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FILE -State Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, D-Tacoma speaks during a special session, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Olympia, Wash. Democratic Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, a Washington state lawmaker wants to prohibit police from hog-tying people, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrators in the Pacific Northwest. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP, File, File)

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Washington state lawmakers consider ban on hog-tying by police following Manuel Ellis' death
By HALLIE GOLDEN - Associated Press
Sun,01/21/24-11:01PM , 53 Reads
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state lawmakers considered a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together
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A weeklong camp in Washington's Olympic National Park convened tribes from across Western states to share knowledge, successes and challenges as climate change intensifies. There have been six of these climate camps, hosting more than 70 tribes. (Aug 29) (AP Video: Manuel Valdes)

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Native nations on front lines of climate change share knowledge and find support at intensive camps
By HALLIE GOLDEN - Associated Press
Tue,08/29/23-12:16AM , 262 Reads
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Jeanette Kiokun, the tribal clerk for the Qutekcak Native Tribe in Alaska, doesn't immediately recognize the shriveled, brown plant she finds on the shore of the Salish Sea or others that were sunburned during the long, hot summer. But a fellow student at a weeklong tribal climate camp does.
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In this photo provided by Albertyn Pino, Pino poses for a selfie in Laguna Pueblo, N.M., Oct. 17, 2020. (Albertyn Pino via AP)

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Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system
By HALLIE GOLDEN - Associated Press
Sat,08/19/23-11:01PM , 443 Reads
Inside a jail cell at Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Albertyn Pino’s only plan was to finish the six-month sentence for public intoxication, along with other charges, and to return to her abusive boyfriend.
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Members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe pose for a photo in their tribal community in Sonora, Mexico. in March, 2023. (Raymond V. Buelna via AP)

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This tribe’s land was cut in two by US borders. Its fight for access could help dozens of others
By HALLIE GOLDEN - Associated Press
Sat,05/13/23-12:12AM , 381 Reads
For four hours, Raymond V. Buelna, a cultural leader for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, sat on a metal bench in a concrete holding space at the U.S.-Mexico border, separated from the two people he was taking to an Easter ceremony on tribal land in Arizona and wondering when they might be released.
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