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  That seems like an extremely high number?
context: Twenty-one of them are between the ages of 13 and 17, with one 9 y/o in the mix.
  Edit: After a little googling it sounds like the 9y/o is a case of familial abduction. I’m not sure about the other ones. It’s going to take me a while to look up all the names.
  Edit #2: I’ve searched about six or seven names so far and they all lead back to either this article or the SD missing persons website which only seems to list physical descriptions and last known clothing worn. >
  
  In 21 days there are 21 kids missing? That’s terrifying. >
  
  
  In 21 days there are 21 kids missing? That’s terrifying.
  
  Especially in a place of such low population >
  
  There's only like, 4 or 5 people left in the state at this point. >
  
  Statistically, the perpetrator is likely a cow. >
  
  That's udderly impossible >
  
  Y’all are gonna milk this for all its worth. >
  
  You can cownt on that >
  
  Sounds cud to me. >
  
  Enough of the bovine puns - time to mooove on with our lives. >
  
  The book Yellow Bird is set in ND not SD but has some great context for how difficult it is for native people to be found and get justice once missing. The titular Lissa Yellow Bird also does a This American Life episode where she details her search for her missing niece as a civilian. Super sad/scary and interesting >
  
  The movie Wind River is similar but set in Montana. It’s heartbreaking that this is a reality.
  Edit: it’s actually Wyoming and not Montana >
  
  Wind River takes place on the Wind River Reservation which is in Wyoming. >
  
  You’re so right! My bad! >
  
  31 in January 2023. That’s more than November and December 2022 combined. This is crazy! Most are young, where did they all go? Surely someone has to know something. Aren’t these mostly all small communities? Also some of the names are very interesting, Respects Nothing, and Bad Milk. >
  
  According to the SD Attorney General website, 1780 children were reported missing in SD in 2022. That would be on average 148 a month. So 30 so far for this month would be well below the monthly average. (Actually, it's less than 30 because a few of them were adults). I'm guessing way less kids run away from home in the cold winter months. Just a guess though. >
  
  This. It’s unconscionable. And as a father, it breaks my heart. >
  
  Um, you’re trying to find fault where there is none. As a father, I feel the responsibility to ensure my wife, children and extended family, for that matter, are safe as well as ensuring their future success. 
  As a human being, it breaks my heart to see injustice and abuse. I wouldn’t be any less sympathetic if I didn’t have a daughter, wife, or a mother. >
  
  Being a father (or mother) amplifies that feeling of disgust, empathy, and dred when you read these articles.   Before I had kids, I would feel sadness and rage reading about these things.  Now that I have children, there is a deeper, more primal feeling attached to that sadness and rage.  I don't understand why people infer that we didn't care about these things before having children. >
  
  The Native American population has always had an inordinate number of missing persons. Many young woman, and depending on where they disappear, it may or may not be investigated. >
  
  I totally noticed the numbers of indigenous people on that list.  When you think population size compared to the the rest of the state, I don’t understand how it’s not more in the public awareness. >
  
  Imagine if a kid disappeared every day in your area. Is the national media covering this one hopes? >
  
  And most of these are in Rapid City, which isn’t a major metropolitan. It has a pop of like 75,000 people. >
  
  Rapid City is infamous for its racism against Native Americans. Its pretty near the Pine Ridge Reservation which is one of the larger reservations and one with a lot of very important history fighting genocidal politics >
  
  People seem to overlook these basic facts. Thank you for posting about this. >
  
  Only 5 are over the age of 21. >
  
  This is so disturbing. There are so many terrible things happening all the time