Indigenous peoples

Guatemalan speaker calls for left solidarity with Indigenous communities

April 4, 2019 Jefferson Azevedo

On March 28, renowned Guatemalan anthropologist and activist Rigoberto Quemé Chay finished a series of lectures in the Los Angeles area at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice. Quemé Chay was the first Indigenous […]

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 […]

Historic Indigenous Peoples March defends sovereignty

January 26, 2019 Lev Koufax

Washington, D.C. — On Jan. 18, the first ever Indigenous Peoples March gathered in Washington, D.C. The march started at the U.S. Department of the Interior and ended on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where a […]

Nathan Phillips and Covington Catholic: An Indigenous woman’s view

January 25, 2019 Zola Fish with M. Tiahui

Millions around the world were outraged by the scene of white teenagers wearing “Make America Great Again” caps harassing Native elder Nathan Phillips (Omaha Nation) as he was drumming and singing. It was captured on […]

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 […]

The impact on Indigenous Peoples of Trump’s government shutdown and border wall obsession

January 11, 2019 M. Tiahui

The U.S. federal government’s partial shutdown that began in December has resulted in 800,000 federal employees furloughed or working without pay. About a quarter of the federal government is without spending authorization from Congress. Millions […]

Solidarity with Unist’ot’en Camp. ‘No pipeline on Indigenous land!’

January 10, 2019 Greg Butterfield

New York City — A picket line outside the Canadian Consulate near busy Grand Central Station on Jan. 8 protested the attack by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian military on the Gidum […]

Mapuche resistance in Chile intensifies in response to police killing

January 4, 2019 M. Tiahui

The November assassination of a young Mapuche man, Camilo Catrillanca, by a Chilean anti-terrorism police squad has intensified the centuries-old Mapuche Indigenous struggle and has brought thousands of Mapuche and Chilean allies out into the […]

Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls & two-spirit people

December 8, 2018 M. Tiahui

Across Canada and the U.S., Indigenous women can often be seen at marches wearing red shawls or scarves, sometimes holding red dresses aloft. Indigenous people have formed dozens of organizations and organized walks and marches […]