{"id":688266,"date":"2021-11-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=688266"},"modified":"2022-01-16T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T21:09:28","slug":"idas-law-the-promise-limitations-of-oklahomas-pursuit-of-justice-for-indigenous-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2021\/11\/04\/idas-law-the-promise-limitations-of-oklahomas-pursuit-of-justice-for-indigenous-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Ida\u2019s Law: The Promise, Limitations of Oklahoma\u2019s Pursuit of Justice for Indigenous People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include the first name of LaRenda Morgan, who is Ida Beard’s cousin.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day she realized her daughter was missing, Ida Beard\u2019s mother went to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t a crime for someone to leave town if they want to, officers said. Maybe she\u2019ll come back, she was told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She never did.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to family members, they reported her missing in late June of 2015, but the El Reno Police did not open an investigation and start searching for Beard, a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, until two weeks later. According to El Reno Police, her case was opened on July 15. During that two-week window, family members started asking friends and neighbors if they had seen Beard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new law that goes into effect this week aims to give the state\u2019s Native American families like Beard\u2019s a more coordinated pursuit of justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ida\u2019s Law<\/a>, named for the mother of four who was 29 years old when she went missing, prompted changes within the state’s top law enforcement agency. An agent now tracks and investigates cases of missing and murdered indigenous Oklahomans. A victim advocate now supports their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But progress will be slow due to a lack of funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And because crimes against Native Americans often go unreported, the number of cases involving indigenous Oklahoma is unknown. Recent estimates show that at least 220 Native American Oklahomans are missing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Ida\u2019s Law Came To Be<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senate bill 172 was signed into law in April to help knock down some of the hurdles Native families face when their loved ones are murdered or go missing. The law requires the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to secure federal funding to establish an office of liaison and create a database to keep up with these cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Families are uncertain whether to report these cases to local police, tribal law enforcement or federal authorities. Now, families can report directly to the state\u2019s Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ida Beard’s cousin LaRenda Morgan, who is also the Governmental Affairs Officer for the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, worked with State Rep. Mickey Dollens<\/a>, D-Oklahoma City, and State Sen. Paul Rosino<\/a>, R-Oklahoma City on the legislation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Morgan ran against Dollens for a seat in the House of Representatives. Though Morgan lost, the two stayed in touch. For three years after Beard\u2019s disappearance, Morgan shared her cousin\u2019s missing persons flyer on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ida Beard (Photo provided)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dollens asked what he could do to help after seeing one of Morgan\u2019s posts. They spent the next two years drafting legislation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no accurate count of missing and murdered indigenous people \u2014 more specifically with women \u2014 anywhere in the country, according to a study<\/a> by the Urban Indian Health Institute. For instance, the study cited 5,712 reports of missing and murdered indigenous women as of 2016. Only 116 were reported to the Department of Justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complicating factors include confusion about whose jurisdiction the missing cases fall under, a lack of trust between indigenous families and police, and misclassification of the missing person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new database required by the law is designed to properly document those who go missing while the agent acting as the liaison will start investigating the cases and meeting with tribes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ida\u2019s Law comes into effect just two months <\/strong>after travel influencer Gabby Petito\u2019s case<\/a> captivated the nation. Petito\u2019s fiance returned alone to their Florida home from the couple\u2019s cross-country van trip, then disappeared days after Petito\u2019s family reported her missing. Her remains were found in a national park. Authorities deemed strangulation as her cause of death. Remains matching her fiance’s dental records later were found in a Florida park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story sparked debate<\/a> about how news outlets focus coverage on missing white women while oftentimes not giving women of color the same spotlight and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t

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\u201cIt’s critical that these cases are paid attention to immediately. When you lose time, you can lose important information or evidence,\u201d Morgan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Adams-Cornell is a citizen of the Choctaw nation and is the co-founder of Matriarch<\/a>, a non-profit located in Oklahoma City and Tulsa that builds social welfare among indigenous women and children. Prior to Ida\u2019s Law, when someone within the Native American community went missing, it was largely up to family and community members to organize search efforts, she said. Just last year, the Matriarch team helped organize search efforts for three indigenous girls who went missing in Oklahoma City and were eventually found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt should not be up to the community and family members to solely search for their loved ones,\u201d Adams-Cornell said. \u201cI’m hopeful that this office is going to help bridge a lot of those gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ida\u2019s Law inspired lawmakers in other states with large indigenous communities. South Dakota adopted similar legislation modeled after Ida\u2019s Law this spring, however its effort also remains unfunded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limitations Of Ida\u2019s Law<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gov. Kevin Stitt, center, poses for a photo after signing Ida’s Law during a ceremony inside the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Bryan Terry\/The Oklahoman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While Ida\u2019s Law aims to improve coordination between tribal, state and federal agencies, it does not remove the complexity that ensues when crimes are committed against tribal members or on tribal land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2020 Supreme Court decision and the governor\u2019s contentious relationship with the tribes add to the challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impacts of McGirt versus Oklahoma on the state\u2019s judicial system remain unclear more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the state. The case determined that the state has no jurisdiction over crimes committed by or against Native Americans on tribal lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Stitt said during a speech<\/a> in Tulsa that the ruling \u201ccreates a public-safety nightmare for victims and law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not always clear which law enforcement agency is responsible for investigating crimes against tribal members, OSBI spokeswoman Brook Arbeitman said. That confusion can delay investigations, jeopardize evidence collection and witness interviews, and leave grieving family members without support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s so complicated, they’re almost revictimized by jurisdiction,\u201d Arbeitman said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency plans to launch an entire department dedicated to tracking and investigating these cases and supporting the families of Native American victims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers did not direct any state funding toward the effort, leaving the agency to rely on Oklahoma tribes and federal grants to expand support for these cases. For now, the OSBI has assigned two employees to work on the cases part-time, while also fulfilling other responsibilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The People Doing The Work <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This summer, OSBI special agent Dale Fine was assigned to serve as the tribal liaison under Ida\u2019s Law. In addition to his ongoing investigations, Fine is responsible for compiling a list of unsolved cases involving missing and murdered Native Americans. So far, he has compiled a few dozen cases being investigated by OSBI and local and tribal law enforcement. Beard\u2019s case is already on the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine, a member of the Cherokee Nation who has been an OSBI agent for nine years, is contacting the investigators working those cases to offer assistance. The OSBI can provide fingerprint and DNA analysis, help log information into the missing persons database or add an extra pair of eyes to a case that\u2019s gone cold.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dale Fine (Photo provided)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Christy Pata, who has been supporting victims\u2019 families at OSBI for seven years, now has the added responsibility of helping Native American families as Ida\u2019s law brings attention to their cases. She provides updates about the case, connects families to support groups, provides funding for funeral costs, and accompanies families to court hearings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One mother called Pata to find out when she could get her daughter\u2019s engagement ring back. It had been taken as evidence because there was blood on it. Another woman called a month after her brother was fatally shot and asked \u201cwhat do I do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the biggest challenge for Pata and Fine will be developing trust between law enforcement and members of Oklahoma\u2019s 39 tribal nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a trust issue,\u201d Pata said. \u201cThey don’t automatically believe their case is going to be looked at the same as a non-Native case.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes they\u2019re right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christy Pata (Photo provided)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pata, who often travels to rural parts of the state to support families, said she has heard prejudiced comments made about Native Americans by the people who are responsible for solving these cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Gov. Stitt\u2019s Cherokee Nation citizenship, his actions toward the tribes fuels harmful perceptions, said Adams-Cornell of Matriarch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a travesty that our governor is continually attacking the sovereignty of our tribal nations because we know that when our tribal nations are strong, our state is strong too,\u201d Adams-Cornell said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relationships began dissolving shortly after Stitt took office when he proposed<\/a> increasing the fees tribes pay to operate the state\u2019s casinos, which resulted in three tribes suing Stitt.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor has called the McGirt ruling a threat to Oklahoma\u2019s future. On Wednesday, his office emailed Oklahoma Watch a statement that read in part, \u201cThe real travesty is the effect the McGirt ruling has had on law enforcement\u2019s ability to keep all four million Oklahomans safe, especially Native victims. This is not about Kevin Stitt versus the tribes. It\u2019s about justice, fairness, and equal protection under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, Stitt walked out<\/a> in the middle of a forum about the McGirt decision, which was led by a panel that excluded tribal leaders. An angry crowd booed the governor and chanted \u201cshame on Stitt\u201d as he left through a back door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan, Ida\u2019s cousin, and several tribal members were present in April when Stitt signed Ida\u2019s Law, which Stitt called \u201can example of how Oklahoma succeeds when the state, tribes and our federal partners all work together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ida\u2019s Law Unlikely To Bring Ida Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After El Reno police opened an investigation into Beard\u2019s disappearance, only Beard\u2019s mother and a friend, who was the last to see her, were questioned. No one else was interviewed until years later when a new detective took over the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By then, the house where Beard was last seen had new tenants and renovations, diminishing any remaining chance to search for evidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the department\u2019s search for Beard continues. El Reno\u2019s Assistant Police Chief Maj. Kirk Dickerson said interviews related to Beard\u2019s case were conducted on Wednesday. Dickerson joined the department in 2018, three years after Beard went missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are still actively attempting to locate Ms. Beard,\u201d Dickerson said. \u201cI hope we find her somewhere sitting in a rocking chair on a front porch somewhere saying \u2018I just didn\u2019t want to talk to you guys.\u2019 Until then, we\u2019re going to keep looking for Ida.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the new detective looks at Beard\u2019s case weekly, evidence and witness accounts have dwindled over time, along with the family\u2019s hope of finding their loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWorking on this has just helped me feel like I’ve done something,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cIda, she’s not here. But it just kind of helped alleviate that helplessness feeling. Also it gave other families an outlet and a time to voice their concerns about their missing family members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law requires federal funding to be secured by Jan. 1, 2022. Despite the looming deadline, Morgan said she\u2019s confident the law will be effective, with or without the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know, it\u2019s time to let go,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing more for me to do. I completed what I set out to do and I\u2019m happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For families seeking assistance, Fine can be contacted at OSBI\u2019s Northeast Regional Office by calling (918) 582-9075 and Pata can be contacted at OSBI Headquarters by calling (405) 848-6724. Both can be emailed at idaslaw@osbi.ok.gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Najera is a Report for America <\/a>corps member. She graduated with a master\u2019s degree in journalism from the University of North Texas in 2021. Reach her at rnajera@oklahomawatch.org<\/a> or (903) 808-0314. Follow her on Twitter @RebeccaNajera42<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oklahoma Watch reporter Trevor Brown contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Whitney Bryen is an investigative reporter at Oklahoma Watch covering vulnerable populations. Her recent investigations focus on mental health and substance abuse, criminal justice, domestic violence and nursing homes. Contact her at (405) 201-6057<\/a> or wbryen@oklahomawatch.org.<\/a> Follow her on Twitter @SoonerReporter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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