Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

March 8, 2026

Epstein's Associates were on the Navajo Nation

Epstein's Associates were on the Navajo Nation


(Above) These two men were both on the Navajo Nation, and both have resigned after their connections with Epstein were exposed. Miroslav Lajčák, Slovakian, was President of the U.N. General Assembly when he was in Monument Valley and told Epstein of his travel plans there. His emails with Epstein are lewd discussions about available women. Joi Ito, Japanese American, told Epstein that he was on the Navajo Nation. Joi was director of MIT Media Lab and funded by Epstein. MIT carried out a health screening of preschoolers on the western Navajo Nation after Joi was there, according to Censored News research.


Newly released Epstein Files Reveal Epstein Associates on the Navajo Nation, and E-mails of Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson

By Brenda Norrell, (c) Censored News, Feb. 20, 2026 Updated March 9, 2026

Update: The U.S. removed 2,000 of Joi Ito's emails, which now number 8,000.

The newly released Epstein files reveal that Jeffrey Epstein's associates were on the Navajo Nation and that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson kept Epstein informed of his dealings with Navajo President Ben Shelly.

The Epstein files reveal two of Epstein's associates were on the Navajo Nation and told Epstein of their plans after he was convicted of sex crimes in 2008. The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Slovakian, shared his travel plans with Epstein to go to Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation.

Another of Epstein's associates, Joi Ito, headed up the tech media of MIT and told Epstein he was on the Navajo Nation.

The year after Joi was on the Navajo Nation, MIT carried out screening of preschool children on the western portion of the Navajo Nation in Shonto, Tuba City and Monument Valley, a disturbing fact coming after the release of the Epstein Files.

Further, an unverified email claims that a Navajo held the key to all of Epstein's vaults. Those vaults contained the photos and videos of the sexual abuse of children were reportedly used to blackmail the leaders of the world as a method of control.

Following the release of more than 2 million of Epstein Files, Censored News is now researching these files for ties to the Navajo Nation and Indian country.

New Mexico Gov. Richardson and Navajo President Shelly

The Global Fallout: The Epstein Files and Indian Country

 


The Epstein Files: Indian Country, First Nations and the Global Impact

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Updated Feb. 25, 2026

The Epstein e-mails reveal his circle of friends. There is Kathy Ruemmler, President Obama's legal counsel when the first permits were issued for the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota in the spring of 2014.

New Mexico Gov. Richardson's name appears nearly 1,000 times, showing he was at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico, and island properties. Richardson kept Epstein advised of negotiations with Navajo President Ben Shelly. Richardson is accused as an abuser.

It comes as no surprise that Customs and Border Patrol agents were easily bribed with trinkets and gifts that Epstein gave them, and looked the other way when the island trafficking flights arrived at his home.

March 6, 2026


Trees at Sand Creek Massacre. Longest Walk 2 Northern Route Photo by Brenda Norrell


The history of the Smithsonian Institution, like the history taught in US classrooms, is largely one of deception and fiction

The Smithsonian exploits Native American culture and covers up its history of grave robbing and paying bounty hunters for Native skulls -- while refusing to return Native American remains. Indian country media is part of the cover-up with its public relations spin promoting the Smithsonian.


By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, 
March 16, 2011


The Smithsonian's dark history includes the collection of American Indian brains for a racist experiment that claimed to reveal the relationship between race and intelligence. Brains were collected for bounty.

One of the massacres where this sinister collection of skulls was carried out was at Sand Creek in Colorado, a brutal massacre where fleeing Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children were murdered in 1864. The following article is republished, so the facts will not be forgotten, with a special thank you to the late Pawnee professor James Riding In who provided much of the information.

After the publication of this article, I wrote the Smithsonian and asked if it was true that more than 10,000 Indian skulls remained at the Smithsonian. There was no response.

March 4, 2026

Gary Farmer is Featured at Bioneers 2026 in Berkeley: 'We Survived the Apocalypse: Lessons in Resilience'

 

Gary Farmer. Photo credit: Nadya Kwandibens, Red Works Photography

Gary Farmer Featured at Bioneers 2026 in Berkeley, 'We Survived the Apocalypse: Lessons in Resilience'

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, March 1, 2026

BERKELEY, California -- The grand man of Indigenous jazz, Gary Farmer, is featured at this year's Bioneers Conference in Berkeley during March. Sounding out in his keynote address on opening day, Farmer will speak on "Change Has Got to Come." Then, the iconic soul of Powwow Highway, Farmer, is featured on the panel discussion, "We Survived the Apocalypse: Lessons in Resilience."

Joining a long list of Indigenous change makers and musicians this year, Farmer speaks on March 26, the first day of the Bioneers annual conference in Berkeley, March 26 -- 28. 

"Revolution from the Heart of Nature," is this year's Bioneers focus.