Author Wants To Spread Word About Missing Women

Author Wayne Adams is trying to spread the word regarding the crisis of missing indigenous women in the United States.

Adams has recently released his book, The Odyssey of Amanda Iron Bear. Adams’ story takes place on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and deals with a 17-year-old indigenous girl who is kidnapped by human traffickers.

“It’s about the message, not the messenger,” Adams explained. “I’m simply trying to make people aware of it.”

The publication is available on the Amazon book store and the www.cyberwit.com book store.

He explained he became aware of the crisis when he was viewing a PBS documentary during the COVID lockdown.

“I was surprised to learn that thousands of indigenous women are missing in both the United States and Canada,” Adams said. “This is a real-world crisis that is never mentioned on the 6 o’clock news.”

With the library closed, he started to conduct research on his phone. The process of writing the book took five years to complete. First, he wrote the book on notebook paper and then he typed it on a library computer. He gave a thumb drive of the book to a friend, but then the thumb drive was lost.

“So, I had to rewrite it straight from memory,” Adams said.

His wife helped him edit the publication.

“Everything turned out just right,” he said.

This is Adams’ 10th book. Other topics have included the discovery of an asteroid made of gold, poetry and a serial killer targeting drug dealers.

He cares about the missing indigenous people issue. He said that when he discusses the problem with his Caucasian friends, they are shocked by the information.

He hasn’t been to the Fort Peck Reservation yet, but he is planning a trip to Montana in September.

“I want to experience it,” Adams said of coming to the area.