Run-Walk, remembering that indigenous people are murdered or missing, takes place in La Crosse

For the fourth time in a row, La Crosse took part in nationwide events that draw attention to crimes that were committed to indigenous people in America, mainly women and girls.

A drum Circle and the local speakers of the American indigenous people were presented on Monday at Outdoor ceremonies, which marked the missing and murdered indigenous women's run-walk in Burns Park and in the local HO-Chunk office in the Main Street. The spokeswoman for the event, Tracy Littlejohn, says that the participants not only come from the immediate area of ​​La Crosse, but also traveled from other parts of Wisconsin to take part. According to Littlejohn, the number of visitors has grown in 2022 since the first local event.

About 100 people went through the city center as part of the ceremony, and many wore special T-shirts for this occasion. The mayor of La Crosse, Shaundel Washington Spivey, read a proclamation in which the event was recognized, and cited statistics that a large majority of local women in America experiences violence during lifetime.

Sponsors say that thousands of missing Alaskan and Indian women have been reported missing in recent years, but these cases do not receive as much public attention as if white women are missing or victims of crime. The date on May 5 of the event honors Hanna Harris's birthday, a young woman who was killed in a reserve in Montana 12 years ago.