( – 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
My stepfather’s brother died with other Marines on the beach at Guadacanal during World War II. My best high school friend was killed in the early days of the Vietnam War. These men will be honored at next Monday’s Memorial Day ceremonies along with nearly a million of their soldier, sailor, marine, coast guard and … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) This is an attempt, by using the Eight Stages of Genocide by Gregory H. Stanton, to show how climate change is a human rights issue in our own backyard. The Inuit in Alaska are the “canary in the coal mine,” while the rising sea levels from the melting Arctic ice … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Cross posted at Daily Kos. Barack Obama was formally adopted into the Crow Nation today — and given the name “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.” I was shocked (although I shouldn’t have been) to learn that he is the first presidential candidate who has ever visited the reservation … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Kevin Woster: Many years ago, the federal courts ruled that the Black Hills of western South Dakota had been taken illegally from the American Indian tribes – As governor, would you consider transferring Bear Butte State Park land and management to a consortium of American Indian Tribes as a gesture … Continued
Yes, THAT Governor Schweitzer; he just sent me an email about his efforts to abate the bison “management” problem in Yellowstone – follow me after the jump. We’ve known for some time that bison who strayed out of the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park have been subject to removal, even slaughter, because of rancher’s fears … Continued
