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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Members of the Northern Arapaho Tribe planned to hold a memorial walk Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the deaths of three girls whose bodies were found in a tribal housing complex.

Ohetica Win Elyxis Gardner, 13, Winter Rose Thomas, 14, and Alexandrea “Alex” Whiteplume, 15, were found June 4, 2008, at the Beaver Creek Housing Development, a tribal housing complex south of Riverton.

Authorities have yet to release any information about the case, including how the girls died.

“It’s still on people’s minds,” said Donovan Antelope, the tribe’s public relations director. “We’re just waiting to get the information, and unfortunately there’s no telling when we’ll get that information. Nobody’s forgotten what happened or the tragedy of it all.”

The FBI has handled the investigation because the girls were on the reservation. To date, neither the FBI, federal court officials nor the local coroner have released any details about the case.

Federal law spells out tight restrictions on the release of information related to federal cases involving either juvenile victims or perpetrators.

A message left for the FBI in Denver was not returned Friday. Last fall, an FBI spokeswoman said questions about the case should be directed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cheyenne.

John Powell, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, reiterated Friday that his office would have no comment on the matter.

The Wyoming Coalition for Open Government in March submitted an open-records request to Fremont County Coroner Ed McAuslan for the girls’ autopsy reports. McAuslan denied the group’s request, saying it’s a federal case and the FBI case remains active.

“We of course feel that’s wrong, but we lack the resources to challenge that right now,” said Jim Angell, a member of WyCOG and executive director of the Wyoming Press Association.

On the Wind River Indian Reservation, youth-program directors say there’s been more interest in youth programs, which were already in place before the girls died.

Donna Trosper, director of The Wind River Tribal Youth Program, said more volunteers have been showing up to help counsel youth. They include tribal members who have begun offering their time at the program’s headquarters in Ethete to teach such skills as traditional feather work.

“I think the interest has always been there. It’s just getting the community motivated to work with these children to show them what we have to offer here,” she said. “Not just in the program, but in our homeland.”

Antelope said the victims’ families are organizing Saturday’s walk. The walkers will start at Beaver Creek Housing Development and end at St. Stephen’s Mission in Arapahoe, where balloons will be released.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families,” he said. “It’s been a year, so this time of year is rough for them. It’s hard for any family to lose a child like those three girls.”