Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force’s main goals are to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes that contribute to missing and murdered Indigenous persons.
During the 2021 legislative session, Knudsen supported Representative Sharon Stewart-Peregoy’s House Bill 98 to extend the task force for two more years beyond its original June 30, 2021 sunset date. The taskforce is also charged with finding ways to improve collaboration among law enforcement agencies, reporting and tracking data, creating a network of communication among tribal communities, and administering the Looping in Native Communities grant program.
