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New director of Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office takes the helm

  • Guadalupe Lopez is the new director of Minnesota's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office, having taken over in July.
  • The MMIR office aims to address the high rates of missing or murdered Indigenous people since its establishment in 2021.
  • Lopez prioritizes working with families and collaborating with the advisory council and system partners.
  • She emphasizes the importance of filing a missing person's report without a waiting period, as noted in Brandon's Law.
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New director of Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office takes the helm

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office has a new leader. Guadalupe Lopez, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, took over the office in July. The MMIR office was established in 2021 and seeks to address the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who go missing or are murdered. Lopez said the role is a “natural fit” because of her extensive background in work on gender-based violence and she has…

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MPR News broke the news in Saint Paul, United States on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
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