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Weldon Poor Bear stands in the front yard of his home in Parmelee, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, in May 2023. Five years earlier, Poor Bear was in the same yard, witnessing a police chase the ended with his unarmed son fatally shot by a Rosebud tribal police officer.
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Adam Poor Bear, left, and his brother, Arthur, are shown in this 2008 photo. Adam -- whose nickname was "Skinny" and whose Lakota name was Mato Ohitika -- died after a Rosebud Sioux tribal police officer shot him in 2018. Arthur died by suicide a decade earlier.
Courtesy Poor Bear family
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A Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team investigation examined deaths of Native Americans in encounters with law enforcement over the past 10 years. Interviews with dozens of surviving family members, law enforcement officers, attorneys and others – as well as reporting trips to Native American communities both on and off tribal land and the examination of lawsuits, police records and other documents and data – reveals new insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths.
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Having their elders sent to boarding school or suffering from addiction "likely contributes to the moment that an Indigenous person finds themself encountering the police,” one expert said.
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The four directions imagery on a home on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
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A mud puddle reflects the sunset on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
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Painted memorial signs for people who were killed are posted alongside Sioux Boulevard in Rosebud, S.D., on the Rosebud Indian Reservation on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
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Adam Poor Bear was fatally shot near the Parmelee rodeo and powwow grounds, shown Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, on South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation.
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Weldon Poor Bear changes a wheel bearing in the driveway of his home Parmelee, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, in May 2023.
Ted McDermott, Public Service Journalism Team
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The federal building in Aberdeen, South Dakota, pictured here in May 2023, houses some personnel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Justice Services.
Ted McDermott, Public Service Journalism Team
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The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Building on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.
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