Nuevo Plan de Aztlan WHEREAS, We the Chicanas y Chicanos of the United States of America honor our Nahua heritage with all our hearts and minds; WHEREAS, We the Chicanas y Chicanos of the United States of America honor the sacred call of our Nahua ancestors for peace and justice throughout our Americas; and WHEREAS, … Continued
Nuevo Plan de Aztlan WHEREAS, We the Chicanas y Chicanos of the United States of America honor our Nahua heritage with all our hearts and minds; WHEREAS, We the Chicanas y Chicanos of the United States of America honor the sacred call of our Nahua ancestors for peace and justice throughout our Americas; and WHEREAS, … Continued
After reading EricAZ’s post with great interest, I looked at the apachevote site, then the discussion in the Netroots thread (thank you navajo for including that in your comment at dkos). I was hoping to throw this out for more discussion about voter registration on the rez. Apachevote presented voter reg. really well. I … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Cross-posted from Daily Kos The White Mountain Apache Reservation is half the size of Connecticut with 10 registered Democrats for every one Republican. A key to winning AZ-01 is to increase the voter registration and turnout of Native Americans on the Apache Reservation and other reservations in the sprawling district. … Continued
In the final paragraph of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, the Delaware sage Tamenund remarks, “The pale faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the red-men has not yet come again.” Despite hopeful signs, in the case of commercially viable movies, that time has still not come. Although … Continued
“And remember what you’re celebrating: the fact that a bunch of white, male, slave-owning aristocrats didn’t want to pay their taxes!” – Dazed and Confused
( – promoted by navajo) BLACK MESA INDIGENOUS SUPPORT Critical Deadline Only Days Away! Please Act Now to stop the proposed Black Mesa Project: Peabody Coal Company’s massive coal-mining expansion plans on the Dine’ (Navajo) & Hopi peoples sacred ancestral homelands of Black Mesa, AZ. Your voices are urgently needed before the comment period closes … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) “We continue to believe that someone important someplace cares and will do something before our situation becomes impossible.” Fools Crow from “Fools Crow,” by Thomas E. Mails. p. 217 It’s gone from bad, Please forward in its entirety. Press release Corporate America ~vs~ Sacred Sites Decision on Bear Butte issue … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I am 27 years old and my name is Cassie. My roots lie with the blackfoot, and I have been a natural healer since I was born. I am currently tracking my roots to get acknowlegment among the blackfoot. I learned all the same things in school as everyone else, … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Was losing Major Elliot’s strategic location during the extermination of the Southern Cheyenne Arapaho at Washita by Lieutenant Colonel Custer acceptable by U.S. military standards? Captain Benteen thought not. Source “Surely some search will be made for our missing comrades” mocked Benteen’s piece, before concluding, “No, they are forgotten.” Custer … Continued
