Rueben George "We Are People of the Water" Voices from the Salish Sea

Rueben George

Faced with the economic smallpox of oil pipelines, Rueben George says hold tight to your spiritual intention

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, November 2024

SEATTLE -- They never stopped fighting. Even when they cut off his grandfather's finger as a child in residential school because he couldn't speak English, even when they put them in jail for protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline, they never stopped fighting. Even when the Appeals Court decided that shipping the dirty tar sands oil was more important than the survival of the Orca whales, they did not surrender.

"Even though we're almost extinct, we are still here," said Rueben George, səlilwətaɬ, Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Mohawk Mothers Deplore Hate Crime -- Great White Pine Uprooted at McGill University

They Disappeared the White Pine, They Disappeared the Children

Tuesday update Ellen Gabriel said, "The Peace Tree - Great White Pine sapling has returned home to Kanehsatà:.ke. Returned to us by McGill Security Skén:nen - As-Salaam Alaikum- Shalom- Peace - la paix"

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, November 18, 2024

MONTREAL -- Kanien'kehà:ka women, Mohawk Mothers, planted a Great White Pine, the Haudenosaunee symbol of peace, in solidarity with Palestinians, at McGill University on Sunday.

It was uprooted in a hate crime.

Mohawk Mothers said this demonstrates McGill University's paranoid stance against anyone supporting peace in the world. Protecting their homeland, Mohawk Mothers stood in solidarity with Palestine, calling for an end to genocide in Gaza.