Oomaka Tokatakiya, Cherry Creek to Bridger, the Ride to Wounded Knee

Oomaka Tokatakiya, Cherry Creek to Bridger, the Ride to Wounded Knee

Photos by Ken Marchionno and the Future Generations Teen Photojournalism Project

Tohono O'odham Police Vendetta Revealed in Murder of Raymond Mattia

Raymond Mattia

Tohono O'odham Police Vendetta Revealed in Murder of Raymond Mattia

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 21, 2023

The vendetta of a Tohono O'odham Nation police officer is revealed by attorneys for the family of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, who was murdered when Tohono O'odham police and U.S. Border Patrol agents fired 38 shots at him, striking him with nine bullets, in front of his home.

“I don’t know exactly where that motherfucker is at," a Tohono O'odham Nation police officer told U.S. Border Patrol agents as they met shortly before Raymond was murdered.