Director named to lead first of its kind MMIR office

The director of Minnesota’s new Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) has been named.  

Juliet Rudie, a tribal member of the Lower Sioux Indian Community and lifelong Minnesota resident, will lead the first office of its kind in the nation. The MMIR office will be housed in the Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs and will focus on missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. 

The office will work with the 11 sovereign tribal nations in Minnesota. Additional staff for the office will be hired in the coming weeks.

The MMIR office will also help develop and implement future legislation and transformative social justice policies.