The Native Mob is a Native American street gang. The Native Mob Bloodz is one of the largest and most violent Native American gangs in the U.S. and is notoriously active in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and South Dakota.[4] The gang was created in the 1990s in Minneapolis, Minnesota and in 2013 was created in South Dakota to control drug turf, and has since established itself in prisons, and was estimated (2015) to have around 1,500 Soldierz, in (2024) the total number of Soldierz increases to 10,000 members
| Founded | 1990s |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Minneapolis, Minnesota, South Dakota, Rapid City, Colorado, Denver, |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Territory | Midwestern United States, mainly active in the states of Minnesota and North Dakota most recently in South Dakota, and Colorado[1] |
| Ethnicity | Primarily Native American |
| Activities | Racketeering, drug trafficking, murder, |
| Allies | People Nation Bloods Almighty Vice Lord Nation The Boyz |
| Rivals | Native Gangster Disciples[2] Folk Nation Gangster Disciples Native Disciples Project Boyz Moe Mob |
| Notable members | Wakinyan Wakan McArthur Christopher Lee Wuori Eric Lee Bower Kanno Waktapo[3] |
The Native Mob Bloodz has been present in tribal communities in the region since the gang began in the 1990s. Gang experts say the small town of Cass Lake, Minnesota on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has been the center of the gang's operations, also runs operations out of the Twin Cities, Naytahwaush, and Prior Lake. Members routinely engage in drug trafficking, assault, robbery, and murder. According to reports they are also located in Mandan, North Dakota. These specific reports site that trafficking of primarily drugs from Mandan to other areas in Minnesota.[5]
References
edit- ^ "3 from Native Mob, a violent American Indian gang, face trial in massive racketeering case". Star Tribune.
- ^ "Police arrest Native Mob gang leader". Duluthnewstribune.com. 3 February 2012.
- ^ "3 Suspected Native Mob gang members at large". Duluthnewstribune.com.
- ^ Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. (28 October 2013). American Indians at Risk. ABC-CLIO. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-0-313-39765-3.
- ^ Larry Siegel (1 January 2015). Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies. Cengage Learning. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-1-305-44609-0.