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.
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Over the past century, thousands of American Indian and Alaskan natives have been kidnapped and murdered. Oklahoma has the highest rate of missing and murdered indigenous women in America.
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Even through the pictures, Renee’s smile shines bright. A beautiful and vibrant young woman with a bright future working to help her culture thrive. You can still see and feel Renee’s hopes and dreams, her love for her family, especially her devotion to her children in every story and picture of Renee Davis’s life.
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Big corporations accused of driving environmental and health inequalities in black and brown communities through toxic and climate-changing pollution are also funding powerful police groups in major US cities, according to a new investigation.
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On Thursday, September 10, 2020, in a long-awaited ruling, United States District Court Judge Daniel Traynor (District of North Dakota) allowed a lawsuit challenging law enforcement’s 2016 use of fire hoses and munitions against water protectors opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to move forward with discovery.
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Native Americans die from police violence more than any other American, a fact that is chronically overlooked.
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John made and sold authentic Native carvings to shops along Seattle’s waterfront and at the Pike Place Market, just as his father and other family members have done for over a hundred years. He was considered the most talented carver in his family.
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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.
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On February 22, 2017, Eric W. Poemoceah was peacefully demonstrating against DAPL. He was unarmed, facing a group of about 30 militarized law enforcement officers clad in riot gear, with about 15 feet between him and the group of officers.
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