Zapatistas Marcos: Fragments of La Realidad I

FRAGMENTS OF LA REALIDAD I.

By Subcomandante Marcos

http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2014/05/15/fragments-of-la-realidad-i/
Italian translation



May 2014.

The wee hours of the morning…it must be like 2 or 3 o’clock, who knows. It sounds like silence here in reality [La Realidad]. Did I say “it sounds like silence?” Well it does, because the silence here has its own sound, like the

Solidarity in France with Censored News

With special thanks for solidarity with Censored News in France from Vinz Haymarket, and Chris and Theo!




Watch Klee Benally in France with Slim Paddy and Vinz (Haymarket)
"Brighter Than Stars" by Klee Benally, Slim Paddy and Vinz (Haymarket) from Christine Prat on Vimeo.



March 1st 2014


http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=2228



January 8th 2013

http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog

Hihansun wakpa oyate camp for protection from Keystone tarsands pipeline

Camp fire tonight, Friday night


Hihansun wakpa oyate camp! First tipi is up for the encampment! Thank you to Paula Antoine for sharing the photos from today in South Dakota with Censored News! This spiritual camp is the most recent camp for protection from the threat of the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline. Hihansun Wakpa Oyate or contemporary kul wicasa is also known as Lower Brule. The

Six facts Indian country media doesn't want you to know

The collapse of the media in Indian country fuels the destruction locally and globally


By Brenda Norrell
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Indian country media has collapsed into plagiarism, rewrites, deception and fraud. Here are six facts the national Indian country media doesn't want you to know.

ASSASSINATION OF LAND DEFENDERS -- Nearly 1,000 Indigenous Peoples have been assassinated defending their land,

Mohawk Nation News 'Shawn Brant speaks on missing murdered girls and women'

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SHAWN BRANT SPEAKS ON MISSING MURDERED GIRLS and WOMEN

Posted on May 16, 2014




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MNN. May 16, 2014. The murders of thousands of Indigenous women and girls is part of the continuing genocide and a strategy to control us, the survivors. Girls as young as 10 years old are being snatched and coerced into prostitution, sex slavery

Mohawk Nation News 'Snow Job!'

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SNOW JOB!

Posted on May 14, 2014




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MNN. May 14, 2014. Seventeen winters have passed since over 100 Iroquois women, children and men were viciously attacked by the New York State Troopers while we were conducting a thanksgiving ceremony. The issue is now before the Admiralty Court. The whole natural world awaits a return to

Via Campesina solidarity with Zapatistas following attack on teacher

Declaration of Solidarity with the Zapatistas and the Latin AmericanCoordination of Peasant Organizations and North America Region of LaVia Campesina International

By La Via Campesina International
Censored NewsWe are dismayed and outraged, but also firm in solidarity andstruggle; we stand against the assault that ended the life of the teacher Galeano, a brother and comrade Zapatista in La

Dine' Medicine Peoples: Right to consult to halt Navajo horse slaughter

Participation of Medicine People and Elders in Navajo Horse NegotiationsBy Dine' Hataalii Association and Nohooka' Dine'
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Dear Governor, Bill Richardson, Navajo Nation Legal Counsel, Heather L. Clah and Nation Navajo President Ben Shelly



The Dine' Hataalii Association and Nohooka' Dine' are comprised of Dine' (Navajo) Elders and Medicine people working to maintain harmony and

John Kane, Mohawk 'Education and Conscience Versus Institutionalized Racism'

Education and Conscience Versus Institutionalized Racism



By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

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Well, now that everyone can feel better about their battle and stance on unacceptable racism in the wake of giving the old "what's for" to Donald Sterling, the racist owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, we can all go back to settling in with the institutional racism that keeps

Video: Black Mesa resident denied access at Peabody coal shareholder meeting

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Peabody Shareholder Meeting Rally: Marshall Johnson, Black Mesa Resident and Tonizhoni Ani member from Students Against Peabody on Vimeo.


May 8th, 2014 at Peabody’s annual shareholder meeting, Marshall Johnson, Black Mesa Resident and Tonizhoni Ani member, was denied the space to voice his concerns about Peabody’s exploitation of the Navajo Sandstone Aquifer. This is his response to

Zapatistas Marcos 'Pain and Rage'

Zapatistas school in La Realidad

Pain and Rage

Zapatista Army for National Liberation

Mexico.

May 8, 2014


By Subcomandante Marcos
Translations in Spanish, Italian, French and German:

http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2014/05/10/pain-and-rage/


To the Compañeras and Compañeros of the Sixth:

Compas:

To tell you the truth, the communiqué was all ready. It was succinct, clear,

Mohawk Nation News 'Canada 'Avenges' Murdered Missing African Girls'

CANADA “AVENGES” MURDERED MISSING AFRICAN GIRLS

Posted on May 10, 2014







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MNN. May 10, 2014. The Corporation of Canada refuses to investigate the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous girls and young women in Canada. Our girls have no political value to them and an investigation into their disappearance may uncover a connection to

Leadhorse Choctaw sharing stickball game in El Salvador

By Leadhorse Choctaw
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Leadhorse Choctaw continues his journey to the south, overland through Central and South America, sharing the traditional stickball game with Indigenous Peoples. Now in El Salvador, he encourages new friends and relatives in the south to come to the world series of stickball in mid-July hosted by the Choctaw in Mississippi.

Leadhorse Choctaw said of

Mohawk Nation News 'New! Free Great Law Video'

NEW! FREE GREAT LAW VIDEO

Posted on May 9, 2014






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MNN. May 9, 2014. While imperialists push for war, let us learn about peace. MNN posts a 7-hour video and accompanying book on peace, in Mohawk and English, free for everyone! In 1993 Karonhiaktajeh, Kahentinetha and Ganyetahawi filmed all 117 wampums of the Great Peace, Kaianerekowa. You can watch or read or

DINE' CARE: Four Corners Power Plant meetings ignore impacts on Navajos

“Inadequate and Intimidating” Navajo community members speak up against limiting Navajo public input on a Four Corners EIS that’s severely deficient on health, renewables, climate, and environmental justice



By Dine' CARE

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Dutch translation NAIS


FARMINGTON, NM – Members of Diné C.A.R.E. and Navajo community members who have been at public meetings held by the Department of

Lakotas keeping it real, building resistance

Lakotas keeping it real in South Dakota, building resistance to protect Mother Earth for future generations







Article by Brenda Norrell

Photos by Kent Lebsock, Owe Aku

Dutch translation NAIS

Lakotas in South Dakota are fighting the modern day monsters -- Keystone XL pipeline, tar sands, megaloads and uranium mining. On Pine Ridge, Lakotas are building, and on Cheyenne River, tipis are

Lakotas Owe Aku 'Sometimes Building Community Means Building'

Sometimes Building Community, Means Building


































By Kent Lebsock

Owe Aku International Justice Project

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Dutch translation NAIS
French translation Christine Prat





Since it's inception over 20 years ago Owe Aku (Bring Back the Way, founded by the White Plume tiyospaye) has worked for the Lakota culture and landbase in forums from the living rooms

John Kane, Mohawk 'Lucky 13 for the UNPFII'

Lucky 13 for the UNPFII





By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

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On May 12, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will begin its 13th session at the United Nations in New York City. The session will run for two weeks and cover a broad range of topics.

The event is not open to the public. Only confirmed and registered NGO and IPO representatives are allowed

Peabody coal in top 10 global polluter list poisoning the planet

Navajo Generating Station on Navajo Nation near Page, Ariz.

Peabody coal in top 10 list of carbon emitters poisoning planet globally

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Dutch translation NAIS

BLACK MESA, Arizona -- The top global carbon emitters have been identified. It comes as no surprise that Peabody Energy is number 10 on the global list, poisoning the planet.

Peabody continues to poison

Joye Braun: Proud to be Lakota in the KXL fight at Bridger

Joye Braun: Proud to be Lakota in the KXL fight at Bridger




Joye Braun halting a megaload recently


By Joye Braun, Chyenne River Lakota

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CHEYENNE RIVER, South Dakota -- Had a FANTASTIC visit on the way home last night with Joseph White Eyes. He has some IDEAS peeps! You should listen to him. 

I love it when I get to visit with people like this. I do believe we need to be

Desmond Tutu to speak on treaties and tarsands at Fort McMurray

Desmond Tutu to speak at Fort McMurray oilsands conference
Conference will address treaty relationships in oilsands context
The Canadian Press Posted: May 01, 2014 6:33 PM MT Last Updated: May 01, 2014 6:39 PM MT






South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is scheduled to appear at a conference in northern Alberta to discuss aboriginal treaties and theoilsands. 

The Nobel laureate, who has

Mohawk Nation News 'Our Indian Tobacco'

OUR INDIAN TOBACCO

Posted on May 6, 2014







 Our Indian Tobacco

Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. May 6, 2014. We own Indian tobacco! “Organized Crime” is the courts, police and all of the corporations masquerading as sovereigns in our territory. They are cracking down on a business essential to our economy in this matrix they have created. This attack is a

Rebeldia Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN

Editorial 2: Rebeldia Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN



By Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.

Mexico, April 2014. Twentieth year of the war against oblivion.
Italian:

http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2014/04/25/editorial-2-rebeldia-zapatista-the-word-of-the-ezln



Compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth and the Zapatista Little School:

Here we continue to recount the words of the compañeras

Mohawk Nation News 'Atleo Quits Corporate Control Grid'

ATLEO QUITS CORPORATE CONTROL GRID

Posted on May 3, 2014









MNN. May 3, 2014. On May 2nd Sean Atleo courageously stepped down as head of the Assembly of First Nations to return to the natural direction we call “tion-heh-kwen”.  

AFN is an agency of the Corporation of Canada. It is not from us. it is from them. Their job is to pretend to speak for the Indigenous people. They illegally

Eighty activists intercepted Russian tanker carrying first Arctic oil

Early this morning, 80 activists intercepted a Russian oil tanker, delaying it from docking in Rotterdam harbour. The tanker was carrying the very first oil from icy Arctic waters.Among the activists were #Arctic30 members Sini, Faiza, Tomasz, Phil, Gizem, Pete and Anne Mie, who spent 2 months in a Russian prison last year following a peaceful protest at the very same platform this oil came

Video Indigenous Youths Collective Resistance 'Reject and Protect' from Keystone!

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Published on Apr 29, 2014


Indigenous youth and leaders from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Ponca Nation, and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation speak to their visions and their work. From connecting with the land, to replanting sacred corn, to building energy sovereignty. Their collective resistance to the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Tarsands brought them all together at the

John Kane, Mohawk: 'No Honor Among Chiefs or Thieves'

No Honor Among Chiefs or Thieves



By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

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I have to begin my column this week by stating up front that I am Haudenosaunee. I support traditional governance based on the Kaianerehkowa and a culture grounded with the Ohenton Karihwatehkwen (Words Before All Else) and the Tiohateh (the Two Row Wampum). I must emphasize that it is traditional governance I

VIDEO Moccasins on the Ground Red Shirt, Lakota homelands April 2014

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'Water is sacred.'





By Unedited Media Published on Apr 28, 2014


Lakota and their allies gather to build solidarity, unity, and skills to protect Sacred Water against the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline.



Watch this wonderful video of voices from all across the nation gathered at Red Shirt, on Lakota lands at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, protecting the Ogallala aquifer and water and land

Leadhorse Choctaw sharing stickball game in Central and South America

Now in Central America and headed south, Leadhorse Choctaw shares "Kabooca Towa' stickball game, the game of peace

By Leadhorse Choctaw
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Leadhorse Choctaw is on a journey through Central and South America, now headed for Honduras, sharing the traditional game of peace Kabocca Towa (stickball game). "It is a game used to settle disputes between tribes and people," Leadhorse

VIDEO Rosebud Hip Hop artist Frank Waln live in DC 'Reject and Protect'

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Hip Hop artist Sicangu (Rosebud) Lakota performing at 'Reject and Protect' in DC

VIDEO Cheyenne River Robin LeBeau: Fighting Keystone pipeline in DC

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Cheyenne River Lakota Robin LeBeau 'Reject and Protect' in DC








Published on Apr 25, 2014
Robin LeBeau speaks about Indigenous resistance to the Keystone XL at Reject and Protect and beyond, on the frontlines out on the land. From spiritual camps in Sweet Grass and Rosebud to peaceful direct action and civil disobedience trainings that are happening on the ground across Lakota Country.

Mohawk Nation News 'Hoffmann and Hoffmann'

HOFFMANN & HOFFMANN

Posted on April 25, 2014








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MNN. APR. 24, 2014. Our representation is based on the law of the land, the constitution of the Rotino’shonni:onwe, known as the Great Law of Peace. On May 18, 1997 over 100 of us were peacefully having a traditional tobacco burning ceremony in Onondaga, the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy. At 3.00 pm almost

AIM Song Moccasins On the Ground at Red Shirt Community

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By Native Impact
Published on Apr 27, 2014
April 2014 - Community leaders from across the United States and Canada join together on the Oglala Lakota Nation to become one mind, one spirit to protect the land, children and water - We welcome all to step up and protect sacred water. YOU CAN'T DRINK OIL.

Reject Keystone Live Video DC Sat, April 26, 2014

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Twitter photos Sat., April 26, 2014

Watch video recorded live today below!





We Act Radio Streamed live on Apr 26, 2014


Cowboy Indian Alliance, joined by thousands in the climate movement.



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Photo by actress activist Daryl Hannah



Photo by actress activist Daryl Hannah




Saturday, April 26, 2014

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Cowboy Indian Alliance fighting

Reject Keystone! Ponca Casey Camp opens ceremony at Sec State John Kerry home

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Cowboy and Indian Alliance's Reject and Protect at Sec. State John Kerry's home

BREAKING NEWS, Friday, April 25, 2014
Top photos by Jamie Henn
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WASHINGTON DC -- Ponca Casey Camp-Horinek opened the Interfaith Ceremony outside US Secretary of State John Kerry's home this morning, during the Cowboy and Indian Alliance's Reject and Protect action to halt approval of

Reject Keystone: Ponca Casey Camp 'The white man has turned on its own'

Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, screen capture by Censored News


Ponca Casey Camp-Horinek: The white man has turned on its own, seizing the land of farmers and ranchers





By Brenda Norrell


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Breaking News by Censored News
English, Dutch and French
WASHINGTON DC -- Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, said the white man has turned on its own. White farmers and ranchers on the route of the

Hundreds of media cover Cowboy Indian Alliance in DC resisting Keystone XL pipeline

From Russia and China, to Nebraska and Kansas, to the New York Times and CBC, the media is covering the Cowboy Indian Alliance in DC!

By Brenda Norrell
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Hundreds of newspapers and TV stations -- from China and Russia to Nebraska and Kansas, to the New York Times, NBC, CBC and more -- are covering the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in DC, the Reject and Protect campaign

Marvel Handboy's Photos: Cowboys and Indians Resist Keystone in DC

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Photos by Marvel Handboy, thank you for sharing with Censored News!
Cowboy and Indian Alliance in Washington DC uniting, and resisting against the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline.


News video of today's events by Environmental Action:

Faith Spotted Eagle 'Indian Women defending land from Keystone XL pipeline'

Faith Spotted Eagle: Women are nurturers, but they are also Mother Bears, ready to defend the land and water

By Brenda Norrell




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English and French



WASHINGTON DC -- Faith Spotted Eagle, Ihanktonwan Oyate (Yankton Dakota) told the ‘Reject and Protect’ action resisting the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline today in DC that Indian women are ready to protect their land from the

VIDEO 'Reject and Protect' Cowboy Indian Alliance 'NO!' Keystone pipeline

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Streamed live on Apr 22, 2014
Cowboy Indian Alliance members open the Reject and Protect encampment against Keystone XL with horseback ride, tipi raising and ceremony.

John Kane, Mohawk 'It's not just the pipe -- it's what's in it'

Photo Mike Hudema 'Reject and Protect' Washington April 22, 2014


It's not Just the Pipe … It's What's in It



By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

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As this column hits the press, thousands are gathering in Washington, D.C. to take a stand against the Keystone XL Pipeline. During a week that a decision was expected out of the Obama Administration on this issue, the Reject and

Mohawk Nation News 'Jigosaseh, Mother of Nations'

JIGOSASEH, MOTHER OF NATIONS

Posted on April 22, 2014





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MNN. Apr. 22, 2014. We gave our word to our prophet Dekanawida that we would spread the peace throughout the world. Another international peace conference to spread the Great Peace is coming soon like the one we had in London in 1710. In the Great Peace women have a duty to intervene

California: Hearing on labeling of GMOs April 22, 2014

https://www.facebook.com/events/683477785046569/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
From Quanah Parker Brightman
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SACRAMENTO -- Hearing on SB 1381 to Label GMOs IN THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22YOUR VOICE AND PRESENCE MATTER! Join us at the hearing on SB 1381 to Label GMOs, IN THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22, AT 1:30 pm in CAPITOL ROOM

Film 'Crying Earth Rise Up' Manderson, SD, April 22, 2014

From Debra White Plume, Lakota: "Come to the screening tonight! Wonderful poster artwork by Carla Rae Marshall.

Cowboy Indian Alliance in DC: Reject and Protect fighting Keystone tarsands pipeline

Photo by Farhad





Cowboy and Indian Alliance tipis up and ready for action on the National Mall in DC!






Lakota Joye Braun halting megaload.

Lakotas van in accident enroute: 

Joye Braun and others from Cheyenne River in South Dakota found out their bus wouldn't make it to the Reject and Protect action in DC. 
They headed out in their van and hit a deer. They made it back home safely

Chief Arvol Looking Horses blesses Pte Ospaye 'Buffalo Camp' at Bridger SD resisting tarsands

Mohawk Nation News 'Hanging Tobacco'

“HANGING TOBACCO”

Posted on April 19, 2014









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MNN. Apr. 19, 2014. O’ien’kwen:ton [hanging tobacco] is an elite part of the Warrior Society [Roti’skennen:kete]. They are also known as the “ghost warriors”. A bundle of fresh tobacco is tied and hung in the dark corners of the longhouse so they will stay green and almost invisible.



The men of this society

Mohawk Nation News 'Canada threatens ancient Mohawk allies'

CANADA THREATENS ANCIENT MOHAWK ALLIES

Posted on April 18, 2014







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MNN. Apr. 18, 2014. Corporation of Canada CEO Harper is sending 6 CF18s and other weapons of mass destruction for NATO provocations against our ancient allies, Russia. Russia is legally a longtime ally of the Rotino’shonni:onwe/Iroquois Confederacy and its friends and allies

Western Shoshone Walk on Sacred Land May 5 -- 11, 2014

Photo by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western ShoshoneLong Walk 4 Western Shoshone land


Newene Sogobi Mava's Mia Walk on the Sacred Land 

May 5, 2014 - May 11, 2014

"This event is NOT a protest or a political event. It is about praying and blessing our Shoshone land. Everyone is welcome. Please tell your friends and help us get the word out!" -- Johnnie L. Bobb

After an initial orientation

Arivaca Arizona rises up against occupying army of Border Patrol

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Arivaca rises up against Occupying Army of Border Patrol!


Censored News: The mighty folks of Arivaca, Arizona, have once again risen up against the Occupying Army of the Border Patrol. Some of you might remember when the good folks of Arivaca flew kites around the US spy towers to mess with them. The spy towers were pointed at their homes. There's lots of artists and mellow folks out

Rosebud Lakotas aren't selling gas to TransCanada trucks!

Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota halted its first megaload and directed its businesses to prohibit the purchase of fuel to anything that transports material affiliated with the TransCanada XL tarsands pipeline!

Also see: Rosebud halts megaload
Lakota Voice: Rosebud counts first coup on megaload:
http://lakotavoice.com/2014/04/15/rosebud-sioux-tribe-counts-first-coup-on-megaloads/

John Kane 'Who you calling formerly colonized?'

Who You Calling Formerly Colonized?



By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

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During the past week I have had more conversations about "decolonization" than I have had in my whole life. As I mentioned in one of my Facebook conversations, I am not entirely comfortable with the expression.

Clearly as Native people continue to carve out our existence with the dominant societies, cultures

Never Forget: Environmental activists killed in the past decade 908

Sharp rise in environmental and land killings as pressure on planet’s resources 
increases 

By Global Witness
Posted at Censored News

Urgent action required to challenge impunity of perpetrators, protect citizens and address root
causes of environmental crisis

Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002
and 2013 as competition for natural

Tacoma hunger strikers deported under cover of darkness

Photo by Andrew Ironshell, Lakota

TWO BUSLOADS OF DEPORTEES LEAVE NORTHWEST DETENTION CENTER UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, SIX MORE FOLLOW AT DAWN; AT LEAST FIVE HUNGER STRIKERS AMONG THOSE DEPORTED

Update from Andrew Ironshell, Lakota: Last Thursday, Society for a Just Society and allies from across Indian Country held an action at the Seattle Homeland Security headquarters in support of those

Robyn Jackson 'What water really costs' Dine' Grassroots defend water at Tucson conference

What Water Really Costs: Diné Grassroots at Water Conference in Tucson



Photos and article by Robyn Jackson

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Dutch translation NAIS



TUCSON -- How would you define “quality of life?" For a group of Navajo water rights advocates, “quality of life” includes respect, equality, health, and consideration. Yet, at this year’s Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) Annual Conference,

Lakota Voice 'Rosebud Sioux Tribe counts first coup on megaloads'

Rosebud Sioux Tribe Counts First Coup on Megaloads

April 14, 2014



by Ann-erika White Bird

Lakota Voice

http://lakotavoice.com/2014/04/15/rosebud-sioux-tribe-counts-first-coup-on-megaloads/

Tonight, a small number of Sicangu Lakota Tribal members took a stand against the megaloads rolling through reservation lands. Lakota Voice arrived, after being passed by one megaload headed

Mohawk Nation News 'Mohawk--Russia 1710 Treaty Belt'

MOHAWK-RUSSIA 1710 TREATY BELT

Posted on April 13, 2014











MNN. Apr. 13, 2014. In 1710 the four chiefs from the [Iroquois Confederacy] Rotino’shonni:onwe went to the Court of Queen Anne in London to make peace treaties with the 13 European monarchical families. It was the first International Conference on World Peace called by our people to make the same kind of peace treaties we had

Snowden revelations lead to Pulitzer Prizes for courageous media

A Vindication for the Public: The Guardian and Washington Post Win the Pulitzer Prize





April 14, 2014






By Edward Snowden

https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2014/04/vindication-public-guardian-and-washington-post-win-pulitzer-prize










I am grateful to the committee for their recognition of the efforts of those involved in the last year's reporting, and join others around

Pte Ospiye Spiritual Camp at Bridger begins resisting Black Snake tarsands pipeline

Chief Arvol Looking Horse blesses new camp resisting Black Snake tarsands pipeline




By Joye Braun, Lakota

Censored News

Today April 12, 2014





Joye Braun
Cheyenne River Lakota

The Pte Ospiye Spiritual Camp in Bridger has its grounds blessed today by the Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe. Campers and organizers of the camp started the journey of the camp in Green Grass, South

Zapatistas invite Indigenous for exchange in May 2014

To: The Sixth in Mexico and the World


From: Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés


Enlish, French, Dutch and Italian translations: http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/


Compañeras, compañeros and compañeroas of the Sixth:

We send greetings from all of the Zapatista men and women of the EZLN

We want to let you know about our next steps:



1. Native Peoples: During the week of May 26 to 30,

SEATTLE: Natives protest and support hunger strikers in detention centers

Photos by Andrew Ironshell, Lakota













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Photos by Andrew Ironshell, Lakota.


By Brenda Norrell

Censored News

April 10, 2014



SEATTLE -- Native Americans joined protests today in solidarity with hunger strikers in detention centers. Natives Americans protested both at Homeland Security's ICE headquarters and at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, pressing the Gates

Censored News Most Censored April 2014

By Brenda Norrell
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Censored News photo collage

The most censored issues are at the US Mexico border where US Border Patrol agents continue to smuggle drugs and "spot" for the cartels to bring their loads across. The mainstream media continues to ignore the arrests of Border Patrol agents for drug smuggling and the fact that the agents are literally getting away with murder

Mike Wilson: US Border Patrol shot Tohono O'odham at border

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Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham




Mike Wilson: Tohono O'odham government and police corruption perpetuates US Border Patrol violence

By Brenda Norrell
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SAN MIGUEL, TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION -- Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham, said the US Border Patrol shot two Tohono O'odham at the border, one in the face. The Border Patrol claims O'odham side-swiped its vehicle in San Miguel, "The

Waking up in the Sonoran Desert

Photo Thomas Wiewandt, Desert Dreams

By Brenda Norrell
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Waking up in the Sonoran Desert is a profound experience. It is silence as never experienced before. Before dawn the Morning Dove is the only sound in a silence that can only be described as delicious. At sunrise, the noisy Gila Woodpecker starts making its noise. Somewhere out there, cactus are bursting into bloom, and

Snowden: US spied on human rights workers

By Luke Harding

The Guardian

The US has spied on the staff of prominent human rights organisations, Edward Snowden has told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Europe's top human rights body.

Giving evidence via a videolink from Moscow, Snowden said the National Security Agency – for which he worked as a contractor – had deliberately snooped on bodies like Amnesty International and Human

Leonard Peltier's statement on passing of Peter Matthiessen

Statement on the passing of his dear friend and supporter Peter Matthiessen from Leonard Peltier:





By Leonard Peltier

Censored News

Greetings my friends, relatives, and supporters:

4/6/2014 8:34 a.m. 
The other day Peter Matthiessen came into my thoughts, I thought I better call him and see how he is doing. Since I knew he was sick, I did not want to concern or disturb him with my

Mohawk Nation News 'Historic Mohawk-Russian Relations'

HISTORIC MOHAWK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS

Posted on April 5, 2014









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MNN. Apr. 5, 2014. Mohawk Nation members are looking for the Two Row Wampum/Guswentha belt. In 1710 at the World’s First International Peace Conference our Haudeonsaunee chiefs presented this belt to the 13 monarchies of Europe and to explain the Great Law of Peace.








Russian Czar,

Moccasins on Ground Activist Training April 25 -- 27, 2014

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APRIL 25 @ 5 p.m. - April 26th &  27th All Day - Red Shirt Community on the Pine Ridge Homelands - Meals Provided - Bring Your Bedroll 


For more info on the Moccasins on the Ground Training Camp to Protect Sacred Water OR TO DONATE to the TRANSPORTATION FUND please visit www.oweakuinternational.org




The Moccasins on the Ground training developed by Owe Aku  focuses on skills,

Mohawk Nation News 'Quebec and Dekanawida'

QUEBEC and DEKANAWIDA

Posted on April 5, 2014







 Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. Mar. 5, 2014. After forming the original Five Nations Confederacy, Dekanawida left for the Sky World. He told us this story about forthcoming events before he got into his stone canoe for the trip.





Jigohnsaseh, of the Women’s Council, helped Dekanawida: “Make all

Celebrating the courage of those who exposed US torture as it happened

Political prisoners rally Denver 2008
Democratic National Convention

Celebrating the courage of those who exposed US torture as it happened, from Tucson and Denver to the Hague

By Brenda Norrell
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Dutch translation by NAIS

TUCSON -- In Tucson in 2007, there was a movement to expose US torture, while the mainstream media trembled and turned away. Human rights attorney Bill

Big Mountain Spring Training Camp 2014

BIG MOUNTAIN SPRING TRAINING CAMP





MAY 16th-23rd, 2014

BIG MOUNTAIN, DINEH NATION



“What we are trying to save—the Female Mountain—is alive. She is alive, she has blood flowing through her veins, which is the Navajo Aquifer, and the coal they are digging is Her liver. They are destroying Her.”–Marie Gladue, Big Mountain Relocation Resister

“We need to exercise our right to be human. To

VIDEO MSNBC 'Impact of Keystone XL on Native American tribes'

http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/impact-of-keystone-xl-on-native-american-tribes-215656003923

Mohawk Nation News 'I Want a Country'

“I WANT A COUNTRY”

Posted on April 3, 2014





 Mohawk Nation News



MNN. Apr. 3, 2014. Quebecois separatist candidate, Pierre Karl Peladeau, declares, “I want a country “.  He wants total power first as a cabinet minister, then as premier and then king of his dynasty. He is launching a hostile corporate takeover of Quebec Inc. Peladeau wants a country.



Mohawk Warriors: “Mr. Peladeau, we

US Senators push to terminate portion of Arapaho's Wind River land

Northern Arapaho Leaders Call On All Tribes to Oppose Bill



By Northern Arapaho Tribe

April 1, 2014 Censored News
English/French/Dutch





WIND RIVER RESERVATION, Wyoming—A new push by U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., toterminate a portion of the Wind River Reservation should appall and worry NativeAmerican people everywhere, Northern Arapaho leaders said Tuesday.Draft legislation by Enzi,

John Kane, Mohawk 'Stirring the Ashes'

Stirring the Ashes



By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

Censored News



One of the biggest challenges for any people is broad participation in the issues that affect everyone. And when you stop and think about it, there is very little from the smallest ripples in a family to major calamities in a community that occurs without impacting others.

The notion of "mind your own business" or "let

KSFY Camp brings a face to South Dakota Tribes' KXL fight

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KSFY News - Sioux Falls, SD News, Weather, Sports





Rosebud Sioux tribal member Wizipan Little Elk said, "We're going to be here at least a month, at which point, we're expecting President Obama and the administration will be making a decision. If the decision is no, we will pick up camp and go home and continue to be vigilant about the issue. If he says yes to the route, we're going

MSNBC: Rep Grijalva on opposition to Keystone XL pipeline

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Spirit Camp Rosebud






March 31, 2014: MSNBC's Ed Show was at Rosebud Spirit Camp, broadcast includes Lakota protection camp from Keystone and interview with Arizona Rep Grijalva, vice chair of Native American Caucus

Albuquerque protests police killing homeless man Sunday, March 30, 2014

Albuquerque police fire tear gas, mace, late Sunday night as protesters demand an end to police brutality and killings 



Anonymous post on TwitterAlbuquerque Police Chief Gordon Eden's resume, posted on Twitter, shows how he developed a system for recruiting armed forces personnel into law enforcement. The photos from Sunday show the results of what he has done.http://krqe.com/sites/default/

VIDEO Sicangu Spiritual Camp Day 1 Rosebud Sioux

Today is 'a turning point, a new beginning, and a new life.'






Published on Mar 29, 2014



Oceti Sakowin declared WAR on the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, aka Black Snake. The first Spiritual Camp opened Saturday, 29 March 2014, with Media Day. ABC and MSNBC were in attendance.



Also see: 

Spirit Camp Hosts Opening Ceremony on Rosebud Reservation

By Vi Waln

" ... A ceremony was led

Supai Waters message to Lakota Spirit Camp

Supai Waters message to Lakota Spirit Camp at Rosebud, protecting the people from tarsands pipeline



By Supai Waters, Havasupai

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Supai Water Long Walk 4 Alcatraz
Photo by Leslie Reed



When the two helpers who always travel with the flying warriors, who keep the purpose to change the world when humans fall from their nature-centered monotheism, they pay a visit to the

Mohawk Nation News 'Read Deal $'

REAL DEAL $

Posted on March 30, 2014




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MNN. MAR. 30, 2014. London bank is falling down! President Obama and the bankers who own the Western banking system failed to start World War III in Ukraine. Soon the worthless USDollar will not be the world currency. More US citizens will join the 44 million who are already using food stamps [vouchers].

Rosebud Lakotas Shielding the People Spiritual Camp Protecting from Tarsands Pipeline

                      March 28, 2014 Photo by Paula Antoine posted with permission at Censored News.

Shielding the People Spiritual Camp on Rosebud, in the Ideal, South Dakota community

Video and Vi Waln's article from Sicangu Spiritual Camp Day 1:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/03/video-sicangu-spiritual-camp-day-1.html
Sicangu (Rosebud) Shielding the People Spiritual Camp, from

Lakota Presidents at Rosebud Spirit Camp Resisting Tarsands Pipeline

Photo by Anthony Bordeaux Jr.




                      
Photos by Anthony Bordeaux Jr., posted with permission at Censored News, thank you!

Now at Rosebud Spirit Camp resisting tarsands pipeline: Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Cyril Scott and Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan Brewer and Council Representative Gabe Medicine Eagle on Saturday, March 29, 2014.

Video and article from Sicangu

Mohawk Nation News 'Truth and Reconciliation'

TRUTH and RECONCILIATION

Posted on March 28, 2014




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MNN. Mar. 28, 2014. Hearings into sexual abuse and killings of our children in government death camps called residential schools are ending. The Ongwehonwe need the international community of sovereign nations to assist us in bringing to justice the ‘crown’ criminals exposed by the “Truth

Spring Statement from Leonard Peltier 2014

By Leonard Peltier

Censored News



Spring Statement from Leonard Peltier:



Greetings my friends, relatives, supporters, and all those who support the cause of freedom, not only for Native Americans, but for all people.

I know it’s sometimes not easy being involved and staying involved, so for all of you that have done just that, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart to the top of

Cheyenne River Sioux Halt Third Megaload

ANOTHER MEGALOAD STOPPED!

By Oyate Media Network
Posted with permission at Censored News

March 26, 2014 -- Members from the "CRST" Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe have spotted a huge Mega Load on their reservation homelands and banned together to stop it in its tracks. The truck driver was told to turn back and leave the reservation lands the way he came in and was in fact escorted off the

Christina de la Luna Photos: Portland Prayer for Water and Environment

Portland, Oregon Prayer for Water and Environment

Saturday, March 21, 2014
Laurelhurst Park

"Now more than ever our waters need protection from pollution and corporate usage. Our existence depends on clean water and a healthy environment. Our future generations will not thrive without our help.There are so many things that will ensure a healthy Mother Earth

Lakotas KILI Radio: Vic Camp and Owe Aku Today!

Tune into K.I.L.I. Radio at 3:00 pm today for Victorio Camp with the Owe Aku hour.
Listen online: http://www.kiliradio.org

John Kane 'Embrace Our Sovereignty or Continue the Genocide?'

John Kane


Embrace Our Sovereignty or Continue the Genocide?



By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

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"The most consistent theme in the descriptions penned about the New World was amazement at the Indians’ personal liberty, in particular their freedom from rulers and from social classes based on ownership of property. For the first time the French and the British became aware

Cheyenne River Warriors force another megaload off their land!

Megaload Escorted off Cheyenne River

By Joye Braun
Censored News

March 26, 2014 -- In the windy cold of the night Unci Maka warriors from Cheyenne River stood their ground to have Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s megaload law enforced last night March 25, 2014.It was reported about 6 pm that evening that a megaload was parked at the Cheyenne River Sioux Motel. Several people checked on the load

Tulalip and Northwest tribes 'Hell No to Coal'

By Deborah Parker
Censored News

My daughter Kayah and I join our families and tribal nations in opposing coal terminals.  We hope you will join us. The Tulalip Tribes has joined other Northwest tribes in saying, "Hell No to Coal". Please spread the word to OPPOSE any such devastating action against our lands and waters. Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, representing 57 Northwest tribes

BRUSSELS: Europe urges Obama to Free Peltier!

Read more at NAIS: http://www.bloggen.be/natam/

Lakota Voice exposes Rosebud Sioux Attorney General as non-Indian

Attorney General Concha – Resolutions Pass to Terminate Contract

March 25, 2014



by Ann-erika White Bird

Lakota Voice



SICANGU LAKOTA OYATE -Soldier Creek Community and Sicangu Village/Antelope Community have both passed Resolutions to terminate the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Attorney General Aisha Uwais-Savage Concha’s contract.

Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Attorney General Aisha Uwais-Savage

OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO Protest Racism in Sports spring 2014

"I'm Not Your Indian Anymore' Retire Racism in Sports Protests
March 31: Oakland Coliseum at box office
April 25: AT&T Park box office San Francisco

Mohawk Nation News 'Harper Meets National Socialist'

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HARPER MEETS NATIONAL SOCIALIST

Posted on March 24, 2014








MNN. Mar. 24, 2014. Why did the bankers send Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, to Ukraine?. Were Canadians behind the sniper incident? He pledged to the National Socialist Canada’s support for the coup.  Leaked sniper conversation.




Harper does not represent the true Indigenous people. He’s

Non-Indian attorneys bedrock of corruption within Indian Nations

Non-Indian attorneys and lobbyists in Indian country benefit private corporations, states and US government, while media is complicit in crimes

By Brenda Norrell

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One of the secrets is the extent that non-Indian attorneys, and non-Indian lobbyists, are making decisions for Indian Nations -- by way of their advice to tribal councils -- especially in the areas of water and land

Joyce Braun 'The Black Hills are not for sale and never shall be, a read op/ed'

The Black Hills are NOT for Sale and Never Shall Be… A REAL Op/Ed

by Joye Braun

Lakota Voice

In a recent Op/Ed article in the Native Sun News, which reads more like a letter to the editor than a true Op/Ed article, I and others were attacked for our position that the Black Hills are not for sale and will never be. It was an account of Oglala Attorney General Mario Gonzales’ attempts to reach

Mohawk Nation News 'Reepo Maaan!''

REEPO MAAAN!

Posted on March 22, 2014


MNN. Mar. 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin orchestrated the deft and legal repossession of Crimea. Mohawk head hunters are offering him a very attractive commission on an assignment. He could help us reclaim our ever growing $690 trillion Indian Trust Fund.  




The invaders to Great Turtle Island never paid the Indigenous for anything ever,

Native Comedians 1491s hit Aljazeera's Stream Tonight!

On Aljazeera America's The Stream, Friday, March 21 at 7:30pm EST: 

Aljazeera's The Stream will have a discussion with the Native American sketch comedy group “The 1491s.” Aljazeera says, "The 1491s poke a serious kind of fun about how they are perceived by non-Natives, but their hilarious skits don’t stop there. Using pointed cultural and political satire, they address taboo topics

John Kane: Republican-Democrats, Liberal-Conservatives: What's the Difference?

Republican-Democrats, Liberal-Conservatives … What's the Difference? 




John Kane


By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk

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Although I cannot embrace the rape of the planet and obscene support for the rich lords of capitalism that seems bound to Republican DNA, there is no question that some of the worst actions and most aggressive policies our people have seen toward our trade and