Minnesota Receives Extra Funding To Investigate MMIW, Local Activists Say Move Long Overdue

By Allen Henry, CBS Minnesota

July 10, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Department of Justice is making a major investment in solving cases involving murdered and missing indigenous people.

Minnesota has been selected as one of the areas receiving extra funding and manpower to solve the growing issue in that community.

Despite making up the smallest portion of the U.S. population, indigenous people are the second highest group of reported missing persons.

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