<div id="attachment_19396" style="width: 760px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MMIWP.png?ssl=1"  ><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-19396" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-19396" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MMIWP.png?resize=750%2C372&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="750" height="372" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MMIWP.png?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https://i0.wp.com/www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MMIWP.png?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MMIWP.png?resize=1024%2C508&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MMIWP.png?resize=768%2C381&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MMIWP.png?resize=1536%2C762&amp;ssl=1 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-19396" class="wp-caption-text">South Dakota state lawmaker Peri Pourier speaks during a press conference about Native Hope funding a state position for a missing persons specialist. (Photo-Lee Strubinger)</p></div>
<h4>Native group funds South Dakota state position for MMIWP specialist<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />Residential school survivors seek closure following discovery of graves<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />Bill in Michigan Legislature encourages Indian boarding school lessons</h4>
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Native group funds South Dakota state position for MMIWP specialistResidential school survivors seek closure following discovery of gravesBill in Michigan Legislature encourages Indian boarding school lessons