Save the date! Registration is opening soon, so stay tuned for more details.

The 2025 AMBER Alert & Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country National Symposium is pending final OJJDP Approval.

Do you work with AMBER Alert or Child Protection in Indian Country?

Learn more about our AMBER Partners Network and our secure partners portal for collaboration with other AMBER Alert Partners in Indian Country and across the United States.

The AMBER Advocate:
News You Can Use

The current issue of The AMBER Advocate is available for download. Read about important AMBER Alert in Indian Country news—and much more.

Resources

AMBER Alert in Indian Country Resources

Learn more about the resources that are available to our partners in the AMBER Alert in Indian Country Network. Find useful information including videos, downloadable PDFs and other valuable resources.

If you need to report a missing, abducted or endangered child, please call 9-1-1 immediately.


You may also contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST for assistance. We cannot take missing child reports or inquiries via this website. To search for or find information about current missing children, visit www.missingkids.org.

Forthcoming USDOJ update to NISMART will gather law enforcement data on abductions

The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) will soon begin outreach to more than 4000 law enforcement agencies for assistance in updating and expanding data and analysis on stranger abductions of children.

AMBER Alert in Indian Country on Facebook

Comments Box SVG iconsUsed for the like, share, comment, and reaction icons

AMBER Alert in Indian Country (AIIC) Project Coordinators Amy Hood-Schwindt and Alica Wildcatt recently visited Oklahoma to conduct AMBER Alert implementation meetings with four federally recognized Tribes: the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. AATTAP's AIIC implementation meetings are collaborative discussions of AMBER Alert response plans, available resources, learning opportunities, and more. Find Indian Country-focused training at bit.ly/AIICtraining, or for questions, contact [email protected].

National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention The AMBER Advocate

#firstnations #IndianCountry #childprotection #lawenforcementtraining
... See MoreSee Less

AMBER Alert in Indian Country (AIIC) Project Coordinators Amy Hood-Schwindt and Alica Wildcatt recently visited Oklahoma to conduct AMBER Alert implementation meetings with four federally recognized Tribes: the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. AATTAPs AIIC implementation meetings are collaborative discussions of AMBER Alert response plans, available resources, learning opportunities, and more. Find Indian Country-focused training at https://bit.ly/AIICtraining, or for questions, contact askamber@fvtc.edu.

National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention The AMBER Advocate
 
#firstnations #IndianCountry #childprotection #lawenforcementtraining

Save the Date for the 2025 AMBER Alert & Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country National Symposium in Washington, DC, Feb. 25-26, 2025! Watch our page, and The AMBER Advocate page for more details!Join us for the 2025 AMBER Alert & Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country National Symposium in Washington, DC, February 25 - 26, 2025, where a diverse group of dedicated professionals will come together to tackle the critical issues surrounding missing and exploited children. (This event is pending DOJ approval, so watch this page for updates and announcement of opening registration.)

The 2025 Symposium will feature AMBER Alert coordinators from state and regional levels, managers from missing persons clearinghouses, law enforcement personnel, emergency management and public safety experts, as well as Tribal community leaders.

Immerse yourself in an environment designed to foster collaboration and innovation! Analyze recent trends and compelling case studies, exchange proven strategies, and engage in hands-on training with child protection partners.

Together, we will strengthen our collective responses to incidents involving missing and exploited children, equipping ourselves with the tools and knowledge needed to make a meaningful impact.

This two-day event, organized by the AMBER Alert Training & Technical Assistance Program (AATTAP), will offer insights from renowned experts in the field. Attendees can expect in-depth sessions covering topics such as:

• A keynote from a child abduction survivor
• Model responses to missing children incidents
• Family survivor perspectives regarding their missing children
• Continued efforts by NCMEC to locate missing children
• Case studies detailing investigative responses and recoveries
• AMBER Alert coordination best practices
• Enhancing recovery efforts for missing children of color
• Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS)
• Genetic genealogy and solving missing children cases
• Missing and murdered investigations in Indian Country
• Identifying federal resources for missing children incidents
• Search methods on Tribal lands

We look forward to seeing you in person at the 2025 Symposium, so please join us! More detailed information about the event will be forthcoming. For questions, contact us at [email protected], or call (877) 712-6237.

AMBER Alert in Indian Country
National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
#aattap
... See MoreSee Less

Save the Date for the 2025 AMBER Alert & Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country National Symposium in Washington, DC, Feb. 25-26, 2025! Watch our page, and The AMBER Advocate page for more details!

Check out this new class – it's excellent (and needed)! ... See MoreSee Less

Check out this new class – its excellent (and needed)!

EXCLUSIVE: Today, November 13, 2024, marks what would have been the 20th birthday of Ashlynne Mike—namesake of the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2018.

*Read this touching tribute to Ashlynne penned by her mother, Pamela Foster,* for her friends and partners within our AMBER Alert Training & Technical Assistance Program and AMBER Alert in Indian Country Initiative: amberadvocate.org/issues/exclusive-a-20th-birthday-wish-for-ashlynne-mike-from-her-mother/

National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Navajo Police Department-Navajo Nation Missing Persons Navajo Times Missing & Murdered Diné Relatives #AshlynneMike #AmberAlert #ProtectOurChildren #MMIWG
... See MoreSee Less

Thank you to our partners in Alaska! #indigenousalaska #alaskanative #childprotection
Load more

 


The AMBER Alert in Indian Country Website provides integrated, ‘one-stop’ access to training, technical assistance and child protection resources for Tribal law enforcement, public safety professionals and others in the community working with issues surrounding endangered, missing and abducted children.

This Web site is funded in whole or in part through a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).