Jacob Johns Shot at Onate Prayerful Protest Undergoing Surgery

Jacob Johns Shot at Onate Prayerful Protest Undergoing  Surgery


"All our morning prayers for our protector who put his life on the life for women, children, and our speakers. He will go into another surgery this morning. We are praying for a strong and steadfast recovery." -- Nick Estes, The Red Nation

Update Saturday: Man charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the shooting of Jacob Johns, Hopi and Akimel O'odham. The shooter fled the scene and was apprehended. Johns is undergoing multiple surgeries.

https://www.koat.com/article/onate-statue-rio-arriba-county-espanola-shooting/45362174

The Red Nation said, "On September 28, 2023, community and organizers gathered to have a peaceful and prayerful action in celebration that the Juan De Oñate statue would not be erected in Española, New Mexico. This celebration was violently interrupted by an agitator (later identified as Ryan Martinez) who tried to charge toward the speaker and crowd, who were mostly women and children. He was kept back by Native protectors and he then pulled a gun shooting a relative in the chest. He fled and was apprehended in Pojoaque. The relative who was shot is in the hospital and undergoing multiple surgeries. Please keep him and his family in your prayers."

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By Carlos Martinez

Censored News

Indigenous climate activist, artist, musician, and father Jacob Johns was shot in the chest this morning, Sept 28.2023, during a No Juan de Oñate statue peaceful protest in Tewa territory (more commonly known as Española, New Mexico). Jacob put his body between women and children when the shooter charged towards the altar. He was air-lifted to a hospital in Albuquerque and had surgery. The shooter, who was wearing a red MAGA hat, is in custody of tribal police. We ask everyone to please pray with us that he survives this surgery and that doctors have the strength and wisdom to help him.

Jacob, who is Hopi and Akimel O'odham, has dedicated his life to Indigenous and climate justice. He is a skilled muralist and speaker, and specializes in non-violent, peaceful “artivism”. He has a teenage daughter, Lily, she and his other family are currently flying from Washington State to Albuquerque New Mexico to be by his side.

This inspirational man has put his life on the line over and over again to make a better world for his fellow humans, and now he and his family need your support to recover from this terrible hate crime. As you can imagine, being a climate activist is not lucrative work to readily afford major life-saving surgery. We are humbly requesting your donations to help cover his recovery, his medical bills, and to help support his family needs during what will likely be a very lengthy recovery period. This comes just two months before Jacob will be leading an Indigenous Wisdom Keepers Delegation at COP28 to advocate for Indigenous solutions to climate change. Please pray with us for his recovery and donate if you can.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting

Links to Jacob's work are below:
- Free The Vote Mural: https://landscouncil.org/news/free-the-vote-mural
-COP28 Indigenous Wisdom Keeper Delegation

https://www.backbonecampaign.org/cop28more

-Jacob’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studio_1_eleven

Read more:

Jacob Johns calls out Biden at Climate Summit in Egypt COP 27

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2022/11/northern-arapaho-interrupts-biden-at.html

Native Shot at Prayerful Onate Protest

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/one-person-shot-during-prayerful.html

Native Shot During Prayerful Protest of Onate Statue in Espanola, NM

A local Trump supporter shot a Native man, who was here for a climate conference from Spokane, during a prayerful protest of the rededication of the Onate statue. Onate was a conquistador and war criminal, known to the Pueblos at the "butcher."

Update Friday:

Jacob Johns, Hopi and Akimel O'odham, Undergoes Surgery, After Being Shot 

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/jacob-johns-shot-at-onate-prayerful.html

Victim identified at Source New Mexico

https://sourcenm.com/2023/09/28/trump-supporter-shoots-someone-attending-peaceful-rally/

Photo of the shooter with the gun at Albuquerque Journal

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/man-shot-at-juan-de-o-ate-statue-rally-in-espa-ola-heres-what-we/article_946dcd3c-5e2d-11ee-9363-97e4e793df8a.html

The Santa Fe New Mexican

• By Nicholas Gilmore ngilmore@sfnewmexican.com

ESPAÑOLA — The site of a planned celebration for the installation and "rededication" of a nearly 30-year-old bronze statue of conquistador Juan de Oñate erupted in violence between protesters around noon Thursday, and a man was wounded by gunfire.

The statue installation and morning event at the Rio Arriba County building in Española were canceled Wednesday evening due to concerns about an ongoing protest at the site, but groups continued to gather there, including Native activists. A shot was fired amid a scuffle.

Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Gurule said a man was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, around 12:15 p.m.

According to a witness, the victim was a resident of Spokane, Wash. The woman said she and the man had come to the area together for a climate conference and joined the protest when they learned about it.

Other protesters provided aid to him for more than 10 minutes until emergency medical personnel arrived and took him to Presbyterian Española Hospital. Gurule said the man was shot in the chest or stomach and was in stable condition.

Read more

CALL TO ACTION: PRAYERFUL PROTEST, IN-PERSON SUPPORT FOR SAFETY IN NUMBERS

The Red Nation: editortherednation@gmail.com
Three Sisters Collective: message3sc@gmail.com
September 28, 2023, 9AM MT
TEWA TERRITORY – ESPAÑOLA, NM
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING – 1122 INDUSTRIAL PARK RD, ESPAÑOLA, NM 87532

LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ORGANIZATIONS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, AND INDIGENOUS-LED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE RED NATION, THREE SISTERS COLLECTIVE, COALITION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN, AND NDN COLLECTIVE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO PRAYERFULLY PROTEST THE REDEDICATION OF WAR CRIMINAL JUAN DE OÑATE’S STATUE IN FRONT OF THE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING.

O'odham Rights -- Fresh Food Deliver to Tohono O'odham Elders

Stalked by the US Border Patrol while delivering food to O'odham elderly in the border region.
Photo copyright Ofelia Rivas

Fresh fruits and vegetables being delivered this week by Ofelia Rivas and her brother to Tohono O'odham elderly. O'odham lands are on both sides of what is known as the Arizona border. Photo by Ofelia Rivas.

O'odham Rights -- Fresh Food Deliver to Tohono O'odham Elders

By Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham
O'odham Voice Against the Wall
Censored News

Delivery of food to Elders and young families is an honor. An Elder said we had no potatoes to cook yesterday and she smiles at the red potatoes and onions. We sat under a very shady small tree while she told me about her life story since our last visit.

Fresh peaches, apples, and grapefruits are a welcome luxury to most people on a fixed income. She said by the time you pay the water and electric and other bills we buy our staples and hopefully they'll last until next month.

My brother and I have been delivering food for years. We know our people welcome the food and there are people who use everything and do not waste. I highly protect our Elders and do not reveal where they live and who they are.

All our efforts are funded by my personal gas funds. Any donations are appreciated.

Contact O'odham Rights https://www.oodhamrights.org/

O'odham land Photo by Oflelia Rivas

Food delivery photo by Ofelia Rivas


Copyright Ofelia Rivas, Censored News. Content may not be used without written permission.

Standing Rock: Federal Appeals Court Hears Case of Law Enforcement Brutality at Backwater Bridge

From L to R: Center for Protest Law and Litigation (CPLL) Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Michael Avery with National Police Accountability Project, CPLL Senior Counsel Rachel Lederman, Standing Rock water protector and attorney Wašté Win Young, Co-Counsel Melinda Power, CPLL attorney Amanda Eubanks outside the courthouse in St. Louis.

Standing Rock: Federal Appeals Court Hears Case of Law Enforcement Brutality at Backwater Bridge 

By Brenda Norrell

Copyright Censored News

Sept. 19, 2023

ST LOUIS -- A federal appeals court heard arguments in the class action lawsuit filed for excessive force at Backwater Bridge at Standing Rock by water protectors who suffered critical injuries. The issues argued included whether water protectors were free to leave, whether law enforcement feared for their lives, and whether the use of munitions, bean bags filled with shot, and water sprayed on water protectors in temperatures below freezing, were justified or legal.

Rachel Lederman, lead counsel for water protectors, told the Eighth Circuit Appeals Court's three-member panel of judges, that the district court based its decision in favor of law enforcement are disputed.

“The story defendants have put forth to justify their use of force is hotly disputed."

Lederman an attorney with the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, said that a jury should decide whether it was objectionably reasonable for officers to bombard hundreds of individuals with high-pressure water hoses, impact munitions, explosives, and chemical agents for ten hours, causing serious injuries, for the people that were allegedly causing problems.