Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 3, 2018

NOW! Warriors Shut Down Enbridge Line 3 Southern Manitoba



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Pipeline work halted northwest of Morden

NOW! Women Shut Down Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Scale Crane and Lock Down


NOW! Three Women Have Shut Down Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Scaled a Crane and Locked Down

By L'eau Est La Vie Camp - No Bayou Bridge
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BREAKING. A crane moving pipes into place for the Bayou Bridge Pipeline has been SHUT DOWN. A woman of color has scaled the 50 foot tall crane while two indigenous women have locked down to the base of it. Police are on the scene. This action is taking place in the Atchafalaya Basin at one of the last sites where pipes have not yet been laid out for Bayou Bridge. Show support for these brave protectors who are putting their bodies on the line to stop the tail end of the Dakota Access Pipeline

DONATE to help cover legal costs: gofundme.com/nobbp ORGANIZE a solidarity action. Find targets at: www.NoBayouBridge.global JOIN US at Camp by emailing resist@nobbp.org with your name, phone number, why you want to come to camp, when you will be arriving and how long you plan on staying. We will respond with the directions to camp and what to bring. More updates coming soon. Censored News www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

October 1, 2018

US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Industry Challenge to Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban



Supai Gathering Opposing Uranium Mining at Red Butte. Photo by Brenda Norrell.
French translation by Christine Prat at:
http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=4700
Center for Biological Diversity
For Immediate Release, October 1, 2018
Contact: Abbie Fink, HMA Public Relations, 602-957-8881 x 208, afink@HMAPR.com (for the Havasupai Tribe)
Ted Zukoski, Earthjustice, (303) 641-3149, tzukoski@earthjustice.org
Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Trust, (928) 890-7515, rclark@graqndcanyontrust.org
Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club, (602) 999-5790, sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
Kevin Dahl, National Parks Conservation Association, (520) 603-6430, kdahl@npca.org
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Industry Challenge to Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the mining industry’s challenge to the 20-year ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.
The National Mining Association and the American Exploration and Mining Association claimed the Interior Department’s ban is based on an unconstitutional provision of federal law. Today’s decision means that the Supreme Court will not review December’s appeals court decision that rejected industry arguments and upheld the ban.
The Havasupai Tribe and a coalition of conservation groups, who helped successfully defend the ban in lower courts, praised the decision.
“The lands in and around the Grand Canyon have always been the homeland of the Havasupai People,” said Muriel Coochwytewa, chairwoman of the tribe. “Our ancestors lived and died amongst the sacred sites that cover this land. The mineral withdrawal is a necessary way to protect the land and the water that our people and our village depend upon, and we are grateful that the Supreme Court has agreed with the 9th Circuit’s conclusion ― that our lands and our people must be preserved.”
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Grand Canyon Guardians Gather at Red Butte, Oct. 4 -- 7, 2018




Grand Canyon Guardians gather at Red Butte

By Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Program Director
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Also listen to the song of Tiny Hanna, at the 2009 gathering, recorded by Censored News
.https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2009/07/havasupai-singing-away-uranium-mining.html?m=1

The Havasupai Tribal Council is inviting Native American neighbors and the general public to gather at Red Butte for four days this fall, October 4-7, 2018, for an intertribal spiritual gathering to protect their Grand Canyon homeland from uranium mining contamination.

Why gather at Red Butte?
For first-time participants, these periodic gatherings near the southern gateway to Grand Canyon National Park offer a crash course in listening and learning.