Episodes

Dec. 1, 2024

UKNOWN: Wilma Acosta

In 2023, a 28-year-old Pascua Yaqui woman, Wilma Acosta, embarked on an exciting new chapter by moving to Portland, Oregon, filled with hope and the promise of new beginnings. But just a few months later, she vanished, leavin...

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Nov. 11, 2024

Missed Us? We’re Back with More Stories

We’re excited to be back! We Are Resilient returns with more MMIP stories, and Sgili Queens is ready with fresh spooky and pop culture episodes. Catch both starting December 1 on Apple, Spotify, and more! Support the show

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Sept. 10, 2024

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 ...

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Sept. 2, 2024

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 Support the show

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Aug. 16, 2024

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://w...

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Aug. 1, 2024

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

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 t...

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July 15, 2024

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 ar...

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July 1, 2024

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 Ridg...

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June 10, 2024

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 complexit...

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May 20, 2024

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 ...

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May 6, 2024

MURDERED: Ci'Lina Deloney

In 2017, the body of 21-year-old Ci’Lina Deloney was found on a Comanche Country Road in Oklahoma. Known to her family and friends as CiCi, her murder remains unsolved and her family struggles with getting CiCi’s story heard....

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April 22, 2024

MISSING: Michelle Elbow Shield

Michelle Elbow Shield, age 26, went missing on September 27, 2023. It is believed she was in the Sioux Falls, SD area and was last seen. Michelle has light brown eyes and brown hair. She is 4' 10" and weighs approximately 100...

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April 8, 2024

MURDERED: Ruby Sky Montelongo

In April 2023, the body of 16-year-old Ruby Sky Montelongo was discovered in a vacant lot in Covelo, California. Her death came three weeks after the death of 20-year-old Round Valley Man. With the rates of Missing and Murder...

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March 25, 2024

MURDERED: Esther Wolfe

Esther Wolfe, a 25-year-old South Dakotan woman was shot and killed on February 21st 2024, in what news reports have called a public execution. Her story prior to her death had been one with filled unimaginable pain and overc...

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March 4, 2024

MURDERED: Kathleen Henry and Veronica Abouchuk

In February 2024, 52-year-old Brian Steven Smith, a South African man residing in Alaska, was convicted of the savage killings of two Alaskan Native women, Kathleen Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. The grim particulars surroundin...

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Feb. 12, 2024

MURDERED: Mia Janelle Henderson

She was called Mighty Mia. In 2007, at 18 years old, she was embarking on her freshman year of college at the University of Arizona and excited about the new chapter in her life. A member of the Navajo Nation, Mia had dreams ...

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Jan. 29, 2024

UNKNOWN: Bryanna Rayne Ducheneaux Clown

Bryanna Rayne Ducheneaux Clown was 22 years old and on the cusp of doing great things in her community in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, however, her promising young life was cut short in October 2023 and her family is demanding ...

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Jan. 15, 2024

MURDERED: Susanna "Sue Sue" Norton (Part 2)

In 2020, the body of Susanna “Sue Sue” Norton, 30, was discovered in an ex-Alaskan Mayor's house, beaten and strangled. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be homicide. If this sounds familiar, it's because it's the s...

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Jan. 1, 2024

UNKNOWN: Jennifer Kirk (Part 1)

In 2018, the body of 25 year old Jennifer Kirk was discovered an ex-mayor’s property in Alaska with police swiftly closing the case declaring her death a suicide. Her family believes otherwise as Jennifer had allegedly been i...

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Dec. 31, 2023

SPECIAL EPISODE: Remembering Selena Not Afraid (Mini Episode)

Four years ago, on New Year's Day in 2020, Selena Not Afraid, 16, vanished at a rest stop in Big Horn County, Montana. Her body was discovered almost three weeks later in a field less than 1 mile from the rest stop where she ...

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Dec. 29, 2023

MURDERED: Mercedes Hernandez (Mini Episode)

In August 2021, Mercedes Hernandez, 19, was killed in a senseless act of gun violence in Milwaukee, WI. The man who shot her, 21-year-old Renzo Rascon-Gamboa, has eluded custody and remains on the run. Rascon-Gamboa has been ...

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Dec. 18, 2023

MURDERED: Twilight Song Crooks

On September 10th, 2001 the body of 15-year-old Jessie Marie Twilight Song Crooks was found 5 miles from her home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. To this day, her case remains unsolved. Anyone with information on the murder of Tw...

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Nov. 22, 2023

ARREST MADE: Marie Walkingstick Pheasant Murder Case

On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 the Cherokee Indian Police Department, FBI, and BIA made an arrest in connection to the murder of 26 year old EBCI enrolled member Marie Walkingstick Pheasant. It’s been 10 years since her body w...

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Nov. 21, 2023

SPECIAL EPISODE: Two Years of "We are Resilient" podcast

Today's episode is different. We had the opportunity to look back on past cases and talk about what we've learned over the last two years of hosting We are Resilient. What have we learned? There's still so much work to be don...

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