Apache Stronghold '250 Years Later, What Does Freedom Mean for Indigenous Peoples?'

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Apache Stronghold '250 Years Later, What Does Freedom Mean for Indigenous Peoples?'

By Laak’os Parsons, Member of Apache Stronghold,

Censored News, June 29, 2026

As the United States prepares to commemorate the 250th  anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I find myself  asking a different question: What does independence mean for  Indigenous peoples whose lands, religions, and sovereignty continue  to be threatened?  

As a young Indigenous woman, I am fighting to protect my identity, defend our sacred sites, and preserve a future for the generations who will come after me. For me, this anniversary is less a  celebration than a reminder that the nation's founding brought  extreme losses for Indigenous peoples—our lands, sovereignty, cultures, and countless lives. It is also a reminder that many of those  struggles continue today.  

California: The State of Genocide and Forced Sterilizations of Native People

Floyd Red Crow Westerman

 Floyd Westernman planned to produce a series on genocide in the U.S., and completed the first film before he passed. This article, from years ago, shares this story, and is one of Censored News most viewed articles today. Among the most censored facts in the U.S. is the history of the Smithsonian and other museums that paid bounties for Native people, and the grave robbing that the museums facilitated. The bounty hunters were responsible for the Massacre of women and children at Sand Creek. The sterilization of Native women by IHS doctors was kept secret for years. It was only after the BIA offices were taken over in Washington in 1972, and BIA documents were seized, that the truth came out. The facts in the documents were later published in Akwesasne Notes. -- Censored News 2026

California: The State of Genocide and Forced Sterilizations of Native People

By Brenda Norrell

Censored News, March 22, 2023

Floyd Westerman, shortly before he passed, announced his plan for a series of films on the genocide of Native people. Floyd said he planned to begin in California, exposing the mission, gold mines, and attempts to exterminate Native people, and then continue east to produce this series.

The first of these films was completed before Floyd passed.

'Native american Holocaust -- Exterminate Them! The California Story,' documents the holocaust committed against the native people of California by the state and federal governments. Floyd reveals the bullets, smallpox blankets, kidnapping of Native children, and oppressive concentration camps, carried out by California and the United States government in this attempt at extermination.

Mohawk Nation News 'The Red-X Speaks: 'House Mohawk' Continues to Disparage Field Warriors'

Mohawk Nation News

'The Red-X Speaks: "House Mohawk" Continues to Disparage Field Warriors.

Read at MNN

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2026/06/23/the-red-x-speaks-house-mohawk-continues-to-disparage-field-warriors/

 

World Peace and Prayer Day: The Power of Spirit

World Peace and Prayer Day: The Power of Spirit

Sarah James, Gwich'in, sends a message to World Peace and Prayer Day of love from the far north, with a prayer for the caribou and the hope of an end to all wars.

Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Lakota, speaking at World Peace and Prayer Day 2026

Watch 7 hour video broadcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzYmFvavdA

Article by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, noon, June 21, 2026

Mathó Pahá (Bear Butte) South Dakota -- Chief Arvol Looking Horse began by recognizing Crazy Horse, and saying the horseback riders are coming from Green Grass and will proceed to Greasy Grass, the Little Big Horn, for the 150th Anniversary.

"Mother Earth is sick, and we are sick, because we nourish from Mother Earth," Chief Looking Horse said as World Peace and Prayer Day began at Bear Butte.

Mohawk Nation News 'Warrior Society: Rebellion Against the Great Law'

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Posted on June 21, 2026 by Kan1enkehaka

WARRIOR SOCIETY: REBELLION AGAINST THE GREAT LAW

Mohawk Nation News

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2026/06/21/warrior-society-rebellion-against-the-great-law/

Karonhiaktajeh (Louis Hall) was Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Kahnawake, unceded sovereign Mohawk Territory. Karonhiaktajeh foresaw our struggles as Native People and prepared us for the coming revolution/evolution. Karonhiaktajeh is one of our great visionaries, and I, Kahentinetha, have a duty to share with the world one of his final messages before he died in 1993.

The Mohawk Warrior Society by Louis Hall, as seen in CBC Books

There is a revolution, not just brewing, but in effect in the Iroquois Confederacy. The rebels are not the bearded, uncouth and unkempt characters skulking in the dark alleys of a city. These are Iroquois Chiefs and some followers who are revolting against the Great Law, Gayanerekowa, many parts of which were copied in the United States Constitution which in turn were copied by other constitutions in the world. The Great Law is the Iroquois Constitution which the rebels have put aside and have installed the Handsome Lake Code in its place. The Handsome Lake Code is a copy of the Quaker Code which is not an Indian device.

Dine' Jack Ahasteen and the Death of Journalism

Dine' Jack Ahasteen and the Death of Journalism

Jack Ahasteen cartoon

Dine' Cartoonist Jack Ahasteen expected the Navajo Times to protect his intellectual copyrights, and after a lifetime of hard work, he expected fair pay. He got neither, and was booted out the door at Navajo Times.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 16, 2026

Updated June 22, 2026

Dine' cartoonist Jack Ahasteen spent his life telling the truth. When he went to the Navajo Times to renegotiate his pay, he was booted out the door. Now Navajo Times, instead of honoring him, has posted this on the Navajo Times website, in the most recent case of the death of journalism.

Protesters Rally Against Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine in Arizona, Block Hauling Truck, by Unicorn Riot

Protesters Rally Against Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine in Arizona, Block Hauling Truck

By Unicorn Riot

Watch videos at https://unicornriot.ninja/media/protesters-rally-against-pinyon-plain-uranium-mine-block-hauling-truck/

HAVASUPAI TERRITORY -- On the third day of an anti-uranium summit in northern Arizona, participants organized a rally to highlight the risks posed by uranium mining. On a two-lane highway near the mine, about 150 people gathered on May 17 to wave signs and inform people, most of whom were on their way to Grand Canyon National Park which is just a few miles up the road, about uranium mining in the area.

Part way through the rally, protesters identified a semi-truck operated by Hammon Trucking, a company contracted by Energy Fuels to haul uranium ore from the mine to the Energy Fuels mill outside Blanding, UT.

Protesters launched a spontaneous blockade of the truck, surrounding it and demanding that it stop its travel toward what protesters assumed was the mine. Rallygoers chanted, while some vandalized the rig with anti-uranium messages. Others measured the radioactivity of the trailer used to carry uranium ore.

After a standoff with police, the crowd moved to a nearby dirt road that leads to Red Butte. Protesters had another short confrontation with local, state, and national law enforcement officers. The crowd dispersed without arrests, and some left rocks in the road to block the path for vehicles who might follow.

HAVASUPAI SACRED LAND: Anti-Uranium Summit Sheds Light on Toxic Industry

 

Image by Unicorn Riot

Anti-Uranium Summit Sheds Light on Toxic Industry

By Sean Summers, Unicorn Riot June 17, 2026

Watch videos: https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/anti-uranium-summit-sheds-light-on-toxic-industry/

Coconino County, Arizona – At the feet of Wii’i Gdwiisa, or Red Butte as it’s called in English, the winds are strong. Just a few miles south of the Grand Canyon’s rim sits the tall sandstone butte surrounded by juniper trees and vast desert lands.

A makeshift tarp awning flaps in the gusts while people work to hold the much-appreciated shade structure in place. On a folding table sit a variety of Geiger counters, used to detect radioactive particles. They chime periodically, reporting background radiation detected from nearby objects or carried in the wind.

Tohono Nation Files Lawsuit Over Plans to Take Tribal Land for Border Wall

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Border Wall contractors bulldozing saguaro cactus near Ajo, Arizona.

Tohono Nation Files Lawsuit Over Plans to Take Tribal Land for Border Wall

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 17, 2026

The Tohono O'odham Nation filed a federal lawsuit to halt the seizure of tribal land for the border wall, pointing out that the United States government is disregarding tribal sovereignty and construction will destroy sacred sites and impact ceremonies and religious practices.

"The Nation has not consented to the construction of a border wall or associated infrastructure across its Reservation," the Tohono O'odham Nation said in the lawsuit.

The Tohono O'odham Nation said the construction would destroy petroglyphs that are "perpetual prayers," block ancient trails and disrupt the lives of O'odham families who live on both sides of the border.

Australian Aboriginal Wants King Charles Held Responsible for Genocide

 

Krauatatungalung Elder Djuran Bunjileenee Uncle Robbie Thorpe speaking outside of the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal in Melbourne, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Krauatatungalung Elder Djuran Bunjileenee Uncle Robbie Thorpe will appear before the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal in which he seeks to charge King Charles III for the genocide of Aboriginal people. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / JAMES ROSS/AAPIMAGE

Australia and the Royal Family's Genocide of Aboriginal People

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 16, 2026

The Victorian Court of Appeal reserved its decision on whether Aboriginal rights campaigner Uncle Robbie Thorpe can hold King Charles III responsible for genocide. Thorpe is seeking to overturn a ruling that blocked his attempt to bring genocide-against King Charles III and other Crown representatives.

Border Wall Construction Damage to Ancient Sacred Site Revealed in Arizona

Border Wall Construction Damage to Ancient Sacred Site Revealed in Arizona 

Photo by Center for Biological Diversity

By Center for Biological Diversity

AJO, Arizona — The Center for Biological Diversity released new video footage and photographs today documenting recent damage from border wall construction to the Las Playas Intaglio, an ancient fish-shaped geoglyph in Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

Contractors scraped a roughly 50-foot-wide swath through the 1,000-year-old figure and surrounding refuge to make way for a second border wall planned by the Trump administration.

Epstein's Rolodex: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Epstein's Short List

Update: New Mexico Governor's Office Says It has No Richardson and Epstein Files

"The subpoena to the Governor’s Office asked for records related to former Gov. Bill Richardson and Epstein between 2003 and 2011, the years when Richardson was in power. The Governor’s Office told the commission it does not have responsive records, spokesperson Leah March told The New Mexican by email Friday," Santa Fe New Mexican reports on June 15.

“We’ve already responded to the Truth Commission’s subpoena requesting information related to Bill Richardson,” March wrote. “The Governor’s Office does not have any records pertaining to Zorro Ranch or Bill Richardson’s relationship with Epstein — at the end of each administration, all records get sent to the State Archives.”

Continue reading at Santa Fe New Mexican

Epstein's Rolodex: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Epstein's Short List 

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, March 3, 2026, Updated April 19, 2026

Epstein's Rolodex, the short list of his contacts, is among his final emails.

Before being arrested on his flight arrival in New York, Epstein sent a media man a list of his prime targets and friends.

On this short list, among the so-called royalty, and former presidents of world governments, was Bill Richardson's name. It shows that Richardson wasn't just an e-mail buddy, he was a prime player in Epstein's world.

Mount Graham Sacred Run July 2026

Everyone Welcome! Please join us for the 35th Annual Mount Graham Sacred Run July 16-19, 2026

 

'Designed to Divide: Understanding Blood Quantum' Ka Wai Ola News

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Designed to Divide: Understanding Blood Quantum

'Blood quantum is an unscientific western construct without substance or merit.'

Shared by Kahentinetha Horn, publisher of Mohawk Nation News

By Puanani Fernandez-Akamine

In her influential book, Nānā i ke Kumu, preeminent 20th century Native Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui wrote: “Members of the ʻohana, like taro shoots, are all from the same root. With Hawaiians, family consciousness of the same ʻroot of origin’ was a deeply felt, unifying force, no matter how many offshoots came from offshoots.”

Blood quantum emerged as a way to measure ʻIndian-ness’ through a construct of race. So that over time, Indians would literally breed themselves out and rid the federal government of their legal duties to uphold treaty obligations,” explained Dr. Elizabeth Rule (Chickasaw) an assistant professor at American University in a 2018 NPR interview.

Read the article at Ka Wai Ola newspaper:

https://kawaiola.news/cover/designed-to-divide-understanding-blood-quantum/

Puanani Fernandez-Akamine
Puanani Fernandez-Akamine is the editor of Ka Wai Ola newspaper and a multiple award-winning writer. Before joining OHA in 2019, she worked for Kamehameha Schools. She is driven to help our lāhui tell their stories in their own words to inform, uplift and inspire. She cares deeply about social justice, Indigenous sovereignty, aloha ʻāina and animal welfare. Puanani lives in the ʻāina momona of Kahaluʻu, Oʻahu, with her extended ʻohana. Aloha Ke Akua. Aloha kekahi i kekahi.

Standing Rock Water Protectors Ten Year Reunion, Aug. 12 -- 15, 2026

Standing Rock Water Protectors Ten Year Reunion, Aug. 12 -- 15, 2026

By Wasté Win Young, Standing Rock Lakota, Censored News, June 2, 2026

"We are still planning a ten year nodapl reunion from August 12-15th at Porcupine Creek. It will be free. Bring your camping gear. If anyone would like to help plan it with us please message me. It will be grass roots, no sponsors, probably just need help feeding everyone. No drugs, no alcohol, no fighting. Everyone is welcome. Brother Joe is finishing the poster right now and we will hopefully have it done within a week or two."

The Epstein Files: The Bizarre NCAI Promotion -- On the Fashion Runway with Prince Charles

Photos: Holly Cook Macarro at meeting with Prince Charles. Prince Andrew arrested after exposure in the Epstein files.

 The Epstein Files: The Bizarre NCAI Promotion -- On the Fashion Runway with Prince Charles

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 3, 2026

Prince Andrew was arrested, and his title removed, after exposure in the Epstein files. The so-called Royal family members are under investigation for sexual abuse, potential murder charges, and the cover-up of the crimes.

In a bizarre news article, ICT promotes a meeting with Prince Andrew's brother Prince Charles, even turning it into a fashion event, and promotion for the National Congress of American Indians.

Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance and Theft in Indian Country

The post that shut down my Twitter account and banished our links to Censored News for the past decade at Twitter/X: Those responsible for the attack with dogs at Standing Rock on Sept. 3, 2016.

Theft and Surveillance by Artificial Intelligence in Indian Country

Blocked at Twitter/X While AI Makes its Fortune

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 4, 2026

This is the post that shut down my Twitter account and banished our links to Censored News for the past decade at Twitter/X. 

Grok, which is Twitter/X's AI, Artificial Intelligence, relies heavily on stealing the copyrighted original work at Censored News for its commercial company. Censored News copyrighted work is dumped in Grok's illegal soup pot, and the soup mix produces mixed up and outdated answers.

The AI companies chat and search answers on Native issues that are incorrect more than half the time, according to our research for months.

Russell Means: Hitler, the Indian Reorganization Act and Palestine

Photo: Navajo Times by Paul Natonabah. Russell Means carrying out a citizens arrest of Navajo Area BIA Supervisor James Stevens in July of 1989 in Stevens office during a press conference.

Today from Censored News Most Viewed List:

Russell Means: Hitler, the Indian Reorganization Act and Palestine

Rev. Louis Farrakan's Final Call, interview with Russell Means

Final Call: In your writings and speeches, you have drawn many parallels between the experiences of the indigenous people, the apartheid government in South Africa, and the occupied Palestinian territories. It appears that you are saying that wherever unjust land appropriation policies are found, they all have the same origins.

Russell Means: Exactly! Hitler wrote that the American policy of creating reservations for the unclean and the unwanted was the perfect solution for race, and (using) that example he created the concentration camps for the gypsies, Jewish people and homosexuals. The Bantu Development Act 1964 which institutionalized apartheid in South Africa is a copy of the Indian Reorganization Act of America which was passed thirty years before. What happened to us was the genesis and example for all land appropriations the world over—that includes Palestine. Our people are being exterminated, much like the African slaves were exterminated from their homeland and separated from their way of life. The apartheid system is the most lethal colonial policy ever created, and you have to hand it to the United States of America. They are very good at eradicating human beings in all ways physically, spiritually and economically.

Read more ...

https://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/Perspectives_1/One-on-One_Interview_with_Russell_Means_4313.shtml

Censored News original publish date Friday, January 25, 2008

Shut Down Energy Fuels -- Uranium Mining and Radioactive Dumping on Native People

Shut Down Energy Fuels. Photo by Greenaction

Shut Down Energy Fuels -- Uranium Mining and Radioactive Dumping on Native People

By Greenaction, Censored News, June 3, 2026

On Saturday, May 16th, about sixty people including White Mesa Ute Community members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Navajo people, and supporters gathered at La Sal Junction to raise public awareness and to protest against Energy Fuels Resources' uranium mines at La Sal and the disposal of uranium ore at the company's "mill" located south of Blanding, Utah, next to the White Mesa Ute Community.

Ute Elders offered a prayer and spoke about the importance of protecting their community, Osacred places, and everyone's environment from the radiation threat posed by Energy Fuels' operations. Tribal members expressed strong opposition to the Energy Fuels mill turning into an international radioactive waste facility. 

Participants also expressed solidarity with the Havasupai Tribe fighting to close Energy Fuels' Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the Grand Canyon.

In addition to concerned local residents, groups that participated in the event were the White Mesa Concerned Community, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Uranium Watch, Moab Mutual Aid, Utah Sierra Club, and Northern Arizona American Indian Movement.

The White Mesa Concerned Community grassroots group extended an invitation to the public to join them on Saturday, October 17th for their 10th Annual White Mesa Spiritual Walk and Protest against Energy Fuels.

Shut Down Energy Fuels Photo by Greenaction

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Shut Down Energy Fuels. Photo by Greenaction

From Our Readers: Lloyd Vivola 'Raspberries'

From our Readers 'Raspberries'

By Lloyd Vivola, Censored News, June 1, 2026

Hello Friends:

June has arrived and so has the first wave of ripe raspberries in the Beech House garden in northeast Portland. Which always prompts me to recall...

Some 13 years ago, my fellow farmworker Anna and I were on our own for lunch. Anna was a college student who was visiting from central France. I agreed to make a salad to accompany our omelets. Anna gathered some farm-fresh eggs while I gathered some salad greens from the garden along with scallions and a bowl of raspberries. Back in the kitchen, I doled out an ample measure of raspberries in a smaller bowl, dripped in a little olive oil, and mixed until the ripe raspberries dissolved to form a base for the dressing. I then dribbled in some honey to enhance the sweetness, adding a pinch of salt and a pinch of cajon spices to counter the sugars ever so slightly. After preparing a salad from the lettuce greens, chopped scallions, and chopped store-bought avocados, I poured on the dressing and tossed. Anna was very impressed. But where did you learn to make this dressing? I just made it up, I confessed; I never ever made it before. Amazing, said Anna, laughing and adding: But this is so French, it is called salade sucree-salee, salad sweetened and salted. Well, le voila. There you have it. The garden spirits were paying friendly attention to the world around them and lending inspiration.
Recipes for many different salades-sucrees-salees can be found online.
Be well and enjoy.
Lloyd V.