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Indigenous peoples

Native Truth and Healing, The California Genocide Conference

November 30, 2019 Mary Lou Finley
“Native Truth and Healing,” the California genocide conference of 2019 at San Diego State University (SDSU), was held Nov. 21-24. The formal title of the event was “The Genocide, Oppression, Resilience, and Sovereignty of the […]
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Indigenous peoples

Destroying the Pilgrim mythology

November 27, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
The Red Nation Podcast Mahtowin Munro and Kimimila Sa (Kisha) James talk about the National Day of Mourning, which celebrates Indigenous resistance, on a make-believe holiday settlers celebrate as “Thanksgiving.” Learn the true history of […]
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Indigenous peoples

Message from Leonard Peltier: ‘Walking on stolen land’

November 26, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Leonard Peltier, member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians [of Lakota and Dakota descent — SLL], is incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in Coleman, Florida, for his 1977 conviction in connection with a […]
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50th National Day of Mourning @ndom2019

November 25, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST Cole’s Hill Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 50th National Day of Mourning, Cole’s Hill, Plymouth, MA. Official event organized by UAINE (United American Indians of New […]
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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 […]
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Indigenous peoples

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 14, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S. In 1977, Indigenous leaders from around the world organized a United Nations conference in Geneva to promote Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination. Their first recommendation […]
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Indigenous peoples

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 […]
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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 […]
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Indigenous peoples

From Mauna Kea to Okinawa, ‘U.S. imperialism harms our lands, waters and bodies’

July 18, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
On July 17, at least 33 Indigenous Hawai’ian elders and others were arrested while defending the Mauna Kea volcano from construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project. Gov. David Ige then declared a State […]
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Indigenous peoples

Message from Leonard Peltier: ‘Remember the people who stood up and fought

June 26, 2019 Leonard Peltier
On June 26, 1975, the FBI raided the Jumping Bull compound at Pine Ridge Reservation in Oglala, S.D. Native American activist Joe Stuntz and two FBI agents died in the firefight. American Indian Movement warrior […]