Yes. There's a bad mental habit people out here have, when it comes to missing Lakota women and just dismissing them as "that's what Indians do, they drink, they drug, they abuse, and the girl runs away and hides." Other impoverished groups get viewed through that lens of indifference, too.
I always want to know the story. Law enforcement has the task - of how far to take an investigation. And anyone with a phone can call the press.