Motorcycle rallies are a bacchanal of races, rock bands, and appreciation for chrome and souped-up vehicles. This past Sunday morning, the partying paused, when 100 riders gathered to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives in a motorcycle ride from Durango to Ignacio.
Southern Ute elder Hanley Frost spoke to the riders before offering a prayer.
“We have the highest rate of fatality of native women,” Frost said. “Nothing is done. They push it aside. We have families, you might have a sister, a brother, uncle, or dad, or someone in your family who was murdered that was never solved. I have a brother that was like that—just pushed aside. They labeled him as a drunk.”
