Sa’Wade Birdinground, a 13-year-old girl from Montana vanished from her grandparents’ home late at night in October 2024. A member of the Three Affliated Tribes, her disappearance was completely out of character. More than a year later, with searches exhausted and questions unanswered, investigators believe someone knows what happened.

Sources:

https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/father-of-missing-garryowen-13-year-old-sawade-birdinground-remains-hopeful

https://www.bia.gov/missing-murdered-cases/sawade-birdinground

https://www.truecasefiles.com/2025/01/the-disappearance-of-sawade-birdinground.html?m=1

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Every Christmas Eve, We Are Resilient returns to the disappearance of Janice Marie Hannigan. Janice, a sixteen-year-old Yakama Nation citizen, vanished after being discharged from a hospital on Christmas Eve of 1971. She left alone, injured, and has never been seen again. This episode examines her case and the reminder that MMIP does not stop for the holidays.

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1l2pdbv/whereabouts_in_washington_a_yakama_girl_is/

https://themorbidlibrary.com/the-missing-janice-marie-hannigan/

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The 2024 disappearance of Jemini Posey, a young Indigenous mother from the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota, has taken on new urgency following the 2025 discovery of Isaac Hunt’s remains. Once treated as separate investigations, the two cases have now become connected through developments that led to an arrest in Isaac’s homicide. Jemini remains missing, and her family continues to seek answers.

Sources:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jemini-poseys-disappearance-agencies-continue-153400593.html

https://disappearedblog.com/jemini-posey/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna139664

https://www.wdayradionow.com/news/regional-news/man-charged-with-murder-after-brothers-remains-found-on-spirit-lake-reservation/

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/11/19/dangelo-hunt-man-accused-killing-his-brother-makes-initial-court-appearance/?outputType=amp

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/11/19/dangelo-hunt-man-accused-killing-his-brother-makes-initial-court-appearance/?outputType=amp

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