Author: Zola Fish

Indigenous peoples

Shinnecock people fight for land in playground of 1%

October 10, 2021 Zola Fish
Before Europeans arrived, the Shinnecock people occupied a 146-mile ancestral territory, which included oceanfront, bays, sounds, marshes, creeks, salt meadows, forests and grasslands, in what is now called Long Island, N.Y.  The Shinnecock world began […]
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The ‘Land Back’ Campaign: Oklahoma is only a start

August 4, 2021 Zola Fish
Last year the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision that affected 40% of Oklahoma. The court decided to uphold a 19th century treaty made with five Indigenous tribes of Oklahoma: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee and […]
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Caravan condemns residential school legacy, honors Indigenous resistance

July 27, 2021 Zola Fish
On‌ ‌July‌ ‌18, ‌between‌ ‌50-60‌ ‌cars‌ ‌gathered‌ ‌at‌ ‌the‌ ‌historical‌ ‌Sherman‌ ‌Indian‌ ‌School‌ ‌in‌ ‌Riverside,‌ Calif., ‌for‌ ‌a‌ ‌caravan‌ ‌to‌ ‌honor‌ ‌“Indian‌ ‌resilience”‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌face‌ ‌of‌ ‌brutal‌ ‌European‌ ‌colonialism.‌ ‌The‌ ‌event also honored “lost‌ […]
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Kumeyaay warriors march to Tecate border crossing on Indigenous Peoples Day

October 19, 2020 Zola Fish
On Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct. 12, a hundred warriors mostly from the Kumeyaay Nation marched to the Tecate border crossing in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region. They were led by Bird Singers and carried signs […]
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Why the Catholic Church owes reparations to California’s Indigenous peoples

September 26, 2020 Zola Fish
On July 1, 1769, Father Junípero Serra reached the top of a bluff overlooking what is now San Diego Harbor and declared the area “San Diego” (Saint Didacus) for the Spanish colonists. Serra had a […]
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Proof Trump is desecrating our ancestors

August 23, 2020 Zola Fish
Kumeyaay ancestral burial and sacred sites desecrated to make way for a wall along the Southern border On Aug. 19, a group of Kumeyaay Natives and local activists went out into the 105-degree heat to […]
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Border wall threatens Kumeyaay Nation burial sites

July 16, 2020 Zola Fish
Members of the Kumeyaay Nation gathered in Boulevard, Calif., on June 30 to halt the building of Donald Trump’s border wall. The Army Corps of Engineers has been using dynamite to blast an existing wall […]
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Youth sit in to defend Indigenous sovereignty

January 31, 2020 Zola Fish
No fracking pipeline on Wet’suwet’en land! Twelve protesters supporting Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs were arrested by members of the Victoria, British Columbia, Police Department early in the morning of Jan. 22 during a lengthy occupation of […]