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Native Woman Dies While in Custody at Red Lake Detention Center, in Minnesota; Death Under Investigation

Jun 23, 2023 10:08AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Dwan White Owl (photo: GoFundMe), Native News Online

From 
Darren Thompson - Native News Online - June 23, 2023


On Monday, June 12, a woman who was an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (MHA) Nation of North Dakota died while in custody at the Red Lake Detention Center on the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota.

White Owl and her daughter, Danitra Warpaint, 24, were arrested at Red Lake’s Seven Clans Casino in Thief River Falls on Friday, June 9. The women were booked in the same jail cell and placed in the same holding cell that night.


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