Manuel “Mannie” Elijah Ellis (August 28, 1986 - March 3, 2020) was a 33-year-old Black American man from Tacoma, Washington who was killed by hypoxia through physical restraint by Tacoma Police Officers on March 3, 2020.]]>

Additional references are made to others killed in acts of racially-motivated police brutality, such as John T. Williams, Jeanetta Riley, Sarah Lee Circle Bear, Daniel Covarrabius, Jackie Salyers. Manuel Ellis, Stonechild Chiefstick and Mantry Norris.

Below the George Floyd section is the word "Genocide." The left side of the mural references John T. Williams (Native American woodcarver murdered by the Seattle police in 2010) and includes large text reading "Human Rights" and a reference to BLM, along with a beautiful seascape. The right side of the composition includes potent symbols of Native identity, including petroglyphs, and fish. Sitting Bull, also killed in an act of violence that took many Native lives, is also depicted here. ]]>

The work was removed and relocated on June 23, 2020.

Additional information:

Atlas Obscura

Video featuring the artist

News article about the work

Sacred Point of View Gallery

Reference article: Native Lives Matter

This photograph, showing Robert "Running Fisher" Upham with his grandchildren, was submitted by the artist and is used here with permission from the family.]]>
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