Indigenous Officer Investigates Cases for Missing and Murdered People in California, Reveals Startling Realities, Challenges, and Progress
KLAMATH, Del Norte County, California – Julia Oliveira has taken on the challenging role of being the first law enforcement officer in California to be exclusively dedicated to investigating cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people. Working for the Yurok Tribe, she covers a vast area stretching through the rural Humboldt and Del Norte counties of Northern California. As an Indigenous person herself, originally from Oklahoma, Oliveira focuses on cold cases – unsolved killings and …