By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
It is hard to look at the photos of the victims. These are people I likely passed at the grocery store or coffee shop, or on the city bus. Some of the victims I met at gatherings on border issues. The Safeway area on the northwest side of town is a place I go by often, when I leave the southside of Tucson, to go to the Borders Bookstore down the street and stores by Safeway.
Now, I listen to how this unfolded. Most people are aware of the political rhetoric of hate in the United States, and that Arizona has become a microcosm of it. Those of us who lived in south Tucson over the past decade have watched how the television and radio political rhetoric has inspired violence, and arrests, of all people of color.
What is happening now all across Arizona, and the nation, is in part the result of hate rhetoric and much more. But now the victims are no longer only people of color. And neither are the perpetrators.
A few weeks ago, as usual the Border Patrol agents stopped the Greyhound bus near the New Mexico and Texas border. But this time, as opposed to all the other times when they came on screaming for papers and harassing brown people, this time they arrested young, white teenagers. The drug sniffing dog found drugs in their backpacks down below. The three boys, with one crying, were taken away, in the dark night in a desolote spot. It was the first time I've seen white people arrested at these border stops.
It was a sign of change.
But what happened at the Safeway, with six people killed and 14 wounded, also points to other issues besides political hate rhetoric and the state of tension in southern Arizona.
It points to the need for early detection and treatment of mental illness. Based on the statements of those who went to high school and Pima Community College with the suspect Jared Lee Loughner, the signs were there. It is not uncommon for young people with mental illness to have a sharp decline in their late teens, as they described. Whatever led to this, it is yet unknown.
There is also the issue of how easy it is for people to legally obtain semi-automatic weapons.
During this horrible mass killing, there could have been many more victims if courageous people had not halted the shooter when he was reloading. Several heroes ran toward the shooter. Tucson is a big city with a small community in its arms.
A woman, Patricia Miasch, 61, took one magazine away after he shot the people in front of her. Loughner was reloading and preparing to continue shooting when she grabbed the magazine. Several men had tackled him and held him down, including Roger Sulzeber and Bill D. Badger, 74, who had been grazed in the head by a bullet. Joseph Zimudie said he was at the Walgreens and heard the shots. He was armed for his own protection and ran to the shooter and helped subdue him.
Sincere condolences go out to all of the victims, their families and everyone whose life was touched and traumatized by this.
Perhaps the face of the nine-year-old girl who was killed, Christina Green, will remind us all to be more gentle with one another, more vigilant in the constructive battle against racism and hate, and when called upon, to arise to heroism.
Also see: Heroes of Tucson shooting, Patricia Maisch:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20027980-504083.html
More heroes:
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Heroes+Tucson+shooting
Tucson victim shielded his wife from bullets
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A5RE20110111
January 10, 2011
January 9, 2011
Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council Gathering 2011
MEMBER RESERVATIONS: Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Fort Peck, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Standing Rock and Santee
January 4, 2011Chiefs, Headsmen, Elders and People of the Lakota Oyate:
Mi canteʼ etan uha canteʼ wasteʼ nape ciuzapiyelo. As Itancan of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, I am calling for a Wolakota Omniciye for the Tiospaye/Bands of the Oceti Sakowin. The gathering will be held on January 28 and 29, 2011 at the Prairie Wind Casino on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The purpose of the gathering is to present and discuss issues relevant to the international status and enforcement of the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Study on Treaties, as well as numerous other changing international laws and standards, are encouraging developments for Native Nations. Using these circumstances to our advantage, the Oglala Band of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council is actively pursuing efforts to ask the
International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the United Nations, to hear the case of the Lakota treaties and issue an Advisory Opinion. Oral presentations and written documentation will be made at the gathering describing the process, potential outcomes
and future benefits for the Oceti Sakowin utilizing international strategies.
For more details on the strategies being discussed, please visit
http://www.oweakuinternational.org/, email me at oweakuinternational@me.com or contact Alex White Plume at 605-455-2155.
We strongly encourage members of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmanʼs Association to sponsor their Bandʼs Treaty Delegates to travel to this important gathering. Meals will be provided at the Wolakota Omniciye on January 28 and 29, 2011.
Ho Hecetu Yelo,
Oliver Red Cloud – Ite Sica Tiospaye
Itancan
Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council
Black Hills Sioux Nation
Treaty Council
Pine Ridge Agency, SD
Chief Oliver Red Cloud - Itancan
Alexander White Plume - Eyapaha
P.O. Box 535, Manderson, SD 57756 - 605-455-2155
January 4, 2011Chiefs, Headsmen, Elders and People of the Lakota Oyate:
Mi canteʼ etan uha canteʼ wasteʼ nape ciuzapiyelo. As Itancan of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, I am calling for a Wolakota Omniciye for the Tiospaye/Bands of the Oceti Sakowin. The gathering will be held on January 28 and 29, 2011 at the Prairie Wind Casino on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The purpose of the gathering is to present and discuss issues relevant to the international status and enforcement of the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Study on Treaties, as well as numerous other changing international laws and standards, are encouraging developments for Native Nations. Using these circumstances to our advantage, the Oglala Band of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council is actively pursuing efforts to ask the
International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the United Nations, to hear the case of the Lakota treaties and issue an Advisory Opinion. Oral presentations and written documentation will be made at the gathering describing the process, potential outcomes
and future benefits for the Oceti Sakowin utilizing international strategies.
For more details on the strategies being discussed, please visit
http://www.oweakuinternational.org/, email me at oweakuinternational@me.com or contact Alex White Plume at 605-455-2155.
We strongly encourage members of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmanʼs Association to sponsor their Bandʼs Treaty Delegates to travel to this important gathering. Meals will be provided at the Wolakota Omniciye on January 28 and 29, 2011.
Ho Hecetu Yelo,
Oliver Red Cloud – Ite Sica Tiospaye
Itancan
Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council
Black Hills Sioux Nation
Treaty Council
Pine Ridge Agency, SD
Chief Oliver Red Cloud - Itancan
Alexander White Plume - Eyapaha
P.O. Box 535, Manderson, SD 57756 - 605-455-2155
January 8, 2011
Kahentinetha Horn, publisher of Mohawk Nation News, facing arrest
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
Kahentinetha Horn, 71, publisher of Mohawk Nation News, is now facing arrest after being attacked by Canadian border guards on June 14, 2008. She suffered a heart attack as a result. There will be a decision made as to the penalties for the charges of assault of the border guards and obstruction of justice in January. She has no legal funds for her defense. Listen to today's broadcast at Hidden from History, at 4 pm Eastern time, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hiddenfromhistory/2011/01/08/resurrection-kevin-annett-is-back-on-the-air
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
Kahentinetha Horn, 71, publisher of Mohawk Nation News, is now facing arrest after being attacked by Canadian border guards on June 14, 2008. She suffered a heart attack as a result. There will be a decision made as to the penalties for the charges of assault of the border guards and obstruction of justice in January. She has no legal funds for her defense. Listen to today's broadcast at Hidden from History, at 4 pm Eastern time, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hiddenfromhistory/2011/01/08/resurrection-kevin-annett-is-back-on-the-air
Donations can be sent to her PayPal on Mohawk Nation News
contact: kahentinetha2@yahoo.com
Listen to internet radio with Hiddenfromhistory on Blog Talk Radio
January 7, 2011
This week's top stories: Censored News Jan 7, 2011
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
Photo: Native filmmakers at Amiens Film Festival in France by Arlene Bowman.
This week's top story at Censored News is on Leadhorse Choctaw returning to court in Virginia, after a Native film crew was attacked by racist police in Virginia. The cameras kept rolling and documented the "Mississippi Burning" style screaming racist police officer. On Wednesday, Leadhorse Choctaw was ordered to spend 10 days in jail. He is now in jail and scheduled to be released on Jan. 14. The court set $7,500 as bail to appeal. Mohawks and Native youths were in Virginia to promote Indigenous Games to be held in Akwesasne. Special thanks to the film crew for sharing this video. Watch it at:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/01/akwesasne-film-crew-in-court-after.html
The second most popular article this week is "Wikileaks on White Privilege," examining the cable releases on Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia and Chile, and the haughtiness of the US diplomats:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileaks-on-indigenous-peoples-us.html
The third top story this week is a list of some of the top issues censored in 2010: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/12/censored-in-2010-defense-of-mother.html
Navajo filmmaker Arlene Bowman's reflections on her recent trip to the French Film Festival Amiens is the fourth most read story. Bowman, who was born on the Navajo Nation and grew up in Phoenix, now lives in Vancouver, BC, where she filmed her new short, 'Graffiti,' which focuses on racism.
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/01/navajo-filmmaker-arlene-bowman.html
"Halt Grand Canyon Mining," is the fifth most popular article this week. Havasupai and other Native Americans continue to fight the planned uranium mining in the Grand Canyon that could poison a vital water source in the Southwest, and desecrate the place where Supai pray for the wellbeing of the world:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/01/halt-grand-canyon-uranium-mining.html
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
Photo: Native filmmakers at Amiens Film Festival in France by Arlene Bowman.
This week's top story at Censored News is on Leadhorse Choctaw returning to court in Virginia, after a Native film crew was attacked by racist police in Virginia. The cameras kept rolling and documented the "Mississippi Burning" style screaming racist police officer. On Wednesday, Leadhorse Choctaw was ordered to spend 10 days in jail. He is now in jail and scheduled to be released on Jan. 14. The court set $7,500 as bail to appeal. Mohawks and Native youths were in Virginia to promote Indigenous Games to be held in Akwesasne. Special thanks to the film crew for sharing this video. Watch it at:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/01/akwesasne-film-crew-in-court-after.html
The second most popular article this week is "Wikileaks on White Privilege," examining the cable releases on Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia and Chile, and the haughtiness of the US diplomats:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileaks-on-indigenous-peoples-us.html
The third top story this week is a list of some of the top issues censored in 2010: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/12/censored-in-2010-defense-of-mother.html
Navajo filmmaker Arlene Bowman's reflections on her recent trip to the French Film Festival Amiens is the fourth most read story. Bowman, who was born on the Navajo Nation and grew up in Phoenix, now lives in Vancouver, BC, where she filmed her new short, 'Graffiti,' which focuses on racism.
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/01/navajo-filmmaker-arlene-bowman.html
"Halt Grand Canyon Mining," is the fifth most popular article this week. Havasupai and other Native Americans continue to fight the planned uranium mining in the Grand Canyon that could poison a vital water source in the Southwest, and desecrate the place where Supai pray for the wellbeing of the world:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/01/halt-grand-canyon-uranium-mining.html
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