From the Everett Herald:

TULALIP — The young man wore loose jeans slung low on his hips. The hems were worn and frayed, and wet from being trampled on rain-soaked sidewalks. A large black sweatshirt flopped over his shoulders and arms.

It was 7:30 a.m., and he needed help.

Don “Spat-ub-kud” Hatch welcomed the teenager into a courtroom in the Tulalip Tribes’ courthouse, and told him to sit down. Before long, the young man faced Hatch and two other Tulalip elders. The teen seemed hopeful that the elders would do all the talking, but the elders refused to let him slide.

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