11/8/21 Press Conference
On November 8, the Campaign to Free Maddesyn George held a virtual press conference featuring attorney and award-winning playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle and professors Val Kalei Kanuha (Univ. of Wash.), Alisa Bierria (UCLA), Dian Million (Univ. of Wash.), and Megan Ybarra (Univ. of Wash.).
Press Releases
November 22, 2021: Maddesyn George Defense Committee Official Statement on Sentencing
November 15, 2021: Colville Tribal Member Maddesyn George Scheduled to be Sentenced on November 17: Supporters Implore the U.S. Attorney’s Office to Drop the Charges Now
October 4, 2021: Activists Call on the Department of Justice to Drop the Charges Against Incarcerated Native Survivor Maddesyn George
Press Coverage
December 15, 2021: “A judge recognized violence against Native women in a case where a woman killed a White man, advocates say,” The Lily (Washington Post)
December 11, 2021: “Legal System Fuels Missing Relatives Crisis,” Indian Country Today
December 7, 2021: “Colville mother's conviction raises justice issues facing Native women,” Crosscut
November 19, 2021: “Two Days Before Rittenhouse Verdict, a Native Woman Was Imprisoned for Killing Her Alleged Rapist,” Mother Jones
November 17, 2021: “Nespelem woman who claimed she killed because she was sexually assaulted given 6 1/2 years in prison,” Spokesman Review
November 16, 2021: “Free Maddesyn George: Native Mother and Survivor Faces Hearing,” South Sound Emerald
November 10, 2021: “Member of Colville Tribes Convicted of Killing Her Rapist, Court Denies Self-Defense Claim,” Native News Online
November 8, 2021: “Open Wounds: The Case of Maddesyn George and the Legal Legacies of Colonialism,” RANGE Media
November 1, 2021: “Colville tribal member accused of murdering man who allegedly raped her,” KHQ
October 19, 2021: “Maddesyn George case: Colville tribal woman to be sentenced in mid-November for controversial killing,” Spokesman Review
October 14, 2021: “Family of Indigenous woman who shot dead alleged rapist ‘in self defence’ appeals to judge for mercy,” The Independent
October 8, 2021: “Maddesyn George Killed Her Alleged Rapist. Prosecutors Blocked her Self-Defense Claims.” The Intercept
April 16, 2021: “Colville tribal member Maddesyn George awaits May 6 trial in federal court,” Colville Tribal Tribune
February 25, 2021: “A Native American says she shot her alleged rapist in self-defense. Federal prosecutors charged her with murder,” The Inlander