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The granddaughter of a prominent Native American rights activist has been missing for more than a week. 

The Bemidji Police Department is asking for help locating Rose Downwind. The 31-year-old Redby woman was last seen on Oct. 21 leaving a residence on Stoner Avenue in Bemidji. 

Downwind is the granddaughter of American Indian Movement co-founder Dennis Banks. 


Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin said his department is chasing down leads across the state but has yet to make a breakthrough in the case. 


"Any time someone is missing for this period of time it's a cause for concern," Mastin said. "But we haven't developed any leads that would suggest she's anything but missing." 


Law enforcement originally centered the search around the Bemidji Target, where family members last saw Downwind on Oct. 19. Since then, Mastin said Downwind's ex-boyfriend provided new information placing her on Stoner Avenue two days later. 


The ex-boyfriend, Mastin said, may have seen Downwind get into a blue car, but couldn't describe the make and model.


Downwind was wearing a blue sweater and black pants at the time she was last seen. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bemidji police department at 218-333-9111.

Crime, Law and Justice

Minnesota News

Greater Minnesota

John Enger

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The granddaughter of a prominent Native American rights activist has been missing more than a week.

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