Time and time again, Romani people are the targets of cultural appropriation, with various levels of offenders to tackle. On Etsy, Ebay, and Pinterest combined, one can find over 498,000 objects tagged “Gypsy” which includes items such as dangly jewelry, hippy/Boho skirts, colorful bedsheets, and even pet supplies with tags such as “ Vintage gypsy”, “Bohemian gypsy ”, and “Gypsy Junk” while fashion designers label their companies and collections using comparable terms and are relentless in their use of racially stereotypical themes. There are also appropriators of our music and dance, who name their bands and dance troops using various forms of the term “Gypsy” with not one Romani person to be found among them, such as Toronto, Canada’s “Travelling Gypsy Market” or the Vancouver B.C. based “gypsy performance troupe, Roma Gry” (Gypsy horse). Groups like these escalate their appropriation by not only claiming to be Roma, but are also hired, open to taking educational funds and teaching the public their version of Romani history and culture.
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- Water Protector Legal Collective Urges Netherlands ING Bank to Divest in DAPLPhotos copyright Rob Wilson Photography: Militarized police can been seen needlessly tearing open the side of this tipi structure in the Oceti Sakowin Camp on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2016 when water protectors camp was raided and destroyed by federal agents. Add caption
- O'Odham in Mexico Against the Border Wall Peaceful Event.
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Bulldozed School at Sacred Stone CampSacred Stone Camp School Bulldozed by Tribe, Following Eviction and Arrest of Water Protectors by Militarized Police By Brenda Norrell Censored News Photo: Screen capture from Johnny Dangers video as Sacred Stone Camp Braced for Eviction. CANNON BALL, North Dakota -- The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe bulldozed the school at Sacred Stone Camp, the children's […]
- Simon Ortiz 'Khow dzee haitih duuwah dzah RESOLUTION NO. 007-17?'Khow dzee haitih duuwah dzah RESOLUTION NO. 007-17? By Simon Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo i can hear them asking 'what is this thing that RESOLUTION NO. 007-17 is?' elders listen to stories told by their elders when they were girls and boys here and now it's 2017 the earth under our feet is being fracked up and down trump and his gang are lying and ly […]
- Mohawk Nation News 'Star Spangled Stooges'STAR SPANGLED STOOGES Posted on March 7, 2017 Please post & distribute. MNN Mar. 7, 2017. Malcolm X said, “If you want a garden that will thrive and produce, you have to weed it out”. In the corporate money-murder system, lies are backed with violence that constantly attacks natural life. CORPO ‘INJUN’ COSTUME FOR D.C. & OTTAWA. This is better than […]
- Video: Cheyenne River Chairman: Speaking out for Freedoms and Rights at South Dakota Legislature. Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier describes legislation in South Dakota concerning protesting, and First Amendment Rights. Video by We Are The Media. Watch below. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier provides an update for South Dakota water protectors including details regarding Sophia Wilansky's upcoming surgery and bills th […]
- Donate to Censored News!Censored News is reader supported news. We are in our 11th year of publishing with no ads, grants or revenues. We celebrate 16 million pageviews over the past decade. Reader donations help pay the expenses of our live coverage, which has spanned from throughout the West to Mexico and Bolivia. Thank you! Donate at PayPal or Brenda Norrell, PMB 132, 405 E Wetm […]
- 'The United States Kangaroo Court' -- American Indian Genocide MuseumThe United States Kangaroo Court By Steve Melendez, Paiute President, American Indian Genocide Museum Censored News Photo Western Shoshone Carrie and Mary Dann The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, just published her End of Mission Statement March 3, 2017. She wrote, "I have learned that many […]
- First Voices Radio: Cheryl Angel, Lakota Water Protector in Mexico. Water Protectors Inspire Global Movement of Truth and Justice First Voices Radio Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Lakota, interviews Cheryl Angel, Lakota from Standing Rock, Cheryl shares her visit to Mexico City, and how the water protectors movement has empowered people around the world to protect the people, land and water. In Mexico, families continue the str […]
- The Intercept Video: A Closing Prayer for Oceti Sakowin CampThank you to The Intercept for documenting the Heroic Stand and Prayer at Oceti Sakowin Camp as police moved in and arrested Heroic Water Protectors. Watch video at The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2017/02/25/video-a-closing-prayer-for-standing-rocks-oceti-sakowin/ Thank you to Johnny Dangers, Unicorn Riot and all the livestreamers who provided live c […]
- Cheyenne River Lakota Chairman Frazier 'Water Protectors are Heroes'. Cheyenne River Chairman Frazier 'Water Protectors are Heroes' Video by 7 Fires Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News Cheyenne River Lakota Chairman Harold Frazier speaks about the Cheyenne River Lakota Camp for Water Protectors. Chairman Frazier speaks after the Oceti Sakowin, Sacred Stone and Seventh Generation Camp were raided and attacked by […]
- Leadhorse Choctaw Arrested at Ceremonial Grounds at Standing Rock, Now on Hunger Strike in JailLeadhorse Choctaw at Seventh Generation Camp Fire before his arrest. Photo copyright Nobu Suzuki Leadhorse Choctaw arrested tending Sacred Fire at Seventh Generation Camp at Standing Rock By Brenda Norrell Censored News Dutch translation by Alice Holemans at NAIS Leadhorse Choctaw was released from jail late Saturday. He never gave them his name or signed a […]
- Indigenous UN Rapporteur: U.S. Failing Native Americans on Consultation, Environment, Sacred Places and Rights of Women . United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz End of Mission Statement3 March 2017 In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, I carried out a visit to the United States of America from 22 February to 3 March 2017 to study the human rights situation of indigenous pe […]
- Mohawk Nation News 'Treasonous Bastards'Post navigation TREASONOUS BASTARDS Posted on March 3, 2017 Mohawk Nation News Please post & distribute. MNN. Mar. 3, 2017. This is a reminder to the errant illegal tribal and band council chiefs and traitors who are found to have committed treason, conspiracy and espionage against the people. WAMPUMS 58 and 59 of the great peace of the rotino’shonni:on […]
- North Dakota -- When the Media Becomes Criminals: White Supremacy in NewsroomsNorth Dakota Media: Racism and Protection of the White Supremacist Elite -- When the Media fails and becomes the Monster By Brenda Norrell Censored News Photo Police violence at Standing Rock Dutch translation at NAIS by Alice Holemans. The North Dakota media has repeatedly published and broadcast the lies of Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier, without ma […]
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- Police Take Over Seventh Generation and Sacred Stone Camps March 1, 2017Cheyenne River Lakota welcome displaced water protectors to Eagle Butte, South Dakota Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News Police have taken over the new camp of water protectors, the Seventh Generation Camp, and Sacred Stone Camp, today, March 1, 2017 Watch live coverage, interview with LaDonna Allard, land owner of the original camp, Sacred Stone Camp, […]
- Police Blockade Halted LaDonna Allard from Entering Sacred Stone Camp. Police took over both Sacred Stone Camp, and the new camp, Seventh Generation Camp, today, March 1, 2017 Video by Johnny Dangers Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News CANNON BALL, North Dakota -- BIA Police have taken control of Sacred Stone Camp, and the new camp Seventh Generation Camp, as of today, March 1, 2017. LaDonna Allard, owner of the land wher […]
- Sacred Stone Camp Braced for Eviction Tuesday, Feb. 28, 207. Photo above screenshot by Censored News. (Photo of Sacred Stone Camp screenshot by Censored News from Johnny Dangers video.) Sacred Stone Camp Feb. 28, 2017"These are the last hours of Sacred Stone Camp as we know it."Eviction was expected at noon. Trucks and trailers continue to transport out yurts and belongings now. Live video coverage below. […]
- Federal Subpoena Dropped Against Grand Jury Resister Steve MartinezWater Protectors at Backwater Bridge being hit with water cannon Federal Subpoena Dropped Against Grand Jury Resister Steve Martinez Political Targeting of Water Protectors Continues By Water Protector Legal Collective Censored NewsFebruary 28, 2017 BISMARCK, North Dakota -- A federal grand jury subpoena issued to Water Protector Steve Martinez was withdrawn […]
- Water Protector Legal Collective Urges Netherlands ING Bank to Divest in DAPL
Black Mesa Indigenous Support
- Laura Flanders Show Special Report on Mining and Resistance on Black MesaCheck out Jordan Flaherty’s coverage of mining and resistance on Black Mesa on the Laura Flanders Show. http://www.lauraflanders.com/?video=TiZ7pPNISyc
- Call for Support: Volunteers Requested for Sheepherdering and Human Rights ObservingOngoing support in the form of volunteer sheepherders and human rights observers are requested on Black Mesa. So many families within in the communities on Black Mesa have opened their homes to countless supporters over the years,creating an opportunity to engage in true support and solidarity. Families have said that supporters have played a helpful […]
- “Big Mountain is Under Siege Again”–Louise Benally on Livestock Impoundments“We are asking you to take action. Big Mountain is under siege again because Peabody Coal is losing its income from coal mining, so it is pressuring the tribal government to attack its own people. We’ve been opposed to the mining since 1974 when PL 93-531 was passed. Now with the coal companies collapsing […]
- Elder Matriarch Relocation Resister, Ida Mae Clinton, Passes on to the Spirit WorldWith great sadness and respect for a powerful life, we share that Elder Matriarch relocation resister, Ida Mae Clinton, of Star Mountain, has passed onto the spirit world. With the permission of her family, we share this video–made by NaBahe Katenay Keedihiihii this spring–in memory of Ida Mae’s life. Her family sends appreciation to all […]
- Requesting immediate Support for Dineh Resistance Communities whose livestock are being impounded by Hopi Rangers and Federal Agents.Below is the letter that the community members impacted by impoundments delivered today at the Navajo Nation Council Chambers in Window Rock: Requesting immediate Support for so-called “Hopi Partition Land ( HPL)” residents whose livestock are being impounded by Hopi Rangers and Federal Agents. The Hopi rangers and Federal agents used military tactic operati […]
- Sheep Emergency Fund: for Black Mesa families targeted by unjust livestock impoundmentsAll funds raised will go directly to Dineh families on the Black Mesa ‘HPL’ lands who have been aggressively targeted with livestock impoundments starting on October 22, 2014. Click here for donation page So far, three Black Mesa families have had their entire herds of sheep & goats impounded and are facing fees totaling about […]
- Elders Living in Fear and HeartacheClarence and Mary Lou Blackrock of Cactus Valley are sitting up all night by the fire, unable to sleep for fear of their sheep being taken. This distress endangers the elder’s health. This family wanted these pictures shared so that the world can see the suffering at the hands of the federal government and Department […]
- UPDATES CONCERNING IMPOUNDMENTS & ARRESTS OF THE SOVEREIGN DINEH NATION ON THE “HPL”Hopi Rangers arrested two individuals and impounded 120 sheep this morning at the homesite of Tom and Etta Begay in Red Willow Springs. Heavily armed rangers guarded and blocked nearby dirt road entrances as well. “The Hopi Rangers came for our homestead early this morning. They tried to arrest my Aunt Etta who is almost […]
- URGENT: WIDESPREAD IMPOUNDMENTS & AN ARREST ON THE HPL OCTOBER 2014UPDATE from HPL (Hopi Partition Land) residents: Shirley Tohannie and elder Caroline Tohannie had their entire herd of 65 sheep impounded by the Hopi Rangers (US federal government) Tuesday, October 22, 2014.If the fines aren’t paid the sheep will go to auction, and the family is being told that the sheep will not be able […]
- Request for Sheepherders and Human Rights Observers-July 2014*******BMIS is in the process of updating our contacts. In order to keep receiving updates from BMIS, please confirm your information here. Thank you!! ***** “This land is being taken away because they’ve got power in Washington. We were put here with our Four Sacred Mountains and we were created to live here. We know […]
- Laura Flanders Show Special Report on Mining and Resistance on Black Mesa
Survival Solidarity
- Banner Hang today!Early this morning ALEC resistors suspended banners at two different locations. Please help us resist! AZ Resists Alec!
- Call for Indigenous Convergence to Resist ALEC! – November 29-December 3 – Onk Akimel O’odham Lands (Scottsdale, AZ)Un-occupy Our Lands! Indigenous Peoples Gathering in Resistance to Corporate & State Terrorism Tues. Nov. 29, 6PM – 9:30PM At Serena Padilla Residence Onk Akimel O’odham Nation (Salt River) 9312 E. Thomas Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85256 For more information and to see the entire invite please visit: AZ Resist Alec Greetings. My name is […]
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- PDF of Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving DinnerAnti-Colonial Thanksgiving Dinner pamphlet 2008 This is a zine from the Guelph Anarchist distro Mounting Bedlam Distro. It is from an annual dinner that where Anarchists host Indigenous folks to share their stories of resistance. It has spoken to me for along time sine i found a copy of it at the Taala Hooghan Infoshop. […]
- O’odham Sacred Site of Quitovac once again under threat from US Gold Mining Company Silver Scott MinesMany of you may remember the recent victory of saving Quitovac to a proposed toxic waste dump. Well Again this Sacred site is under siege. Now to the threat of a gold mine… This is a Resolution from Traditional O’odham elders in opposition to the proposed mine that was recently posted from the O’odham Solidarity Project […]
- CENSORED NEWS: Homeland Security pitches new spy towers at Tohono O’odhamThe war against the Tohono O’odham continues near the border. See the latest technology the U.S. Government has deployed on the T.O. community in this article below: Homeland Security pitches new spy towers at Tohono O’odham BY: Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION — (Nov. 23, 2011) The US Homeland Security is […]
- Resist ALEC!Resist ALEC this November in Scottsdale, AZ! AZ Resist alec! ARIZONA IS CALLING FOR A DIVERSITY OF TACTICS TO SHUT DOWN THE UPCOMING ALEC CONFERENCE IN SCOTTSDALE, AZ ON NOVEMBER 30TH. ALEC thinks they’re meeting in Scottsdale, AZ this November… The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a massive non-profit body that brings corporations and legisl […]
- De-Occupy O’odham LandDe-Occupy O’odham Land! Saturday December 10, Hosted by Dry River Resource Center Benefit for O’odham VOICE against the wall and Dry River Infoshop 6pm dinner 7pm speakers -John Zerzan -Ward Churchill -Julian Kunnie $10-$20 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
- Ofelia Rivas In protest we write…While preparing to to write my own short reflection on the current “occupy” movement I asked Ofelia Rivas if she would like to contribute to the zine as well. Here is her letter. This will also be in the new Don’t just (re)occupy zine. Thank you again so much for your contribution Ofelia! For more news […]
- WHY (RE)OCCUPYING WON’T WORK****This is a preview of a short article for a zine I am compiling in response to the current sweeping “occupy” movement. The zine will be released soon…. WHY (RE)OCCUPYING WON’T WORK…. September 17, 2011 hundreds of people answer a call-out from Adbusters maga- zine to “occupy” Wall Street. Today October 14, 2011 less than […]
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Indigenous Solidarity Network
- Indigenous Solidarity Network beginsWe are please to announce the creation of the group named THE INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY NETWORK. *See the About tab above and links section to the right. An inspiring video: (rights reserved to the creator)
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- Inter-American Court of Human Rights Finds in Favor of Mapuche IndividualsThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the highest judicial body of the Organization of American States (OAS), reached a decision in favor of eight Mapuche individuals who claimed that Chile’s use of the Anti-Terrorism Law against them violated their rights. … Continue reading →
- Chilean Congress to Formally Question Interior Minister on Mapuche ConflictPublished yesterday in the Santiago Times, the Chilean Congress has voted to bring Chile’s Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Peñailillo, in for formal questioning on the current administration’s handling (since taking over in March) of the ongoing Mapuche conflict in the … Continue reading →
- Aymara Culture Protects Their Children from Psychological DistressA team of Chilean researchers has recently published a report on the mental health of Aymara schoolchildren in Northern Chile, suggesting that involvement with their culture may act as a protective factor against psychological distress, including anxiety and hopelessness. The … Continue reading →
- Mapuche-Huilliche Community Granted Coastal RightsIt was reported yesterday (01-15-2015) in Mapuexpress that the Mapuche-Huilliche Community of Wente Caulín was granted rights over coastal waters in Chiloé. Specifically, the coastal area near the community was designated an “Indigenous Peoples’ Marine Coastal Area” under Chilean law, which grants the community … Continue reading →
- Two Mapuche Communities Obtain Land Rights After 15 YearsIn recent days, the Chilean government, through CONADI (Chile’s Indigenous development corporation) has returned title to lands in two different Mapuche communities. In the Mapuche community of Manuel Levinao (located in the Lautaro commune of the Araucanía region), 250 hectares … Continue reading →
- UN Instructs Chile to Return Indigenous Lands, Improve Consultation, and Redefine Anti-Terrorism LawThe United Nation’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) completed its 83rd session on August 30th in Geneva. During the session, CERD discussed Chile’s treatment of Indigenous peoples and offered some recommendations for the future. Specifically, CERD asked … Continue reading →
- Barrick Gold Admits Wrongdoing; Diaguita Communities Seek Revocation of LicenseBarrick Gold, owner of the Pascua Lama mine that spans the Chile-Argentina border, appeared in front of a Chilean court again on Monday, August 26th. This time, however, the multi-billion dollar corporation admitted that it had violated environmental regulations in … Continue reading →
- Argentina: Pope Francis Meets with Qom (Toba) LeaderOn Monday, June 24, 2013, Pope Francis spent 45 minutes meeting and talking with the leader of the Qom community, Félix Diaz about his community’s struggles to have their rights recognized. During the interaction, Diaz discussed the plight of his … Continue reading →
- Chilean Government Tests “Ethnic Patrols” Near TemucoOn Wednesday, May 29th, the Chilean police force unveiled a test project designed to improve relations between the police force and the Mapuche people — a relationship that, in certain parts of Chile, has involved significant amounts of violence. The … Continue reading →
- Pascua Lama Gold Mine Likely 1-2 Years Away from OpeningThe Pascua Lama gold mine — owned by Barrick Gold — was ordered shut down earlier this year when a Diaguita community successfully challenged the mine’s environmental record in Chilean court. Ultimately, the company was fined US$16 million and ordered … Continue reading →
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights Finds in Favor of Mapuche Individuals
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- Thoughts on the Maoist Movement, the Rhetoric of Self-Determination and the Politics of DecolonizationOver the past few days word of an apparently emergent split (or at least significant internecine conflict) within the ranks of the Parti communiste révolutionnaire–Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR-RCP) has come to light. Evidently, the cells in the francophone settler colonial sub-bloc have seized control of the central Party website, forcing the Central C […]
- DiasporaDiaspora Red Child Where ever you may go Where ever you may roam feel the ground beneath your feet. As you walk feel the hum of this land our Mother Listen as it whispers …listen… as it says: “This is Home” This land It calls to you. This land it knows you whether Aztlán or Anishinaabewaki Borikén … Continue reading Diaspora →
- Tapānetowak-Zaagi’idiwagTapānetowak-Zaagi’idiwag Wa͞ewa͞enen ‘s pīqtaweya͞ek. For so long I was lost I drifted through the world. Disconnected. I knew where I wanted to go knew what I wanted to be but felt as though I was miles from it. But then you came to me Ocīpūhkiw. Sent as if by the stars you brought fire back … Continue reading Tapānetowak-Zaagi’idiwag →
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- STAR SPANGLED STOOGESPlease post & distribute. MNN Mar. 7, 2017. Malcolm X said, “If you want a garden that will thrive and produce, you have to weed it out”. In the corporate money-murder system, lies are backed with violence that constantly … Continue reading →
- TREASONOUS BASTARDSPlease post & distribute. MNN. Mar. 3, 2017. This is a reminder to the errant illegal tribal and band council chiefs and traitors who are found to have committed treason, conspiracy and espionage against the people. WAMPUMS 58 and … Continue reading →
- TRUTH PARKPlease post & distribute. MNN. Mar. 2, 2017. The immigrants to the US called “Americans” created a false portrait of themselves to us and the world. Outwardly they looked beautiful and perfect. Inside they were rotten and evil. They … Continue reading →
- COWBOYS & INDIANSPlease post & distribute. MNN. FEB. 25, 2017. It’s Oscar time. The cowboys and Indians films were fascist propaganda to promote the corporate political agenda. The invaders feared us. Our existence was to be annihilated and forgotten to make … Continue reading →
- WOMEN TITLEHOLDERS GIVE NOTICEPlease post & distribute. MNN. Feb. 24, 2017. The world watches in horror as the US military commit atrocities at Standing Rock to try to kill the water defenders for a private pipeline. Automatic weapons are pointed directly at … Continue reading →
- OROVILLE. SHE’S KICKING ASS!Please post & distribute. MNN. Feb. 19, 2017. The original settlers were under the impression that when they arrived on great turtle land, our land was advertised as “INDIAN LAND FOR FREE” . It was “Available for occupation” by them. … Continue reading →
- CHINA HAS A WALL. ME TOO!Please post & distribute. MNN. Feb. 18, 2017. Welcome to the 525 years of military occupation of great turtle island. The Trump wall is suppose to be a symbol of the visitors who came, stayed for a while, poisoned … Continue reading →
- US MELT DOWNPlease post & distribute. MNN. Feb. 15, 2017. Our visitors come and go. We stay. Hardship and poverty are everywhere. USA Inc. is the republic of war. The corporation will lose the war. President Trump’s job is to use … Continue reading →
- REAL RECONCILIATIONPlease post & distribute. MNN. Feb. 13, 2017. The tribal councils are part of the US military occupation of great turtle island. We ask them, “When are the invaders leaving great turtle island? As the corporation’s hired guns, double … Continue reading →
- RED ROAD TO TRUTHPlease post & distribute. MNN. Feb. 3, 2017. Archie, tribal CEO and his cohorts, of Standing Rock, lead the cops to illegally kick out and arrest 76 water protectors. They allegedly trespassed on their own land. “We must all … Continue reading →
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- DENVER CELEBRATES THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RUSSELL MEANSDenver, Co. – You may recognize him from such films as Last of the Mohicans and Natural Born Killers, but Russell Means was much more than a face on the silver screen. He was a cultural, political, artistic and visionary American Indian leader, described during his life as “the most famous American Indian of the [...]
- PEARL MEANSA commentary by Pearl Means telling of future events planned.
- CONVERSATION WITH LOURDESPearl Means talks with Lourdes of how she and Russell met and Russell Means’ latest book “If You’ve Forgotten The Names Of The Clouds, You’ve Lost Your Way” Mrs. Means will have book signing at the following places: Friday, July 26th @ 8:00 p.m. Festival Hall at Argiro Student Union, Maharishi University, Fairfiield, Iowa Wednesday, [...]
- RUSSELL MEANS (1939-2012)Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Sioux activist for the rights of Native American people and libertarian political activist. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968, and helped organize notable events that attracted national and international media cov […]
- We Are All RelatedArmando Rendon has printed an excerpt from Russell’s book “If You’ve Forgotten the Names of the Clouds, You’ve Lost Your Way : An Introduction to American Indian Thought & Philosophy.” You may find at http://somosenescrito.blogspot.com/2013/04/we-are-all-related.html#!/2013/04/we-are-all-related.html If you wish to purchase either the softcover or Kindle […]
- February 27th Honoring
- Russell Means: Revolutionary.By lakotahfreedom ¶ Posted in Sovereignty ¶ First time I remember seeing Russell was at the Greengrass Sundance. He called my Grandma Ella up during the Giveaway. Even as a young boy, I was impressed. From that day forward, as a youth, I saw Bruce Lee, Evil Knievel, Muhammad Ali, and Russell Means as almost [...]
- The passing of Russell Means was a lose for the worldOn October 22, 2012, Indian rights activist Russell Means passed on after a magnificent life of struggle to better the lives of American Indians. Means had a tremendous impact on Native American struggles of the latter part of the 20th century and he will be sorely missed, but his passing was a huge loss [...]
- Preview of Russell Means Documentary
- Thanks TakingRussell’s Aljazeera interview from November 24,2011 Aljazeera on thanks taking
- DENVER CELEBRATES THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RUSSELL MEANS
Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources
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