checking in with her family. However, after several weeks, her family feared ...