Turtle Mountain Chippewa Nation passes exclusion order for insulting author
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Council unanimously passed a resolution banning Rob Port from tribal lands for insulting comments about the tribe and its members posted on sayanything.com and published in the Dakota Beacon. The resolution was passed Thursday at 3 p.m.
The resolution states:
"WHEREAS, there has been no effort made on the part of the Dakota Beacon to retract the article, amidst numerous complaints by tribal members; and
WHEREAS, Rob Port, author of the article and webmaster of SayanythingBlog.com has made no effort to either retract or apologize to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, Rob Port, author of the aforementioned article and webmaster of SayAnythingBlog.com, be excluded and removed from all land on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in the State of North Dakota and from such other lands as may be acquired on behalf of said Tribe and be added thereto under the laws of the United States and pursuant to Title 39 of the Turtle Mountain Tribal Code, in order that the peace, health, political integrity, economic security and general welfare of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa be secured; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, Steve Cates, publisher of the Dakota Beacon, and Dakota Beacon, Inc. publicly retract the January 2007 article “The Appalling State of North Dakota Indian Reservations” by issuing a letter to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, with said letter placed by the tribe for publication in regional news outlets and issuance to each of the other tribes in the State of North Dakota; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be transmitted to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, North Dakota Congressional Delegation Members, the Governor of the State of North Dakota and the North Dakota State Indian Affairs Commission for follow-through, oversight and information."
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Here's Rob Port's response:
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/so_one_day_i_came_home_and_found_out_id_been_banned_from_an_indian_reservat/
KXMB CBS 12 Bismark:
http://www.kxmb.com/t/indian-reservation/122859.asp
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May 10, 2007
May 9, 2007
Reunion with Western Shoshone Corbin Harney in Nevada
(Corbin Harney at Nuclear Test Site 2006 Photo Deanna Taylor)
From Peace Camp, near the Nuclear Test Site:
May 9, 2007
Hello Everyone,
The Ceremony has already begun. We're in it now.
Thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts for the benefit of this Reunion with Corbin. He looks great. He sounds great. He's strong & positive. Please continue to send him loving energy and prayers. He says that's the only reason why he's alive, and we all know the power of prayer! Also, please include in your prayers, his caretaker Patricia, Poo Ha Bah, Shundahi Network, Johnnie Bob's Spirit Run and all the Elders & participants who are coming together this weekend to honor Corbin and protect all Life and Mother Earth.
Thank you for all the organizations, Spiritual People, activists and those who are contributing to the success of this event. Like Corbin always says, "We have to help each other and unite ourselves together. We have to work together and appreciate one another."
Please, everyone, come prepared to create a logistics and volunteer crew, as we have none.
We're so excited to see and be with all of you. Travel safely! Many Blessings.
Shundahai,
Julia Moon Sparrow
MOTHER’S DAY REUNION
WITH CORBIN
AT PEACE CAMP 2007
Thursday, May 10th
Wade’s kitchen arrives with Peter S. to Peace Camp.
Crew needed to assist at Peace Camp.
[15 people needed to set up shade tent.]
Building Sweat Lodge at Peace Camp. Lodge built by Johnnie Bobb and Spirit Runners – possible helpers needed.
Friday, May 11th
Sunrise Ceremony, Peace Camp.
Dinner by Wade / Ops Council
Special feature screening at sundown of “Trespassing”, courtesy of producer, Carlos DeMendez.
Shuttles needed for Elders, etc. who are staying at Cactus Springs for Sunrise Cermonies.
Sunrise Ceremony Sacred Fire to be continued night & day for all three days.
Fire keepers needed for Friday & Saturday nights.
Saturday, May 12th
Sunrise Ceremony, Peace Camp.
Welcome the Spirit Run. Lodge for Spirit Run participants, only. Breakfast. In shade tent: M/C: Honor Corbin Speakers: Corbin Harney, Katherine Blossom, Darlene Graham, Ernestine Moore, Anne Key, Julia Moon Sparrow, Willie Fragosa, Carlos DeMendez. Honoring Corbin Non-violence training for those who are line crossing and need or want training. Ceremony and speaking honoring those who’ve crossed over to Spirit World (led by Willy, location determined by Willy.
Dinner and Raffle (to provide fundraising for Gathering expenses.) Shuttles needed for Elders, etc. who are staying at Cactus Springs for Sunrise Cermonies.
Sunday May 13th
Sunrise Ceremony. Note: All Sweat Lodge participants to arrive at Sunrise Ceremony with appropriate Sweat Lodge clothing layered underneath. Bring towels to Sunrise Ceremony. Water will be provided outside of Lodge afterward. Sweat Lodge conducted by Darlene immediately after sunrise. No changing of clothes, or waiting for late comers.
Breakfast at Peace Camp. Corbin to Bless the People before procession to the front gate.
Procession. Front Gate Activities, at the line and lunch
From Peace Camp, near the Nuclear Test Site:
May 9, 2007
Hello Everyone,
The Ceremony has already begun. We're in it now.
Thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts for the benefit of this Reunion with Corbin. He looks great. He sounds great. He's strong & positive. Please continue to send him loving energy and prayers. He says that's the only reason why he's alive, and we all know the power of prayer! Also, please include in your prayers, his caretaker Patricia, Poo Ha Bah, Shundahi Network, Johnnie Bob's Spirit Run and all the Elders & participants who are coming together this weekend to honor Corbin and protect all Life and Mother Earth.
Thank you for all the organizations, Spiritual People, activists and those who are contributing to the success of this event. Like Corbin always says, "We have to help each other and unite ourselves together. We have to work together and appreciate one another."
Please, everyone, come prepared to create a logistics and volunteer crew, as we have none.
We're so excited to see and be with all of you. Travel safely! Many Blessings.
Shundahai,
Julia Moon Sparrow
MOTHER’S DAY REUNION
WITH CORBIN
AT PEACE CAMP 2007
Thursday, May 10th
Wade’s kitchen arrives with Peter S. to Peace Camp.
Crew needed to assist at Peace Camp.
[15 people needed to set up shade tent.]
Building Sweat Lodge at Peace Camp. Lodge built by Johnnie Bobb and Spirit Runners – possible helpers needed.
Friday, May 11th
Sunrise Ceremony, Peace Camp.
Dinner by Wade / Ops Council
Special feature screening at sundown of “Trespassing”, courtesy of producer, Carlos DeMendez.
Shuttles needed for Elders, etc. who are staying at Cactus Springs for Sunrise Cermonies.
Sunrise Ceremony Sacred Fire to be continued night & day for all three days.
Fire keepers needed for Friday & Saturday nights.
Saturday, May 12th
Sunrise Ceremony, Peace Camp.
Welcome the Spirit Run. Lodge for Spirit Run participants, only. Breakfast. In shade tent: M/C: Honor Corbin Speakers: Corbin Harney, Katherine Blossom, Darlene Graham, Ernestine Moore, Anne Key, Julia Moon Sparrow, Willie Fragosa, Carlos DeMendez. Honoring Corbin Non-violence training for those who are line crossing and need or want training. Ceremony and speaking honoring those who’ve crossed over to Spirit World (led by Willy, location determined by Willy.
Dinner and Raffle (to provide fundraising for Gathering expenses.) Shuttles needed for Elders, etc. who are staying at Cactus Springs for Sunrise Cermonies.
Sunday May 13th
Sunrise Ceremony. Note: All Sweat Lodge participants to arrive at Sunrise Ceremony with appropriate Sweat Lodge clothing layered underneath. Bring towels to Sunrise Ceremony. Water will be provided outside of Lodge afterward. Sweat Lodge conducted by Darlene immediately after sunrise. No changing of clothes, or waiting for late comers.
Breakfast at Peace Camp. Corbin to Bless the People before procession to the front gate.
Procession. Front Gate Activities, at the line and lunch
On the road in Montana Indian country
Please watch for an upcoming series that I'll be posting from Montana Indian lands.
Best, Brenda
Best, Brenda
May 5, 2007
Indigenous Alliance Without Borders
Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras Gathering
Indigenous Peoples' communities and their aboriginal territories are dissected by the international border from Texas to California, including the Kickapoo, Tigua, Yaqui, O'odham, Cocopah, Pima, Yavapai, Apache and Kumeyaay
By Christina Leza
Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras
TUCSON, Ariz. -- On Saturday April 28th the Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras/Indigenous Alliance Without Borders held a gathering for its members in Tucson, Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico international border in the Southwestern United States. The gathering was attended by both Alianza members and staff, as well as invited members of indigenous and human rights organizations and local indigenous communities. Representatives of the indigenous peoples community development organization Tonatierra were present to talk about their work in the international indigenous movement and its relationship to the indigenous border rights issues addressed by the Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras. Tupac Enrique Acosta of Tonatierra also delivered a message from Gerald One Feather of the Oceti Sakowin (Lakota Nation) inviting the Alianza and the Yaqui people to a Seven Council Fires ceremonial event in July to discuss shared goals in gaining recognition for indigenous rights of passage across U.S. international borders. At this recent Alianza gathering, the need to establish a North-South U.S. indigenous border alliance was discussed as a critical goal for developing policy recommendations that address the rights of indigenous peoples along U.S. borders.
The Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras is an indigenous grassroots organization comm
itted to promoting respect and protection of indigenous rights for indigenous peoples on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly rights of mobility and passage for members of indigenous communities divided by the southern international border. The Alianza was founded in August of 1997, when indigenous peoples on the southern border gathered in the lands of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Southern Arizona to discuss U.S. border crossing policies impacting indigenous communities along the border. Since this time, the alliance formed of individual tribal community members has worked to protect the rights of indigenous ceremonial participants to safely move across the border that now divides formerly united indigenous communities. Since the tragedy of 9/11, policies to heighten U.S. border security have increased the difficulty of indigenous community members to maintain their rights of passage and traditional ties to their communities. U.S. southern indigenous nations affected by such policies include the Kumeyaay in California, the Cocopah, the Tohono O’odham, the Akimel O’Odham, and the Yavapai-Apache in Arizona, and the Kickapoo in Texas. To better secure safe border passage for members in these communities, the Alianza discussed plans to conduct Know Your Rights workshops within indigenous communities in Sonora, Mexico and strengthen connections to indigenous councils and organizations in Mexico. The organization also discussed plans to hold passport application workshops for U.S. tribal members along the southern border in preparation for new U.S. international travel requirements beginning in January 2008 that will require presentation of a valid passport from anyone crossing between the U.S. and Mexico by land or sea, in addition to travel by air—a requirement that will severely affect border indigenous community members who travel across the border regularly to maintain family and community ties.
Following the gathering, two members of the Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras further addressed such policy issues as part of a discussion panel on indigenous border issues that concluded the “Braving Borders Building Bridges: A Journey for Human Rights” tour hosted by the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) in partnership with the Coalicíon de Derechos Humanos and the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Alianza panel members Anabel Galindo and David Jaimez, also of the Yoeme Commission for Human Rights on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation, along with Tohono O’odham activist Ofelia Rivas of O’odham Voice Against the Wall, spoke of human rights violations against indigenous peoples along the border. Such discussions between human rights organizations is significant, as the Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras Project Director Jose Matus recently stated, “The social change and justice movement must come together as one human movement and develop alliances with indigenous rights, immigrant rights, LGBT, labor, religious groups, youth, and other people of color human/civil rights movements to foster leadership development in order to promote common purposes, mutual support and resource sharing among organizations.” Also discussed at the Alianza gathering were plans to increase communication with indigenous community members and activist organizations to create a resolution for an indigenous “Border Justice Campaign” plan of action.
On the following Saturday, May 5th, a staff representative of the Alianza and Ofelia Rivas of O’odham Voice Against the Wall also spoke with Jorge Bustamante, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, during a visit to Tucson by Mr. Bustamante to hear testimonies of human rights abuses on the southern border. The fact that many of the migrants who are criminalized for their passage through unauthorized ports of entry to the U.S. or who die in the Sonora desert attempting this entry are indigenous peoples from throughout Latin America whose potential earnings in the U.S. contribute to the economic and cultural survival of their home communities was addressed during this discussion. Also addressed was the difficulty of obtaining U.S. support and recognition for existing international law supporting rights of international passage for the cultural and economic activities of indigenous peoples, such as ILO Convention 169 which expressly states the responsibility of governments, “to take appropriate measures, including by means of international agreements, to facilitate contacts and co-operation between indigenous and tribal peoples across borders,” (International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, Part VII, “Contacts and Co-operation Across Borders,” Article 32 1991). Mr. Bustamente promised to deliver information provided by representatives of both indigenous organizations to Professor Rodolfo Stavenhagen, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras is an indigenous grassroots organization comm
itted to promoting respect and protection of indigenous rights for indigenous peoples on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly rights of mobility and passage for members of indigenous communities divided by the southern international border. The Alianza was founded in August of 1997, when indigenous peoples on the southern border gathered in the lands of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Southern Arizona to discuss U.S. border crossing policies impacting indigenous communities along the border. Since this time, the alliance formed of individual tribal community members has worked to protect the rights of indigenous ceremonial participants to safely move across the border that now divides formerly united indigenous communities. Since the tragedy of 9/11, policies to heighten U.S. border security have increased the difficulty of indigenous community members to maintain their rights of passage and traditional ties to their communities. U.S. southern indigenous nations affected by such policies include the Kumeyaay in California, the Cocopah, the Tohono O’odham, the Akimel O’Odham, and the Yavapai-Apache in Arizona, and the Kickapoo in Texas. To better secure safe border passage for members in these communities, the Alianza discussed plans to conduct Know Your Rights workshops within indigenous communities in Sonora, Mexico and strengthen connections to indigenous councils and organizations in Mexico. The organization also discussed plans to hold passport application workshops for U.S. tribal members along the southern border in preparation for new U.S. international travel requirements beginning in January 2008 that will require presentation of a valid passport from anyone crossing between the U.S. and Mexico by land or sea, in addition to travel by air—a requirement that will severely affect border indigenous community members who travel across the border regularly to maintain family and community ties.Following the gathering, two members of the Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras further addressed such policy issues as part of a discussion panel on indigenous border issues that concluded the “Braving Borders Building Bridges: A Journey for Human Rights” tour hosted by the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) in partnership with the Coalicíon de Derechos Humanos and the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Alianza panel members Anabel Galindo and David Jaimez, also of the Yoeme Commission for Human Rights on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation, along with Tohono O’odham activist Ofelia Rivas of O’odham Voice Against the Wall, spoke of human rights violations against indigenous peoples along the border. Such discussions between human rights organizations is significant, as the Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras Project Director Jose Matus recently stated, “The social change and justice movement must come together as one human movement and develop alliances with indigenous rights, immigrant rights, LGBT, labor, religious groups, youth, and other people of color human/civil rights movements to foster leadership development in order to promote common purposes, mutual support and resource sharing among organizations.” Also discussed at the Alianza gathering were plans to increase communication with indigenous community members and activist organizations to create a resolution for an indigenous “Border Justice Campaign” plan of action.
On the following Saturday, May 5th, a staff representative of the Alianza and Ofelia Rivas of O’odham Voice Against the Wall also spoke with Jorge Bustamante, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, during a visit to Tucson by Mr. Bustamante to hear testimonies of human rights abuses on the southern border. The fact that many of the migrants who are criminalized for their passage through unauthorized ports of entry to the U.S. or who die in the Sonora desert attempting this entry are indigenous peoples from throughout Latin America whose potential earnings in the U.S. contribute to the economic and cultural survival of their home communities was addressed during this discussion. Also addressed was the difficulty of obtaining U.S. support and recognition for existing international law supporting rights of international passage for the cultural and economic activities of indigenous peoples, such as ILO Convention 169 which expressly states the responsibility of governments, “to take appropriate measures, including by means of international agreements, to facilitate contacts and co-operation between indigenous and tribal peoples across borders,” (International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, Part VII, “Contacts and Co-operation Across Borders,” Article 32 1991). Mr. Bustamente promised to deliver information provided by representatives of both indigenous organizations to Professor Rodolfo Stavenhagen, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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