Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

November 19, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Apache Stronghold's Case on Nov. 22, 2024


Apache Stronghold filing for review at the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 11, 2024. Photo Becket law firm.

Breaking News

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Apache Stronghold's Case on Nov. 22, 2024

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Nov. 19, 2024

WASHINGTON -- Apache Stronghold's Wendsler Nosie, Sr. said the U.S. Supreme Court will review the case in defense of sacred Oak Flat that is targeted for a copper mine, on November 22. The U.S. government plans to turn Apaches ceremonial place over to an international mining giant to destroy it with a massive copper mine, that would poison the land and water.

"The U.S. Supreme Court will be reviewing our case, Apache Stronghold vs. U.S. during their review on Friday, November 22, 2024. We pray the court will grant a writ of certiorari. We are asking for prayers. Please help us by sharing our request," Nosie said.

Tewa Women United: Pueblo Infants Endangered by Los Alamos National Laboratory's Radiation Plan

New Report Reveals Los Alamos National Laboratory's Tritium Venting Could Have Triple the Radiation Exposure to Infants Compared to Adults



Tewa Women United: Pueblo Infants Endangered by Los Alamos National Laboratory's Radiation Plan

Native-Led Nonprofit Tewa Women United Commissioned Two Reports
to Study Impacts. Finding: Los Alamos National Laboratory Omitted Dose Calculations to Infants and Children in Their Compliance Application

By Tewa Women United, Censored News, November 19, 2024

ESPANOLA, New Mexico — The Native-led nonprofit organization Tewa Women United, based in Española, New Mexico, has released two independent scientific technical reports assessing the implications and adherence to regulations concerning Los Alamos National Laboratory’s proposal to release tritium into the open atmosphere from four Flanged Tritium Waste Containers located in Area G, near White Rock, New Mexico.

November 18, 2024

Mohawk Nation News 'Tree of Peace Planted and Uprooted from McGill U.'



Read the article at Mohawk Nation News:

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2024/11/18/tree-of-peace-planted-uprooted-from-mcgill-u/

Mohawk Mothers Deplore Hate Crime -- Great White Pine Uprooted at McGill University



Tuesday update Ellen Gabriel said, The Peace Tree - Great White Pine sapling has returned home to Kanehsatà:.ke. 
Returned to us by McGill Security Skén:nen - As-Salaam Alaikum- Shalom- Peace - la paix


They Disappeared the White Pine, They Disappeared the Children

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, November 18, 2024

MONTREAL -- Kanien'kehà:ka women, Mohawk Mothers, planted a Great White Pine, the Haudenosaunee symbol of peace, at McGill University on Sunday.

It was uprooted in a hate crime.

Mohawk Mothers said this demonstrates McGill University's paranoid stance against anyone supporting peace in the world. Protecting their homeland, Mohawk Mothers stood in solidarity with Palestine, calling for an end to genocide in Gaza.

Lakota Matt Remle: When Standing Rock's Burials were Bulldozed, They Went After the Banks


Standing Rock 2016: Defending the Water

Lakota Matt Remle: When Standing Rock's Burials were Bulldozed, They Went After the Banks

"They didn't have a permit -- and they still don't have a permit to be operating, that's why we shifted focus to the financial institutions, and launched a very targeted campaign." -- Matt Remle, Hunkpapa Lakota

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, November 2024
Watch Video by Govinda 

SEATTLE -- Speaking at the Salish Sea Assembly, Matt Remle, Hunkpapa Lakota from Standing Rock, describes how the Dakota Access Pipeline used Standing Rock's map of burial places against them, and brought in attack dogs as the pipeline bulldozed their sacred burial place.

Remle, whose Lakota name is Wakíƞyaƞ Waánataƞ (Charging Thunder,) said it was then that they made the decision to target the banks and financial institutions that funded this pipeline, the Dakota Access Pipeline.