MOHAWK NATION NEWS 'MOHAWK MOTHERS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, MAR. 24/22'

MOHAWK MOTHERS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, MAR. 24/22. Audio

Posted on February 22, 2022

 

 Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. Feb. 22, 2022. [By kenienkehaka messenger thahoketoteh of MNN]. [This is the correct date]

AUDIO at MNN

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2022/02/22/mohawk-mothers-to-defend-themselves-mar-24-22-audio/ 

LAWYERS GET OFF FIRST SHIP TO TURTLE ISLAND.

kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers are defending their right to represent themselves.  tewatatewennio is a fundamental right of the people to speak from their own minds according to kaianerekowa process.   

The Federal Court of Canada is being requested to issue an order forcing the kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers to be represented by a lawyer, violating kanienkehaka law;  that  kahnistensera cannot speak in the proceedings; and to cover the ‘costs’ of the respondents [McGill, Quebec, Montreal and Stantec Construction].  

IN THE BEGINNING COLONISTS, POLITICIANS, LAWYERS & COURTS BEGAN TO DESTROY THE VOICE OF THE NATIVE WOMEN.

PHOENIX: O'odham Way of Life does not include digging up human remains, by Ofelia Rivas

Huhu-k'am Platform Mounts

PHOENIX: O'odham Way of Life does not include digging up human remains, by Ofelia Rivas

Article copyright Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham

Censored News

Translation into French by Christine Prat

O'odham (the people) are descendants of the Huhu-k'am ( the ones that are gone). The ancient people were architects of massive communities though-out the valley of what is now the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, extending to what is named Snake town to the Big House along the Gila River to the expansive settlements in Tucson and east of Benson, Arizona to northern Chihuahua, Mexico and to the sea.

The ancient people built massive strategically located settlements for trade and commerce but also for well-being and health. The Huhu-k'am created and utilizes expansive irrigation systems, some are still in use as canals by the city of Phoenix, some have become major roadways.

They grew a large variety of ancient seeds the O'odham still plant today. The ancient people made incredible pottery-ware and basket-ware, that were both functional and aesthetic.

The ancient ancestors exercised applied astronomy to the Him'dag, the way of life. These great achievements of a society is dependent on friendly relationships with other societies, the practice of governmental organizations based on equality for the general welfare for the people, and practice of the way of life, which is to regard all life equal and strive to live in balance at all levels, personal, family and the community.

These honorable people's burial place was recently desecrated to build a modern apartment building for the disadvantaged members of today's society.

The Huhu-k'am and the descendants, the O'odham did not practice grave digging or any type of removal of a person from their burial place.

Today a reburial ritual was created by a specific group, the "Reburial group" to appease the federal and state dominating lands and interpretation of federal repatriation regulation.

However, in all the ritual and maneuvering so-called protocol, humanity has been left out of the processes.

It is inhumane and illegal to dig up dead people from their graves, it is inhumane and illegal to rob such graves' personal belongings. It is inhumane to store human remains.

Today's corrupt and compromised tribal government systems not only oppress their own people but also now build multi-million dollar repositories for the storage of human remains and personal belongings called funerary artifacts.

In 2022 where is the legislation to address this ancient legacy of foreign societies that dominate the lands, and manipulate with dollars, in order to dig up graves in this so-called developed society.

Where is the enforcement of legal law to protect ancient human remains. Where are indigenous legal think tanks and indigenous lawmakers to address this ongoing desecration of our people, our next generation's inheritance.

The O'odham practicing the Him'dag are overwhelmed by the continuous damage of the natural balance now defined as "spiritual" balance.

Supporting all defenders and resisters.

Read more:

Phoenix New Times

'Phoenix is building new public housing -- and unearthing ancient Indigenous graves'

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-public-housing-construction-unearths-hohokam-ancient-graves-11810900

Censored News

O'odham Stronghold Prayer Run Phoenix to Oak Flat

Feb. 17, 2022

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2022/02/oodham-stronghold-prayer-run-phoenix-to.html

Article copyright Ofelia Rivas, Censored News.

No portion of this article may be used in any manner without written permission. This includes books, dissertations, films, news and any other use.

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Dine' Earl Tulley: Oak Flat, Where Relatives Ride on their Whirlwind Horse

Earl Tulley, Dine', at Oak Flats. Photo courtesy Earl Tulley, Censored News.

By Earl Tulley, Dine'

Censored News

Chi’chil’ba’goteel (Apache Stronghold, Oak Flat) -- Eight years of gathering our young ones has grown stronger, adults moved closer to the winter of their season.

All in all, our five-finger clan is more resilient and maintaining practices of our progenitors in nature's cathedral of Oak Flat.

Those present today witness relatives who journey on into the next world ride in and join participants on their whirlwind horse.

Indigenous sacred petition of songs and prayers were presented by those gathered on sacred grounds at Oak Flat, the ancestral territory of San Carlos Apaches.

In each season there is growth and sacred remains sacred in our Athabaskan roots.

Sent from oak flats

A note from the publisher

So happy to hear from my old friend Earl Tulley, Dine', at the gathering at Oak Flats. Takes me back, all those years ago, when Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment, Dine' CARE, was being created in the tall pines of the Chuska and Tsaile mountains on Navajoland.

We lost our brother Leroy Jackson in the struggle, but today, many great yellow pines live and breathe because Leroy and Earl, and their families and friends, took them on, and shut 'em down, shut down the cutters of the great, old-growth, Ponderosa Pines.

Leroy died in the process. But a new generation follows his legacy. Today, Earl is at Oak Flats, and his poetic words from the Apache Stronghold gathering are inspiring and beautiful. Thank you Earl, and this one is for you Leroy.

-- Brenda Norrell, publisher Censored News

'Oyate' The Struggle at Standing Rock -- World Premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Phyllis Young says Hunkpapa are the people pushed to the edge. "As the people on the edge, we are the Ambassadors to the outside world."

By Chase Iron Eyes

Lakota People's Law Project

“Oyate!!” Beautiful. Important. Phyllis Young and Chase Iron Eyes are in this Movie! “My greetings to you from the Standing Rock Nation. Today, I invite you to experience something wonderful: Next week, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is hosting the online world premiere of “OYATE” — a brand new feature documentary film produced by Films with a Purpose and Irrelevant Media, in association with the Lakota People’s Law Project. Big Sky has graciously also made the movie available for viewing online at the same time, and you can purchase your ticket to watch today.

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Lakota Law, looks it me, and Phyllis Young in “OYATE!” Please click (below) to watch the trailer for this heartfelt and skillfully done documentary, and purchase your tickets for the premiere on the same page.
We wanted to make sure you have the opportunity to watch this special premiere with us! Please note that the film will be available through Big Sky for a limited time. I urge you to purchase your ticket right now, then mark your calendar to remind yourself the streaming window opens on Feb. 25 at 9 a.m. PST. After that, you'll have about three days to start watching and another 24 hours to finish.

Now that you’ve got all those important details, let me tell you a little more about our involvement and what you’ll see. In the wake of the protests at Standing Rock in 2016 and ‘17, our Lakota Law team worked closely with producers Brandon Jackson, Emil Benjamin, Sandra Evers-Manly, and Jennifer Martel of the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux tribes, to tell this powerful story of resistance. You’ll spend time with Phyllis Young, me and my daughter Tokata, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland of the Laguna Pueblo People, and many more powerful Native voices.

As you know, our #NoDAPL struggle at Standing Rock became an inflection point for human rights and environmental justice, a rallying cry for Indigenous people everywhere to take a stand against centuries of land theft, imposed poverty, and cultural erasure. “OYATE” successfully communicates our thoughts, as Indigenous activists, organizers, and politicians, on that complicated history.

Lakota Law aided the filmmakers by providing exclusive interviews, archival footage, and perspective. The directors did a fantastic job of using a blend of storytelling tools to weave all elements harmoniously and to fully immerse you in our worldviews. The end result is a thing of beauty, ambitious in scope and, at the same time, personal and intimate. I think you’ll very much enjoy watching, and I hope you’ll find it illuminating. You may gain new understanding of our struggles for sovereignty and justice — and you’ll even meet some rez dogs! So, please watch the trailer, and then join us for this exciting premiere. I can’t wait to hear your feedback.

Wopila tanka — thank you, and happy watching.
Chase Iron Eyes
Co-Director & Lead Counsel
The Lakota People’s Law Project
Lakota People's Law Project
Lakota Law
Lakota People's Law Project
547 South 7th Street #149Bismarck, ND 58504-5859

Director: Brandon Jackson, Emil Benjamin
Producer: Brandon Jackson, Emil Benjamin, Jennifer Martel, Sandra Evers-Manly
2021, USA -- 91 minutes

WORLD PREMIERE

Screening at the Wilma, Thu Feb 24th @ 5:45 pm
Streaming Fri Feb 25 - Mon Feb 28
In the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, Indigenous people across the nation are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them in an effort to wake up the world and embark upon the process of decolonization. Following key figureheads of the #NODAPL movement, OYATE weaves together the story of colonization and the battle for decolonization that continues after the news cameras have stopped rolling.
Website: http://www.oyatefilm.com
Watch film trailer

https://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2022-view/oyate_2022