Jacqueline “Jackie” Davis, a 13-year-old from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, vanished in 1969 while walking to a friend’s house in Cherokee, NC. Her case remained largely unrecognized until it was recently added to the national database. Over 50 years later, her family still hopes for answers.

Pauline Williams, a 44-year-old member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, vanished in 2003 near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Despite early suspicions of foul play, her case went cold for years. Renewed investigations by federal authorities are now seeking answers and justice. Her story is a reminder of how too many Indigenous women are forgotten.