United Nations -- Dine' Jean Whitehorse Documents Forced Sterilization of Native American Women by U.S. Government

Photo at UN courtesy of Yvonne Swan

The United States Government Carried out Forced Sterilization of Native Women from 1960 to 1978

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

NEW YORK -- During the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Jean Whitehorse, Dine', spoke of the forced sterilization of Native American women.
Sharing her own story, Jean exposed how the United States government carried out forced sterilization on Native women from 1960 to 1978.
Jean described how mothers are the life givers and hold a special place in society.
Jean exposed the United States' Eugenic policy of the elimination of targeted peoples with forced  sterilization.
Jean stated that forced sterilization is a crime against humanity as stated by the International Criminal Court.
In the U.S., as many as 70,000 Native women were the victims of forced or coerced sterilization by the Indian Health Service and privately contracted physicians between 1960 and 1978 Jean told the full session.
During the presentation by AIM West at the United Nations in New York, Jean also showed the film Ama, which means 'mother' in Dine', at a U.N. side event.
The new film exposes the forced sterilization. Jean shares her personal story in the film Ama.
In Jean's request to the UN, Jean requests an apology from the U.S. government to Native women.  She requested that the UN carry out a global survey of forced sterilization and its impacts.
Watch the trailer for Ama below and read her UN presentation.
Prior to the making of the new film, AIM West shared Jean's story at its annual convention in San Francisco.
Jean's presentation at AIM West was broadcast live, with video, by Earthcycles and Censored News.
Watch Ama trailer:
https://vimeo.com/303690446?ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR3AjJcbh19N1hA8ahsBjhWTu3JGu6zbOI15b4pWF5V62VL-1O

Watch Jean's interview at AIM West in 2013 by Censored News at:

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Oglala Sioux Ban South Dakota Governor After She Cheerleads for Pipelines

• Oglala Sioux President Julian Bear Runner

South Dakota Governor Banned After Cheerleading for Pipelines and Criminalizing Water Protectors

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

PINE RIDGE, South Dakota -- Oglala  Sioux President Julian Bear Runner announced that the Tribal Council voted unanimously to ban South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem from entering its sovereign land.
The Lakotas took this action after Gov. Noem supported two new bills that seek to punish water protectors and their allies by criminalizing them and labeling them as "riot boosters."
This comes after South Dakota created new laws to extract money from anyone who interferes with the construction of dirty and deadly oil pipelines, such as the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline which could poison the entire region's water supply with dirty crude oil from Alberta, Canada.
Bear Runner said the bills unfairly target Native Americans seeking to protect Treaty lands
The Oglala Sioux Nation points out that Gov. Noem insulted Lakotas when she consulted TransCanada and failed to consult the sovereign Oglala Sioux Nation.
The strong stance of the Oglala was covered by most national news outlets, including the Washington Post, USA Today and The Hill.

Mohawk Nation News 'Framework: A Barefaced Robbery'

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In the eyes of an artist: On the road to Wichita -- Longest Walk photos by Bad Bear 2019

Photos by Western Shoshone Longwalker Carl Bad Bear Sampson, on the Longest Walk 2019. Walkers will walk through Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday morning, May 1, at 9 am.
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