The Wrath of Winyan Hesma

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1. Narrator first (a missing girl’s older sister) –

Lane: People say Bigfoot doesn’t exist or that sightings mean you’re crazy or drunk. Natives know they exist. They have powers to evade capture and their tracking skills are better than any great hunter. Their home is the forest and anyone entering better show some respect and never mess with the animals and trees.

The story I’m going to tell you is about my little sister Alice and about a lot of women and girls that are missing. As much as my community’s efforts to find our relatives, things did not change.

Winyan Hesma altered everything. My grandmother calls them Wicasta Hesma, hairy man, but she is female, one of the warriors of our time. She made consequences for people’s actions and reminded them the woods don’t belong to us.

2. Winyan Hesma finds the little sister’s body.

3. HUD house scene.

Lane: When I first seen her I knew it meant she wanted my family to have justice. I didn’t know that my sister had changed her life so much that she would in return change ours. All big foot have great hunting skills. It didn’t take her long to find my sister’s killer.

4. Winyan Hesma finds the man.

5. THE Ultimatum

Lane: He was scared but figured out the location she brought him back to. He couldn’t hide his secret anymore. She gave him the last two options of his life. She pointed angrily to the top of a pine tree and then to herself.

He picked the tree.

6. Newscaster reports

Newscaster: On tonight’s news, the body of a missing Native American girl was found and authorities are questioning the suspicious circumstances. In other news, an Andover man has disappeared leaving behind a wife and two children.

7. Winyan Hesma finds another victim in the woods.

Lane: After she found the next woman lying in the woods, she knew she had to defy her people’s code to never interfere with humans. If a big foot breaks their own laws, the Bigfoot community takes back their powers, an ancient mirror they carry in a leather bag.

<scroll of Winyan hesma dragging a man through the woods.

8. Missing men Epidemic

9. Love Poem Reading:

Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant scene:

Poetry Emcee: Welcome to the Blue Nile with our Tuesday night Open Mic! Twin Cities longest-running open mics.

I am your host Desdemona. Next up performing a poetry reading is (pause reading the list), Graci Horne from South Minneapolis. Come on give her a round of applause!

Graci: Hello my name is Graci. I’m a little nervous. This poem is called Love Story.

Love Story

She said I love you and I miss you before leaving me in a dream,

She spoke quickly grabbing both my hands,

I tell people that was the last thing she told me,

I love you, sister,

I remember when we were little I would tell everyone all about you,

Years later I found out you did the same thing,

Of all of the Love poems this one holds me in place,

I remember a time I woke up and you were In my bed,

Your mom made a surprise visit to my mom,

It was the happiest morning I will ever have,

Next to the first morning, I spent with my newborn babies,

You're stored in the stars of my blood,

I don't dare leave Minneapolis because I see us walking down Lake Street,

I see the fight that happened on 31st and Pillsbury,

On second thought, I see us all over,

At the Pipestone quarries on hot summer days,

On highways that resemble British Columbia's forests,

At times I love you too much,

The years where my memories fade and I am grasping onto time but it moves like a river,

You are on the river bank and I am in a canoe with my kids,

I think about all of the mean things you have said to me so I miss you less,

The boy you kissed that I was supposed to kiss first,

Or the time I got blamed for you ditching me at the mall,

Sometimes we put buffers up to exist emotionally,

One time I was so mad at you for leaving that I convinced myself for five years that I was better off,

I even hoped my daughter wouldn't have a close sister to miss like this,

This is a love story of two Dakota girls meant to be sisters,

One passed too early while the other had to find reasons to forgive Creator,

In our way, we have to replace a deceased relative but I guess I'm not Dakota because that will never happen,

I love you sister and anytime I miss you I whisper it to the pain in my knees,

The ache in my hips when I am trying to sleep,

Each white hair that is pulled from my hairbrush,

This is our story and it was short,

It ended tragically where my heart was broken,

How I remember you is by saying your name when it's too hard,

By telling my kids about their auntie,

Somewhere in time, we're picking lilacs to draw out honey,

Or walking in Powderhorn imagining It pre-colonization,

If given the option to have never met you,

I would still pick our love story.

10. Update on Missing Men

Newscaster: For this evening’s news, a turn of events has shocked Minnesota communities. County Sheriff’s departments and prosecutors have solved cases via DNA connection through recent missing cases of Minnesota men. Over 20 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls cold cases have been solved.

11. Bigfoot Community

Lane: When the Big Foot community found out about the missing men, they knew who was behind it. Like I keep telling you, they know everything.

For translation purposes- their language has been translated into our Human English:

Big Foot Council Winyan: You’re putting our kind at risk, and this puts our future at risk. Humans used to respect our laws of nature, but that time has ended. You cannot jeopardize our kind by serving your form of justice. What they do to each other is their story, not ours.

Winyan Hesma: We should have made it stop long ago when people came in through the big lake. We have seen them take Women and children and do nothing. I will stop only when I cease to find women and children in my home.

Big Foot Council Winyan: We are asking you to stop interfering and you are saying no. We must take your bag that was passed down to you by your family. We’ll pray for your protection in other forms.

12. Newscaster

Newscaster: On tonight's news, eyewitnesses say they have seen a female big foot dragging a man from his vehicle in South Minneapolis. Videos of this incident leaked on TikTok, the social media platform.

13. TikTok

NTVQueenMpls: The word is that the Minneosta MMIWG cold cases have been getting solved because they are finding the men! Who is committing these crimes? One of my relatives on the rez said tribal cops found the body of a man at the bottom of a tree. They're saying they think they committed “rhymes with Boo-A-Cide.” Then just last week one of my friends said she saw a big foot lady on south side dragging a man down the street. I am positive it is this Big Foot Lady serving Creator’s law. YOU DON'T HARM WOMEN AND CHILDREN! Hit the button to follow. And all you men that have secrets to hide, you better be leaving Turtle Island. You’re next.

14. The Cop yelling

15. <scroll Winyan Hesma running from cop cars>

< scroll cop cars circled Winyan Hesma>

16. Cop lifting megaphone

Copper: Put your hands up! How do we know this thing can understand what I’m saying?!

17. Surrounded by Popo Oyate

18. Winyan Hesma dead on ground

19. Big Foot takes Winyan Hesma’s body away>

20. . The Last Toksta

21. Scroll Lane is crying by Winyan Hesma>

22. < Big Foot touching Lane’s head.

Lane: They brought her to me. I know it was to show that her story ended and they wouldn’t interfere anymore. It felt like I lost another sister. But now it's my purpose to tell her story. It took a Big Foot for people to be afraid and have real consequences.

The Data on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Of the 5,712 cases reported in 2016, only 116 were logged by Department of Justice database. Murder is the third leading cause of death among Native American women and girls aged 10-24. It is the Fifth leading cause of death among 25-34 yr. old. Minnesota is 9th in the nation for having MMIWG cases. The violence against Native American women compared to all other races is 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes and 2 times more likely to experience sexual assault crimes. 40% of victims of sex trafficking are identified as Native women. 67% of assaults are perpetrated by non-Natives.