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The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states including Arizona to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country.

A spokesperson for the IRS Phoenix field office confirmed special agents were participating in the exercise at a firing range Thursday when the shooting happened.

A New Mexico task force charged with addressing missing person cases involving Native Americans is teaming up with researchers in Nebraska on a data collection project that they hope will begin to close the gaps when it comes to tracking cases and their outcomes nationwide.

The FBI is looking for potential victims who may have been recruited to live in government funded group homes in Phoenix between January 2020 and the present. The Navajo-Hopi Observer reports the facilities are targeting Native Americans from the Navajo Nation and other tribes.

According to the new guidelines, all investigators will be trained to employ a victim-centered, trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach to criminal investigations.

The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives and punished followers who didn't treat him as a prophet.

Navajo Nation officials say they have issued an executive order to investigate and locate missing tribal members in a manner that is empathetic to victims and their families.

The FBI has updated its list of 186 Native Americans who are confirmed to be missing in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation.

The FBI has released a list of more than 170 Native Americans it has verified as missing throughout the Navajo Nation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

The FBI released a list of more than 170 Native Americans it has verified as missing throughout the Navajo Nation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.