| Summary: | This research project was a proposed partnership between the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs, the four tribes of Nebraska: Omaha Tribe, Ponca Tribe, Santee Sioux Tribe, and Winnebago Tribe; and researchers at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Quantitative data on Nebraska's missing persons were obtained from existing missing persons databases: Nebraska's Missing Persons List (NMPL), National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUS), and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The stated goals were to evaluate the scope of missing and murdered Native women and children, barriers to reporting and investigating these missing, and identify partnerships to increase reporting and investigation. Point-in-time measures were used to account for the naturally changing status of missing persons cases. Variables include missing status at points 1, 2, 3, and 4; date reported missing at points 1, 2, 3, and 4; age groups of missing person at points 1, 2, 3, and 4; minor status; location of disappearance; record of missing person on databases; race, sex, and age.
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