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From the Failure to serve, protect: Victims recount rape, murder and how tribal cops failed them series

Jul 29, 2025
Jul 29, 2025 Updated Aug 27, 2025
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Nez Perce reservation residents discuss the murder of Bessie Blackeagle and potential tribal police misconduct. Video by: Shanna Madison, Missoulian

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Failure to serve, protect: Victims recount rape, murder and how tribal cops failed them

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Updated Aug 27, 2025 video

Nez Perce reservation residents allege tribal police misconduct

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Updated Aug 25, 2025 article

Victim says tribal cops allowed accused rapist in the room while they took her statement

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Updated Aug 25, 2025 article

2 women reported abuse, rape to tribal cops. Justice only came when one was dead

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Victim says tribal cops allowed accused rapist in the room while they took her statement

Victim says tribal cops allowed accused rapist in the room while they took her statement

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.

2 women reported abuse, rape to tribal cops. Justice only came when one was dead

2 women reported abuse, rape to tribal cops. Justice only came when one was dead

Several women, including a former tribal cop, said Nez Perce police didn't respond effectively to multiple reports of violence against a man who went on to murder his girlfriend.

Failure to serve, protect: Victims recount rape, murder and how tribal cops failed them

Failure to serve, protect: Victims recount rape, murder and how tribal cops failed them

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