Mahtowin Munro – Struggle

‘Palestine must be free’: Mahtowin Munro on settler colonialism

December 2, 2023 Mahtowin Munro

Talk by Mahtowin Munro, co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE), at the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 21. In addition to warm greetings to our Indigenous relatives from […]

‘Indigenous communities are fighting to keep our families together’

January 30, 2023 Mahtowin Munro

Talk given by Mahtowin Munro of United American Indians of New England (UAINE) at the webinar “What We Can Learn from Cuba’s ‘Code of Freedom’ for Families,” hosted by Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha on […]

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National Day of Mourning 2022: From Landback to bodily autonomy, Indigenous leadership is key

November 29, 2022 Mahtowin Munro

Opening remarks at the 2022 National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 24. Since 1970, Indigenous people and their allies have gathered at noon on Cole’s Hill to commemorate a National Day of […]

National Day of Mourning 2021: ‘Don’t give up. We can fight!’

December 3, 2021 Mahtowin Munro

Talk given by the co-leader of United American Indians of New England at the 52nd National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 25, 2021. So much has happened in the past year. We […]

Abuse of Indigenous children demands reparations, sovereignty

October 5, 2021 Mahtowin Munro

From a talk given at an Orange Shirt Day 2021 commemoration in Boston on Sept. 30. Orange Shirt Day has been commemorated in Canada since 2013, to honor the survivors and remember the children who […]

‘Attacks on the Earth and Indigenous women are intertwined’

December 4, 2019 Mahtowin Munro

Talk given at the 50th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 28, 2019. Before we start, let’s take a moment to think about those who are no longer with us: Shirley Mills […]

A Native view of immigration

September 30, 2019 Mahtowin Munro

The following talk was given by Mahtowin Munro, a member of the Lakota Nation and co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE), at a Nov. 18 Boston forum entitled “The Struggle for Indigenous […]

Indigenous leader: ‘Authentic resistance’ needed to close concentration camps

July 17, 2019 Mahtowin Munro

Talk given by the co-leader of United American Indians of New England at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on July 12 at a vigil to close migrant detention camps. I am here as an […]