“Please stand with us”: Tulalip Fishermen to Appear in Skagit Court Monday by Hazen Graham Shopbell

For the last six years, Anthony Paul and I have been the target of a racially motivated criminal investigation and prosecution by the State of Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). But we are not the real target. The State’s real target is Tulalip Treaty rights. The real target is our way of life.

Indigenous Prisoner Religious Rights Organization Recognized for Work with Indigenous Prisoners

Huy, an Indigenous religious freedoms advocacy organization, has received a $50,000 grant in recognition of its efforts to help rehabilitate Indigenous prisoners and prepare them for successful reentry into society.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansOctober 19, 2021Last Real Indians, Gabe Galanda, Native prisoners

Federal Civil Rights and State Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Poulsbo and Police Officials for the Death of Stonechild Chiefstick

Stonechild Chiefstick was killed two years ago at a Poulsbo waterfront park as several hundred people gathered to watch a July 3rd fireworks display. Mr. Chiefstick was a long-time resident of Suquamish and a member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation, Montana. He was 39 years old when he was killed by Officer Keller.

Grey Area: Pretendians, Disenrollment & Indigeneity by Gabe Galanda

So if we are going to debate Indigeneity or cancel Pretendians, let’s also call out tribal politicians who deny their peoples’ birthright for power and profit. That, however, requires courage that a great many of us lack.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansFebruary 3, 2021Last Real Indians, Gabe Galanda, Disenrollment, Pretendians, Indigeneity

National Congress of American Indians Passes Historic Tribal Citizenship Protection Measure

“The resolution powerfully affirms both sides of the tribal citizenship coin: The Indigenous human and civil right to belong and the inherent Tribal sovereign right to decide who belongs,” said Shannon O’Loughlin, a Choctaw Nation citizen and Director of the Association of American Indians Affairs (AAIA).

FeaturedLast Real IndiansNovember 16, 2020Disenrollment, Nooksack, Gabe Galanda, NCAI

Why Do Western Wash. Cops Keep Killing Indigenous People?

Mr. Chiefstick is the latest in a growing number of Indigenous people who have lost their lives at the hands of Western Washington police. Over the past decade, John T. Williams, Milo Harvey, Cecil Lacy, Jr., Renee Davis, and Daniel Covarrubias also died in this region due to local police violence.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansAugust 25, 2020Gabe Galanda, Last Real Indians, police violence, police shootings

Disenrollment is an Existential Threat

In order to stop annihilating ourselves with our own hands and our outdates laws we need to understand why all these regulations were created and where they came from. Current attorney for the Nooksack 306 disenrollees, Gabe Galanda emphasizes, “Disenrollment is an existential threat to Indian people throughout the country.”