Native American Teen Selena Shelley Faye Not Afraid Still Missing

Almost two weeks ago, Selena Shelley Faye Not Afraid, a native American teen, vanished from a rest area outside Billings, Montana.

For the days afterward, her friends and family have camped out at the same rest area in a bid to find clues into her disappearance and to make a statement about not giving up.

Selena, a member of two Indian nations, which are the Crow and Nakota, was last seen on News Year's day at a rest stop in Montana.

The official story suggests Selena ran off into a field near the Interstate rest stop and disappeared after she was left there with another Native American woman. The other woman was found with scratched legs after she ran through bushes.

Suffice to say, detectives are labeling the disappearance as suspicious.

Family members told Dateline she was meeting another friend from the reservation when they spoke to her last.

The Big Horn County Sheriff's officials state that Selena was among six individuals driving from Billings to Hardin when their car broke down.

It started up again, and four people left Selena and her friend at the rest stop.

The vehicle's driver then called a relative to pick up the two girls. When they arrived, the friend was still at the rest stop. She said that Selena had walked off to a nearby field.

The family members were worried because it was not like Selena to wander off, and she was not dressed well for low temperatures, which had dipped below freezing at the time.

Cheryl Horn told Dateline there was a new executive order called Operation Lady Justice, signed by President Trump. It is the reason they were able to leave the rest area.

In November 2019, the crow tribe's chairman met with President Trump in Washington DC and signed an executive order leading to a task force for better investigating missing Native American women.

The Federal authorities were part of the resources called into the investigation, and they issued a BOLO alert on January 8th.

The alert thus far illustrates that Selena's direction of travel is not yet known though she might be in Big Horn, Rosebud, Treasure County, or Yellowstone.

Selena is one of the many Native American women that have been reported as missing in the United States and in Montana.

According to media outlets, there were almost 300 cases of missing Native American women in 2019.

Big Horn County Undersheriff Eric Winburn claimed they are still on the search for Selena, and there are no updates to go on.