On October 15, 2024, while Tribal Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh was enroute to a pre-scheduled meeting at with the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, the delegation was ambushed by the National Parks Police who threatened to seize and kill our horses. We stood our ground to protect our horses, and we were violently, needlessly, and outrageously attacked by the National Parks Police. Riders battered, women and children manhandled and thrown to the ground, and nine arrested in a brutal ambush.