May 5 is a day of bringing national awareness to the thousands of murdered and missing Indigenous women. The date is in honor of Hanna Harris, who was killed in 2013.
Anywhere else in the country outside of Indian Country, you make a phone call to police, you get a five to 10-minute response.“Anywhere else in the country outside of Indian Country, you make a phone call to police, you get a five to 10-minute response,” said Frank White Clay, chairman of the Crow Nation. “In Indian Country, it’s five to 10 hours. Or weeks.
“I wish that was an uncommon story, but it’s not,” she said, explaining her advocacy for police training on racial identity. “They don’t see it as an issue. In fact, it’s so integral for us to understand the scope of the problem.” Hanna Harris holds her son, Jeremiah, on her shoulders. Hanna was killed in 2013 when Jeremiah was 10 months old.A knock on the door interrupted the ceremony; an officer wanted to know if Hanna had any tattoos. Malinda told him she had two stars and her Indian name – Amesekehae, or “Pemmican woman,” which had been passed through her family for generations – on her back and shoulders. The officer left.
Malinda said he’s back in Lame Deer. People send her photos when they see him. She wishes they wouldn’t.
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