Oklahoma’s new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples task force is holding meetings around the state to identify the gaps in solving the MMIP crisis. The task force, created by the Attorney General’s Office, held its first public listening session last Friday at the Cheyenne Arapaho Service Center in Oklahoma City.
The listening session attracted MMIP activists from across central and western Oklahoma, who shared what issues they believe are the most pressing.
Carmen Harvie, the chair of the state chapter of MMIP in Oklahoma, identified lack of funding as a salient issue. Chapters like hers require money for flyers and staples to notify of missing persons, and she said law enforcement needs more resources to prioritize MMIP cases…