Ep 11 - Hanna Harris (MMIW)

Who here is familiar with America’s Indian Nations? I mean, this is really embarrassing but I don’t or let me rephrase that, I didn’t know much until I started doing research for this episode.

Did you know they have their own constitution?

Did you know they don’t fully trust or rely on outside (out of tribe) law enforcement?

How many of you heard these statements, “They are all addicts and drunks.” “Violent, be cautious.”

Do you know how many tribes and reservations there are in the US?

Can any of you recall seeing news reports of missing or murdered indigenous women & girls? I know we hear about the casinos, and them being forced off their lands, or how they are going on strike, but I can honestly say... I have not, however I try very hard not to follow the news because it either summons sadness, madness, depression, or flat-out hopelessness... I tend to lose all hope for humanity and want to find a magic wand to make everything better for those who are suffering. However, this is not a Disney movie, its real life, and for those indigenous women & girls who’ve had their lives taken, deserve justice. Their families deserve justice!

So, this episode involves a few cases from the Crow Indian Agency in Montana.

These are the Missing
And the murdered
women & girls..

They are mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, cousins, wives..... a friend!

Knowledge is Power:

- Very short documentary - Awaxaawippíia: The Crow Nation’s Sacred Ties
https://youtu.be/9OlUx6Xg4TY

- Still Here: A Crow Nation Story
(boarding school phase, full blooded %, native language)
https://youtu.be/OvPLw1pI8zk

- Crow Nation's Ultimate Warrior Challenge (Woman Warrior - Brittany Iron)
https://youtu.be/nW1zh1Oxoek

- 2019, the Senate officially made May 5th, National Day of Awareness for MMIWG2S
(Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirits)
https://youtu.be/7bpTcvYiyCs

Resources:

- Urban Indian Health Institute (aka UIHI)
https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf

- Native Womens Wilderness
https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw

- Governer’s Office Of Indian Affairs
https://tribalnations.mt.gov/crow

- The actual Hanna Act bill #21
https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099/HB0021_1.pdf

- The Billings Gazette, by Ashley Nerbovig – 6/17/16
https://www.newspapers.com/image/602650987/?terms=roylynn%20rides%20horse&match=1

- The Crow Website
http://www.crow-nsn.gov/constitutions-and-bylaws.html

- 5/5/21 – Advocacy committees - https://pres-outlook.org/2021/05/advocacy-committees-call-for-recognition-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-day/

- Oppression – Mental Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6615430/

- NPR - MMIW
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/25/670631164/the-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-from-across-the-u-s

- Warrior Women
https://www.warriorwomen.org

- MMIW-USA
https://mmiwusa.org/?fbclid=IwAR0xL8r7LKAbNRDg-vXYXBWtT25EvDHrLYz-PNkFCOtWE_qbuMaazp02krk

- The Smithsonian’s New Exhibit Spotlighting Native Women Artists
https://msmagazine.com/2020/04/07/enjoy-the-smithsonians-new-exhibit-spotlighting-native-women-artists-from-your-home/

- By Chrissy Bobic – 2/26/2020
https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-hanna-harris

- The woman who created Hanna’s Act - Peppers
https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/hannas-act-signed-into-law/article_bcd67080-f492-5683-afd3-84a85e9db80e.html

- Brandi Bends interview:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/10/23/crow-nation-is-a-place-where-one-could-vanish-and-many-have