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“Are you willing to kind of jump off a cliff and say yes to God?” Norman asked his wife, Diane, as they sat in their driveway with their three children. Everyone prayed and said they obeyed the call to the mission field. Norman’s friend served in Native American ministry and encouraged the Norman’s to live on a reservation during the summer of 1984, followed by a months-long, cross-cultural training with North America Indigenous Ministries.

After federal prosecutors rejected her self-defense claim, Maddesyn George received a 6 1/2-year sentence. Now her supporters plan to continue advocating for incarcerated Native women.

Arnold, a member of the Colville Tribe, will discuss the Columbia Plateau Tribes’ experiences with new immigrants to the Plateau in the 1800s and cultural continuities present in the traditions practiced today.