Defending the Ancestors, Voices from Phillip Deere Round House

Movement Rights said, "We opened with the history of the Phillip Deere Round House from Bonnie Deere (Mvskoke). We are grateful to share this space for the Convening of the Four Winds and learn of what this space was created for and continues to be a place for the Mvskoke community. We gather here to be in ceremony, build strategy to protect indigenous lands, and defend the Rights of Nature."

Photo courtesy Movement Rights

Defending the Ancestors, Voices from Phillip Deere Round House

Update: March for Justice to 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia, at dawn, as oral arguments begin on Sept. 25, 2024

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 7, 2024

OKEMAH, Oklahoma -- The ancestors who were left behind, fleeing for safety, were  buried in Alabama, when the Mvskoke were forced on the cruel Trail of Tears. Today, speaking at the Phillip Deere Round House in Oklahoma, Muscogee Creek described how it is all about the money these days for those who dug up the ancestors and handled them in a disrespectful way to build a casino.

Mvskoke Samuel 'Bonnie' Deere, son of Phillip Deere, spoke on the creation of the Phillip Deere Round House, and the devastation of 57 Mvskoke ancestors who were  dug up in Alabama for a casino.

Apache Stronghold Asks Supreme Court to Save Oak Flat

Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Apache Stronghold, at Supreme Court.

Apache Stronghold Asks Supreme Court to Save Oak Flat

By Becket Law, Censored News, Sept. 11, 2024

WASHINGTON – A coalition of Western Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies asked the Supreme Court today to protect their sacred site at Oak Flat from destruction by a multinational mining giant. In Apache Stronghold v. United States, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to stop the federal government from transferring Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a foreign-owned mining company that plans to turn the site into a massive mining crater, ending Apache religious practices forever (Watch this short video to learn more). The Apaches and their allies hosted a day of prayer outside the Court as they asked the Justices to save the spiritual lifeblood of their people.

Thousands Sign Support for Greenpeace and Red Warrior Society in Pipeline SLAPP

Standing Rock, Sept. 3, 2016. Defense of Standing Rock burial places from the construction of Dakota Access Pipeline, as pipeline brought in dogs to attack water protectors. Video screen capture by Censored News.

Thousands Sign Support for Greenpeace and Red Warrior Society in Pipeline SLAPP

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 13, 2024

Energy Transfer plans to bankrupt Greenpeace USA with its $300 million lawsuit, and rewrite history by diminishing the role of Native people leading the movement to protect the water at Standing Rock from Dakota Access Pipeline. More than 290 organizations, and tens of thousands of individuals, have signed a letter supporting Greenpeace.

The SLAPP lawsuit names Greenpeace, Red Warrior Society and individual water protectors. Water protectors are also being served with third party subpoenas, in a fishing expedition for information. The lawsuit is slated for North Dakota State Court in Morton County in February of 2025 -- eight years after militarized police tore down and ransacked the water protector camps.

Turkey Will Seek Arrest Warrants for Murder of Aysenur Eygi, Standing Rock Water Protector

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, second from left, holds the sign, "I Stand With Standing Rock," at the Oceti Sakowin Camp, in the defense of water from the Dakota Access Pipeline. 

Turkey Will Seek Arrest Warrants in  Murder of Aysenur Eygi, Standing Rock Water Protector

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 13, 2024

Updated Sept. 14, 2024

"Turkey’s president, Mr. Erdogan, said on Monday that his country would seek to add her killing to a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. After Ms. Eygi’s body arrived in Turkey on Friday, Turkey performed an autopsy before transporting it to Didim," reports New York Times, from Aysenur Eygi's funeral in Turkey.

Friends and relatives recalled her as passionate about standing up for people she considered to be victims of injustice.

Diné Youth at World Water Week in Sweden 2024

Tó Nizhóní Ání, Sacred Water Speaks, traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, for World Water Week 2024. 

 

Diné Youth at World Water Week in Sweden 2024

Black Mesa youth travel to Stockholm, Sweden, for World Water Week to share the need to protect our water in the face of false solutions and climate change.

 

by Adrian Herder, Media/Community Organizer, Censored News

adrian@tonizhoniani.org

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – On Friday, August 23, 2024, members of Tó Nizhóní Ání traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, for World Water Week 2024, an international leading conference on global water issues organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute.

Earlier this year, Tó Nizhóní Ání was invited to attend World Water Week 2024 and asked to be on a panel on Green Colonialism. The Sámi national youth organization, Sáminuorra, organized this panel. Given this panel's Indigenous youth focus, Tó Nizhóní Ání took this opportunity to fund raise and send a delegation of Diné (Navajo) youth from the Black Mesa region to represent and speak on this topic.

Protect Ha'Kamwe' Stop Big Sandy Lithium Mine Phoenix Courthouse Sept. 17, 2024

CALL TO ACTION TO PROTECT HA’KAMWE’
Tuesday, September 17, 9 am -- 4 pm
401 W Washington St. Phoenix, Arizona 85003

Standing Rock Water Protector Shot in the Head by Israel in the West Bank

"I Stand with Standing Rock," Aysenur Eygi at Standing Rock in defense of the water from Dakota Access Pipeline at the age of 18. Aysenur was assassinated by an Israeli soldier after peace observers held a prayer gathering in the West Bank. As she fled from tear gas for safety, she was standing beneath an olive tree when she was executed.  Photo credit

"Happening Now: Hundreds of people are gathered along Alki Beach right now, calling for justice for Aysenur Eygi, the University of Washington alum killed in the West Bank last week by the Israel Defense Force. She was 26 and described as a lifelong activist." -- Ryan Simms, KOMO News reports on Wednesday evening at sunset.

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Seattle honors Standing Rock Water Protector shot in the head by Israel in the West Bank

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, September 11, 2024

SEATTLE -- Standing Rock Water Protector Aysenur Eygi was honored tonight on the banks of Alki Beach in Seattle. Aysenur, 26, was a life long activist, an American with dual citizenship in Turkey, and a recent graduate of the University of Washington.

Aysenur was among those who came to Standing Rock to defend the water from Dakota Access Pipeline. Aysenur was 18 years old when she came to Standing Rock.

"It was an intentional killing which can not be justified," said Jonathan Pollak, who tried to resuscitate Aysenur as she bled to death.

"It was quiet, there was nothing to justify the shot, the shot was taken to kill," Pollak said.

Apache Stronghold at U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Oak Flat

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Now at U.S. Supreme Court. Photo courtesy Gary McKinney, Shoshone Paiute

Speaking now at the rally outside the Supreme Court, Gary McKinney, Shoshone Paiute, said, "Within your communities, activate your communities, your peers, your relatives, bring them to the circle, normalize this," McKinney said, urging action by local governments. "Put them to work, please."

"Take these necessary steps to ensure that our Seven Generations have a chance at clean air and clean water, and to learn our culture and traditions and to keep those alive and well." Standing with a banner of "Life Over Lithium," and standing with the struggle against the lithium mining now ongoing at the Paiute Massacre Site, Peehee Mu'huh, in northern Nevada, McKinney urged staying in prayer today and throughout our lives. "We are with you in solidarity, there are many more like us all around the world, no matter what religion, religious denomination, you belong to, this is our thought for Mother Earth, and those things that help us, those medicines, the sage, the cedar, the water, the land." -- Censored News

Apache Stronghold plans to file case to protect Oak Flat from a devastating copper mine, today, at the U.S. Supreme Court

By Apache Stronghold, Censored News, Sept. 11, 2024

WASHINGTON -- The Apache Stronghold has arrived in Washington, DC after two months following in the footsteps of the Spirit from the West on this Journey of Prayer to deliver their appeal to the Supreme Court to protect their religion, their sacred land, but also to protect all of humanity’s spirituality and the earth that is Mother to us all whether we recognize it or not. Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr. once told me that to really know how to fight for justice you must go to the places that are suffering to listen and learn. Mother Earth is crying everywhere, not just at Oak Flat, if you have ears to listen and eyes to see. And these cries of Mother Earth are at the same connected to the cries of the oppressed.

Seminole Evan Haney: Fighting the Right War, Bringing the Resistance Home

United Nations Delegation: Bill Wahpepah, Clyde Bellecourt, Russell Means, Greg Zephier, Joe Lafferty, Evan Haney, Juan Aguilar, in Geneva Switzerland, 1977. (Photo courtesy Evan Haney, shared with permission, Censored News.)

Seminole Evan Haney: Fighting the Right War and Bringing the Resistance Home

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 11, 2024

OKEMAH, Oklahoma -- When Evan Haney, Seminole, was in the military in Vietnam, he suffered a trauma. He found a culture like his own, and found he was fighting the wrong war, Evan said during the Convening of the Four Winds gathering on Sunday.

Evan spent the rest of his life fighting the United States government.

"We're fighting the wrong war," he remembered saying to himself.

Apache Stronghold Filing Case at Supreme Court, Wed., Sept. 11, 2024

Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Apache Stronghold photo by Steve Pavey

Apache Stronghold Filing Case at Supreme Court, Wed., Sept. 11, 2024

Apache Stronghold, Censored News, Sept. 11, 2024
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Apache Stronghold Journey of Prayer to the Supreme Court to Stop the Shattering of Human Existence & to Protect Mother Earth

On July 11th, 2024, the Apache Stronghold started the journey of prayer to the Supreme Court to stop the shattering of human existence and to protect Mother Earth. We have traveled, held ceremonies, and gathered prayers from Tribes, Communities, Churches, and people in support of saving Oak Flat and religious freedom for the protection of all.

We began in the Northwest, West Coast, South, mid-west to the East. The Apache Stronghold has now made it to Washington DC where the people of this country from all backgrounds and religions will gather at the Supreme Court on September 11 for the case filing.

Bringing the Ancestors Home

Les Williston at Choctaw cultural gathering. Photo courtesy Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Bringing the Ancestors Home 

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 9, 2024

OKEMAH, Oklahoma --Les Williston, Choctaw, spoke on living life with honor, during the Convening of the Four Winds gathering at the Phillip Deere Round House on Sunday, hosted by the Mvskoke family of the international rights leader Phillip Deere.

"Your ancestors are always around," Williston said, speaking of the sacred places along the rivers.

Convening of Four Winds at Phillip Deere Round House in Oklahoma, Day 2

Future leaders at Convening of Four Winds today at Phillip Deere Round House. Photo Movement Rights

Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, speaking today, Sunday.

Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, said this is a continuation of the Warrior Way, and she spoke of the joy of being with her family here, and remembering the AIM warriors, her family at Wounded Knee. "And yet my babies in Palestine are being murdered. I see the war in Ukraine. I see the United States government still inflicting genocide on my people, and trying to kill the river herself."

"At this time, we are one."

Convening of Four Winds at Phillip Deere Round House in Okemah, Oklahoma, Today, Sunday

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, September 8, 2024

OKEMAH, Oklahoma -- Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca, is speaking on adaptation in this time of change and trauma, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Casey is joined by her daughter Julia Horinek, and they are speaking on free, prior and informed consent as stated in the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Nature, and the Rights of Nature.

Join Apache Stronghold on Prayer Journey to Supreme Court: Sept. 8 -- Sept. 11, 2024 in DC Area

Live from Phillip Deere Roundhouse in Okemah, Oklahoma: Third Convening of the Four Winds

“The Longest Walk is not over. We all have our Longest Walk. We all have our history of relocation and forced removals.” –Phillip Deere

Live from Phillip Deere Roundhouse in Okemah, Oklahoma: Third Convening of the Four Winds

Article by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 7, 2024

Live radio broadcast by Govinda Dalton

OKEMAH, Oklahoma -- The gathering at the Phillip Deere Round House began this morning with good words from Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, and traditional Traditional Mvskoke and Chahta (Choctaw) from Oklahoma and Mississippi.

Mvskoke Samuel 'Bonnie' Deere, son of Phillip Deere, spoke on the creation of the Phillip Deere Round House, and the devastation of 57 Mvskoke ancestors being dug up in Alabama for a casino.

Bordertown Racism: Remembering Murders of Navajos, Farmington, NM, Sept. 21, 2024

Chili Yazzie sounds out the AIM anthem during the March on Farmington 1974.
Coalition for Navajo Liberation photo by Bob Fitch

"During the hot summer of 1974, we marched on Farmington to protest the murder of three Dine' men. We have lived with the racism and economic exploitation by the border towns around the rez for many decades. there have been many victims of racial violence. We will march again on Sept 21, 2024 to commemorate and honor the victims and their families." -- Chili Yazzie, Dine', Shiprock, Navajo Nation

50th YEAR COMMEMORATION OF THE 1974 PROTEST AND BOYCOTT OF FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO

Philadelphia: Apache Stronghold Prayer Journey to Supreme Court

TODAY! Philadelphia: Apache Stronghold Prayer Journey to Supreme Court

Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Apache, told the crowd,"As we continue our journey, heading east after hitting every stop in the West, we're bringing the spirit of the West with us. Let it be known-the spirits are coming." (Photo Apache Stronghold at Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation, Berkeley, Calif., August 8, 2024, by Molly Peters)

Apache Stronghold Prayer Journey to Supreme Court: Oak Flat Mirrors National Struggle for Sacred

By Apache Stronghold, Censored News, August 30, 2024

On July 11th, 2024, the Apache Stronghold started the journey of prayer to the Supreme Court to stop the shattering of human existence and to protect Mother Earth. We have traveled, held ceremonies and gathered prayers from Tribes, Communities, Churches, and people in support of saving Oak Flat and religious freedom and protections for all. We began in the Northwest, West Coast, South, Mid-west to the East to gather in Washington DC at the Supreme Court on September 11.

Healing Horse Ride, Oglala Nation and Muwekma in Rapid City, South Dakota

 

Joy Rides into the Stratosphere, and Military Intelligence: Helium Balloons over Navajo and Lakota Nations, Indian Country

Aerostar helium balloon launch. Courtesy photo.

Joy Rides into the Stratosphere, and Military Intelligence: Helium Balloons over Navajo and Lakota Nations, Indian Country

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 5, 2024

Joy rides into the stratosphere, and military surveillance, are two of the purposes for the helium balloons over the Navajo Nation, Lakota Nations in South Dakota, and most of Indian country, according to the owners of the helium balloons.

The Guardian exposed the helium balloons spying platforms and the ACLU in South Dakota warned of this surveillance. The balloons are capable of video recording vehicles traveling to protests, and can reveal where the vehicles arrived from. It's spying without a warrant.

Mohawk Nation News 'The Twilight Zone'

                                    Read the article at Mohawk Nation News

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2024/09/04/the-twilight-zone/

Apache Stronghold Welcomed at Martin Luther King's Alabama Church

Dr. Wendsler Nosie at Martin Luther King's Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, which gave birth to the movement. Photo by Steve Pavey, Apache Stronghold

APACHE STRONGHOLD AT MARTIN LUTHER KING'S MONTGOMERY ALABAMA DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH

By Apache Stronghold, Censored News, September 1, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Apache Stronghold made a stop on their Journey of Prayer to the Supreme Court in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace of the civil rights movement and home of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. first served as a full-time pastor.