“Unfortunately, missing and murdered Indigenous Yakama women had begun earlier in the history of the tribe,” Whitefoot said. Heath’s sister, Patricia Whitefoot, spoke at an event Wednesday in Airway Heights to honor the lives of thousands of Indigenous women and people who have been reported missing or killed in the United States and around the world. In the 1980s and 1990s, Heath was one of at least 14 Yakama Nation women who were reported missing or killed. The beloved naturalist and athlete went missing in 1987. The youngest of nine siblings, Heath grew up in the town of White Swan, nestled in the eastern foothills of the Cascades. Daisy Mae Heath is remembered in Yakama Nation and across Washington for her love of the forest, the land and the spirit of the salmon.
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