The Brief
PHOENIX - An Indiana woman rode all the way out to eastern Arizona to spread awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.
"I left Indiana four weeks ago on a mission to start spreading awareness for MMIW/MMIC/MMIP," said Keely Birdtail.
The backstory:
Birdtail is a Cherokee Comanche native who is originally from Oklahoma. She started a group called Missing One Society, which is a motorcycle group dedicated to helping Indigenous people with missing relatives.
Her destination was the San Carlos Apache Reservation, where she met with the family of Emily Pike to discuss her unsolved murder . Birdtail says Emily's murder has reopened the conversation that could help Native tribes across the country.
What Birdtail Said:
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