The creator of a new Internet-based repository aims to reunite American Indians with missing and unidentified loved ones.

Missing from the Circle is being offered as a public service by Lamar Associates, a national firm that specializes in consulting for law enforcement and security in Indian Country.

President Walter Lamar said the hope is that through Missing from the Circle people will be able to complete their spiritual journey by reconnecting families.

“There has been quite a bit of interest and kind of a heartbreaking response from Indian Country,” Lamar said. “What it tells us is there are a significant number of missing Native Americans that are not reported through official channels and their families don’t have any mechanism to help locate their loved ones.”