Article 6C7NS Was Mika Westwolf Killed by White Nationalist? Indigenous Woman's Parents & Community Demand Justice

Was Mika Westwolf Killed by White Nationalist? Indigenous Woman's Parents & Community Demand Justice

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We speak with the parents of Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman struck and killed in March by a driver as she was walking home along the highway in the early morning hours. The parents and allies are on a Justice to Be Seen" march to call for justice and an investigation. Westwolf was a member of the Blackfeet Tribe and was also Dine, Cree and Klamath. The driver has been identified as Sunny White, a suspected white nationalist whose children are reportedly named Aryan" and Nation" and were in the car at the time of the crash. White has not been charged in connection with Westwolf's death, but it's part of an apparent pattern in which many Indigenous people are killed or hit by vehicles along Highway 93. They need to hear us and see us," says Westwolf's mother, Carissa Heavy Runner. Listen to our stories and feel our pain and see our pain." Erica Shelby, a tribal legal advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women, discusses the details of the case and how she is in Washington, D.C., to demand action from lawmakers. Everybody has the same story about the same players, the same agencies, the same police, the same attorneys," says Shelby. Enough is enough."

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