Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

August 23, 2013

Mohawk John Kane: Radio and TV Sun, Aug 26, 2013

Native American commentator John Kane will dominate mainstream radio and TV in two U.S. media markets on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2013

By Liz Hill

WASHINGTON – On Sunday, Aug. 26, Native American radio and television commentator John Kane will be featured on mainstream commercial radio and TV throughout the day in two U.S. media markets: Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minn. and Buffalo, N.Y.

At 6:30 a.m. EDT/5:30 a.m. CDT and 7 a.m. EDT/6 a.m. CDT, Kane will be a guest on “The Martha Fast Horse Show,” a 1/2-hour public and cultural affairs talk show hosted by Martha Fast Horse (Rosebud Sicangu Lakota). 

Judge lifts order blocking increased Trinity River releases in Hoopa region

Photo by Dan Bacher

Judge lifts order blocking increased Trinity River releases 

by Dan Bacher 

In a significant victory for salmon, a federal judge in Fresno today issued a decision lifting a temporary restraining order blocking increased releases of Trinity Reservoir water into the Trinity River to prevent a fish kill on the lower Klamath River. 

The decision by U.S. District Judge Lawrence O'Neill came after a two -day court hearing and days of protests from a large group of Hoopa Valley Tribal members. Over 60 Tribal members protested in Fresno, California at the Westlands Water District board meeting on Tuesday and outside the Fresno courtroom and in Sacramento, California outside a fisheries hearing at the California State Capital building on Wednesday

August 22, 2013

Hoopa Valley Protest: Feds give away fish water to same growers suing over Trinity releases


Photo of Hoopa Valley Tribe protest against Westlands Water District on August 21 by Dan Bacher.

Feds give away fish water to same growers suing over Trinity releases 

by Dan Bacher 

Over 60 members of the Hoopa Valley Tribe rallied in front of the federal courthouse in Fresno on August 21 as U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill held a hearing regarding the temporary restraining order obtained by Westlands Water District and the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority to block a plan to increase flows on the Trinity River. 

Censored on the US Border: Howard Buffett's $6 million donation

The most censored by the mainstream media: US Border Patrol running drugs, abusing Indigenous Peoples on the border

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Updated Aug. 23, 2013
The Runner News: Tohono O'odham Police purchased armored tank

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- The truth about the US Border seldom appears in print. However, reporter David Morgan has exposed a $6 million "anonymous" donation from the Howard G Buffett Foundation to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office and Sierra Vista Police Department. The donation was originally listed as coming from "an anonymous" donor until Morgan filed a public information request.