Searching for Savanna
The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many
by Mona Gable
Published by: Atria Books, April 25, 2023
Genre: Nonfiction | True Crime
Page Count: 320 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9781982153687
Publisher’s Description
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.
About the Author
Mona Gable, a freelance writer Specializing in gender, conservation, nature, and travel stories, her work has been featured in publications such as AFAR, Outside, The Atlantic, Vogue, and the New York Times. Gable has a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and a master’s degree in education from UC Berkeley.
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