Native Americans

Indigenous People Push Back Against US ‘Thanksgiving Mythology’

November 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans

The United American Indians of New England and allies gathered at noon Thursday at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts for the 53rd National Day of Mourning—an annual tradition that serves as “a day of remembrance and spiritual connection, as well as a protest against the racism and oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience worldwide.” “We don’t have any issues[…]

U.S. Supreme Court Attacks Tribal Sovereignty – Again

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Lawfare, Native Americans

by Will H.K. James and W. James, published on Workers World, July 18, 2022 Another disturbing decision from today’s reactionary supreme court which, during the same session, landed a lethal blow on a woman’s right to control her own body, on EPA regulations reflecting the public’s desire to protect the environment from the byproducts of corporate greed, and on state’s[…]

Landback: Indigenous Peoples Regain Redwoods Forest Lands

February 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Reparations, Resistance

by Minnie Bruce Pratt, published on Workers World, February 9, 2022 Indigenous peoples regain redwoods forest lands on unceded land of the Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The growing LandBack movement by Indigenous nations won another significant victory Feb. 1, when more than 500 acres of the “Lost Coast” in California was transferred to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. (sinkyone.org) The[…]

Clyde Bellecourt: the Thunder Before the Storm

January 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Peoples' Movements, Resistance

by Stephanie Tromblay, published on Workers World, January 18, 2021 Hundreds gathered to honor the life of Clyde Bellecourt, White Earth Ojibwe, in Minneapolis, Jan. 13. Bellecourt, 85, was the last living founding member of the American Indian Movement and a lifelong civil-rights activist known worldwide. (Star Tribune, Jan. 13) Bellecourt, whose Ojibwe name is Neegawnwaywidung, (the Thunder Before the[…]

World Gathering of Peoples for Our Mother Earth and against the Climate Crisis – Conclusions Document

November 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Agriculture, Bolivia, Environment, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans

by Justine Teba, published on The Red Nation, October 23, 2021 Global Encounter of Peoples in Favor of Mother Earth and Against the Climate Crisis Topic 1. Facing the climate crises structurally from the perspective of the peoples. Topic 2. Urgent calling of Mother Earth to combat the climate crisis. Topic 3. Integral actions to combat the climate crisis and[…]

Decolonization : Survival : Water : Life

October 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Palestine, Protest, US Hypocrisy, Visions of a Future

by Steven Salaita, published on Mondoweiss, October 11, 2021 During the summer of 2016, thousands of people representing dozens of nations converged on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in the American state currently known as South Dakota. They arrived to prevent the destruction of land and water by a foreign oil company. Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas, a regular in[…]

Columbus Day Toppled in Boston

October 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Organizing, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples

by K. James, published on Workers World, October 12, 2021 A stunning victory for the people of Boston, and for Indigenous people everywhere! The message is clear: we can replace ‘Columbus’ Day with ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day [jb] In a major victory for Indigenous people everywhere, Boston Mayor Kim Janey signed an Executive Order declaring the second Monday in October to[…]

Indigenous People’s Day Reminds Us To Acknowledge And Support Indigenous Struggles

October 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Indigenous peoples, Lawfare, Native Americans, Nicaragua, War on the Earth

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, October 21, 2021 Today is Indigenous Peoples Day. Across the country, a growing number of cities and states are recognizing this day in place of the traditional Columbus Day. This change reflects the growing awareness that holidays like Columbus Day are used to rewrite the past and uphold institutions of white supremacy, racism[…]

Indigenous Peoples Day

October 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Featured, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans

by Stephanie Tromblay, published on Workers World, October 8, 2021 Monday, October 11 2021 is Indigenous People’s Day in the U.S. Yes, it has other names, but let us honor the indigenous peoples of this continent and the civilizations they built, which were destroyed by the arrival of Columbus and an endless stream of Europeans who came to pillage. [jb][…]

Indigenous Resistance Disrupts Billions Of Tons Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annually

September 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Environment, Native Americans, petroleum

by Collin Rees, published on Popular Resistance, September 2, 2021 A New Report Bemidji, Minnesota — The Indigenous Environmental Network and Oil Change International are releasing a new report titled Indigenous Resistance Against Carbon. The report analyzes the impact that Indigenous resistance to fossil fuel projects in the United States and Canada has had on greenhouse gas emissions over the past 10 years. From the struggle[…]