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| Standing for Myron in court today. Photo by Joseph Dewey. |
The driver of the truck that killed Paiute journalist Myron Dewey is seeking a plea deal, Myron's daughter Taylor Dewey said following a pre-trial hearing at Tonopah Justice Court in Nye County, Nevada.
Myron was killed when John David Walsh of Reno pulled into his lane on an isolated dirt road near his family's home in Yomba, Nevada on Sept. 26, 2021.
"The pre-trial court just ended. The judge ordered John Walsh to be booked fingerprinted and released with stipulations of no alcohol or drugs and random drug testing until parties have had time to go over the plea deal presented by John's attorney and attend the next pre-trial hearing which will be April 11th," Taylor said.
Muscogee in the News -- Death of a forest defender, museums harboring remains and media censorship
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
There are three news articles today about the Muscogee which together are a powerful statement, a force. Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, forest defender was shot and killed by police in his tent in Atlanta, Georgia, on the ancestral land of Muscogee.
Meanwhile, following the release of new data by ProPublica, it is revealed that museums, universities, and U.S. buildings are harboring the remains of Muscogee throughout the Southeast. There are thousands of of remains of Muscogee and other Native people at the University of Alabama.
And, the film "Bad Press" premiered at Sundance, which documents the censorship of the media by the Muscogee Creek tribal government in Oklahoma. Nationwide, the systematic censorship and oppression by tribal governments, modeled after the United States government, results in displacement, tribal government corruption, violations of human rights, mining, and ongoing suffering from the need for water, food, and heat, regardless of the revenues available.
Together these three news articles today signal the state of the nation of the United States, as it is, and as it has been.
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| While billions of dollars flow into non-profits and tribal governments, those who need it most are being ignored. Photo: Dine' volunteer Bitahnii Wilson delivers firewood and water to isolated Dine' elderly and disabled in need. |
The rich get richer.
The salaries of the heads of non-profits in Indian country are shocking.
"Philanthropy is always about power," writes The Guardian.
The power to control, and the power to conceal. This is what is obvious in our investigations of non-profits in Indian country, and the Defense spending bill which resulted in the expansion of the Fallon bombing range in Nevada, which Paiute leaders had opposed, and Myron Dewey died trying to prevent.
We began our investigation into non-profits after being asked to, by Natives who live on the land, and those who have spent their lives in the movements.