Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 8, 2018

Stand with Mashpee on Indigenous Peoples Day

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Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

This Indigenous Peoples Day we ask you to #StandWithMashpee and help us Protect the Mashpee Reservation and pass HR 5244 THE MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE RESERVATION REAFFIRMATION ACT. Congress has the ability to stop this now, and with our voices we can join together to stop this injustice. It is cruicial that you take action NOW and call or write to the Natrual Resource Committe and Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
Check out this link for PHONE NUMBERS and MAILING ADDRESSES: https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/standwithmashpee/
Thank you to everyone who came out on the 6th in support to walk with us. Be ready to join us and take this rally to Washington DC next month. More information to follow.
Special thanks to our speakers:
Romona Peters, Tribal Elder, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO)
Cedric Cromwell, Chairman
Jessie Little Doe Baird, Vice-Chairwoman
Hartman Deetz, Mashpee Wampanoag Citizen, Grass Roots Organizer
Michelle Cook, Dineh human rights lawyer And commissioner on the Navajo nation human rights commission
Mark K Tilsen, Oglala Lakota front line water protector who has stood with the Standing Rock Sioux and “No Bayou Bridge pipeline struggles
Filmed & Edited by Teena Pugliese
Drone Coverage
Nelson Andrews Jr
John Gonzalez

AIM West Events Nov. 2018

AIM West Events November 2018
Nov. 17 -- 18 AIM Summit
Nov. 21 -- Un-thanksgiving Dinner
Nov. 30 Red Blues Music
San Francisco 


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October 5, 2018

Supai InterTribal Gathering Underway 2018

Greetings from the Havasupai InterTribal Gathering. Photo courtesy Ofelia Rivas, O'odham (on right.)

Supai Youth Guardian. Photo by Ofelia Rivas.

The Havasupai Nation welcomes all to join Supai to oppose uranium mining in their homeland, the Grand Canyon, and celebrate the US Supreme Court decision upholding the 20-year ban on new uranium mining.
The gathering at Red Butte, on the south side of the Grand Canyon, continues through Sunday.
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Holy Mountain. Photo by Ofelia Rivas.


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Video -- Today's Interview with Mashpee Vice Chairman

 Watch today's live video on Facebook:
https://m.facebook.com/brenda.norrell.90