( – promoted by navajo) Yesterday was the anniversary of some mammoth multi-state dust storms. Robert Geiger (AP) wrote on 4/15/35: Three little words achingly familiar on a Western farmer’s tongue, rule life in the dust bowl of the continent – if it rains. The name “Dust Bowl” stuck, first coined on today’s date 74 … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Stop Land Run Re – Enactments in Oklahoma Public Schools WHEREAS, S.P.I.R.I.T is working for the rights of Oklahoma Indians, all American Indians, Indigenous people and the peaceful solution to all differences; and WHEREAS, the Oklahoma History and US History does not provide the whole and true history of Oklahoma … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The United States of America gave its president the power to decide if anyone, including US citizens, were enemies of the state or “enemy combatants” during the Bush Administration. Henceforth, the CIA kidnapped people from their homes or off streets. Against International Law, human beings were: forced into vans, taken … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Vine Deloria Jr. in God Is Red uses the self explanatory phrases, “spiritual owners of the land” and “political owners of the land.” Now, it is the “political owners of the land” who have taken tribal lands by conquest and yet distort the historical record. Three members from the Hopi … Continued
PBS Mini-Series on Native American History April 13, April 20, April 27, May 4, May 11 We Shall Remain is a groundbreaking mini-series and provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. Five 90-minute documentaries spanning three hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from … Continued
Hello – just came by to drop off a link, hope it will be helpful. Bye! http://www.tidesfoundation.org…
( – promoted by navajo) Obama should sign thethe Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples because… The South Dakota Attorney General said, “never even read the Ft. Laramie Treaty.” When asked whether or not Means had a valid argument to move his case to a federal court based on constitutional rights violation, Long replied, … Continued
My name is Neeta Lind and I blog as navajo at Daily Kos. It is an honor to be a part of the eleven member panel that will be judging the proposals submitted by YOU that will set the agenda at Netroots Nation 2009. The fourth annual gathering of the Netroots (formerly known as the … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) “Mr. Joel’s Army himself,” C. Peter Wagner, is in the video below. The title of it is “Native American Christian Reconciliation Ministry.” Rick Warren’s (amazingly extensive) connections with Joel’s Army groups a) Apparently being directly mentored by none other than Mr. Joel’s Army himself (C. Peter Wagner) and actively teaching … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) “Springtime” continues, as “BIA Hopi Agency Police and Rangers are patrolling this region (Big Mountain) where a few traditional elders continue to live and also resist federal mandates to relocate.” Obama: Stop the Peabody Mine Expansion on Black Mesa As we speak, there exist a state of fear and anxiety … Continued