A lively workshop on property rights and tribal governments
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May 24, 2017
DISCUSSION – Elaine Willman, left, extended an invitation to talk to Paul Wagner, one of the people who turned out to protest her program Saturday. Despite the placard-holding demonstrators standing behind them and protester cameras recording the event, the discussion began amicably. The friendly tone quickly dissolved into chaos. – Photo by Nicole Jennings
Controversial author and orator Elaine Willman held a workshop at Tequila Azteca Restaurant in Sedro-Woolley on Saturday, drawing about 80 people, mostly senior citizens, and a throng of protesters
Willman, whose mother was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, led a four-hour discussion on how she feels the political power and wealth of Native American tribes has grown to a point that is infringing on the rights of non-tribal members.
The workshop was sponsored by the Skagit County Citizens Alliance for Property Rights.
Besides the people who came to hear her, several of whom were from L...
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