( – promoted by navajo) I’ve always acknowledged my Abenaki heritage and for a long time, I’ve wanted to take part in the tribal council and the political process it involves. However, the council in my opinion, is a puppet council. There is no tribal democracy here. Instead, the chief came to power by nepotism … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) (Part II will appear next Friday.) Rabbit-Proof Fence is my favorite big-screen movie of American Indians. But that’s an Australian movie, you say? Yep. The best film of American Indians is a Down Under 2002 movie about aboriginals without a loin-cloth, smear of war paint or drop of firewater in … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I will be organizing the Native American Caucus again this year at Netroots Nation in Austin. Time and room assignments have not been issued yet but most likely will take place on Thursday, August 17th in the early afternoon at 9 a.m. I will update this diary when I receive … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) “You introduced legislation (S1973-1 and S.1003) and claimed that legislation was justified by a non-existent range war between the Dineh and the Hopi,” Andrew Jackson said – – to McCain. “Your bogus claim that the Navajo and the Hopi were having land disputes when the truth was they weren’t, was … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) This diary is an update on the Pretty Bird Woman House and a request for a few small donations. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this project, it’s a women’s shelter on the South Dakota side of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation that the netroots came together to … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Since some have questioned the validity of the Police Brutality against Longest Walkers in Ohio, perhaps a little history review is in order. Who is innocent and who is guilty? Which side of the story is predominantly told and why? These are questions needing to be asked, for the devastating … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Update: Thanks to Meteor Blades for finding this photo! http://www.dailykos.com/story/… Imagine beginning to walk from San Francisco in order to raise awareness about American Indian concerns in a good way and having walked over 2,400 miles since February; but then, you get to Ohio where eight police cars come swooping … Continued
Last summer, Kid Oakland did what many of us kinda, sorta, in our mental wanderings had pondered but utterly failed to put into action. He began raising money to help people who wanted to attend the Yearlykos Chicago gathering but couldn’t afford it. He’d met many such people on-line in his ongoing outreach efforts with … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Via Deoliver47 on Daily Kos, Native Times is reporting that Billy Mills, a Lakota Sioux Olympic gold medalist born and raised on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation came out today in support of Barack Obama — all the more notable because Mills is a Republican: Mills, who won the … Continued
“Wonderful U.S. and Canada!” Custer’s Pipeline & Genocide Denial Genocide denial is part of the steel that drills the oil in “Custer’s Pipeline,” is part of what moves the pens making lying papers that are stealing and have stolen the promised sovereignty of American Indians, and what makes the modern day Custers feel joy when … Continued
