Much has been said recently in the media about the relationship between the inspiring expression of Indigenous resurgent activity informing the #IdleNoMore movement and the heightened decade of Native activism that led Canada to establish the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) in 1991. I offer this short analysis of the historical context that led [...]
Lenny Foster of the Diné Nation is the Director of the Navajo Nation Corrections Project and the Spiritual Advisor for 1,500 Native American inmates in many state and federal prisons in the Western U.S. He has co-authored legislation in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado that allows Native American spiritual and religious practice in prison and [...]
In the summer of 2004, while working as a producer for CBC News Sunday, I undertook a road trip to research Traces of Missing Women. My intent was to gather memories of Indigenous women who had been murdered or disappeared and create a video collage of images and words spoken by mothers, daughters, aunties, sisters and other [...]
We wish to extend greetings to our neighbours, to our Onkwehonwe (native) and non-native allies, and to all our brothers and sisters across Turtle Island. In the spirit of our Ancestors and the Kainerakowa, the Great Peace, We, Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, invite you to join us on April [...]
It’s no exaggeration to say that American Indian women are missing from most media coverage, history books and classroom discussions. But at least journalism students, instructors and state educators in Nebraska are doing something to help end America’s ignorance of Native women and the contributions they make to their communities, their tribes and to the [...]
The paramilitaries who invaded San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, this past July 30 have since abandoned the autonomous municipality’s town hall. They didn’t go far, however, and near-daily shootings from the paramilitary sharpshooters stationed around the town keep San Juan Copala under a state of siege. San Juan Copala declared itself autonomous following the 2006 uprising [...]
Start: 08/20/2010 19:30 Timezone: Canada/Eastern Outlaws at the Fort: Stimulator, Gord Hill, Ursula, Okibi, Star, BlankSpace A night full of love and rage! Date: August 20 Time: 7:30 PST Location: Fort Street Cafe (742 Fort Street – Victoria, BC) Presenting the most radical party of the summer. Pay-what-you-can benefit for G20 and forest action legal [...]
The State Legislative Assembly of the State of Amazonas (ALE-AM) held today (24) a special session in honor of Day of Caboclo (mixed person of Native American and white) of and the Mixed Race Day (”Dia do Mestiço”, in Portuguese), celebrated for 24 and June 27 respectively. The event – an initiative of Mrs Conceição [...]
A global Protestant body representing 80 million Christians has issued an apology for the role played by churches in perpetrating abuse against Native Americans, First Nations and other Indigenous peoples. “We … repent of our history littered with ways in which we have betrayed Gospel values of justice, fairness, and love for our neighbour … [...]
Arizona’s image is taking a well-deserved beating over its racial profiling and Indigenous history censoring laws. A dozen other states and Washington want to copy it. Obama sees migration as a law enforcement and military matter. MNN digests Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez great article, “Manifest Destiny to Manifest Insanity” [xColumn@gmail.com]: Politicians and hate-radio are fueling [...]
NEW YORK – A groundbreaking report examining the roots of Christian domination over indigenous peoples and their lands was released this week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. North American Representative to the Permanent Forum Tonya Gonnella Frichner, an attorney and founder of the American Indian Law Alliance, presented a preliminary study [...]
Ok, I’m back at it again! Ikonoklast! Yes, I shall continue to disabuse the masses with the same effort that Obama makes Imperialism look appealing. Let me rewind before I start to go on one of my famous diatribes you have grown to love me for; what prompted this post was a polemic I was [...]
I just wanted to feature this article that was written by Sikivu Hutchinson (posted on Black Agenda Report 05/04/2010), discussing how a certain sector of punk chump Negro communities think they are off the hook from the brutality of American Imperialism because our brown brothers and sisters are catching heat in the news at this [...]
Check out an interview with Shannon Rivers, Akimel O’Odham on migration and immigration from the perspective of the Nations and Pueblos of Indigenous Peoples of the O’Odham Nations Territories. Referencing the Catholic Church scandals, Beyond White Guilt writes about “What does Solidarity look like for White Allies?” The Zapatista movement is engaged in several land [...]
Language is the tool we use to frame our thoughts and thought processes. Every time we use, or tolerate the use around us of the terms “illegal” and “illegal alien” we are allowing white American nationalists, white racists, to speak from our mouths. That can’t lead to anyplace good. It’s been said before, but some [...]
Dignidad Rebelde is a graphic arts collaboration between Oakland-based artist-activists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes. They have done a variety of movement-based agitation artwork. Here is a video of the artists discussing their work: [vimeo 10881978]
I think this picture says it all. With all the hoopla going on down in Arizona, I feel that it’s important to expose the primary contradiction; America was founded by illegal aliens! You can’t even play that game with me! I will never in my life refer to the Indigenous people of this continent as [...]
Lately I’ve had my fair share of run-ins with the hipsters and hippies, as well as the hippie/hipster “culture” at large, and have become increasingly annoyed at their depiction/co-option of my ethnicity as a First Nations person. by Jen Musari, on the Native Appropriations website Kelsey pointed me to this post on Sociological Images last week which [...]
RT @pocorganize: Happy Malcolm X Day! #blacknews #racism #poc #woc #solidarity #unifiedleft #msachat #diversity #revsoc #fem2 #connecttheleft
Happy Malcolm X Day! #blacknews #racism #poc #woc #solidarity #unifiedleft #msachat #diversity #revsoc #fem2 #connecttheleft
RT @pocorganize: Lakotas Elders Truth Tour: Genocide Complaint to US Government http://t.co/HlbvjwSdam #indigenous #poc #racism #solidarity
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