Former Wolf Point Resident To Serve On Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force

Former Wolf Point resident Dr. Alan Ostby has been selected to join the Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force.

Ostby is a behavioral health consultant with Indian Health Services.

The task force was established with the passing of the Looping in Native Communities Act in 2019.

According to the Great Falls Tribune, the task force reported that there are 175 active missing person cases in Montana. Native Americans account for 25 percent of those cases.

Primary duties of the task force include: Administer the looping in native communities network grant program; identify jurisdictional barriers between federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement and community agencies; work to identify strategies to improve interagency communication, cooperation and collaboration to remove jurisdictional barriers and increase reporting and investigation of missing indigenous persons.