Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

December 28, 2022

Dine' Warn Navajo Council of Rare Species and Dangers of Helium Mining Targeting T’iis Názbąs Community



 

Dine' in T’iis Názbąs, Teec Nos Pos, warn the Navajo Nation Council of the dangers of helium mining, the presence of a rare plant species, and the threat to local water sources

Dine' community members here, in the Four Corners Region of the Navajo Nation, said the helium wells would be drilled in a residential area and the studies by the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company are outdated.

December 26, 2022

Zapatistas Journey for Life through Europe featured in 'La Montana' in World Premiere

Diego Enrique Osorno with commanders Galeano and Moíses. 

Zapatistas' Journey for Life through Europe featured in 'La Montana' in World Premiere in Netherlands

La Montana, a new documentary of the Zapatistas' Journey for Life through Europe, will be featured in its World Premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, January 25 -- Feb. 5, 2023. Filmmaker Diego Enrique Osorno was onboard when Zapatistas sailed across the Atlantic from the coast of Mexico, arriving in Spain.

Diego Enrique Osorno)

Quien reports:

The Mexican filmmaker, writer and journalist, Diego Enrique Osorno, will present his recent documentary project, La Montaña in the Harbor section of the Rotterdam International Film Festival.

La Montaña, is the title of this project, which follows seven Mayan indigenous people who belong to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, known as the EZLN, on their journey across the Atlantic Ocean while recounting their stories of resistance in the mountains of Chiapas.

https://www.quien.com/cultura/2022/12/21/la-montana-el-nuevo-proyecto-de-diego-osorno-estrenara-en-roterdam

https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/

December 24, 2022

Danny Blackgoat Soars to Spirit World

Danny Blackgoat, son of Roberta Blackgoat, longtime resister to relocation and government oppression, soars to Spirit World


Danny's wife Liz Blackgoat said, "It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my beloved husband, Danny Blackgoat. He left this world sometime Sunday night, Dec 18. His transition to spirit occurred on the land, at the place that he loved the most."


Danny K. Blackgoat passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, at the age of 70. He was born in Dinnebeto and grew up in the Big Mountain area. He attended Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, completing his bachelor’s degree.

December 22, 2022

Lakota Joye Braun and Ukrainian Climate Scientist Honored with Bold Activism Award




Joye Braun and Svitlana Romanko, Honored with Rose Braz Award for Bold Activism

2022 Award Goes to Ukrainian Climate Scientist, Late Indigenous Pipeline Fighter

By the Center for Biological Diversity
Dec. 22, 2022

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OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity today awarded the 2022 “Rose Braz Award for Bold Activism” to Svitlana Romanko and posthumously to the late Joye Braun.

Romanko is Ukraine’s leading climate scientist and a grassroots climate campaigner. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, she founded Razom We Stand and launched the Stand With Ukraine campaign with more than 820 groups. It calls on world leaders to end their fossil fuel dependence on Russia and phase out fossil fuels globally.