History fuels high rates of Native American death at hands of police, experts say
Ted McDermott
Public Service Journalism Team
Updated
A Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team investigation examined deaths of Native Americans in encounters with law enforcement over the past 10 years. Interviews with dozens of surviving family members, law enforcement officers, attorneys and others – as well as reporting trips to Nat…
Recent findings that Native Americans are more likely than any other racial group to die in encounters with law enforcement have deep roots, experts say.
Gabriel Galanda, a Seattle-based Indigenous rights attorney, has represented the families of more than half a dozen Native Americans killed by the police.
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A Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team investigation examined deaths of Native Americans in encounters with law enforcement over the…
Gabriel Galanda, a Seattle-based Indigenous rights attorney, has represented the families of more than half a dozen Native Americans killed by the police.
