An Arizona man will spend more than 28 years in federal prison after admitting to sexually abusing four children over a five-year period on the Tohono O’odham Nation, according to federal authorities.
Ski Redfeather Johnson, of San Xavier in Pima County, was sentenced May 7 by a U.S. district judge after pleading guilty to four counts of abusive sexual contact with a minor. Prosecutors said the abuse occurred between 2015 and 2020 and involved four separate children, all younger than 12 years old.
Investigators said the offenses took place at four different homes where Johnson lived within the Tohono O’odham Nation, located southwest of Tucson.
The court imposed a total sentence of 340 months in prison.
In a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine said Johnson “repeatedly preyed upon and stole the innocence of four children.”
Courchaine also credited investigators from the FBI and the Tohono O’odham Nation Tribal Police for their work on the case, saying the lengthy prison sentence reflected their commitment to protecting children and securing justice for the victims.
The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona as part of federal efforts to investigate crimes involving child exploitation and abuse in tribal communities.
