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August 30, 2026

Honoring the Movements and People who Inspire. Warriors, Writers and Dreamers -- Censored News 20th Anniversary.

Klee Benally, Dine' writer, musician and revolutionary, Debra White Plume, Lakota, wife, mom, writer and revolutionary; Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, writer, photographer and human rights advocate; Marcos, Zapatista revolutionary, Michelle Cook, Dine' human rights lawyer; Floyd Westerman, Lakota musician and icon; Bolivian President Evo Morales, leader and revolutionary.

Honoring the Movements and People who Inspire us. Warriors, Writers and Dreamers -- A Thread Runs Through Them. Censored News 20th Anniversary.

'Know who you are, and never let anyone take your power from you.'

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 30, 2026

Kahentinetha is publisher of Mohawk Nation News and a Mohawk Mother holding Canada responsible for kidnapped, missing, tortured and murdered Native children. Kahentinetha holds her Haudenosaunee passport during the border summit in San Xavier, Tohono O'odham Nation, in 2007. Photo by Brenda Norrell.

We're coming up on our 20th anniversary at Censored News, and we are honoring the warriors, leaders, writers and dreamers who make Censored News possible.

When the Mohawks came for the border summit in 2006 and 2007, it was, as they say in the movie Casablanca, the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Tohono O'odham Nation -- US Government is Violating Laws for Unnecessary Border Wall

Border wall drilling rig on the Tohono O'odham O'odham Nation protected by armed federal agents.
Photo courtesy Tohono O'odham Nation.

Tohono O'odham Nation -- US Government is Violating Laws for Unnecessary Border Wall

Censored News, August 28, 2026

The Tohono O'odham Nation said today that the U.S. Government is violating laws and their sovereignty as armed agents continue to protect border wall contractors -- who continue drilling on the Nation. The Nation is working on court appeals and points out that the U.S. failed to consult the Nation as required by law. Further, the Nation said that a political candidate, Daniel Butierez, violated tribal laws by livestreaming on the Nation without permission, and made derogatory statements about O'odham.

The US Border Patrol prevented Tohono O'odham tribal police from issuing citations to border wall contractors on Tuesday.

Masked and Armed U.S. Border Patrol Agents Threaten Land Defenders in Lochiel Again Today

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'No Border Wall' Masked and Armed U.S. Border Patrol Threatened Land Defenders in Lochiel Today, Saturday
Censored News, August 29, 2026

LOCHIEL, Arizona -- U.S. Border Patrol Agents swarmed the Tree Sit at Lochiel, threatening land defenders who shut down border wall construction this week in a bi-national and peaceful protest of construction of the border wall east of Nogales, Arizona

Land Defenders said, "Another big show of force from masked Border Patrol this morning."

"We are facing extreme harassment, but we remain resilient and committed."

"Camp is ongoing, and we need your support. The tree sit holds strong and will not be intimidated," land defenders said today, Saturday, as they protect a Grandmother cottonwood tree from destruction for the border wall.

August 28, 2026

O'odham Women Join Tree Sit and Shut Down Border Wall Construction in Lochiel, Arizona

O'odham on the front line today at Tree Sit in Lochiel, Arizona

Breaking News -- Border Patrol Threatened Land Defenders in Lochiel Again Today, Saturday Censored News, August 29, 2026

Land Defenders said, "Another big show of force from masked Border Patrol this morning."

"We are facing extreme harassment, but we remain resilient and committed."

Friday Update, after the video was shared today of O'odham women joining the Tree Sit, US Border Patrol swarmed the tree sit in Lochiel, Arizona. Video on Instagram: by tierralibre_noborders

Armed U.S. Border Patrol swarmed the Tree Sit at Lochiel. Screenshot Censored News