Sarah Crane Murdoch (Reporter)

During that period, the drivers who killed Native pedestrians in Montana, if you added up all their sentences, it was a total of 51 years. Those who killed non-Native pedestrians, 265 years. Carissa and Kevin feared their case could end the same way that Trisha's and Bonnie's did, with no one charged, even though law enforcement had found the drivers.

During that period, the drivers who killed Native pedestrians in Montana, if you added up all their sentences, it was a total of 51 years. Those who killed non-Native pedestrians, 265 years. Carissa and Kevin feared their case could end the same way that Trisha's and Bonnie's did, with no one charged, even though law enforcement had found the drivers.

During that period, the drivers who killed Native pedestrians in Montana, if you added up all their sentences, it was a total of 51 years. Those who killed non-Native pedestrians, 265 years. Carissa and Kevin feared their case could end the same way that Trisha's and Bonnie's did, with no one charged, even though law enforcement had found the drivers.

They had a new goal, get Sonny White arrested. Their strategy was public pressure. They would bring attention to Micah's case and also to Bonnie and Trisha's kids' cases, since police had stopped investigating. That night they met with the mothers at their house. They came up with this idea. They'd do a four-day walk along Highway 93. Micah matters! We matter!

They had a new goal, get Sonny White arrested. Their strategy was public pressure. They would bring attention to Micah's case and also to Bonnie and Trisha's kids' cases, since police had stopped investigating. That night they met with the mothers at their house. They came up with this idea. They'd do a four-day walk along Highway 93. Micah matters! We matter!

They had a new goal, get Sonny White arrested. Their strategy was public pressure. They would bring attention to Micah's case and also to Bonnie and Trisha's kids' cases, since police had stopped investigating. That night they met with the mothers at their house. They came up with this idea. They'd do a four-day walk along Highway 93. Micah matters! We matter!

They ended the walk on the steps of the Lake County Courthouse. The march was all over local and national media. Kevin's a mailman and remembers how excited people on the reservation were when he delivered the state's biggest newspaper with Micah's face on the front page. Carissa created a Facebook group called Micah Matters and quickly collected over a thousand followers.

They ended the walk on the steps of the Lake County Courthouse. The march was all over local and national media. Kevin's a mailman and remembers how excited people on the reservation were when he delivered the state's biggest newspaper with Micah's face on the front page. Carissa created a Facebook group called Micah Matters and quickly collected over a thousand followers.

They ended the walk on the steps of the Lake County Courthouse. The march was all over local and national media. Kevin's a mailman and remembers how excited people on the reservation were when he delivered the state's biggest newspaper with Micah's face on the front page. Carissa created a Facebook group called Micah Matters and quickly collected over a thousand followers.

She started getting invitations to speak at big events, like at the grandstand for the Missoula County Fair.

She started getting invitations to speak at big events, like at the grandstand for the Missoula County Fair.

She started getting invitations to speak at big events, like at the grandstand for the Missoula County Fair.

There's this one video that Carissa shared with the media that blew up. It's of Micah. She's in their laundry room with a ukulele, singing a parody she wrote of Vance Joy's Riptide.

There's this one video that Carissa shared with the media that blew up. It's of Micah. She's in their laundry room with a ukulele, singing a parody she wrote of Vance Joy's Riptide.

There's this one video that Carissa shared with the media that blew up. It's of Micah. She's in their laundry room with a ukulele, singing a parody she wrote of Vance Joy's Riptide.

She's singing, I was scared of res dogs in the wild. I was scared of drunk drivers and catching head lice.

She's singing, I was scared of res dogs in the wild. I was scared of drunk drivers and catching head lice.

She's singing, I was scared of res dogs in the wild. I was scared of drunk drivers and catching head lice.

It's clever, funny. She never wanted to make the video, but when she played the song for Kevin, he begged her to let him film it. Was there an aspect of Micah's case that felt to you like, oh, this has the potential to become big? Oh, yes.

It's clever, funny. She never wanted to make the video, but when she played the song for Kevin, he begged her to let him film it. Was there an aspect of Micah's case that felt to you like, oh, this has the potential to become big? Oh, yes.