Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 11, 2026

Chaos in Minneapolis and St. Paul as ICE Terrorizes Communities: Women of Color Targeted



MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT: Tear gas blasted outside the site of ICE operations at Fort Snelling. It is the long time site of the removal and genocide of Dakota people. During the ICE raids this week, Jose Roberto Ramirez, was held here. Jose was beaten in the face for no reason during his arrest. The four Oglala Lakota arrested in the ICE raids have not been located. All five are U.S. citizens.
Ford Fischer reports tonight: "NOW: Federal agents deploy tear gas and sting balls against activists attempting to hold space on the street outside Whipple Building where ICE operations based here in Minneapolis." https://x.com/i/status/2010517949073740211


Protests continue in Minneapolis as ICE and U.S. Border Patrol agents target people of color with illegal brutal arrests and excessive force. ICE murdered Renee Nicole Good, legal observer and mother, on Wednesday. Photo credit: Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
Chaos in Minneapolis and St. Paul as ICE Terrorizes Communities: Women of Color Targeted


U.S. Border Patrol agents terrified the community, while breaking the window of a man at a gas station in St. Paul, dragging him out of his car, and firing pepper balls at community members. Video by Ford Fischer. 
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By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 11, 2026

Chaos is sweeping through Minneapolis and St. Paul, as out-of-control ICE and U.S. Border Patrol agents brutally arrest community members, break in doors, terrify children in homes, and pepper spray community members.

Native American women, and all women of color are being targeted in Minneapolis and other cities in the U.S., as the violent sweeps continue with disregard to whether people are U.S. citizens.

January 9, 2026

ICE Brutally Arresting Native Americans in Minneapolis

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Rachel Dionne-Thunder speaks during Friday's press conference. Screenshot Censored News.



ICE Brutally Arresting Native Americans in Minneapolis

"The real power is with the people, and with our connection to each other, and to the earth -- and that's what they are scared of." Rachel Dionne-Thunder.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 9, 2026
Updated article: Native women targeted by ICE

MINNEAPOLIS -- In a horrifying arrest, ICE punched Jose 'Beto' Roberto Ramirez, Red Lake Chippewa, and dragged him from his vehicle. As Ramirez was complying,  ICE hit him, as his aunt was screaming for help. 

Shawntia Sosa-Clara told her nephew to let the agents scan his face before an agent hit Ramirez. "Why did you hit him?" The video shows the ICE agent repeatedly punching Ramirez as Sosa-Clara screams.

January 8, 2026

ICE Murdered Legal Observer in Minneapolis -- Now Detaining Four Oglala Lakota in Migrant Sweeps

Renee Nicole Good, 37, the mother of three, was shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The family recently moved to Minneapolis from Colorado.

ICE Murdered Legal Observer in Minneapolis -- Now Detaining Four Oglala Lakota in Migrant Sweeps

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 8, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- Four Oglala Lakota are being detained by ICE in the migrant sweeps in Minnesota. This comes after ICE murdered legal observer Renee Nicole Good, 37, the mother of three and poet, who is originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado, in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Today, the U.S. Border Patrol shot a man and woman in Portland, Oregon, in the migrant sweeps in a targeted vehicle stop.

Oglala Lakota Illegally Detained by ICE in Minnesota

Oglala President Frank Star Comes Out said, "I have been made aware that ICE (Department of Homeland Security) has detained four of our tribal members in Minneapolis," Star Comes Out said late today.

Brave Heart Society Issues Urgent Warning on Artificial Intelligence and Data Centers

Faith Spotted Eagle, Ihanktonwan Dakota Oyate (Yankton, South Dakota)

Brave Heart Society Issues Urgent Warning on Artificial Intelligence and Data Centers

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 8, 2026

Faith Spotted Eagle, Ihanktonwan, delivered an urgent warning today about artificial intelligence and data centers, imperiling the future of our water.

"I come to you on this beautiful day with an urgent message. Many times in our past as Native people various messengers have come to warn us of frightening, hurtful invasions that are coming. There is one coming immediately -- and it is here and it is called artificial intelligence."