Indigenous peoples

Indigenous Peoples Day demonstration at Malcolm X Park in Washington

October 22, 2020 Lev Koufax

On Oct. 17, a coalition of Indigenous peoples and their allies held an Indigenous Peoples Day demonstration at Malcolm X Park in Washington, D.C. The host organizations and activists included Chief Billy Tyac of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dismantle Now! Black and Indigenous solidarity march in Boston

July 17, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

On July 8, multiple Boston-area Indigenous, Black and Afro-Brazilian groups held a rally and march demanding police abolition, the immediate removal of symbols of white supremacy, and investment in the economic development and self-determination of […]