On Monday, tribal leaders led a movement aimed at taking on the opioid epidemic. State Democratic Rep. Debra Lekanoff called on the state government to join tribal leads in the fight. "We aim to instill hope, raise awareness and response to the sense of urgency that we're hearing from family members tribes all of our communities, survivors and communities around us who are facing this crisis in our state," Lekanoff said. Fentanyl has only renewed that sense of urgency. As a former chairman of the Makah Tribe, Nate Tyler has seen history repeat itself. "It wasn't fentanyl way back then, it was different drug of choice that our communities were seeing," Tyler said. Tyler said Monday he's hopeful that the never-ending work of helping those with substance abuse disorder is finally making moves. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/facing-race/tribal-leaders-united-fight-opioid-abuse-crisis/281-d4162e4b-c973-45e4-9d69-0020771f3d6b