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Years after landmark study, number of missing Natives in Nebraska has nearly doubled

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Years after landmark study, number of missing Natives in Nebraska has nearly doubled

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Lestina Saul-Merdassi still remembers the question she asked herself when her cousin went missing.

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Lestina Saul-Merdassi (center) takes part in a Round Dance at Turner Park in Omaha on May 5. Saul-Merdassi, an Omaha resident and member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate Tribe, is the youth program director at the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition.

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Col. John Bolduc, who has led the Nebraska State Patrol since 2017, will retire from a law enforcement career that included stints in three states across nearly 40 years.

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Grace Johnson, the liaison for missing and murdered Indigenous persons for the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, speaks at an event at Turner Park in Omaha on May 5. “We are all going to heal when our women heal,” said Johnson, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. 

Naomi Delkamiller, Flatwater Free Press

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The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day memorial walk at Turner Park in Omaha on May 5. 

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PhotoFiles: Native American rallies in Nebraska

Steps of the Courthouse

Native Americans listen to Black Elk on the steps of the Lancaster County Courthouse in 1975.

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Gordon Rally

Mayor Bruce Moore addresses some of the 1,000 Native Americans who converged on Gordon in 1972 to protest the official handling of the death of Raymond Yellow Thunder.

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Student Support

Gov. J.J. Exon discusses ownership of Fort Robinson, among other things, on the University of Nebraska campus in 1973.

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Native American Protests

Members of the Winnebago tribe stand in protest inside the Capitol building in Lincoln as part of the American Indian Movement on Aug. 7, 1971. 

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Meeting in the governor's office

Norman Otto speaks with members of the American Indian Movement in the Governor's Office in 1972. Dennis Banks reviewed the Red Cloud Treaty of 1868 charging the state with violating all 17 articles of the document.

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Purification Ceremony

Wallace Black Elk, a Native American spiritual leader, heats rocks for a purification ceremony in 1973.

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Native American Rally

Dennis Banks and John Two Birds Arbuckle lead a rally inside the Capitol building in 1972. 

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March at the State Capitol

Nebraskan Native American tribes march on the state Capitol in a peaceful demonstration of support for Natives who took control of the building in Washington, D.C., in 1972.

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Gathering at the Capitol

Native Americans and supporters gather outside the Capitol building in support of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s.

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University Students Support

Nebraska Gov. J.J. Exon talks to students on the campus of the University of Nebraska in 1973.

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Meeting at Fort Robinson

Jerry Kromberg, a representative of Nebraska Gov. J.J. Exon, confers with Native American leaders at Fort Robinson in 1972.

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American Indian Movement

Two prominent faces of the American Indian Movement, Russell Means and Dennis Banks, stand together in support of Native American rights.

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Red Arm Band

Frank Black Elk, a University of Nebraska student from Pine Ridge, ties a red arm band on fellow student Phil Rooney before a sympathy march to the Capitol in 1973.

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A Call For Peace

Nellie Red Owl, a Native American elder of the Sioux Tribe, flashes a peace sign during an Indian Protest in 1974.

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March to the Capitol in 1973

In 1973, A-Go Sheridan and John Two Birds Arbuckle led the sympathy march that began at the State Historical Society and ended at the state Capitol.

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Lestina Saul-Merdassi (center) takes part in a Round Dance at Turner Park in Omaha on May 5. Saul-Merdassi, an Omaha resident and member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate Tribe, is the youth program director at the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition.

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day memorial walk at Turner Park in Omaha on May 5. 

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Col. John Bolduc, who has led the Nebraska State Patrol since 2017, will retire from a law enforcement career that included stints in three states across nearly 40 years.

Grace Johnson, the liaison for missing and murdered Indigenous persons for the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, speaks at an event at Turner Park in Omaha on May 5. “We are all going to heal when our women heal,” said Johnson, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. 

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