Dine' Michelle Cook: Divestment in a Time of Monsters

Speaking on divestment and the oppression of Indigenous women, Michelle Cook, Dine', said, "Now is a time of Monsters -- but it is also a time of Monster Slayers." Screenshot Censored News.

Today's presentation featured a video of an Indigenous women's delegation to Europe, confronting Credit Suisse, during resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock. Screenshot Censored News.

Dine' Michelle Cook Speaks on Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 26, 2025

Dr. Michelle Cook, Dine', founder of Divest Invest Protect, spoke on divestment and transitioning away from fossil fuels, during the Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice, featuring 125 women during six days.

Indigenous women are finally being brought to the center of these places of power, Cook said.

"We're still in this moment of crisis -- right now."

Speaking on the importance of divestment, she said, "We are on the brink of collapse."

'We Are Medicine People' Women of the World Speak on Climate Justice

'We Are Medicine People' 

Women of the World Speak on Climate Justice

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 25, 2025

"We are the medicine people," said Dr. Vivian Tatiana Camacho Hinojosa, Quechua in Bolivia, speaking on the Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice, among 125 women from 50 countries sharing knowledge and strength for six days.

"Diversity is the strength of our people, diversity is the strength of life."

Mohawk Nation News 'The Balance Sheet'

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State of Nevada Issues 'Cease and Desist' to Lithium Nevada on Groundwateer Pumping for Thacker Pass Mine

Dean Barlese, Paiute, defending the Massacre Site from lithium drilling in 2023. Photo courtesy Protect Thacker Pass

State of Nevada rules against Canadian company's use of groundwater for drilling for lithium at Peehee Mu'huh Paiute Massacre Site

"Cattle rancher Edward Bartell waited patiently to take pictures of Lithium Nevada pumping water from a well the mining company had recently lost the right to use," the Nevada Current reports.

The state sent the mining company a cease and desist order Friday.

"The Nevada Division of Water Resources, which manages public waters in the state, said Lithium Nevada continued using the well despite being notified in April that their water permits were n longer valid." 

Continue reading:

https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/06/26/state-orders-lithium-mine-to-stop-unauthorized-water-pumping-citing-rancher-dispute/