Are there other federal reports or datasets on missing Native Americans that remain publicly available?
Executive summary
Federal agencies and allied entities maintain multiple publicly available datasets and reports on missing Native Americans: the FBI’s MMIP page and NCIC-derived fact sheets (summaries of missing/unidentified entries) and monthly NamUs tribal and AI/AN case statistics are available online [1] [2]. The Department of Justice’s Tribal Justice & Safety hub lists federal compilations and state/tribal reports (including Wyoming task force updates and OJP fact sheets) while BIA’s Missing and Murdered Unit and NamUs/NCMEC produce regular statistics and case lists [3] [4] [2] [5].
1. Federal dashboards and FBI summaries still publicly posted
The FBI maintains a Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) resource page that publishes annual summaries drawn from the NCIC Missing Person File—showing entries and removals and demographic breakdowns by age, sex and race—and links to related guides and commission findings, and it has been updated as recently as May 2025 [1]. The Office of Justice Programs hosts focused one-page data sheets such as “2023 Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Persons: Age 21 and Under” that directly use the FBI/NCIC files for AI/AN-specific counts [6].
2. NamUs: case-level monthly reports and AI/AN subreports
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) publishes monthly reports and statistics for unresolved missing, unidentified and unclaimed cases and explicitly produces American Indian and Alaska Native case statistics and tribal case reports. Those monthly NamUs outputs are a primary public dataset for tracking what has been entered into that national clearinghouse, while noting NamUs only contains cases reported to it, not all missing-person reports nationwide [2].
3. Department of Justice tribal hub and linked state/tribal task-force reports
The DOJ’s Tribal Justice and Safety “MMIP Data & Research” page aggregates federal research and also links to state and tribal task force publications—Wyoming’s MMIP task force reports (2021–2025 updates) are cited as examples—making a mix of federal and sub‑federal analyses publicly available on the DOJ site [3].
4. BIA’s Missing and Murdered Unit and other agency outputs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs operates a Missing and Murdered Unit dedicated to analyzing and supporting cases involving American Indian and Alaska Native people; the BIA posts statistics and background context on the disproportionate risks AI/AN people face and notes counts drawn from NCIC and other sources [4] [7]. Those BIA pages function as public pointers to federal counts and program efforts [4] [7].
5. NGOs and specialty centers with public counts: NamUs limitations and NCMEC data
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children compiles and publishes its own counts—for example, Native American children comprised 294 of the 28,845 children reported in 2023—offering a separate public dataset focused on juveniles [5]. Journalistic reporting and studies repeatedly flag that NamUs and NCIC are underpopulated for many jurisdictions and that data quality problems (missing fields, racial misclassification) reduce comprehensiveness [8] [2].
6. Scholarly, GAO and CRS overviews available publicly
Congressional Research Service and GAO-style products and academic/state analyses are publicly accessible: the CRS overview of MMIP summarizes research findings and includes tables comparing NamUs and NCIC representation of AI/AN persons; GAO reports and NIJ-funded state studies (e.g., Nebraska) analyze reporting barriers and patterns and are linked or summarized on DOJ/NIJ pages [9] [10] [3].
7. What was removed — and what that means for researchers
Recent reporting shows a congressional-mandated federal report tied to the Not Invisible Act Commission (the “Not One More” 2023 findings) was removed from a DOJ-hosted site, illustrating that specific commissioned reports can be taken down even while underlying datasets and other federal pages remain accessible [11]. Available sources do not mention a wholesale removal of FBI or NamUs datasets; they remain publicly available per the cited pages [1] [2].
8. How to interpret and combine these public sources
Researchers must treat each source as partial: NCIC-based FBI summaries reflect law enforcement NCIC entries but not all missing-person reports; NamUs includes only cases submitted to that system and is sensitive to input requirements that can exclude cases [1] [2] [8]. State and tribal task force reports provide deeper local context and sometimes more complete case lists; DOJ’s Tribal Justice page and NIJ publications catalog those outputs for cross-checking [3] [10].
9. Practical next steps for data-seekers
Consult the FBI MMIP page and OJP fact sheets for NCIC-derived national snapshots [1] [6]; download monthly NamUs AI/AN and tribal reports for case-level tallies [2]; search DOJ Tribal Justice and NIJ links for state/tribal task-force reports such as Wyoming’s series [3]. Use NCMEC juvenile counts to supplement child-focused analyses [5]. Expect gaps due to reporting rules, misclassification and jurisdictions not contributing cases [8] [2].
Limitations: This summary uses only the cited public pages and reporting; available sources do not mention other specific federal datasets beyond the FBI/NCIC summaries, NamUs reports, DOJ/NIJ/CRS analyses, BIA pages and NCMEC figures cited above.