Native Americans seek justice for murdered, missing

Описание: (21 Sep 2023)
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Hardin, Montana - 29 August 2023
1. Various of memorial for Kaysera Stops Pretty Places

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Lame Deer, Montana - 4 September 2023
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Melissa Lonebear, Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council:
“All the reservations in Montana have problems, have serious law enforcement issues. There’s so many similarities between all of the stories of the murdered and missing people. A lot of it has to do with jurisdiction. In my opinion, it’s the lack of, I guess, compassion.”

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Hardin, Montana - 29 August 2023
3. Various of people at memorial set up at the Big Horn County Courthouse

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Lame Deer, Montana - 4 September 2023
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Yolanda Fraser, advocate, grandmother of victim:
“My granddaughter is Kaysera Stops Pretty Places. She was murdered in August of 2019 in Big Horn County, and we started advocating because there was just no investigation going on and no proper communication or anything to help us. They actually didn’t even investigate her case for over a month.”

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Hardin, Montana - 29 August 2023
5. Various of Fraser at her granddaughter’s memorial

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Lame Deer, Montana - 4 September 2023
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Yolanda Fraser, advocate, grandmother of victim:
“We have found that there’s a huge number of cases in Big Horn County that are similar. They’re facing the same response, which is no response or, you know, hardly anything going on. They just want to close them.”

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Hardin, Montana - 29 August 2023
7. Various of people showing T-shirts bearing images of their missing or murdered relatives.

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Hardin, Montana - 29 August 2023
8. Shot of man constructing a memorial outside of the Big Horn County Courthouse
ANNOTATION: Federal officials say they've been forced to close or turn down more than 300 potential cases due to jurisdictional issues and other complications.

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Lame Deer, Montana - 4 September 2023
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Yolanda Fraser, advocate, grandmother of victim:
“We did start a billboard campaign, and our third billboard is the Say Their Name billboard. And we wanted to do that to humanize the numbers and to bring names out, and in instances, families that have multiple murders.”

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Hardin, Montana - 14 August 2023
10. Various of people watching the installation of the Say Their Name billboard

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Hardin, Montana - 29 August 2023
11. Footage of Lonebear reading the names of murdered and missing indigenous people as well as photos of the victims

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Lame Deer, Montana - 4 September 2023
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Yolanda Fraser, advocate, grandmother of victim:
“It’s become really apparent that if we don’t keep moving forward with our advocacy and being their voice, then this is just going to continue.”

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Hardin, Montana - 29 August 2023
13. Various of groups placing and walking by photos of murdered and missing indigenous people
STORYLINE:
Yolanda Fraser is back again near a ragged chain linked fence, fighting back the tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a pinwheel twirls in the breeze at a makeshift memorial she erected along the roadside in a small Montana town.


Four years later, there are still no answers about how the Native American girl was killed. No named suspects. No arrests.

















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