On the 4th of July, 2013, a night of watching fireworks would end in murder for a young mother from the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. It would be this woman’s tragic death that would inspire the MMIWG movement in the United States. The stories of the missing and murdered would, at last, be heard, and the victims' loved ones would demand that this epidemic of violence no longer be ignored. May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. This is the story of Hanna Harris and her mother whose love, sorrow, and dedication to her daughter led to real progress in the system.
Learn more about the MMIWG Movement and Show your Support. Please visit
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center at https://www.niwrc.org
Alaskan Native Women’s Resource Center at https://www.aknwrc.org/
The Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto at https://nwrct.ca/
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women at https://www.csvanw.org/
Research Materials
https://16dayscampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Indigenous-Femicide.pdf
https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/plains-belonging-nation/northern-cheyenne
https://apa.org/pi/women/committtee/cloak-invisibility
https://www.indianz.com/News/2013/12/06/native-sun-news-death-of-north.asp
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/south-dakota-woman-sentenced-22-years-murder
https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billhtml/HB0021.htm
https://legiscan.com/MT/text/SB312/2019
https://blog.nativehope.org/the-history-and-culture-of-the-cheyenne-tribe
https://nativenews.jour.umt.edu/2019/northern-cheyenne/
https://www.niwrc.org/restoration-magazine/june-2018/mothers-walk-justice
