Grace Bulltail
113:50 - 114:22
"On August 24, 2019, my niece Kaisarah Stoppes Pretty Places was murdered just days after her 18th birthday. I served on the Not Invisible Act Commission as a family member."
“On August 24, 2019, my niece Kaisarah Stoppes Pretty Places was murdered just days after her 18th birthday. I served on the Not Invisible Act Commission as a family member.”
- Speaker
- Grace Bulltail
- Timestamp
- 113:50 – 114:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 14, 2026
From the transcript
Chairman Herd, Ranking Member, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this important topic. My name is Grace Boltail. I'm an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and I'm a citizen of the Crow Tribe in Montana. On August 24, 2019, my niece Kaisarah Stoppes Pretty Places was murdered just days after her 18th birthday. I served on the Not Invisible Act Commission as a family member.
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