twospiritcomet:

I don’t live on my reservation nor do I live in the state its in so I miss a lot. But I just found out like-okay let me give some context.

I haven’t posted about this a lot because it’s been incredibly rough on my family, my mom especially and also because honestly, the internet isnt kind to natives.

I havent even mentioned this except for maybe once or twice on my old blog in fact. But I feel like in honor of my cousin and to showcase how you can push support for MMIW locally and federally, I should do more than just mention her.

City of Fargo declares Aug. 9 as Savanna Greywind Day

I’ve been so focused on world events and my own mental health that I just saw this news and I’m sobbing. She was my cousin and she deserved so, so much more than she got. She should’ve raised her baby. Her death shouldn’t have been what it was. It shouldn’t have been made into a true crime videos.

But her birthday is a holiday after pushes from her family and not just within the tribe, but for her city.

She also has an act that was created in her name to help make sure other indigenous women, girls, and two spirits don’t go through the same thing.

Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act Signed into Law | Indian Law Resource Center

More than 4 in 5 indigenous women have been subjected to violence, and Alaska Native women report assault rates 12 times higher than the rest of the U.S. On some reservations, Native women are ten times more likely to be murdered.

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Savanna’s Act clarifies federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement responsibilities with respect to missing or murdered Indians; aims to increase communication and coordination between federal, tribal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; improves tribal access to resources and information such as the federal criminal information databases needed to respond effectively to missing and murdered Indian cases; requires data collection related to missing and murdered Indian people, regardless of where they reside; and directs U.S. attorneys to develop regionally appropriate guidelines for responding to missing or murdered Indians.

All that said, please educate yourself on MMIW. This site is a good starting place. And mark May 5 (the official day of awareness for MMIW) & August 9th on your calendars for me and all the indigenous women who can’t use their voices anymore

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)

And for anyone like me who’s been waiting for some kind of progress after learning about her, heres an update from just yesterday (Jan 11 2025)

Man charged five years after death of missing Montana teen