Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

February 21, 2024

'Spaces of Exception' Resistance to the Fat Takers, from Native Lands to Palestine

 








(Above) Spaces of Exception, screenshots by Censored News.


'Spaces of Exception' Resistance to the Fat Takers, from Native Lands to Palestine

Places defined by their historical and spiritual resistance

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Feb. 21, 2024

"We might be the ones holding the knife -- but it is the state that is the one who is still killing us." Those are the words of Klee Benally, in 'Spaces of Exception."

"In the Navajo language, there is no word for relocation, it means to disappear and never be seen again."

February 17, 2024

Celebrating the Ward Valley Victory in Photos 2024


Celebrating the Victory at Ward Valley 26 Years Ago: Halting a Nuclear Waste Dump and Protecting the Desert Tortoise, Ancient Running Trails, and the Mojave Desert
Photos by Greenaction, Feb. 17, 2024

February 16, 2024

Apache Stronghold Oak Flat Run, Feb. 15 -- 18, 2024



Today, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 -- Day 3 of the Oak Flat March.
Runners will begin this morning’s journey to Oak Flat after morning prayers. Photos courtesy Apache Stronghold.

Federal Officials Reject Arizona Pump Projects Targeting Black Mesa


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Federal Officials Reject Three Huge Arizona Pump Storage Projects Targeting Black Mesa

Decades of coal mining have already depleted Black Mesa aquifers and their connected seeps and springs.

Tó Nizhóní Ání Feb. 15, 2024, Censored News
Translation into French by Christine Prat

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Heeding widespread community and Tribal opposition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied preliminary permit applications today for three proposed hydropower projects southeast of Kayenta on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. In denying the applications, commissioners announced a new policy of not issuing permits for projects on Tribal lands without Tribal support.