As ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse faced justice, these two Bay Area women built a network of survivors

When a Las Vegas jury on Jan. 30 found Nathan Chasing Horse guilty of 13 felony counts, most of them related to child sexual abuse, it sent reverberations through tribal communities across North America.

One of the most powerful tremors passed through Sonoma County.

“I don’t have the words to describe what it feels like to have this conviction come through, and to know this process started on a bench in (Santa Rosa’s) Howarth Park,” said Kathryn Lombera, who lives in Windsor.

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