In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, politicians denounced the incident, calling it “political violence” and “un-American.” But the NDN Collective, an Indigenous power-building organization, issued a statement at the time saying, “Today’s shooting is yet another consequence of building and maintaining a nation based in violence, control, and bloodshed.”
Janene Yazzie, director of policy and advocacy at NDN Collective, spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about a recent op-ed that she wrote for YES! titled “Political Violence Is Not Violence Against Politicians.”