Sheep Dog Nation Rocks: Sovereign Dine' Nation Survival School

All Useless Politics Aside: Now, It's A Matter of the Future Generations, Pt. 2

By Sheep Dog Nation Rocks

 http://sheepdognationrocks.blogspot.com/2012/09/useless-politics-aside-now-its-matter.html

Big Mountain Dineh Country, Black Mesa, AZ - Of all the political activISM and some with lies about solidarity, love, peace, liberation, and elders especially in regards to the Big Mountain, the indigenous struggle that were based on sovereignty and wisdoms of the earth are not honored but instead are ignored. This being committed by both indigenous and non-Native volunteer "activists." What should be more alarming to the faith of indigenous sovereign survival is that the future generations and the innocent little ones are being left out of the whole picture of activISM! Every protest actions or outlining of politic strategies are normally designed for older teens, other categories of youths, urban Indians, and for American Indian minded registered voters.

There are no events of cultural empowerment and inspiration that I hear about that are geared toward the little children, our indigenous children. Sure I hear about school programs that are overseen by foreign governments and states. In terms of resistance and de-colonialization, adults and urban youths are all focused on or distracted by confronting the policies of injustice and racISM elsewhere but are not being carried out on the ancestral lands that we still occupy.

Today, a very few of us are putting together a two and half day gathering and celebration that is completely focused on the little children who are descendants of and/or related to the Big Mountain Dineh resistance to coal mining, global warming, genocide, and laws of relocation. On behalf of the few remaining elders in resistance and extended family members that value the continued occupation of our ancestral territories, I ask you to continue reading this very important information about supporting this celebration of: aboriginal status, treaty rights status and two days dedicated to the our little ones. Among the few activities provided for them, they will be assisted to be creative and learn about who they are and where they come from. [Nbyk, Sheepdog Media]
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Oklahoma Racism: Police desecrate Peace and Dignity Eagle Staff

     Photo credit S.P.I.R.I.T/Peace and Dignity Journeys 2012    

Update Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012

Hector Cerda, Peace and Dignity Journeys Route Coordinator and Runner, said in a statement, "Finally I am asking that Kay County Sherriff submit a written apology to the Peace and Dignity Journeys Runners, S.P.I.R.I.T. and all Native American folks of the state of Oklahoma for the desecration of our ceremonial staff. I also ask that they demonstrate how they are training their officers to learn about sacred ceremonial items that Native American tribes use during spiritual walks, runs and journeys that have been happening in this region since time immemorial."
Update read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/what-really-happened-kay-county-to-the-peace-dignity-journeys-runners
 

By Brenda Golden http://www.examiner.com/article/peace-dignity-journeys-s-runner-accosted-sacred-eagle-staff-desecrated

Posted with permission at Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

 

Please note and take action on the ridiculous treatment of our indigenous people in Oklahoma and the red-neck mentality toward our esteemed guest. A sacred Eagle  Staff desecrated and a runner handcuffed by local police near White Eagle!
Yesterday evening our Peace and Dignity Journeys Guests were accosted by the local police in Kay County according to Hector Cerda, the PDJ coordinator.
Cerda said the runners were coming into White Eagle, they were about three miles away. He was in the van picking up runners to take into the host site. This particular runner, a citizen of the Mohawk Nation, had been running by himself on Highway 177. When Cerda came upon the scene there was a police car with their lights on, two officers, a civilian vehicle partially blocking the roadway and the runner, handcuffed in the backseat of the police car.
The runner’s eagle staff lay on the ground off to the side.
According to Cerda, the police told him that they had received calls that there were “people running down the road with weapons and tomahawks”. The police said they feared for their safety because there had been a lot of break-ins in the area lately. When the officers came upon the runner they felt like they were in danger because he held the eagle staff in his hands. The staff is about 2 feet long, is painted red, has fur around it, topped with deer antlers and adorned with eagle feathers; an Eagle Staff.
The runner states the police drew their guns on him. There were two of them, one held a shot gun and the other a pistol. They then cuffed him and put him in the police vehicle. The police never asked any questions or inquired as to what the runner was doing with an eagle staff. Cerda himself, said he stood talking with the officers, his hands held high with his fingers apart because he felt threatened. The police asked Cerda for his name and date of birth, and ran a background check on him as well. After some time, both Cerda and the runner were released and allowed to leave the scene.
Deputy Chris Hand was the officer who apprehended the Peace & Dignity Journeys runner. Everette Van Hoesen is the Kay County Sheriff, Steve Kelley is Undersheriff, and their phone number is 580-362-2517.
We in Oklahoma state this mistreatment and harassment of our indigenous people should not be allowed to continue. At the very least, cultural awareness is severely lacking, not only in this case but across the state. This is typical of the type “law enforcement” our indigenous citizens endure in Oklahoma.
Please, as the brave warriors, who are running this mission to reunite the Eagle and Condor, for the purpose of “Water”, support them, encircle them with your presence and most of all protect them from this type of stupidity happening again.
 

American Indian Genocide Museum: Buffalo Soldiers and Genocide



Massacre at Wounded Knee

President of the American Indian Genocide Museum: Glorifying Buffalo Soldiers, who took part in the Massacre at Wounded Knee, is to glorify ethnic cleansing and genocide





Buffalo Soldier at Massacre at Wounded Knee

By Steve Melendez
Pyramid Lake Paiute
American Indian Genocide Museum
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

My name is Steve Melendez and I am the president of the American Indian Genocide Museum here in Houston, Texas. Currently we have been protesting the Buffalo Soldiers Museum, also located here in Houston.We are struggling to prevent the glorification of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
The Buffalo Soldiers take great pride in dressing up in Cavalry uniforms and parading around as if hunting our people down and forcing them onto reservations was at one time, the patriotic thing to do.
Dr. Quintard Taylor (who is black) of the University of Washington has put the whole situation in perspective when he said, "Here you have black men killing red men for the white man.”
Has it been forgotten that the Buffalo Soldiers were so recently emancipated from 200 years of slavery by the white man at the time?
Also, our museum has uncovered evidence that the earliest account of anyone ever claiming to have coined the phrase, 'Buffalo Soldiers' was by a white man.
Former Texas Ranger, Ed Carnal wrote,"At Fort Richardson were stationed what we Texans called the 'buffalo soldiers'-- U.S. negro troops." Ed Carnal died in 1921 at the age of 72. Thanks to Ed Carnal, we can put the bizarre myth to rest that our ancestors 'honored' those who hunted them with the name, "Buffalo Soldiers".
          How could things get so out of hand that such a thing is glorified? There must be a duty to remember.
Perhaps one day the American Indian Genocide Museum will be on the Mall in Washington D. C. with the Jewish Holocaust Museum.
         
Sincerely,
Steve Melendez
President -American Indian Genocide Museum

Rally trumpets progress in purchasing Sacred Land Pe’ Sla

Rally in Rapid City trumpets progress in purchasing Sacred Land, Pe’ Sla

 

Organizers stress that more funds are needed and Tribes must remain united

 

September 06, 2012

Press statement

Posted at Censored News

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RAPID CITY, S.D. -- On Wednesday, Sept. 5th, in downtown Rapid City, 250 supporters of the Native American Pe’ Sla Land Sale movement gathered to emphasize the continuing needs of the Sioux Nation in its effort to re-acquire land sacred to them in the Black Hills. The event was organized by the Last Real Indians and the Lakota People’s Law Project. Speakers included Attorney Chase Iron Eyes, fundraiser and spokesperson for the Pe’ Sla movement; Robin Lebeau, tribal councilwoman from the Cheyenne River Reservation; Tom Poorbear, vice-president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; and Scott Means, son of activist and actor Russell Means.

During the rally, art by Shepard Fairey and National Geographic Photographer Aaron Huey was displayed by marchers. The art read “The Black Hills Are Not For Sale," a reference to the U.S.’s current policy of ignoring the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) and the Sioux tribes’ refusal to accept compensation for the seized land. At a certain point in the rally, participants each took a 3’ x 2’ version of the Black Hills art by Fairey and Huey and marched out to Omaha St., where they lined themselves along the edge of Memorial Park, showcasing the posters to drivers and photo-journalists.

The Sioux speakers and organizers who led the rally emphasized that, while the tribes have put down a deposit on the 2000 acres of real estate in the Black Hills, the tribes must raise additional cash by the end of November to seal the land deal. Chase Iron Eyes said, “The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has placed earnest money down towards the purchase of Pe’ Sla, but it is not a victory yet—the fight isn’t over. But, this is a huge success, because it buys us time.” Iron Eyes and his organization, the Last Real Indians, have raised $325,386 through an Indiegogo account. This money by contract must go towards securing Pe’ Sla. The precise amount still required by the tribes for final purchase has not been released, though a press release from the tribes is expected any day.

In addition to emphasizing ongoing fundraising needs, speakers at the event trumpted the necessity that the tribes themselves remain united as they proceed in the land acquisition. Robin Lebeau said, “Something historic has happened. We have united as the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people when some said that we wouldn’t come together… I’m asking you [fellow tribal members] to call your presidents, your chairmen, your spiritual leaders, your treaty groups. We have to keep working to come together for Pe’ Sla.”

The art by Shepard Fairey and Aaron Huey used in the action was brought from California to South Dakota by the Lakota People’s Law Project, a nonprofit law firm based in Rapid City and Santa Cruz. Daniel Nelson, Secretary-Treasurer for the organization, said, “It has been our honor to support the Pe’ Sla movement by putting together actions in South Dakota and hand delivering art by Shepard Fairey and Aaron Huey.” Shepard Fairey is the artist who created the iconic, red and blue “Hope” poster for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, and Aaron Huey is the photo-journalist who helped author last month’s National Geographic cover story about the Pine Ridge Reservation.

The action Saturday was covered by Keloland TV and the Rapid City Journal.

Iron Eyes, Lebeau, and Huey invite interviews from journalists. To reach Lebeau or Huey, please use DanielPaul@LakotaLaw.org or 831-406-0349. For Iron Eyes use ChaseIronEyes@LastRealIndians.com