Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 29, 2026

Dine' Rush to Help Their Neighbors After Catastrophic Flooding

Dine' Rush to Help Their Neighbors After Catastrophic Flooding


Feeding the People: The grassroots group Dine' Community Advocacy Alliance in Shiprock on the Navajo Nation. The organizers Denisa and Chef Mackee are feeding the People at the MOD Center.


Photo courtesy Bluff, Utah Arts Festival

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 29, 2026

It wasn't the tribal governments, or non-profits, it was the Dine', the Strong Hearts, that fed their neighbors, dug horses and donkeys out of the mud, and paddled in canoes to reach their families. It was the Dine', the Big Hearts, that rushed to the front after catastrophic flooding.

"I witnessed a true outpouring of K’é today," said Aneth, Utah Chapter Dr. Carma Claw, PhD. "Our Navajo families and neighbors showing up for one another. Thank you to every volunteer who worked tirelessly throughout the night and the day."

Live Flight: US Drone Surveillance over Tohono O'odham Nation and Southern Border

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 29, 2026

LIVE FLIGHT Thursday at 6 am: This drone is now quickly going back and forth over the Tohono O'odham Nation and southern border. It comes after a day of disturbing helicopter surveillance by the army and US Border Patrol out of Tucson circling above the area of the prayer camp near San Miguel Gate on the Tohono O'odham Nation.