August 24, 2022 to September 17, 2022—Third Annual #JusticeForKaysera Campaign

 

In August 2019, 18-year-old Kaysera Stops Pretty Places was murdered in Big Horn County, Montana. Three years have passed since her murder, and the FBI, Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montana Department of Justice have done nothing to undertake a criminal investigation. This miscarriage of justice cannot stand. Law enforcement must be held accountable so we can finally bring #JusticeForKaysera.

 

Kaysera’s family, in collaboration with the NIWRC, Sovereign Bodies Institute, Rising Hearts, Elite Feats, and Waking Women Healing Institute will be hosting events in Kaysera’s name beginning on August 24, the day Kaysera went missing, through August 29 (the day her body was found), and ending on September 11, the day Kaysera’s family was notified her body had been found. Please join us in the fight to bring #JusticeforKaysera. A run will be held this year on September 17 to raise awareness to the campaign to convince law enforcement to do the right thing and investigate her homicide.

 

Individuals can support the family’s fight for justice by showing up in person at a rally or vigil held in Kaysera’s honor. For individuals who cannot be in Hardin, or have concerns about appearing in public due to COVID, there are several ways in which individuals can show their support digitally, no matter where they are. For instance, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center is hosting two Twitter storms, where individuals can speak up and demand justice for Kaysera online, on Twitter. Dr. Grace Bulltail will host events via Facebook Live, and the Waking Women Healing Institute’s event will be virtual as well. A schedule of all events is provided below.

 

The family also encourages individuals to send letters or any form of written communication to the elected and appointed leaders in both the Montana and United States governments who have failed Kaysera. Three years is inexcusable. Both the federal government and the United States have had every opportunity to undertake a legitimate criminal investigation, and they have failed to do so.

 

“Kaysera was murdered three years ago. Still, to this day, both federal and state law enforcement have refused to simply interview family members and friends who have information related to her homicide and possible suspects,” states Dr. Grace Bulltail, Kaysera’s aunt. “And they won’t, unless American citizens, both here and in Montana, demand that they treat Kaysera’s homicide as seriously as they treat the homicides of white women and girls.”

 

“The number of homicides of Native people in Big Horn County is off the charts. Nearly all of them have uninvestigated,” states Yolanda Fraser, Kaysera’s grandmother and legal guardian. “As we decide who should hold positions of power in Big Horn County, I encourage all voters to vote for leaders who will do something to address the crisis of Murdered and Missing Persons in Big Horn Country—instead of ignoring it. Our families deserve justice.”