A Novel by Kawika A. Stafford

Chapter 31

Dwayne had only to tie down the old man’s longboard on the luggage rack of his old suburban, and the three men would be good to go. Dwayne had taken out the two rows of seats in order to make a comfortable pallet for his friend to rest upon. Cyrus was very weak now, so sitting for the entire journey would be impossible for the once powerful man. Dwayne phoned his friend Nadia Titla.

She was the managing editor and owner operator of a local native quarterly newspaper. Nadia had named it, ‘You Are On Indian Land’.

Her phone went to voicemail, so Dwayne let her know they were heading out to Shiprock, and also where he left the spare key. He had given her the alarm code, so she was prepared. Nadia, and her coworker Natalia were going to house sit while he was out of town. They also agreed to feed and water his horses.

Dwayne also told Nadia he had something important he wanted her to see.

He did not elaborate but promised to fill her in when he got back to town.

Nadia had recently received the news regarding officer Bob and his alleged assault of a native american college student, Jesse Coyote. After interviewing Jesse, Nadia had asked Jesse if wanted to be a part of her first exposé highlighting his assault by an Antelope Springs police officer.

He agreed, and promised to provide pictures that had not been previously released by law enforcement.

Nadia had her mocs on the ground, in an attempt to get a statement.

Right now local law enforcement appeared to be in damage control mode, which means they were avoiding her like small pox laden blankets.

She was the proverbial thorn in local law enforcement officials side in this part of Arizona. Nadia was relentless in reporting the numerous violations of indigenous peoples civil liberties. She had been hounding Chief Edwards for the last few years, but thus far he had been able to manipulate the system, circumventing the law and the truth at every turn.

She though was undeterred, as she felt that eventually something was going to have to give.

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