We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast

We Are Resilient
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We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast Podcast

This is a true crime podcast dedicated entirely to telling the stories of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) from the lens of three Indigenous women.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    MISSING: Melissa Montoya

    Melissa Montoya, 42, was of the Jicarilla Apache Nation and in 2001 was living with her boyfriend in Colorado, about about 30 minutes for her hometown of Dulce, New Mexico on the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation. On March 9th, 2001 during an evening out Melissa vanished without a trace. Sources:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna164088https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/search-continues-for-new-mexico-woman-23-years-after-disappearance/https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/06/18/disappearance-in-dul...

    20 min

  2. SEP 3

    MISSING: Shauntae Marshall (Mini Episode)

    Shauntae Marshall, 26, is a member of the Navajo Nation in Albuquerque, New Mexico who went missing in June 2024. Her family desperately needs help to find her.Sources:https://mmip.nmdoj.gov/dashboard.html

    2 min

  3. AUG 17

    UPDATE: Whisper Sellars

    In August 2022, 28-year-old Whisper Sellars was shot to death outside a saloon in Montana. Two years later, her killer finally had his day in court and Whisper’s family and friends finally received justice.Sources:https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/del-orrin-crawford-found-guilty-for-deadly-martin-city-shootinghttps://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/23/trial-begins-for-man-accused-in-martin-city-murder/https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/25/jury-convicts-kila-man-of-martin-city-murder/

    21 min

  4. AUG 2

    MURDERED: Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and Buffalo Woman

    According to the National Inquiry in Canada, Indigenous women are 12 times more likely to be murdered or go missing than any other women in Canada, and 16 times more likely than Caucasian women.This statistic is especially terrifying when the world learned that in 2022 a serial killer targeting Indigenous women was captured in Winnipeg. Sources:https://ywcavan.org/blog/2019/10/mmiwg-truth-actionCanada: unidentified victim of alleged serial killer given name Buffalo Woman | Canada |...

    24 min

  5. JUL 15

    MURDERED: Utahnna Bearcomesout

    In April 2024, 36 year old Utahnna Bearcomesout was out on drive with her husband and daughter in Fort Washakie, Wyoming when a tragic turn of events cost her, her life. With her husband behind bars, her family and friends are desperately seeking justice.Sources:https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/06/10/hes-not-sorry-family-of-slain-woman-says-as-accused-killer-pleads-not-guilty/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2bOKmZWinWfA1crN1HP66CkkVSUngWbFaJALqKyY6b8XN72rS1mIeyjmI_aem_eWofmuH0NGtnzEmK_5dwUQ

    15 min

  6. JUL 1

    MISSING: Delema Sits Poor (Mini Episode)

    Delema Sits Poor was just 12 years old when she disappeared from Pine Ridge, South Dakota in February 1974. She and another twelve-year-old girl left Delema's home walking a back road from Oglala to Manderson on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Her friend turned back to head back home, Delema did not. She was never seen again. Sources:Delema Lou Sits Poor – The Charley Project50 years later, Lakota girl still missing - ICT NewsSearch for Native woman’s identity reignites - ICT News

    6 min

  7. JUN 11

    MISSING: Sumi Gail Juan

    In October, 2010, 32 year old Sumi Gail Juan, a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, disappeared without a trace. Her story, mirroring similarities with another Hoopa Valley woman, further highlights the prevalence and complexities of the MMIW crisis that is happening in Northern California. Sources:https://www.equatorinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Yurok-Tribe-Case-Study-English-FNL.pdfhttps://www.equatorinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Yurok-Tribe-Case-Study-English-FNL...

    28 min

  8. MAY 21

    MURDERED: Jalajhia Finklea

    On October 20, 2020, one day before her 18th birthday, Jalajhia Finklea of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was last seen getting into a rental car driven by a Florida man near her mother’s home in New Bedford, MA. She was never seen alive again.Sources: Missing Mass. Teen Jalajhia Finklea Was Pregnant: Police Report – NBC BostonPregnant teen, 18, found dead in Florida 1,400 miles from home after five weeks missing as 'kidnapper' shot by cops | The US Sun (the-sun.com)Autopsy: Mashpee teen w...

    17 min
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This is a true crime podcast dedicated entirely to telling the stories of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) from the lens of three Indigenous women.

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