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Allison Griffin holds up a photo of her son Julian Rose, who was shot and killed by Glenpool Police officers in December 2020. Allison didn t learn why he was shot or the events leading up to his encounter with law enforcement until almost five months after the incident.
Tribal Nations are being asked to take on more responsibility when it comes to policing, prosecution and when families experience something tragic like one of their loved ones getting shot by police. Allison Herrera reports on the potential for information to fall through the cracks when multiple jurisdictions are involved.
This story is a partnership between KOSU and The Frontier.
He is in the place where it started and continues. He is in the prayers.
The sun is coming. Blue shadows weave between dark branches of piñon and juniper.
Stars glitter in the cold morning sky. Edison Eskeets walks to the edge of the sandstone cascade called Canyon de Chelly in northern Arizona on the Navajo Nation. He offers his hand to the east.
His untied black hair streaks with gray. It falls around his thin, defined body. His high cheekbones and articulate nose give him a certain handsome nobility. He stands five feet, nine inches and weighs no more than 135 pounds.
photo by: Chad Lawhorn
Haskell Indian Nations University President Ronald Graham provides closing remarks at a Veterans Day celebration at the university on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.
Updated at 4 p.m. Friday
The president of Haskell Indian Nations University has been removed from office following an internal investigation and criticism that he was stifling free speech rights of students and faculty.
Brandon Yellowbird-Stevens, president of the Haskell National Board of Regents, confirmed the removal of President Ronald Graham. Haskell’s student newspaper, The Indian Leader, also reported the dismissal.
“As the Board of Regents, we want to move forward and make sure there is a cohesive relationship between the Regents, the president of Haskell Indian Nations University and the Faculty Senate and staff,” Yellowbird-Stevens told the Journal-World. “This was a decision that more than likely needed to happen because of the, I’ll just say, disconnection between those bodi
Ellis County Democrats
One of only three Native American members of the Kansas Legislature will visit Hays on April 23. Rep. Christina Haswood, D-Lawrence, will participate in a conversation at an outdoor barbecue with the Ellis County Democratic Party and the public from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 23, at the Downtown Hays Pavilion.
Later, at 7 p.m., she will appear on the Smoky Hills Public Television program “Kansas Legislature.”
At 26, the freshman representative is one of the youngest members of the Legislature.
“I have heard about the divide between rural and urban Kansas, and western and eastern Kansas, and I want to help bridge that divide,” she said. “Some issues are more of a concern to western Kansas, and as someone from eastern Kansas I want to help start the conversations about those issues.”
Haskell University faculty casts no confidence vote
April 3, 2021
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Haskell Indian Nations University faculty are signaling frustration with the college s top leader over free speech and governance issues with a vote of “no confidence.”
The resolution describing school president Ronald Graham’s leadership style as “autocratic” was certified Thursday with a unanimous Faculty Senate vote, the Lawrence Journal-World reports.
Graham, who began his presidency in May 2020, didn t immediately respond to a request for comment from the Journal-World.
Graham angered the faculty when he sent a memorandum last month forbidding employees from expressing derogatory opinions about the administration and others, contending that such expression is “inappropriate” and not protected by academic freedom.