Tohono O'odham Ophelia Rivas: Honoring the Ha'shan in Spain: International Peace Building

 

Women Civil Rights Center, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, province of Barcelona, Spain
Ophelia and Carmen Uros, Director of Civics, Volunteering and International Cooperation of Santa Coloma de Gramenet City Council. Photo courtesy Ophelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham.

The Honorable Ha'shan International Peace Building

Courtesy Ophelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, and Women's Civil Right Center, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, Censored News, Dec. 16, 2025

The humble Ha'shan was honored as a part of a photograph exhibition by Ophelia Rivas, at the 2025 Build Peace Conference at the La CIBA, Women Civil Rights Center in Santa Coloma de Gramenet in the province of Barcelona, Spain.

Ophelia is from Ali Je'gk (Little Clearing) village on the Tohono O'odham reservation located in the state of Arizona, on the United States and Mexico border.

Listen: Sophia Wilansky's Case Before Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Today

Sophia Wilansky. Nov. 21, 2016

Listen: Today Federal Appeals Court Hears the Excessive Force by Law Enforcement at Standing Rock

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 16, 202

ST. PAUL, Minnesota -- The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case of Sophia Wilansky today in St. Paul, Minnesota. Wilansky's left arm was blown apart by an explosive fired by law enforcement at Backwater Bridge at Standing Rock on the night of Nov. 20, 2016. The MacArthur Justice Center filed the civil rights lawsuit, which names the law enforcement who fired at Wilansky, and those who gave the orders. 

Wilansky's attorney argued today whether she was fired on while obeying orders and dispersing. The argument focused on whether she was struck when she stopped to pick up a piece of plywood as a shield, or whether she was fired on before she stopped. Wilansky's attorney said law enforcement rapid-fired on her while she was running away. She was struck by a flash bang type explosive fired from a shotgun. Her attorney said law enforcement laughed at her after she was struck.

Today: Sophia Wilansky's Case at Federal Appeals Court in St. Paul, Minnesota

Marcus Mitchell, Dine'/Navajo. Sophia Wilansky. Censored News.

Today: Sophia Wilansky's Case at Federal Appeals Court in St. Paul, Minnesota

The Back Story at Backwater Bridge: The Facts that the Pipeline and Courts Don't Want You to Know

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 10, 2025

Update: Audio and transcripts of Sophia Wilansky's case heard at federal appeals court, Dec. 16, 2025

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/12/listen-sophia-wilanskys-case-before.html

The cases of Marcus Mitchell, Dine'/Navajo, and Sophia Wilansky, both critically injured at Backwater Bridge in Standing Rock, will be heard before the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul, Minnesota in December.

Apache Stronghold's Wendsler Nosie Targeted: Propane Line Cut

Wendsler Nosie. Video screenshot Censored News

Apache Stronghold's Wendsler Nosie Targeted: Propane Line Cut

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 12, 2025

Watch video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/897452339276212

OAK FLAT -- Apache Stronghold's Wendsler Nosie's propane line was cut to his camper, where he usually sleeps at Oak Flat, protecting the Apache Ceremonial Place from a planned copper mine. 

"I've never bothered anybody," Wendsler said, pointing out that his efforts have been to show what mining is going to do to the environment, our land, our religion, and environmental policies. "It's ugly."

Navajo Shot in the Eye at Standing Rock, Denied Justice: A Federal Court will Hear the Case

Diné Shot in the Eye at Standing Rock Denied Justice: A Federal Court will Hear the Case