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\u00a0The Associated Press\u00a0 ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) \u2014 A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit seeking damages from three relatives in the shooting of a Native American activist in northern New Mexico amid confrontations about a statue of a Spanish conquistador and aborted plans to reinstall it in public, according to court documents published Tuesday. The shooting, in September 2023, severely wounded Jacob Johns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled activist for environmental causes and an advocate for Native American rights who is of Hopi and Akimel O\u2019odham tribal descent. His attorney, John Day, confirmed the settlement and said the terms were confidential. A single gunshot set off chaos at an outdoor gathering in Espa\u00f1ola over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de O\u00f1ate, who is… <\/p>\n

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\u00a0The Associated Press\u00a0 ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) \u2014 A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit seeking damages from three relatives in the shooting of a Native American activist in northern New Mexico amid confrontations about a statue of a Spanish conquistador and aborted plans to reinstall it in public, according to court documents published Tuesday. The shooting, in September 2023, severely wounded Jacob Johns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled activist for environmental causes and an advocate for Native American rights who is of Hopi and Akimel O\u2019odham tribal descent. His attorney, John Day, confirmed the settlement and said the terms were confidential. A single gunshot set off chaos at an outdoor gathering in Espa\u00f1ola over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de O\u00f1ate, who is... <\/p>\n

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