Acts of violence leave their mark on Native communities. Consider the unsolved murder case of Anna Marie Scott, a tribal member from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. For Scott’s family and community, her case is “not forgotten.”
“Not Forgotten” is also the name of Jeremiah Sampson’s new short film about Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). It won best short documentary at the 2025 Nevada Women’s Film Festival.
Sampson, also a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, is a UNR graduate student. His film highlights Scott’s case and another one that occurred near Reno.
“Now these stories can be heard just beyond the reservation boundary lines, because I think the ultimate goal is to make everyone aware," Sampson said. "In Indigenous country, in Native communities we’re aware of the issue, we’re going to continue to talk about it, but the conversation has to move beyond that for it to grow and help the movement.”
More than four out of five Indigenous women have experienced violence in their lives, according to the National Criminal Justice Training Center. Nevada’s MMIP website currently lists nine known open cases.
