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WASHINGTON — The FBI will offer rewards of up to $25,000 in unsolved homicide, kidnapping and missing persons cases in Indian Country under an initiative announced Tuesday.
Director Kash Patel introduced the program, called Voices Not Forgotten, at a national conference that drew more than 200 tribal law enforcement officers. It sets a minimum reward for every publicly advertised case of that kind in which the FBI has jurisdiction.
The agency also launched a webpage with a searchable map that links to posters seeking information in those investigations. Many of the cases involve missing or murdered Indigenous people.
The FBI is highlighting six of them: Angel Beach, Sa’wade Birdinground, Maleeka “Mollie” Boone, Logan Warrior Goings, Mary Johnson (Davis) and Emily Pike.
“Voices Not Forgotten is a brand-new initiative that is part of this FBI’s record dedication of resources to Tribal partners who have been left behind far too long,” Patel said.
He said the reward protocol is meant to raise public awareness and push anyone with information to come forward.
“We are harnessing the same awareness campaign that has made our Top Ten Most Wanted and Most Wanted Fraudster programs so tremendously successful,” Patel said. “The public is one of our best resources.”
The bureau said the initiative answers requests from tribal communities and from the Not Invisible Act Commission, which pushed for easier public access to case information.
It follows Operation Not Forgotten, a 2023 effort that rotated dozens of FBI personnel through 10 field offices serving Native communities in the West, Midwest and South. None of those offices were in Arkansas.
The FBI has jurisdiction over major crimes on roughly 200 reservations nationwide.
Anyone with information can call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip at tips.fbi.gov. Tips can be left anonymously.
Anyone with information can call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip at tips.fbi.gov. Tips can be left anonymously.
