The Tohono O'odham Nation: US Threatens and Promises Destruction while Building Border Wall

The Tohono O'odham Nation: US Threatens and Promises Destruction while Building Border Wall

Photo Laiken Jordahl 2020

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 16, 2026

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The Tohono O'odham Legislative Council said today that their Nation and way of life are under attack by the federal government, while the U.S. government threatens and feels assured of its power to violate the rights of a sovereign nation.

Homeland Security plans to begin removing O'odham relatives, the Saguaro, and Ocotillo, in two weeks. More than half of the 2,000 Saguaro will not survive, even if they are transplanted. The government plans to start building the wall on December 1, the tribe said.

The U.S. Border Patrol also issued a threat.

Lakota Alarmed By Native Non-Profit's Plan for Massive 'Data Campus' Collecting Genetic Samples of Cheyenne River Lakota

 Lakota Alarmed By Native Non-Profit's Plan for Massive 'Data Campus' Collecting Genetic Samples of Cheyenne River Lakota

A Native non-profit's controversial plans for a "data campus" during a forum on Cheyenne River in South Dakota erupts in volatile controversy as Lakota elders warn of the theft of Lakota land and water. (Photo screenshot of Lakota 2KC Media.)

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 5, 2026

EAGLE BUTTE, Cheyenne River Lakota Nation -- Lakota here are alarmed that a Native non-profit is planning to build a massive data center on its land. While most of Indian country is fighting water and land guzzling data centers, Native BioData Consortium is planning a massive new "data campus."