We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast
Hosted by Indigenous women Sheyahshe and Osh, We Are Resilient sheds light on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) crisis. Through powerful storytelling, they honor lives impacted and amplify voices too often left unheard. Join them in the movement for justice and change.
Episodes
139 episodes
MURDERED: Tara Lynn Woodman (Mini Episode)
In this mini episode, we share the story of Tara Lynn Woodman, an 18-year-old Diné woman who vanished in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2005. Tara had recently moved to the city after graduating high school, but months later, she stopped contactin...
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MURDERED: Dora Owl
We’re joined this week by our very first guest—Brooklyn Brown, reporter for The Cherokee One Feather—as we visit the powerful and heartbreaking story of Dora Owl, a young Cherokee mother whose life was taken in 1947.Through Brooklyn’s re...
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MURDERED: Candrick Begay
In April 2023, Candrick Begay, 31, and his co-worker, Anthony McCants, 26, were working at the Highway 64 Auto Salvage in San Juan County, NM, when they were sent out to pull parts for a truck. They never returned. Both men were found murdered—...
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MURDERED: Regina and Raina Lansing (Mini Episode)
A mother and daughter, murdered six years apart in Denver, Colorado—both cases unsolved, both stories forgotten.No arrests. No suspects. No answers.Why were their cases ignored? How does a mother and daughter get murdered in the s...
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SPECIAL UPDATE: Emily Pike
Fourteen-year-old Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, was reported missing in Mesa, Arizona, in late January 2025. Weeks later, in February, her remains were discovered and later identified—confirming the worst fears of her lov...
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UNKNOWN: Mariah High Hawk (Mini Episode)
In 2016, 20 year old Mariah High Hawk was found under a trailer in Rapid City, South Dakota. Police ruled her death an accident, but her family saw bruises and believe otherwise. In this episode, we examine the inconsistencies, law ...
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MURDERED: Jennifer Jesse (Mini Episode)
Today marks five years since Jennifer Janelle Jesse, 30, was found murdered in Union City, Oklahoma. The case remains unsolved, but the OSBI just renewed its push for answers, offering a $10,000 reward and releasing images of a man seen at a Br...
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MISSING: Quana Big Spring
In this episode, we share the story of Quana Big Spring, a 17-year-old from Kansas City, who remains missing. She was last seen on October 30, 2023, when she went out for a walk around 7 p.m. and never returned home. Quana, who is 5’4” and 125 ...
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MURDERED: Lacey Arkinson
In December 2019, 16-year-old Lacey Kaide Arkinson was killed in a hit-and-run on the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana. She was struck by Shoshana Saddler, who had been drinking at a local bar and fled the scene without stopping. In...
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SPECIAL UPDATE: Justice for Mika Westwolf, Michelle Elbow Shield & Aubrey Dameron
In this powerful update episode, we revisit the cases of Mika Westwolf, Michelle Elbow Shield, and Aubrey Dameron, three Indigenous individuals whose stories we’ve covered and whose families have fought tirelessly for answers.After a lon...
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MURDERED: Michael Gann
In 1980, 10-year-old Michael Gann vanished without a trace from his home in Oklahoma. Despite efforts to find him, his case remains unsolved, leaving behind decades of unanswered questions. What happened to Michael that day? How did a young boy...
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MISSING: Calvin Willie Martinez (Mini Episode)
In this episode of We Are Resilient, we delve into the mysterious disappearance of Calvin Willie Martinez, a 31-year-old Navajo man who vanished without a trace in 2019. As questions mount and answers remain elusive, Calvin’s family’s ...
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UKNOWN: Lloyd Bald Eagle
Lloyd Bald Eagle, a 62 year-old Lakota man and military veteran, went missing from Rapid City, South Dakota, in November 2022. Nearly two years later, his remains were identified in October 2024, but questions still linger as his cause of death...
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MURDERED: Annie Mae Aquash
Annie Mae Aquash was a Mi’kmaq activist and a powerful voice in the American Indian Movement. From her pivotal role at Wounded Knee to her tragic murder on Pine Ridge in 1975, her story remains one of courage, betrayal, and unanswered questions...
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UNKNOWN: Matthew Broncho (Mini Episode)
In this mini episode, we uncover the case of Matthew Broncho, a 30-year-old member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes who vanished from Fort Hall, Idaho, in March 2019. Years later, his remains were discovered in the desolate mountains of Utah, rai...
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SPECIAL UPDATE: Justice for Selena Not Afraid, Truth for Jessica and Ah-Yo-aka Calhoun
In this episode, we cover significant developments in two emotional cases. Nearly five years after Selena Not Afraid’s disappearance, an arrest has been made, bringing new hope for justice in her case. We also discuss the recent conclusion of a...
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MURDERED: Audra Willis
In December 2017, 39-year-old Audra Willis was tragically murdered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a case that initially baffled investigators. For over a year, there were no leads, and her family was left without answers or justice. However, in...
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SPECIAL RECAP: Janice Hannigan (Mini Episode)
This Christmas Eve, we revisit the story of Janice Hannigan, a 16-year-old Yakama girl who disappeared on this very day in 1971 in Washington state. Her case remains unsolved, and her story is a somber reminder that the MMIP crisis doesn’t take...
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MISSING: The Jack Family
In 1989, Ronald Jack, his wife Doreen and their two young sons, Russell and Ryan, vanished without a trace from Prince George, British Columbia. What began as a hopeful opportunity quickly turned into one of the region's most enduring mysteries...
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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, leaving her family, frien...
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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!
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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 9th, 2001 during an...
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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.nmd...
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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:
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MURDERED: Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and Buffalo Woman
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 terrifying whe...
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