Indigenous peoples

Breaking: Pre-dawn RCMP arrests on Wet’suwet’en territories

February 6, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

4:57 am, Feb 6, 2020: The gate at 39 km has been breached. 13 RCMP vehicles past 39 km. Road is being cleared, 1 to 4 arrests made. Story developing. 4:55am – It’s not yet […]

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 […]

False solutions to climate change flop at UN’s COP25 after Indigneous uprising

December 17, 2019 Jennifer Falcon

Madrid, Spain — The two-week UN climate meeting collapsed Dec. 15, ending with no new commitments to increase ambitions to reduce emissions at the levels needed to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. […]

Indigenous COP25 delegation removed from U.S. Embassy in Spain

December 16, 2019 Jennifer Falcon

December 10 — Over 75 Indigenous activists and their allies demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain, to demand justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirits (MMIWG2S). The delegation […]

From Plymouth to Bolivia, Indigenous people resist

December 4, 2019 Greg Butterfield

50th National Day of Mourning: ‘Capitalism is not going to save us’ Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 28 — On the fourth Thursday of November, for the 50th year on the U.S. “Thanksgiving” holiday, Indigenous people and […]

‘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 […]

Moonanum James: ‘The Thanksgiving myth celebrates genocide’

December 4, 2019 Moonanum James

Talk given at the 50th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 28, 2019. Once again on the fourth Thursday in November, United American Indians of New England and those who support us […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]