Land Defenders Take Streets Rejecting ‘Empty Declaration’ Of Indigenous Peoples’ Day In ‘Flagstaff’

Land Defenders Take Streets Rejecting ‘Empty Declaration’ Of Indigenous Peoples’ Day In ‘Flagstaff’

Indigenous Action

French translation by Christine Prat at:

http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=4706
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Report issued by the Ad-hoc Anti-Colonial Agitation Committee of Occupied Flagstaff
Photos by Ed Moss & anon

 OCCUPIED FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — On Monday night, more than 45 people gathered at “Heritage Square” in occupied so-called “Flagstaff” to rally and call for indigenous liberation on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Speakers at the rally strongly rejected the recent “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” declaration by Flagstaff politicians as a hypocritically symbolic measure, as Indigenous people in the area continue to face cultural genocide, disproportionate incarceration, homelessness, extreme racial profiling and state violence.

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