A note from adrienne maree brown: Gilda Sheppard directed a film called Since I Been Down, in which Kimonti Carter was a protagonist as a transformed man leading his community
Frank Hopper shares the story of how Washington’s Puyallup Tribe helped pass Initiative 940, the nation’s first measure ending qualified immunity for police.
Along with the families of other police shooting victims and the financial support of every federally recognized tribe in Washington state, the Puyallup Tribe helped pass the nation’s first police accountability bill.
The Colville Confederated Tribes are dedicated to “reuniting with old friends” by reintroducing fish to their shared waters and pronghorn to their ancestral lands.
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