The Federal Bureau of Investigation has increased the minimum reward for unsolved cases in Indian Country, opening the door for potential new leads in dozens of cases that have gone cold. The minimum reward has been set at $25,000, impacting over 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases, including a dozen that have remained a mystery for decades, according to an analysis by the Associated Press. Indigenous communities have continued to sound the alarm about the disproportionate violence, disappearance and murder among Native women and girls. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the decision to increase the rewards last week after the National Law Enforcement Partner Conference, which included over 200 Tribal partners. The initiative, titled Voices Not Forgotten, will impact a number of high-profile cases, including Angel Beach, Sa'wade Birdinground, Maleeka 'Mollie' Boone, Logan Warrior Goings, Mary Johnson (Davis) and Emily Pike.Beach's reward was previously set at $10,000. The then-25-year-old was shot on the Muscogee Creek Reservation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 19, 2020. She was walking through the parking lot of a laundromat while arguing with a friend when an unknown black man intervened and shot her. Beach died the following day as a result of a gunshot wound and her killer was never found. The FBI has announced a new minimum reward of $25,000 for dozens of unsolved cases involving Native Americans, following renewed calls for investigation. Pictured above are demonstrators participating in a national day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Among the cases impacted is that of Emily Pike. She was found dead after vanishing from her group home in Arizona last year. A vigil for her is pictured above Maleeka 'Mollie' Boone's case has also been spotlighted. She was reported missing in January and found dead the following morning at just eight years old Birdinground's reward has also increased by $10,000 as a result of Voices Not Forgotten. She was last seen on October 6, 2024, at her family home in Montana on the Crow Indian Reservation. Birdinground has not been seen since. She is 15 years old. Boone, 8, was reported missing on January 15, 2026, from her Arizona neighborhood in Navajo Nation. She left a family member's home to walk to another relative's house nearby but never made it. The eight-year-old was found dead in a field the following morning. Warrior Goings, 6, was shot and killed when bullets rang out outside his home on May 5, 2022. His killer was never found and the FBI has now offered $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. 'The person who did it has been living with the fact that they murdered a 6-year-old child for the past four years,' FBI Special Agent Matthew Vogel said earlier this year on what would have been the child's tenth birthday. Johnson, 39, vanished on a walk on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington on Thanksgiving, 2020. It was not until June of last year that her remains were discovered in a remote area, and no arrests were made in connection with her death. The FBI is also now offering $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. The FBI has highlighted six high-profile cases, seen above, that have received increased rewards Emily Pike's uncle, Allred, is pictured above at a memorial for her on the reservation Pike's case made national headlines and renewed calls for increased attention to cases involving Native American women and girls Pike's case made national headlines last year when she disappeared from her group home in Arizona and was found dismembered in a wooded area. The FBI is now offering $75,000 for anyone who provides verifiable information identifying those responsible for the child's gruesome death. Despite the resurgence of dozens of cold cases, some affected family members have voiced concern that the increased reward will fall flat. The family of Patrick Carlow Sr, who was suspiciously found dead in his South Dakota home in 2023, has noted that the $25,000 reward does not eliminate the fear of reporting information to the authorities. JoDee Carlow, Carlow's daughter, told the Associated Press that fear of law enforcement is 'deep-rooted' within the Indigenous community. 'It's not just on Pine Ridge. It's on every reservation,' she added. Her sister, Lisa, added that the increased reward raised her uneasiness. 'So to me it’s like, okay, what do you guys know that you’re not saying?''It’s so hard to get your hopes up like that and think, "This is it, we finally got dad’s killer. And then nothing comes of it,"' she added. Sa'wade Birdinground was last seen on October 6, 2024, at her family home in Montana on the Crow Indian Reservation. Agents announcing an initial reward for information in the case are pictured above An AP analysis found that over 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases have been impacted by the new minimum reward Luana Ross, the co-director of the Native Voices program at the University of Washington, expressed a similar sentiment that the increased rewards may never be paid out. 'It is my opinion that in reservation communities, people would be extremely reluctant to turn a friend or relative into a criminal justice system that hasn’t served them well,' she said. Voices Not Forgotten is another step in the long road of establishing intergovernmental coordination between state, Tribal and federal law enforcement. The new initiative stems from a 2020 law called the Not Invisible Act, which established a commission to investigate how to better serve Indigenous communities. The recommendations included expanding authority for tribal law enforcement and improving communication with victims' families. Family members of Patrick Carlow Sr, pictured above, have expressed concern that the increased rewards will not lead to a break in his case. He was found dead in his South Dakota home in 2023 The Department of Justice has also surged dozens of FBI agents and personnel to field offices near tribal lands.The FBI said in May that the influx of resources under Operation Not Forgotten yielded over 200 arrests and convictions. However, some have noted that the FBI's footprint in Indian Country can be an obstacle, as the agents often do not have experience in tribal communities. 'More manpower from the FBI on reservations, that’s not a good solution in my mind,' Michael Henderson, the director of public safety for the Navajo Nation, told the Associated Press in May. These steps toward justice have increased awareness of cases involving Native Americans. On May 5, Indigenous people gathered across the country for the national day of awareness for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples movement.