Native American Netroots Caucus July 17, 2008 I wanted to write this diary sooner but I was simply redlining the entire time we were in Austin. There were so many things to do at the same time that it was hard to choose at any given moment. I was also responsible for another intensive project … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) This title is not an exaggeration or misstatement, although I really wish it were. I did not go to Netroots Nation to learn that it was possible to rape a woman, right here in the United States and walk away with absolutely no consequences to the rapist. But that’s what … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Navajo asked me to post this video here. I wasn’t expecting to take any footage at this panel here in Austin, but I felt I had to once the panelists started talking. The panel and its report are titled, “Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual … Continued
http://www.mexica-movement.org/ Our history, our people, our Identity. Learn the true history, study and confront the lies. Mexicamovement presents it in this way. In honor of our ancestors,the ones who died, the ones who fought to survive; we are descendents of that 5%that survived the biggest genocide in the history of humanity that began on that … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) This is a diary that I will fill in later. It is a place for this morning’s caucus attendees a place to post their individual recaps in the comment section. I am in a session right now about GOTV and talking to your neighbors. I will try to post my … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Last week the Washington Redskins scored a legal victory for themselves and another moral failure for American Judicial system. Patent and Trademark law and the investment of millions of dollars into a racist name and a stereotyped image assured another few years of denigrating headlines, repeated televised use of an … 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
