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“There should be at least a statewide audit system,” said Corinne Sebren, who works as a civil rights attorney for the Washington state firm, Galanda Broadman. “Without that, accountability is very, very difficult to achieve outside of a lawsuit or outside of a reporter digging in.” https://lnkd.in/g2Cust_Z

Gabriel S. Galanda appeared in a 4-minute, 30-second Fox 13 news story last night, where he criticized federal and state lawmakers for for looking away from Indigenous human rights abuse. "The sad reality is, tribal nations wield so much political influence now through gaming wealth that the politicians in Olympia and Washington, D.C...are afraid if they do something at Nooksack to prevent human rights abuses, they will somehow be accused...of affronting tribal sovereignty, so they simply look away to protect their careers." https://lnkd.in/gwRhbgVz

"The politicians in Olympia and Washington, D.C....progressives by the way...are afraid if they do something at Nooksack to prevent human rights abuses, they will somehow be accused by some other tribe, perhaps a gaming tribe, of affronting tribal sovereignty, so they simply look away to protect their careers,' said Gabriel S. Galanda." https://lnkd.in/gjRmZ9bY

"'The evictions?raise questions about federal, state, and tribal accountability,' Gabriel S. Galanda said." https://lnkd.in/g8ptUB3M

"The evictions raise questions about federal, state, and tribal accountability, Gabriel S. Galanda said. 'The evictions at Nooksack underscore a growing crisis in Indigenous housing, where sovereignty is too often wielded as a shield for neglect and systemic injustice,' he said." https://lnkd.in/g8ptUB3M

Today the Washington State Auditor called Washington state's performance in?achieving low income Indigenous home?ownership, "disappointing." In the Auditor's report, titled "Housing Finance Commission: Tenant purchase options under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program," she explained that the nearly 600 LIHTC eventual tenant ownership (ETO) units in Washington are among 18 projects developed since 2005. Seventeen of those projects are on Tribal lands, essentially rendering Washington's ETO program an Indigenous home ownership program. The Auditor confirmed not a single?ETO unit in the state of Washington has yet been conveyed to an Indigenous home buyer, with 135 units past due for conveyance by 2023.? The Auditor found the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC)'s monitoring?activities "ineffective?for ensuring project owners' progress towards renant purchases." The Auditor also found that WSHFC was "unaware" of any such progress until 2022--at least twelve years after WSHFC was obliged to start monitoring ETO activities. "Had the Inslee administration done its job, my Nooksack clients would not be facing police evictions this Thanksgiving," said the families lawyer Gabriel S. Galanda.?"They'd have received deeds to their homes and they'd be living safely and soundly. The very least the state of Washington can now do is help stop the evictions. The Governor can and should do something." The State Auditor will present?her report to the Washington State Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 4. https://lnkd.in/gewvisYs

Nooksack Elders and families are now bracing for Tribal police visits and forced evictions the day after Thanksgiving. “What’s going to happen to them when they’re sitting in their homes and they’ve got armed tribal police or sheriffs or whoever pounding on the door trying to remove them physically?” Michelle Roberts asked. “I just fear that their health is not going to be able to withstand that.” https://lnkd.in/gihQY8gy

Gabriel S. Galanda: "It is worrisome that so many Indigenous voters would support a presidential candidate whose party threatens economic, environmental, and cultural harm to Tribal nations." https://lnkd.in/diDrw6yp

"In Gabriel S. Galanda’s view, two of the judges who ruled against the family in the eviction cases had conflicts of interest. One judge, Charles Hostnik, issued rulings for some of the households, Galanda said, and then later presided over an appellate court case for other households. Another judge, Rajeev Majumdar, presided over two different appeals, each for a different cohort of the households, according to court documents reviewed by Cascadia Daily News. 'That wouldn’t happen in any other court system,' Galanda said. 'You’d be predisposed in the second opinion, or second case, based on your ruling in the first one.'" https://lnkd.in/gihQY8gy

Get ready for a special display of love, community, and second chances. As we go to the Eighth Generation headquarters, for the release of the Huy Eighth Generation butterfly blanket, a symbol of transformation and hope for Indigenous people impacted by incarceration. Learn more about this story of redemption this Saturday at 10:30 pm on FOX 13 Seattle and the replay Sunday at 10 am on FOX 13 + And don't forget, if you don't have FOX 13 Seattle, where you live, you can still watch Back 2 Besa anywhere in the nation by downloading the free FOX Local App.