Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many

Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the ManyIn the summer of 2017, twenty two year old Savanna LaFontaine Greywind vanished. A week after she disappeared, police arrested the white couple who lived upstairs from Savanna and emerged from their apartment carrying an infant girl. The baby was Savannas, but Savannas body would not be found for days. The horrifying crime sent shock waves far beyond Fargo, North Dakota, where it occurred, and helped expose the sexual and physical violence Native

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