Project Lost & Found - Voices...

We are a nonprofit initiative staffed by experienced investigators with one purpose:

“Find the missing Native Americans and other people, bring them home and restore their honor and story”

First Campaign Launch Goals:

Operation Lost & Found: First Battle Plan - Mass pin production to promote the website, projectlostandfound.net, listing those who are missing and establishment of a database of missing and murdered people with a focus on public lands and Native American reservations near international borders. Based on resources, recovery investigations and advocacy will be done with defined and measurable goals following the first round of seed fundraising raised by donations, sale and distribution of promotional lapel pins. 

Project Lost & Found – Voices of Gratitude

The Crisis We Face

In 2024 alone, nearly 10,000 Native American individuals were reported missing. This tragic number reflects a growing crisis—one that is being compounded by the escalation of militarized border enforcement, mass deportations, and an arbitrary and politicized “war” on immigrants. These developments have led to the disappearance of countless individuals, including legal residents, and have placed vulnerable populations—especially those living on or near reservations and international borders—at extreme risk.

This pattern echoes tactics used by authoritarian regimes throughout history. From the forced disappearances under Stalin’s Soviet secret police to Hitler’s purge of political opponents and marginalized groups, the strategy is consistent: consolidate power through fear, silence dissent, and erase the inconvenient. Today, the United States is at risk of repeating these historical atrocities in a new form—targeting people of color, Indigenous communities, and immigrants in the name of national security.

Our Identity and Initiative

Project Lost & Found: Voices of Gratitude is a newly launched nonprofit led by a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and supported by a growing team of skilled investigators and advocates. Our mission is to bring national attention to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people—particularly those at risk in militarized border zones—and to provide a dignified response through investigation, remembrance, and policy advocacy.

We are a nonpartisan, independent entity registered with a federal EIN, established bank account, and a physical mailing address in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. Arizona law does not require registration for nonprofits not engaging in veterans’ services or professional fundraising bundling, allowing us to launch operations swiftly and focus resources where they matter most.

Strategic Focus

Our immediate goal is to raise funds for the production and distribution of thousands of symbolic lapel pins bearing our emblem. These pins serve as a powerful statement:
    •    A symbol of commitment to human and constitutional rights.
    •    A badge of solidarity with Indigenous communities and those lost to institutional neglect.
    •    A tool to identify and expose the hypocrisy of those who wear it but support policies that disappear people, destroy sacred lands, or militarize civilian regions.

Much like distributing leaflets in a conflict zone, this campaign will spark dialogue, draw attention, and apply public pressure. It will also attract criticism and resistance—but we are prepared to meet that with courage and conviction.

We will engage directly with tribal elders, elected officials, community leaders, and the media, placing these pins on the lapels of those willing to stand for justice—or those who must be held accountable if they do not. Our first wave will begin in Arizona and expand outward as awareness builds.

A New Standard of Advocacy

This campaign is not only about remembrance—it’s about accountability and systemic change. We aim to spotlight the erosion of civil liberties, the weaponization of immigration enforcement, and the auctioning of public and tribal lands under the guise of national defense and cheap timber production.

Those who wear the pin while advancing policies that harm Indigenous people, violate constitutional rights, or sell off our national heritage will be publicly challenged. Our strategy seeks to shift public support away from coercive, authoritarian measures and toward incentive-based, rights-respecting policies—such as requiring E-Verify for employers of immigrants (a measure already proven effective without all of the guns and heavy equipment) and requiring congressional oversight committees to protect forests and sacred lands, not compelled wartime military occupation invoked by arbitrary executive orders.

In response to a high level of interest, we are now ready to take electronic donations and also checks, so we can get boots on the ground.