Burns Paiute tribal leaders, who previously criticized the mostly-White armed occupiers for never acknowledging the tribe’s historic rights to the land, were finally able to visit the refuge.
It’s been 19 days since a predominantly White group of men bearing arms group took over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They’re appointing themselves judges, threatening locals and stealing Native artifacts. Inside a netherworld where law enforcement lets right-wing paramilitaries run things.