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.

Aubrey Dameron, a 25-year-old Two-Spirit citizen of the Cherokee Nation, vanished from Grove, Oklahoma in 2019. Despite her family's immediate concern, the case was met with delay and neglect. Nearly six years later, her remains were found, and the search for justice continues. Aubrey’s story highlights the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people—and the systems that continue to fail them.

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.