A gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant,
highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native American
women in America and the societal ramifications of government
inaction.
In 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 Savanna's, but Savanna's 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 American women and girls have endured since the country's
colonization.
With pathos and compassion, Searching for Savanna confronts this
history of dehumanization toward Indigenous women and the government's
complicity in the crisis. Featuring in-depth interviews, personal
accounts, and trial analysis, Searching for Savanna investigates these
injustices and the decades-long struggle by Native American advocates
for meaningful change.