Tevin Tyon, Juan Lamont, and Tyrell Wilson were last seen on the Pine Ridge Reservation on May 7, 2016. Image from Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety / Facebook
Missing: Three Lakota Males
By Brandon Ecoffey
Lakota Country Times Editor
www.lakotacountrytimes.com PINE RIDGE— Three young Lakota men have gone missing from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. On Saturday afternoon (May 7) around 2pm Tevin Tyon, Juan Lamont, and Tyrell Wilson were filmed entering into Tevin’s 2006 grey Buick Lacrosse just outside Lamont’s residence in the Northridge neighborhood of Pine Ridge. Since then there has been no word from any of them. A source close to the family indicated that the three had planned on traveling in to the rural country side of the reservation to drink alcohol and to just “get away” as all three had the weekend off from work. Concern over the safety of the men began to rise on Monday as family members who were accustomed to hearing from them began to reach out to social media for help locating them. Since then private citizens from across the reservation have formed their own search parties and have canvassed many of the countless unpaved backroads and fire trails strewn across America’s third largest reservation in the hopes of finding them. As of Wednesday morning community members had yet to hear back from the Bureau of Indian Affairs which is being pressured to release funds to the local fire department to aid in the search.
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The Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking that anyone with possible information to call the Oglala Sioux Tribal Police Department (605) 867.5141 or a Tip Line at (605) 867 3289. Kevin Steele, communications secretary for the Office of President John Steele implored the community to continue its efforts to find the men. “Please we are very concerned for the families and they just want to find their children. Please if you have any tips, please contact any of the numbers above or you can contact the OST Presidents Office at 605.867.8420. I would like to say thanks to all who are included in the search and we will be here to continue support for these efforts to find our loved ones.” (Contact Brandon Ecoffey at editor@lakotacountrytimes.com) Find the award-winning Lakota Country Times on the Internet, Facebook and Twitter and download the new Lakota Country Times app today.
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