Donald Spotted Tail said he attended the march to support the family. He said the breakdown in tribal law enforcement has led to an “epidemic of crime." As a result of methamphetamine, he said the Crow people are being destroyed. Public safety is a priority and that needs to be expressed, he said.

“As a community, we aren’t well informed by our law enforcement,” Spotted Tail said. It takes too long for them to get to a scene, causing people to die who shouldn’t, he said.

Fog in the Morning and her sister Trixy Phelan, spoke to the crowd after the march.

Fog in the Morning said it was hard to speak in front of the crowd because of how much hurt there was in her heart.

“All these things that happen on the reservation, they’re not voiced,” she said. “Families, the FBI scares them and tells them, ‘Be quiet, don’t say anything, you’re going to mess up the ongoing investigation and the case. You’re going to jeopardize what we’re doing.’”

Fog in the Morning said no one knows the pain felt by the families of victims because they are scared to “speak up. We’re scared to voice things.”