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Book

Searching for Savanna : the murder of one Native American woman and the violence against the many

Call Number

  • 364.1523 G115 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Atria Books, 2023.

Physical Description

xiv, 302 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"In the vein of Yellow Bird and Highway of Tears, a powerful and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of the young and pregnant Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in America and the country's deplorable inaction. In the summer of 2017, twenty-two-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind vanished. A week after the pregnant woman disappeared, police arrested the white couple who lived upstairs from Savanna and emerged from their apartment carrying an infant girl. The baby was Savanna's, but she would not be found until her body was pulled from the Red River days later. This horrifying and unimaginable crime sent shockwaves through the country and helped bring to light the overwhelming sexual and physical violence Native American women and girls have endured since the country's colonization. With pathos and respect, Searching for Savanna confronts the history and attitudes towards these women and why our government has turned its back on the countless victims by highlighting this specific tragic case. Featuring in-depth interviews, personal accounts, and trial analysis, this is much more than a true crime book, it is also a call to action for those who cannot speak for themselves"--

Contents

  • Without a trace
  • That awful woman
  • Awareness
  • Savanna
  • Keep the Greywinds out
  • Too beautiful for Earth
  • Conflicting accounts
  • Brooke
  • Tears of joy
  • December
  • The hearing
  • Eleven weeks
  • A poem
  • Walking in ancestral lands
  • Tillie Black Bear
  • Birthday
  • The prosecutors
  • Fort Berthold
  • Savanna and Ashton
  • Trust
  • Mama
  • Memorial
  • William
  • Fargo
  • I had hope
  • The detectives
  • Day three
  • Day four
  • That girl
  • The sentence
  • Red dresses
  • A baby
  • What remains
  • Spirit lake
  • The blue building
  • There isn't a day
  • August.

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