Episodes

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of We Are Resilient, we share the stories of Loverine Walking Bull and Lena Mozelle Scott — two Indigenous women whose lives were tragically cut short in cases connected to hit-and-run incidents that still leave families searching for answers and accountability.As Indigenous communities continue to experience disproportionate rates of unsolved deaths and violence, cases involving pedestrian fatalities and suspected hit-and-runs are too often overlooked, underin...

In 2006, 33-year-old Victoria “Vicki” Eagleman disappeared from the Lower Brule Lakota Indian Reservation in South Dakota.What happened afterward left her family searching for answers that still haven’t come nearly twenty years later.Sources:https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/minneapolis/news/press-releases/10000-reward-for-information-about-the-disappearance-and-death-of-victoria-vicki-jane-eaglemanhttps://uncovered.com/cases/victoria-eaglemanhttps://www.kotatv.com/content/new...

Mollie Boone was an 8-year-old Diné girl who went missing on January 15, 2026, in the Coalmine area of the Navajo Nation in Arizona. She was walking a path she knew by heart. She never made it home.Investigators now believe she may have been hit by a vehicle but no one has come forward.Sources:https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/fbi-new-lead-death-maleeka-mollie-boone-8-points-vehicle-strike.amphttps://nativenewsonline.net/currents/missing-8-year-old-found-dead-on-navajo-nation-investigatio...

This special PSA from We Are Resilient is a call to action for May 5th, National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people.Tomorrow, we’re asking you to take part in the Wear the Red Handprint Challenge.The red handprint has become a powerful symbol representing the silenced voices of our people and the lives that should still be here. Across Indigenous communities, it stands as a reminder that too many cases go unheard, unseen, and unresolved....

In this mini episode, Sheyahshe provides an update on the case of Ella Mae Begay, a Navajo elder who disappeared from her home in Sweetwater, Arizona in June 2021.After a federal judge ruled a key confession inadmissible in 2024, prosecutors moved forward with a plea agreement that would have allowed Preston Henry Tolth to plead guilty to a single robbery charge, potentially avoiding additional prison time and any future prosecution for murder or manslaughter.Earlier this month, a U.S. Distr...

Savannah Standing Bear was last seen in March of 2025 on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.In the months since her disappearance, there have been searches, sightings, and rumors but no clear answers as to what happened to her.Sources:https://www.bia.gov/missing-murdered-cases/savannah-standing-bearhttps://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/11/25/searching-for-savannah-eight-months-and-no-answers-since-womans-disappearance/https://ictnews.org/news/mountain-bureau/searching-for-savannah...

Bessie Walker, a 27-year-old woman from the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians in Fresno County, California, was last seen in early August 2021, and her death is considered suspicious by authorities. The case remains unsolved.Investigators are offering a $10,000 reward for information that could help bring answers in Bessie Walker’s case.Sources:https://amp.fresnobee.com/news/local/article261127852.htmlhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/bessie-walker-indigenous-women-missing-murdered...

In this episode of We Are Resilient, we discuss the conviction of Nathan Chasing Horse, the former actor known for his role in Dances With Wolves. A Las Vegas jury found him guilty on multiple felony charges after weeks of testimony involving allegations of sexual abuse and abuse of authority.⚠️ Content advisory: This episode includes discussion of child sexual abuse and coercion. Listener discretion advised.If you need support, contact the StrongHearts Native Helpline at 1-844-7NATIVE or ca...

On August 9, 2024, Alexia “Lexi” Marie De La Cerda, a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, was brutally murdered by her boyfriend in White Shield, North Dakota. As her case moves through federal court, her family is questioning whether accountability can exist when the most serious charges are negotiated away.Sources:https://www.buffalosfire.com/plea-agreement-could-scrub-murder-charge-in-north-dakota-mmip-casehttps://www.minotdailynews.com/obituaries/2024/08/alexia-de-la-cerda/https://w...

In early 2025, a 68-year-old Lenart Brown Eyes Jr., Oglala Sioux, was killed in Rapid City, South Dakota. While his killer was ultimately held accountable, justice does not erase the loss and Indigenous men are too often left out of conversations about violence and remembrance.Sources:https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/lenart-randall-brown-eyes-jr/https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/woman-convicted-of-murder-attempted-murder/amp/Support the show

Sa’Wade Birdinground, a 13-year-old girl from Montana vanished from her grandparents’ home late at night in October 2024. A member of the Three Affliated Tribes, her disappearance was completely out of character. More than a year later, with searches exhausted and questions unanswered, investigators believe someone knows what happened.Sources:https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/father-of-missing-garryowen-13-year-old-sawade-birdinground-remains-hopefulhttps://www.bia.gov/missing-murdered-c...

Every Christmas Eve, We Are Resilient returns to the disappearance of Janice Marie Hannigan. Janice, a sixteen-year-old Yakama Nation citizen, vanished after being discharged from a hospital on Christmas Eve of 1971. She left alone, injured, and has never been seen again. This episode examines her case and the reminder that MMIP does not stop for the holidays.Sources:https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1l2pdbv/whereabouts_in_washington_a_yakama_girl_is/https://themorbidlib...

The 2024 disappearance of Jemini Posey, a young Indigenous mother from the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota, has taken on new urgency following the 2025 discovery of Isaac Hunt’s remains. Once treated as separate investigations, the two cases have now become connected through developments that led to an arrest in Isaac’s homicide. Jemini remains missing, and her family continues to seek answers.Sources:https://www.yahoo.com/news/jemini-poseys-disappearance-agencies-continue-153400593....

16-year-old White Mountain Apache teen Challistia Colelay was reported missing on October 16, 2025 and later found deceased near Whitewater, Arizona, on November 3. At the time of recording, authorities had not reported any arrests. Since then, the family has stated that a teen suspect is now in custody, though the Bureau of Indian Affairs has not publicly confirmed the arrest. Who is responsible and why are families still left waiting for the truth?Sources:https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/...

Lakota Renville left home at 20, believing she was stepping into a new future. Two years later, in 2005, she was found in Independence, Missouri and nearly twenty years later, her case remains unsolved. One distinctive clue has been released, and investigators still believe someone recognizes it.Sources:https://fox4kc.com/news/still-no-answers-20-years-after-woman-found-stabbed-to-death-in-independence/amp/https://lompocrecord.com/lakota-rae-renville/article_dd07e9c7-b1d2-50cb-91cc-1a605404...

On a night meant for costumes and laughter, two Native teens vanished, years apart, in the same Minnesota town and neither has been seen since.In this Halloween special, we remember 17-year-old Jeremy “Worm” Jourdain and 15-year-old Nevaeh Kingbird, who disappeared under hauntingly similar circumstances in Bemidji, Minnesota.If you know anything, please come forward.Jeremy Jourdain:BIA MMU Tip Line — 1-833-560-2065Nevaeh Kingbird:Bemidji PD — 218-333-9111CrimeStoppers MN — 1-800-22...

In this mini-episode, released in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Sheyahshe revisits the story of Ashlea Aldrich, a 29-year-old Indigenous mother from the Omaha Reservation whose death remains unsolved nearly five years later. On January 7th, 2020, Ashlea was found dead in a field near her home. Her family believes she was the victim of years of domestic violence and that their repeated pleas for help were ignored by the very systems meant to protect her.Ashlea’s story is not...

In September 2025, tragedy struck when 50-year-old Carly Elizabeth Johnson, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, lost her life in Asheville, North Carolina. As investigators work to uncover the full truth, her story serves as another reminder of the ongoing crisis of violence impacting Indigenous women across the country.Sources:https://www.longhousefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Carly-Elizabeth-Johnson?obId=45520796https://www.biltmorebeacon.com/news/suspect-charged-in-d...

This listener-requested episode shares the story of Besalynn Mary James, a 62-year-old Lummi elder who vanished from her home in Washington in January 2025. But after a delayed missing person report and months of searching, her loved ones are left heartbroken and demanding answers.Sources:https://www.king5.com/article/news/regional/native-america/family-searches-for-missing-lummi-elder-washington/281-9350d811-245d-435c-bfaf-b81d0ed13fdahttps://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jul/18/lummi-police-...

In April 2025, 22-year-old Corbett LaPlant of Browning, Montana, was killed when his vehicle was forced off the road. The driver who caused the crash fled the scene and is still walking free.Corbett’s family has been met with silence and delays instead of answers. They reached out to us and asked for help making sure his name is not forgotten.Sources:https://m.facebook.com/groups/739188959270455/https://www.montanarightnow.com/kalispell/new-information-released-on-brownings-second-fatal-c...

On April 23, 2001, Velda Chimoni was fatally shot during a robbery at a Whataburger on West Indian School Road in Phoenix. Over two decades later, her case remains unsolved, and her family continues to seek answers and justice.Sources:https://silentwitness.org/cases/homicide-velda-chimoni-450-w-indian-school-road-whataburger/https://silentwitness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2001-4094-Flyer.pdfSupport the show

In 1983, 18-year-old Terri McCauley, an Omaha Tribe member and mother of two, disappeared in Sioux City, Iowa. Days later, she was found murdered and for over 40 years, her case went cold. In January 2025, a suspect was finally indicted.Sources:https://www.ktiv.com/2025/01/13/man-arrested-1983-murder-terri-mccauley-sioux-city/?outputType=amphttps://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-01-13/a-break-in-an-iowa-cold-case-more-than-40-years-laterhttps://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/c...

Elijah Maney, 25, member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was last seen after midnight on Aug. 10, 2025 entering the woods near 886 Lambert Branch Rd, Yellowhill Community, Cherokee, NC.He is described as 5’6”, slim build, medium brown skin, brown eyes, long straight black hair. Last seen in black t-shirt over white, black jeans, black shoes.If you have information regarding his whereabouts, please call the Cherokee Indian Police Department at (828) 497-4131 | Anonymous tips via Cher...

Tiffany Reid, a 16-year-old from the Navajo Nation, left for school in Shiprock, New Mexico and never made it. Days later, her belongings were found miles away. Twenty years later, her family is still searching for answers. What happened to Tiffany?Sources:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna166378Support the show