National Day of Mourning Plymouth, Mass. Nov. 28, 2019

http://www.uaine.org/?mc_cid=b20b578662&mc_eid=c46279b6ba

50th NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING TO BE OBSERVED

IN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

AT 12 NOON ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2019

 United American Indians of New England (UAINE) has called for the 50th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 12 o'clock noon.  Participants will gather by the statue of Massasoit on Cole's Hill above the Plymouth waterfront.

'The True, Indigenous History of Thanksgiving' with Passamaquoddy Chris Newell

Article by Bioneers

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The pop culture story of the First Thanksgiving, often told to children in grade school, is a myth. For the true story of what happened at the First Thanksgiving, and how Indigenous lives have been affected ever since, Bioneers’ Indigeneity Program’s Alexis Bunten (Aleut/Yup’ik) hosted a conversation with Chris Newell (Passamaquoddy), the Akomawt Educational Initiative’s Director of Education.

Tohono O'odham Ofelia Rivas 'Destruction, obstruction and distraction on border' podcast by Moccasin Tracks

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Ofelia Rivas at the Inter American Commission on Human Rights.
in jamaica: Photo Brenda Norrell 

Ofelia Rivas on Moccasin Tracks
by D. Reger's Podcast

Ofelia Rivas speaks about the Tohono O'odham homelands and the ancestors, as the destruction, obstruction and distractions disturb the sacred way of life.

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Music Credits:John Trudell, Crazier Than Hell CD, These Memories, Asitis Productions; John Trudell, AKA Grafitti Man, Rich Man's War, Asitis Productions; LakouMizik, HaitaNola CD, Cumbancha, songs: Renwen and La Fanmi Picture of Ofelia by https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com http://www.solidarity-project.org/ In this podcast from the radio show Moccasin Tracks, Nov 25, we talk with Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham Nation,who shares a perspective of a Nation that has been protecting land and sacred sites. Some decisions made by the Nation's leaders is bringing a military presence to their traditional territory that has been interrupted by the so-called wall being built by US Govt. Ofelia talks about what it is like to be a traditional Tohono O'odham woman and the challenges every day her people live with that are not natural.  Moccasin Tracks is heard weekly at WGDR Community Radio broadcasting from Goddard College, Mondays 9AM-10:30AM (eastern) archived at wgdr.org wgdr.moccasintracks@gmail.com radiowithdeb.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/MoccasinTracks We are syndicated on Pacifica Radio Network weekly, contact us for more information and thank-you for your interest and for listening! www.youtube.com/Moccasin Tracks ORCAmedia.net https://www.orcamedia.net/series/moccasin-tracks host, producer and audio editor is Deb Reger

Book Review: 'America's Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden'

Charles Bowden at the 2010 Texas Book Festival Photo: Parker Haeg

Book Review: 'America's Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden'

By Brenda Norrell
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Seated at the Mexican cafe with the defendants from the day's Earth First! trial, I didn't know who Charles Bowden was. I was thrilled that I was meeting someone who just came off the Sea Shepherd. As soon as Chuck began to speak in his rhythmic raspy voice about the unromantic soggy ride on the rough seas, I knew who he was.

He was the best writer that I would ever meet.