At a recent tribal board meeting, Twilia Stafne Bearcub, an enrolled educator gave a passionate speech to our board. Come to find out the JDC has been closed down for 2 years over a simple cost analysis. Like she explained, children are running rampant because of no consequences due to no JDC. I'd like to add there isn't any effort to sway influence in a positive direction coming from the tribes either. There's no DARE program because the funding for that program wasn't renewed. If that's the case I'd argue then that finding should come from the tribal coffers, then you'd see some brain stimulation out of the counsel. Make it come right out of their paychecks if need be since it's for the future generation they say they care for so much. Is there any ribbonskirters that go into the jails or JDC to help them with communicating or any other subjects or virtues? When I became a volunteer firefighter the arsons were so bad we came up with going into the schools regularly and talking with the children. That, with time helped drastically slow the arsons but also helped in recruiting when they became old enough to help. Fire stations should consider starting a juniors program that could help in so many ways. It takes a village

Don't think them coming on land to help is their only agenda... Uranium rights 50 miles from lame deer the government wants to put a nuclear plant in Colstrip ..

Better late than never I suppose

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives never give up on hope for your loved ones, rise up and be there voice! Extra FBI agents are being sent out in our indigenous communities to bring justice for our loved ones!!!

I hope they are gonna actually do the job and stop the violence, not blame the residents!! This is Dear Leader's FBI and those native lands are SOVERIGN!!!

Just to offer some clarity because this niche work can be a bit complicated to understand. This is the 3rd year of the operation. So it's another phase of existing work. It's not missing persons focused because the FBI doesn't have jurisdiction for most missing person's cases. This resource surge is to help the backlog of violent cases including children. Operation Not Forgotten was actually started as part of continuing the FBI's work under the Violence Against Women and Children Act so it isn't mainly MMIP focused. It is all violent cases to include MMIP. The language can be confusing.