NEZPERCE, IDAHO — Channa Henry had known who Bessie Blackeagle was since childhood, but they didn’t become close until adulthood.
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Channa Henry, one of Bessie Blackeagle’s closest friends, pictured at her home on Friday, Feb. 21, on the Nez Perce Reservation. Henry is a former member of the Nez Perce Tribal Police.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Some on the Nez Perce Reservation, including former law-enforcement employees, believe investigators’ failures to listen to the women who reported Travis Ellenwood’s alleged abuse allowed his violence to become deadly.
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The Clearwater River runs through Kamiah, Idaho, on Saturday, Feb. 22.
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A map of the Nez Perce reservation on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Nez Perce National Historical Park.
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Flags fly outside the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee office on Saturday, Feb. 22, in Lapwai, Idaho.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Jenny Blackeagle looks out toward Travis Ellenwood’s former residence on Saturday, Feb. 22, in Kamiah, Idaho.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Marcus Horton lifts up his child on Friday, Feb. 21, on the Nez Perce Reservation.
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Jenny Blackeagle visits Bessie Blackeagle’s grave on Saturday, Feb. 22, on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho. Blackeagle said she was awake in the early hours of Oct. 31, 2020, when the initial call about her family member Bessie Blackeagle came over her police scanner.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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