Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

July 14, 2023

WINNIPEG -- Native Protectors Blockade Landfill, Demand Search for Murdered Indigenous Women

Court Grants Injunction: 
Deadline to Remove Barricade Today 6 pm 

Update Native Defenders have been given a deadline to remove their barricade by today, Friday, July 14, 6 pm, or police move in for arrests. "Manitoba's Court of King's Bench has granted Winnipeg police the authority to enforce a temporary injunction to remove a blockade at the Brady landfill.

"According to a court decision made Friday afternoon, police have the authority to enforce the injunction as of 6 p.m. Friday. The injunction allows protesters to remain at their camp they set up, as long as they don't block the road."

Supporters hold their ground at the Winnipeg landfill as the noon deadline passes

"Dozens of people outside Winnipeg's Brady Road landfill have built barricades and are signaling their unwillingness to leave, despite a noon deadline from the city to vacate the area and the possibility of legal action. Cambria Harris, whose mother's remains are believed to be in the Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg, is one of the people who called for the blockade to be erected and for others to join the demonstration at the Brady Road landfill." -- CBC's Rachel Bergen reporting.
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Indigenous Youth Media Workshop -- The Power of Voice and Image -- Native High School Students Report

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Indigenous Youth Media Workshop: The Power of Voice and Image, Native High School Students Report

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 13, 2023

The Indigenous Youth Media Workshop video reveals the great work by Native high school students, telling the story of cancer from uranium mining and Dine' struggling to find treatment, the struggle to rename a sacred mountain, the gifts of river rafting, and the powerful tools of film, photography and radio for Native youths who are telling their own stories, from Black Mesa to Flagstaff, Arizona, and beyond. Watch the results of their media workshop just released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CElPZYfQddk

Winnipeg Hate Crime: Dumping on MMIW Mural -- Police and Media Defend Perpetrator

Winnipeg Hate Crime: Dumping on MMIW Mural -- Police and Media Defend Perpetrator

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada -- Winnipeg police arrested a 19-year-old who threw a rock through his window -- but not the man, Kyle Klochko, who committed the hate crime.

Klochko dumped dirt and debris on an MMIW mural at the Brady Landfill barricade site, honoring Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women.