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July 21, 2026
July 20, 2026
Mni Wiconi 10 Year NO DAPL Reunion, September 2026
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Mni Wiconi 10 Year NO DAPL Reunion
New Date: Sept. 17 -- 20, 2026
"Coming to the stage, all the way from Watsonville, California, we’ve got SH1NE! SH1NE will be bringing his healing energy and soothing vibe to give us a remarkable performance. He is also co-leading this event, so if you know an artist, we will connect you with him!"
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'Keeping It Alive' The Beauty of Ancient Languages, A Path to Memory and Identity
'Keeping It Alive' The Beauty of Ancient Languages, A Path to Memory and Identity
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation First Nation Youth Delegation at the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Gevena. Ryan Fleming, Attawapiskat First Nation, Keira Spence, Moose Cree First Nation, and Kohen Mattinas, Lac Seul First Nation/Constance Lake First Nation.
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Hears Testimony as Indigenous Refuse to Silence Their Mother Tongues
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 20, 2026
GENEVA -- The Mother Tongue carries the identity, heritage and survival of the people. "When Indigenous languages die, Indigenous Peoples die," Maori told the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Canada tried to silence the Mother Tongues in residential schools. In Botswana, displacement and genocide could mean the silencing of the peoples spoken word. In Morocco, discrimination is the reality for the language carriers, the mothers of future generations. In Venezuela, sanctions have not prevented the government from revitalizing 42 Indigenous languages, Indigenous delegates told the U.N. Expert Mechanism.
Japan denies there are Indigenous Peoples born in Okinawa.
July 19, 2026
Indigenous at the United Nations Expose A.I. Data Centers and Racially-Biased Misinformation
Indigenous at the United Nations Expose A.I. Data Centers and Racially-Biased Misinformation
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| Jaimie Williams speaking at the U.N. today on the harm by A.I. data centers. Screenshot Censored News |
"I was once convinced artificial intelligence could help my tribe build our language and culture -- but A.I. is not a sustainable solution." -- Jaimie Williams
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 14, 2026, Updated
GENEVA -- The mediocre, middle-of-the-road approach to A.I. at the United Nations was countered by testimony today from Indigenous Peoples pointing out that artificial intelligence is not a solution, and is doing great harm to Indigenous with derogatory misinformation and massive data centers that are poisoning the land, water and air.
Jaimie Williams, Miami Nation in Indiana, speaking on behalf of the Society of Native Nations, at the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, responded to the A.I. summary presented this morning.
July 17, 2026
UTAH: Protests Against National Monument Reductions Monday July 20, 2026
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| Bears Ears Site Targeted by Trump. Photo by Tim Peterson |
Protests against National Monument reductions to occur across Utah on Monday, July 20
Contact: Grant Stevens, Communications Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) grant@suwa.org
What: A Monumental Day of Action by Utahns opposing the illegal reductions on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments on Monday, July 20.
Dził Nchaa Si'an Sacred Run, Mount Graham, July 2026
35th Annual
Dził Nchaa Si'an
Sacred Run
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| Spirit Runners to Mount Graham Today, Friday. Photo courtesy Theresa Nosie. |
July 16, 2026
Mohawk Nation News 'What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger'
“WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME MAKES ME STRONGER”
MNN. July 16.2026. While a federal court judge has ruled Canada must provide safe drinking water to Indigenous people, the Dominion government of Canada Prime Minister Carney is appealing by tabling Bill-37 (aka First Nations Clean Water Act) to weaken the government’s commitment to provide safe drinking for all Indigenous communities. This is necessary as close to 40 Indigenous communities live under a boil water advisory. Carney wants to continue endangering our health and survival intentionally by withdrawing the government’s responsibility under the Convention on Genocide. The international community needs to stop this attack and help protect us and our rights.
At the United Nations, Indigenous Human Rights Defenders Testify on Persecution and Treaties
At the United Nations, Indigenous Human Rights Defenders Testify on Persecution and Treaties
GENEVA -- At the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous youth and women are in the forefront, while Indigenous from around the world describe their struggle to be recognized by the governments in their homelands, and be heard and respected. Indigenous in Canada reported success today in treaty negotiations.
Australia Aborignals and Torres Strait Islanders: Women and Youth Testify
Aboriginal youths from Australia and Torres Islanders were among the strong youth voices at the United Nations today. The delegation shown here said biomedical research is being weaponized against their people; and is being carried out against them without free, prior and informed consent.
"Biomedical data must be wholly managed, stored, and owned by its respective communities. Indigenous people will always be the first scientists and health practitioners. The next 20 years must be defined by indigenous authority over our research, our data, and our health future," the youth delegate said.
This week, Indigenous youths testified that they must be recognized and involved in decision making at the United Nations.
"Biomedical data must be wholly managed, stored, and owned by its respective communities. Indigenous people will always be the first scientists and health practitioners. The next 20 years must be defined by indigenous authority over our research, our data, and our health future," the youth delegate said.
This week, Indigenous youths testified that they must be recognized and involved in decision making at the United Nations.
Exiled Russian delegate testifying.
Russia and Ecuador at the UN -- They're not giving up. Again today, exiled Indigenous from Russia and the Far North called for the release of two women imprisoned in Russia, U.N. participants and climate justice advocates, Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt, who have been behind bars for six months. The Russian Federation has repeatedly taken the floor attempting to discredit the delegation of exiled human rights defenders. Russia is demanding that they be silenced and removed from the sessions.
Ecuador: Delegates parents targeted
In a second wave of oppression for those speaking out at the U.N. Pacha Teran of Ecuador said yesterday that her parents home was attacked after she testified at the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva, which is broadcast globally by the U.N.
Teran is in the delegation testifying on the militarization and violence by the government of Ecuador security forces.
Red River Metis Ambassador Clement Chartier
Red River Metis Ambassador Clement Chartier
Red River Metis of Manitoba, Canada, described the negotiations with Canada that resulted in a decade of reconciliation, which led to over $3 billion in funds for Red River Metis. Red River Metis Ambassador Clement Chartier said Canada embraced the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, during Trudeau's administration, and began implementing it. Red River Metis now have a Treaty for final ratification in process in Canada.
During the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples today in Geneva, Indigenous described their struggles to be recognized and heard in their home countries.
The B.C. Treaty Commission in Canada reported success as it moves forward with modern day treaty negotiations for self-governance for Native Nations in B.C.
Racism in Argentina and the southernmost region of South America
Racism has not disappeared for Indigenous Peoples here, and it is now twenty years after the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She said whether they are in their countries or in neighboring countries, there is racism.
"In our cities, we continue to be identified primarily by the color of our skin, our traits, or our national origin rather than the rights that the Declaration recognizes, we hold."
"Such social profiling, which is facilitated increasingly by biometric technologies and facial recognition, is limiting access to rights and leading many people to hide their Indigenous identity, not because they're ashamed, but because they need to survive."
"Therefore, we would like to suggest that in monitoring opinion number 18 of 2025 on the rights of Indigenous peoples to data, we include the status of mobility or on the move and racial profiling and algorithmic profiling incidents as categories, ventilated ones, not— and an intersecting approach."
"States also need to take measures to prevent racial profiling, including Argentina. The rights of Indigenous peoples need to support us where we live, work, and move, and they should also ensure that migration does not mean that we are invisible, and being Indigenous should be a source of pride."
AFRICA: An Indigenous Ogani delegate described how the lack of recognition for Indigenous in Ethiopia and Nigeria has resulted in destruction mining and oil extraction, during the discussion on the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, UN DRIP.
"As we prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN DRIP,
it is saddening to report that many countries in Africa, particularly Ethiopia and Nigeria have not implemented UN DRIP and are yet to recognize indigenous people in their countries."
"Denying indigenous people amounts to denying their collective rights. Recognition of indigenous people are not given privilege, but an existential issue.
"The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people have identified lack of
recognition as one major issue that contributes to indigenous people's exclusion in Africa."
The lack of recognition results in large scale mining operations in the Oromiyo territory in Ethiopia, and oil extracting on Ogoni, Nigeria, where extraction has been taking place without the people's free, prior and informed consent.
"Furthermore, these attractive activities have been destroying the forest and contaminating waters of Indigenous communities in Ethiopia and Nigeria."
"We call on the Expert Mechanism to reinforce its effort for the endorsement of UN and recognition of indigenous people in Africa. Ethiopia and Nigeria should
recognize and ensure the full participation of Indigenous people in decision making process affecting their land and resources."
Indonesia
Indigenous from Indonesia point out that the reality in their homelands, and what the government of Indonesia says in the United Nations sessions are not the same. Indigenous point out that the mining that the Indonesian government claims it has stopped is actually proceeding, and a pipeline is doing further damage.
AFRICA: An Indigenous Ogani delegate described how the lack of recognition for Indigenous in Ethiopia and Nigeria has resulted in destruction mining and oil extraction, during the discussion on the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, UN DRIP.
"As we prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN DRIP,
it is saddening to report that many countries in Africa, particularly Ethiopia and Nigeria have not implemented UN DRIP and are yet to recognize indigenous people in their countries."
"Denying indigenous people amounts to denying their collective rights. Recognition of indigenous people are not given privilege, but an existential issue.
"The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people have identified lack of
recognition as one major issue that contributes to indigenous people's exclusion in Africa."
The lack of recognition results in large scale mining operations in the Oromiyo territory in Ethiopia, and oil extracting on Ogoni, Nigeria, where extraction has been taking place without the people's free, prior and informed consent.
"Furthermore, these attractive activities have been destroying the forest and contaminating waters of Indigenous communities in Ethiopia and Nigeria."
"We call on the Expert Mechanism to reinforce its effort for the endorsement of UN and recognition of indigenous people in Africa. Ethiopia and Nigeria should
recognize and ensure the full participation of Indigenous people in decision making process affecting their land and resources."
Censored News Original Series: UN Expert Mechanism
'Keeping It Alive' the Beauty of Ancient Languages, Path to Memory and Identity
Indigenous at UN Expose AI Data Centers and Racially Biased Misinformation
At the UN, Indigenous Testify on Persecution and Treaties
UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Begins in Geneva
Copyright Brenda Norrell, Censored News 2026
Mohawk Nation News 'Holy Smoke -- Mohawk Tobacco Economy Traders'
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July 13, 2026
U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Begins in Geneva
U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Begins in Geneva
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 13, 2026
"Around the world, Indigenous medicines and knowledge systems are being commercialized without our free, prior, and informed consent. Others profit from our medicines and our ceremonies while Indigenous communities struggle to maintain our cultural survival and economic self-determination," Dr. McCleave said.
"At the same time, psychedelic churches and new religious movements invoke religious freedom protections to gain access to indigenous medicines, ceremonies, and sacred knowledge without acknowledging the ethnocide, forced assimilation, cultural prohibition, and religious conversion that was inflicted upon indigenous peoples globally through colonization."
"My doctoral research shows that the psychedelic movement is in fact ongoing colonization inflicting harm upon Indigenous peoples and extracting our Indigenous resources and knowledge. In this perpetuation of colonization, Indigenous peoples bear the costs of resource depletion, cultural appropriation, and ecological harm while others accumulate wealth and influence."
"This is an ongoing conflict situation for Indigenous peoples, a contemporary form of colonial extraction in which Indigenous medicine medicines, knowledge, and spiritual traditions are transformed into commercial, religious, and pharmaceutical products for global markets."
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| ECUADOR -- An Indigenous representative from Ecuador described how Ecuadorian security forces fired projectiles and tear gas at Indigenous on strike in September and October, killing four people, injuring 880 people, and imprisoning 225 people. Indigenous in Ecuador asked the U.N. to help ensure the constitutional rights of those who work in agriculture, and help ensure their protection from harassment and prosecution by the government. "The communities of the Quechua received as a state response criminalization, criminalized as terrorists, and persecution," he testified. "We also suffered a systemic pattern of institutional abuse through the imposition of continuous states of emergency, arbitrary detention, and the political repression— 225 political detainees." "What happened in Ecuador wasn't a response to public order, but a systematic response against indigenous peoples who've protected their fundamental rights." |
President Trump Slashes Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments for a Second Time
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| Bears Ears National Monument. Photo by Tim Peterson |
President Trump Slashes Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments for a Second Time
The move also defies Intertribal collaborative management at Bears Ears and an Intertribal shared stewardship framework at Grand Staircase-Escalante
For Diné people, this land shapes our way of life. In Diné communities from Navajo Mountain to Aneth, families continue sacred traditions of prayer, harvest medicine gathering, and ceremony. Bears Ears (Shash Jaa’) holds our ancestors’ footsteps and our children’s future. This decision dishonors generations of care and weakens the unity we’ve built to safeguard Bears Ears for everyone.” --Davina Smith–Idjesa, Dine'
Press statement, Censored News, July 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Trump attempted to virtually eliminate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, cutting their boundaries by, combined, almost three million acres. This is a major escalation of unlawful actions taken in his first administration in 2017, when he attempted to cut boundaries for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante by 87% and 45%, respectively. Protections for both monuments were restored by President Biden in 2021.
Inter-Tribal Coalition Members Condemn Reduction of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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| Grand Staircase photo by Tim Peterson |
Inter-Tribal Coalition Members Condemn Reduction of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
“Today’s action threatens to destroy precious cultural places that are part of our histories and identities as Native peoples,” said Georgie Pongyesva, Hopi.
By Grand Staircase-Escalante Inter-Tribal Coalition
Censored News, July 13, 2026
ESCALANTE, Utah — Members of the Grand Staircase-Escalante Inter-Tribal Coalition strongly condemn the Trump administration’s actions to virtually eliminate Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and call for the defense and protection of their ancestral lands. In an event at the White House today, the president issued orders cutting the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by almost three million acres combined.
“Our Tribes were not informed of or asked about this decision, and that’s unacceptable. The federal government must honor its Trust and Treaty obligations to our Tribes — it is not optional,” said Grand Staircase-Escalante Inter-Tribal Coalition Coordinator Autumn Gillard, Southern Paiute.
The Threat on O'odham Lands by Ophelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham
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| Now being released, "Significant Impact: Contesting Surveillance Infrastructure on Tohono O'odham Je'ved" by Ophelia Rivas, Caitlin Blanchielf, and Nina Kolowratnik. |
The Threat on O'odham Lands by Ophelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham
By Ophelia Rivas, Censored News, July 12, 2026
O’odham VOICE Against the WALL
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security threatens to construct the Metal Wall on 62 miles of Tohono O’odham Nations lands adjacent the United States and Mexico International border.
The O’odham Way of Life is dismissed in waiving national protective laws, as was done with the 2006 Secure Fence Act Vehicle Barrier and the 2014 Arizona Border Surveillance Technology Plan.
July 3, 2026
Trump Denies he's on Stolen Land -- 'Seek Shelter' at Trump's Fireworks Event at Mount Rushmore
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| Sequoia Crosswhite said he was honoring women with his flute song. After his performance, the scene went dark and the words "Seek Shelter!" were heard, as lightning and hail moved towards the event. |
'Seek Shelter' at Trump's Fireworks Event at Mount Rushmore
MOUNT RUSHMORE, South Dakota -- In a bolt of white patriotism, Trump denied the U.S. is built on stolen land and claimed those who believe this are "thieves, radicals, and lunatics" who he plans to exile. Sounding as if he was reading from a 1950s script on communism instead of the teleprompter, Trump's words were meant to divide.
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 3, 2026
Updated July 5, 2026: Statements by Oglala President Frank Star Comes Out
and the Indigenous Protector Movement
MOUNT RUSHMORE, South Dakota -- In a bolt of white patriotism, Trump denied the U.S. is built on stolen land and claimed those who believe this are "thieves, radicals, and lunatics" who he plans to exile. Sounding as if he was reading from a 1950s script on communism instead of the teleprompter, Trump's words were meant to divide.
A flutist opened Trump's fireworks event at Mount Rushmore, using the Lakota language, and said he is Cheyenne River Lakota and the descendant of chiefs. Sequoia Crosswhite said he was there "representing" with his music.
Lakotas responded immediately to the performance and questioned who Sequoia Crosswhite is and why does he claim to represent Cheyenne River Lakota. Lakota elders said Lakotas would never be associated with anyone responsible for crimes against women.
The Oglala Lakota Nation strongly opposed this event in the sacred Black Hills.
On stage before Trump took the stage, Crosswhite spoke of the seven generations and claimed he was honoring women.
"Next time you see one of the beautiful teepees that are set up, keep in mind, those belong to the women, the women put up those lodges."
"The women went out into the forest and cut down those pines and scraped the bark and branches off the trees."
"Without them, we would not exist."
"I would like to take the time to honor the daughters, the sisters, the mothers, the aunties, the grandmother, and great grandmothers," Crosswhite told the crowd.
"Next time you see one of the beautiful teepees that are set up, keep in mind, those belong to the women, the women put up those lodges."
"The women went out into the forest and cut down those pines and scraped the bark and branches off the trees."
"Without them, we would not exist."
"I would like to take the time to honor the daughters, the sisters, the mothers, the aunties, the grandmother, and great grandmothers," Crosswhite told the crowd.
July 2, 2026
Oglala Lakota Oppose Fireworks Event at Mount Rushmore
Trump confirms that he will attend the fireworks event at Mount Rushmore in the Sacred Black Hills on July 3, 2026. The Oglala Lakota Council in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, passed a resolution opposing the event.
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| Protest in 2020 over fireworks event at Mount Rushmore. Photo credit Unicorn Riot Media. |
Oglala Lakota Oppose Fireworks Event at Mount Rushmore
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 16, 2026
See update: Live coverage and responses:
PINE RIDGE, South Dakota -- The Oglala Lakota Tribal Council opposes a presidential visit to Mount Rushmore for a fireworks celebration in the Sacred Black Hills, on July 3, 2026, which President Trump plans to attend.
"It should not occur," the Lakota Council said in its resolution, pointing out the violation of the aboriginal treaty, the Fort Laramie Treaty, and the distress Lakota already live with because of federal budget cuts.
The tribe's resolution points out the ongoing uranium mining and oil pipelines, including Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline, where sacred sites are being destroyed.
Sacred Wind Drum Carrier Speaks of Peace and Melting Ice -- World Peace and Prayer Day at Bear Butte
Sacred Wind Drum Carrier Speaks of Peace and Melting Ice
World Peace and Prayer Day at Bear Butte
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 25, 2026
BEAR BUTTE, South Dakota -- Peace is not just the absence of war. Peace is how we treat one another, how we lift one another up, said the Carrier of the Sacred Wind Drum, speaking at World Peace and Prayer Day on Bear Butte.
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) cannot be invaded because, he said, "I belong to this land."
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