November 25, 2014

El Paso Response to Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

Contact: Adriano Perez

Date: 11/25/2014

EL PASO RESPONSE TO FERGUSON GRAND JURY DECISION

A peaceful protest in El Paso, Texas

EL PASO, Texas, November 25, 2014- A National Protest in Response to the Grand Jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO is scheduled in El Paso, Texas today, Nov. 25th at 5PM at the El Paso Courthouse-Downtown. Groups in every major city are rallying in solidarity for peaceful protests in response to this injustice.

The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring signs and supplies to make signs (signs should be free of curse words). Dress for the weather.Our friends in Ferguson need us to help project their voices. This is a peaceful protest where attendees are welcomed to speak up and speak up about police brutality, anti-black racism, and the power of coming together. Again, this is a peaceful protest where we will use the power of our voices to speak for us.

The facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/277874185755094/

Attached, "The Results are In: An Open Letter from Protestors On The Grand Jury Decision"

Any questions, comments, or concerns can be addressed by contacting Adriano Perez

Mohawk Nation News 'Listen to your Mother'

LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER

Posted on November 25, 2014

Please post and distribute. Nia:wen.
MNN. Nov. 25, 2014. The cops and soldiers all have mothers. The time has come for mothers to speak to their sons and daughters who are carrying out the will of the multinational energy corporations and their agents. Tell your children not to shoot and kill us for wanting peace and to save the earth. Remind them they are also of the people.

Corpo cops: “My mother told me not to beat up old people”.

Martial law is planned for different scenarios like Ferguson, Burnaby Mountain, civil wars, impending disasters, climatic devastation, etc. In 1917 the Russian people were starving and freezing due to the war they had been involved in since 1914. The Tsar sent the police to put down the rebellion. After months of conflicts, the police refused to kill the people and instead joined them. Nicholas then ordered the army to put down the police and people rebellion. Within a short time the army joined them too. Shortly thereafter Nicholas and his family were murdered.

"That's right, soldier boy. I'm a clan mother".

“Watch out, soldier boy. I’m a clan mother”.

Get ready for the coming revolution. Martial law will be imposed in stages. Food and housing shortages will cause rioting. China has been preparing for years for the pole shift, building “ghost cities” in the mountains away from the coast. Deserts are being irrigated. Russia is moving its people to the eastern regions. In Canada and US the majority live in cities on major waterways and are therefore vulnerable to flooding.
Major environmental destruction will cause hardship to every person on Onowaregeh. Soil, drinking water and the entire forests of Northern Alberta are being destroyed. All other provinces and states on Onowaregeh will be affected.
Labor camps are already set up, called FEMA in the US and new private prisons in Canada. Cities such as Montreal can be easily blocked and all the people can become virtual prisoners.
The government has trained and armed their agencies in anticipation of martial law. The elite will do everything to stay in power. UN Agenda 21 sells martial law as promoting order, security and essential services. The military will control power, utilities and food distribution. Curfews, denial of civil rights, travel restrictions, access to money will be controlled by the corporations. Watch the Burnaby Mountain BC protest. The police work for the corporations against the people. Canada pays them to protect the energy extractors.
Henry Kissinger who helped draft UN Agenda 21 said: “Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy”.

The women have to stop them from killing their own people.

The mothers have to stop them from killing their own people.

Deganawida said that we would crawl like babies to the hilly country to heal. The Great Peace provides that we gather in our clans and discuss the peace until we come to one mind. The new INDIANS heard the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh spirit telling them to save the natural world. Women of the world, talk to your children to start the peace.
It’s time to listen to the old Beatles song, turn it up: “You say you want a revolution. Well, you know. We all want to change the world.”

Burnaby Mountain protests.
Zetatalk on martial law.
UN Agenda 21 horrors.
Winters getting colder.
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November 23, 2014

WATCH LIVE 'No Honor in Racism' Rally Santa Clara

Clyde Bellecourt photo by Jacqueline Keeler

Above "An early bird agitator at the 49er
and Washington team. Here Black Beret rep Naiche confronted him. We are here to educate not engage provocations."
saidTony Gonzales
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Photo Jacqueline Keeler, marching to Levi Stadium, now

Photo Jacqueline Keeler now at No Honor in Racism, Levi Stadium, Santa Clara

Photo Dahkota Kicking Bear, now Levi Stadium

Ohlone prayer before march to Levi Stadium now Photo Jacqueline Keeler

FOUR-HUNDRED GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS RALLY ON OHLONE LAND AGAINST WASHINGTON NFL TEAM NAME

By Blu Wakpa, PhD. Bay Area Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media

Kris Longoria: urbanrezlife@gmail.com

Morning Star Gali: mstargali@gmail.com

OCCUPIED TAMIEN OHLONE TERRITORY (Santa Clara, California) – After successful demonstrations in O’odham (Glendale, Arizona) and Dakota (Twin Cities, Minnesota), four-hundred Indigenous Peoples and their allies poured into Tamien in solidarity with a national grassroots campaign to change the name and mascot of the Washington NFL team. Traveling by carpool, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), and out-of-state flights, many amplified a growing voice for decolonization in sports.

The demonstration began at 8 a.m. with a prayer at one of many desecrated sacred sites (shell mounds and burial grounds) maintaining its indigenous Ohlone place name, Ulistac. According to Corrina Gould, a Karkin and Chochenyo Ohlone, Uli is the name of an Ohlone warrior who inhabited the area and stac refers to place/land. The prayer to the land and ancestors was followed by a march to Levi’s Stadium held prior to the game between San Francisco and Washington.

The peaceful event included a two-hour series of passionate and informed speeches from local, regional, and national activists, including people Indigenous to the area and upcoming leaders like Jacqueline Keeler of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry (EONM) and Dahkota Brown a 16-year-old Wilton Miwok student and founder of Native Education Raising Dedicated Students (NERDS). Elders who’ve inspired future generations also spoke on the topic, including Charlene Teeters and Clyde Bellecourt of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media (NCRSM).

Asian, African, and European people also educated fans by engaging, chanting, and holding picket signs and banners. Tribal African music blessed the event and recognized the similar histories between the African and Indigenous diaspora. Mexica (Aztec) dancers joined together in prayer, symbolizing the remembrance of the so-called Latino/Hispanic’s Indigeneity and pan-Indigenous interests across the colonial US-MX border.

Radio and television ads criticizing the nickname were aired throughout Ohlone and Miwok territories leading up to the game. Many broadcasters became allies when they chose not to mention Washington’s mascot. Audiences must understand the scalps of Indigenous Peoples were captured to collect bounties from the United States and expand White Supremacy outside of Europe.

Although Washington’s team owner, Dan Snyder, has vowed to “never change the name” and the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell said earlier this year the nickname has been “presented in a way that honors Native Americans,” the demonstrations outside Levi’s Stadium and nationwide indicate Indigenous decolonization and self-determination is inevitable.

As fans passed the demonstration, many were quite surprised. “I’ve been a Washington fan for a long time and I’ve seen more resistance the last few years,” says Brian Jones, 35. He continued, “This demonstration helps me understand the mascot impacts actual people. It made me think about the other side of this issue.” John, 29, agreed saying, “When I see actual Native American’s are offended—I have to respect that.”

A die-hard Washington fan, Robert Magnini, 60, said, “I’ve been a fan since I was a kid. I think the name is offense and we need to change the name as soon as possible.”

Not all Indigenous Peoples agree, including Joseph Rey Potter, 14, who passed the demonstration wearing a Washington jersey and a Pomo baseball hat. “My Dad was a fan, so I just stayed with it. I understand it’s racist, but I’m just a fan of the game.” Potter concluded, “If they changed their name, I’d be a bigger fan.”

Kris Longoria and Antonio Gonzales, co-chairs of the Bay Area Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media, said they will continue to escalate pressure on the NFL football team and build more partnerships with local organizations and government institutions.

Many urgent struggles exist across the Western Hemisphere and we must all do our part to challenge colonialism and honor Indigenous nations, leadership, and goals. Antonio Gonzales said, “People see this issue is winnable, attainable, and they become empowered to move onto the bigger issues.”

A grandmother and her granddaughter appeared severely wounded, covered in bloody hair and hair buns held together with knives. “Redskin means someone whose been scalped, so me and my grandma put fake blood all over to show what a redskin means,” said Calissa Gali, 11. “None of my friends know what redskin means. They should learn at school, but some of the teachers don’t want to talk about it.”

Sacred Sites Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSPRIT) has transferred the pain of another desecrated Ohlone Shell Mound in Karkin by decolonizing Vallejo High School’s Apaches and Solano Middle School’s Chieftains this year. The connections between appropriated sacred sites and stereotypes in sports are undeniable.

SSPRIT are now contractors, collaborating with students and administrators to educate about Indigenous mascots at school assemblies. Teacher training was also included in the negotiations to foster an integrated ethnic studies program across the school district. A duplication of this attainable model is also occurring with the Carquinez Coalition to Change the Mascot (CCCM) for John Swett High School Indians in Karkin (Crocket, CA).

Changing Washington’s name and mascot is not the end of changes to come. Colonization was several lifetimes of trauma and decolonization will take several lifetimes of healing. We envision post-colonialism. We’re not your mascot anymore.

Bay Area Coalition Against Racism in Sports is sponsored by American Indian Movement-West, Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits, Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry, Indian People Organizing for Change, Sacred Sites Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes, ANSWER Coalition, Idle No More SF Bay, and National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. National ‘Change the Mascot’ supporters can be found at: http://www.changethemascot.org/supporters-of-change/

#NotYourMascot #ChangeTheName #ChangeTheMascot #NoHonorInRacism

Previous press statement:

Dozens of grassroots indigenous groups are hosting a ‘No Honor in Racism Rally' opposing the use of Native identity and culture as a mascot and demand an end the use of a racial slur by the Washington NFL Team. A prayer gathering, march, and press conference will be held prior to Today’ game at the Levis Stadium.

Times and Location: Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

8:00am - Prayer Gathering @ Ulistac Natural Area; 4901 Lick Mill Blvd, Santa Clara, CA.

9:30 am - Begin the march from Ulistac to Levi’s Stadium; 4900 Marie P DeBartolo Way, at the cross streets of Great America Pkwy and Tasman Ave; Santa Clara, CA.

10:00am - Press Conference & Rally @ the above location.

Bay Area Coalition Against Racism in Sports

Censored News

A large coalition of grassroots California Indigenous organizations and allies are holding a ‘No Honor In Racism Rally’ as part of the national movement demanding that the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell end the use of the racial epithet in the league.

In addition to ‪#‎GameOverForRacism banners, signs, and speakers, planned activities at the rally also include honoring Native culture and traditions with Native-led singing, drumming, and dancing. The protest is part of a series of nationwide actions at NFL games to “Change the Name & Change the Mascot!”. that have been held at the Washington team’s away games against the Cardinals, Cowboys, Vikings, and will occur at the Washington team’s home game on December 28th.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Dozens of grassroots indigenous groups are hosting a ‘No Honor in Racism Rally' opposing the use of Native identity and culture as a mascot and demand an end the use of a racial slur by the Washington NFL Team. A prayer gathering, march, and press conference will be held prior to Today’ game at the Levis Stadium.