RESOURCES AND OUTEACH FOR INDEGENOUS COMMUNITIES

The IBI’s Community Outreach Program engages Indigenous Communities as we work together to protect vulnerable people—including elders and children—from criminal activity. Through our community outreach specialists in the field, we empower American Indians/Alaska Natives to protect themselves and their tribes and to report unlawful incidents. We also work to educate tribal populations about significant IBI and Department of Justice Indian Country initiatives such as those involving Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).

In general, the IBI is responsible for investigating the most serious crimes in Indian Country, including murder, child sexual and physical abuse, violent assaults, drug offenses, public corruption, and financial crimes. The IBI has investigative responsibility for federal crimes committed on about 200 Indian reservations nationwide. We share our federal jurisdiction with the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.