Keith Hapana Crow

Aug 20, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Marc Fawcett-Atkinson |Mark Thomas |Keith Hapana Crow |Jason Andrew

The Columbia River was once the source of the greatest salmon runs in the world. Millions of lifegiving sockeye and giant chinook swam upriver to spawn each year.  The Columbia’s headwaters are in British Columbia. The upper 40 per cent of the river winds through the province before entering the U.S. in Washington State and emptying into the Pacific in Oregon. It’s epic 2,000-kilometre journey.

Aug 14, 2024 | indiginews.com | Mark G. Thomas |Mark Thomas |Keith Hapana Crow |Jason Andrew

This op-ed was submitted by members of the Bringing the Salmon Home initiative’s executive working group from the Secwépemc, syilx Okanagan and Ktunaxa Nations. The Columbia River was once the source of the greatest salmon runs in the world. Millions of life-giving sockeye and giant chinook swam upriver to spawn each year. The waterway’s headwaters are in British Columbia.

Feb 15, 2024 | spokesman-recorder.com | Keith Hapana Crow

Since 2023, the Minnesota Department of Corrections has been discontinuing the medication prescribed to prisoners by medical physicians. Why? In 2016, A physician prescribed 300 mg of gabapentin to be increased over time to 800 mg for sciatic nerve damage, degenerative disc disorder, and my chronic back pain. In October 2023, a nurse practitioner at MCF-Rush City informed me that I would be discontinued from taking gabapentin. I was in disbelief as I tried to process this. “Why?” I asked.

Nov 4, 2023 | spokesman-recorder.com | Keith Hapana Crow

The Minnesota Department of Corrections staff shortage is contributing to prison conditions that are unacceptable and more dangerous. I have been incarcerated since 2004, my last five years at Minnesota Correctional Facility—Rush City. When I first arrived, I was given an overnight job within a week. I was grateful for that opportunity to work and earn money. Then, Covid hit the prison shortly afterward. I was given a job in the kitchen and worked in the kitchen throughout the entire pandemic.

Mar 24, 2023 | spokesman-recorder.com | Keith Hapana Crow

Perspectives from WithinThe following commentary was made possible through a partnership with Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. Countless Minnesota citizens, including myself, have been swallowed up and incarcerated under a draconian law—Minnesota’s aiding and abetting [609.05] statute. The aiding and abetting law can be an extension of any law, including Minnesota’s felony murder statute, which essentially holds a person liable and responsible for the actions of another.