AMBER Alert in Indian Country News

Honoring My Beautiful Daughter, Ashlynne Mike, On Her 21st Birthday

Pamela Foster shares a moving tribute to her daughter, Ashlynne Mike.

‘Voices from AMBER Alert in Indian Country’

AATTAP’s AMBER Alert in Indian Country (AIIC) initiative is a bridge meant to overcome obstacles to safeguarding children—and this subject is at the core of our ongoing series, “Voices from AMBER Alert in Indian Country.”

AMBER Alert in Indian Country—in Focus

Help, Unity & Hope: A new video project about AMBER Alert in Indian Country has U.S. Tribal child protection leaders calling for enhanced training and collaboration to help save lives.

Confronting the MMIP/MMIWG Crisis Through Support

‘Every voice matters’ in the search for missing and murdered Indigenous people, and this underpins the work of the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country program. The initiative helps Tribal and non-Tribal law enforcement swiftly find missing children—and seek justice for any precious life harmed.

Ashlynne Mike’s Legacy: AMBER Alert in Indian Country

Ashlynne Mike's mother, Pamela Foster, championed the need for AMBER Alerts in Indian Country during the 2025 Symposium. Her powerful presentation was a gift—on many levels.

Team AMBER 2025: Symposium Takeaways

Child protection professionals from the U.S. and its territories—even as far away as American Samoa—traveled to Washington, D.C., to fortify their minds and missions at the 2025 National AMBER Alert Symposium.

Triumph Amid Tragedy

Minnesota’s first Tribal AMBER Alert underscores the vital role law enforcement partnerships and the public play in helping recover missing children—in this case, a toddler who tragically lost his two brothers.

Indigenous women are becoming advocates and helping address MMIW plight

Is there hope for the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women? An article by Rachel Monroe in The New Yorker begs this question, and the answer may lie in the strength of other Indigenous women. Lela Mailman became an advocate for the voiceless after her 21-year-old daughter, Melanie James, vanished in 2014 in Farmington, […]

Cover Story Extra: Healing Through Comfort

For those fortunate enough to witness it, one of the Symposium’s most moving moments came in the guise of a small package—one that guest speaker Pamela Foster quietly handed to AATTAP CART Project Coordinator Derek VanLuchene.

Faces: A Shining Light

Jolene Hardesty has faced challenges in her 20 years of public service—from her early days as a 911 sheriff’s office dispatcher to her current role as Missing Children’s Clearinghouse Analyst and Missing Persons Coordinator for the Michigan State Police.