Paul Cook: “I think citizens see democracy and government work at the local level with their mayors, with their city councils.”

Many students came to the Chemawa school for a quality, and culturally relevant, education in a safe environment.

I am looking forward to hearing what they are doing to combat the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Four out of five Native women are affected by violence, with the U.S. Department of Justice finding that American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average.

In April, the House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Act, which included many key provisions to protect Native American women.