Author: M. Tiahui

Indigenous peoples

It’s Autumn, and I can’t wait for the Fall (of Columbus)

October 8, 2022 M. Tiahui
I write this in October, in the midst of all of the fall celebrations in the U.S. — Columbus Day, Thanksgiving and even Halloween — that can give some big headaches to Indigenous people by […]
Indigenous peoples

#215Children: Indigenous peoples grieve after mass grave found at residential school

June 11, 2021 M. Tiahui
On May 27, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said that preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia uncovered the remains of 215 children. […]
Indigenous peoples

Treaty defenders face off against Trump at Mount Rushmore

July 17, 2020 M. Tiahui
On July 3, more than a hundred Indigenous and allied land defenders stood for hours and blocked a South Dakota highway leading to Mount Rushmore in advance of a scheduled speech and rally by President […]
Indigenous peoples

Cops raid Wet’suwet’en camps. Indigenous and allies respond: Shut Down Canada!

February 14, 2020 M. Tiahui
Indigenous people and allies who support Indigenous sovereignty have taken to the streets throughout Canada in response to multiple raids on peaceful encampments in Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) with […]
Indigenous peoples

It’s Autumn, and I can’t wait for the Fall (of Columbus)

October 23, 2019 M. Tiahui
I write this in October, in the midst of all of the fall celebrations in the U.S. — Columbus Day, Thanksgiving and even Halloween — that can give some big headaches to Indigenous people by […]
Indigenous peoples

We are Mauna Kea!

July 26, 2019 M. Tiahui
Kanaka Maoli — Native Hawai’ians — are engaged in a historic fight to protect their sacred Mauna Kea and stop the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project from being built there. There are already 13 telescopes […]
Indigenous peoples

Celebrating Two-Spirit Pride — for thousands of years!

June 1, 2019 M. Tiahui
Perhaps you have heard the term “Two Spirit” used along with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other terms. If you are not Indigenous, this may have made you think that “Two Spirit” refers to Indigenous […]
Indigenous peoples

Four die at Pine Ridge reservation while federal government ignores pleas for flood aid

April 20, 2019 M. Tiahui
This spring, extreme weather devastated reservations in several Midwest states. Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne River, Ponca, Standing Rock and several more reservations were all impacted by blizzards and flooding. While farming and other communities in […]
Im/migrants and refugees

The border is still crossing us: Troops, family separation and barriers threaten people, environment

February 15, 2019 M. Tiahui
According to a statement released by the Defense Department, an additional 3,750 U.S. troops will head to the U.S./Mexico border for 90 days to aid in placing razor wire as well as with mobile surveillance […]
Indigenous peoples

More solidarity needed to push back Canadian attack on Wet’suwet’en lands

January 18, 2019 M. Tiahui
Fourteen people were arrested on Jan. 7 on the Gidimt’en clan territory that is within the homeland of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in what is called “British Columbia” by the Canadian settlers. Elders were at the […]