Happy Native American Heritage month! Each episode this month will feature a missing person who is Native American. For our first of four episodes this month we will be discussing the missing person case of Lisa Pearl Briseno. A beautiful young woman who is a member of the Warm Springs tribe in Oregon.

Sources:
Lisa Pearl Briseno – The Charley Project

Understanding the Issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (nativehope.org)

Urban Indian Health Institute – Decolonizing data, for indigenous people, by indigenous people. (uihi.org)

Lack of awareness, data hinders cases of missing and murdered Native American women, study finds (nbcnews.com)

As activists mourn missing and murdered Indigenous women, hopes follow new developments - OPB

Native American Heritage Day Today | Indian Affairs (bia.gov)

Efforts to address missing, killed Indigenous women falter in Oregon despite new law - oregonlive.com

Disclaimer: I am not an investigative journalist or a reporter. I am a widowed mom of 3 who works in healthcare and is passionate about giving the people who don't have a voice the attention that they deserve.