WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – On Tuesday, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer were informed by the Navajo Department of Health that a 46-year-old member of the Navajo Nation with recent travel history tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, which is the first confirmed case involving a member of the Navajo Nation.
The Arizona Department of Health confirmed the positive test result from an individual from the community of Chilchinbeto, Ariz., who first reported their symptoms to the Kayenta Health Center in Kayenta, Ariz. The individual was taken to a hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. where the test was conducted. Health and emergency officials are taking the proper precautions to screen and isolate the person’s family members.
Photo courtesy Russ Diabo. TINY HOUSE WARRIORS HUMAN RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM Participants Michelle Cook, Dine, Water Protectors Legal Collective, Arizona and Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’moks
Live Saturday afternoon: Haida Leader Guujaw, Gitxsan Kirby Muldoe & Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’moks in Kamloops, Secwepemc Territory
Photo Russ Diabo, Mohawk, on Twitter.
TINY HOUSE WARRIORS HUMAN RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM opened by Salmon Chief and Manuel family!
(Below) Morning panel photo by Russ Diabo on Twitter.
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Photo courtesy Mayuk Manuel "Thank you Salmon Chief Kukstsemc for sharing the knowledge and love for our Indigenous Language. Our Language is our Law."
Saturday, March 14: Human Rights Symposium with Secwepemc Tiny House Warriors in Kamloops, B.C. Govinda Dalton is broadcasting.
Watch, or join the conversation, by way of the Zoom app. Now streaming: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/2535659585 Meeting ID: 253 565 9585 This morning: Chair, Shiri Pasternak, Yellowhead Institute Beatrice Hunter, Labrador Land Protectors Suzanne Patles, Mi'kmaq Warrior Society Anne Spice (Tlingit), Eve Saint (Wet’suwet’en) - Arrested at Gidim’ten Access Pt Sam McKay, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Irina Ceric, Kwatlen Polytechnic Institute Chris Albinati, Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Law
Wet'suwet'en Eve Saint gave a powerful talk this morning.
Wet'suwet'en Eve Saint
The gathering began with a prayer song, followed by Doreen Manuel, aunt of Kanahus Manuel speaking. Beatrice Hunter followed with a heartfelt talk on the defense of Muskrat Falls.
Inuk Beatrice Hunter appears in provincial court in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Friday, after spending more than a week behind bars at HMP in St. John's.(Katie Breen/CBC)
Secwepemc Filmmaker Doreen ManuelGovinda's live broadcast began, while people were arriving, as he talked with Michelle Cook, Dine' lawyer and co-founder of the Water Protector Legal Collective.
Schedule and Agenda
Symposium and Human Rights Delegation to Tiny House Warriors Camp
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Hosted by: Tiny House Warriors (THW), the Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (INET), and the
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, “Reconciling Sovereignties: Techniques of Authorizing ‘Consent’ on Indigenous Lands”
Throughout this gathering, filmmaker Doreen Manuel will be documenting the event and conducting interviews on behalf of the Yellowhead Institute. We will also have radio producers from Nuxalk Radio and will be livestreaming the event through Earth Cycles. Our communications team will also be recording minutes of the panels. Our intention is to use this documentation for Indigenous and human rights advocacy and a formal land defense human rights report. Before any statements are published, we will seek consent of participants. If you would not like to be recorded in any medium, please indicate this before you speak and we will respect your privacy.
Schedule Overview
Saturday March 14, 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
Location: Thompson Rivers University, Grand Hall
Campus Activity Centre, 1055 University Drive, Kamloops, BC, Canada
9am Welcome to the territory, Manuel Family & Salmon Chief
9.30 - 11.00 Injunctions
Chair, Shiri Pasternak, Yellowhead Institute
Irina Ceric, Kwatlen Polytechnic Institute
Beatrice Hunter, Labrador Land Protectors
Chris Albinati, Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Law
Suzanne Patles, Mi'kmaq Warrior Society
Anne Spice (Tlingit), Eve Saint (Wet’suwet’en) - Arrested at Gidim’ten Access Pt
Sam McKay, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI)
11.15 - 1.00 Indigenous Human Rights: the International Struggle
Chair, Sca7cis Manuel
Seanna Howard, U of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program
Russell Diabo, Mohawk policy analyst, Seventh Generation representative
Lanakila Manguail, Maunakea leader, Hawaii
Michelle Cook, Dine, Water Protectors Legal Collective, Arizona
1.00 - 2.00 LUNCH PROVIDED
2.00 - 3.15 Climate & Capitalism
Chair, Harsha Walia, NOII
Eugene Kung, West Coast Environmental Law
Avi Lewis, LEAP
Troy Cochrane, Independent Economist
Tara Houska, Anishinaabe, Giniw Collective in Minnesota
Nigel Robinson, Indigenous Climate Action
3.30 - 5.00 Indigenous Land Defense Strategy
Chair, Kanahus Manuel, Tiny House Warriors
Denzel Sutherland-Wilson, Gitxsan
Reuben George, Tsleil Waututh
Pam Palmater, Mik’maq
Indigenous youth reps leading solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
Mayuk and Snutetkwe Manuel, Isha Jules, Secwepemc Tiny House Warriors (video feed)
FEAST and EVENING PANEL
6:00 pm - 7 pm Bison Stew Feast
7pm - 9pm Evening Cultural Event and Speakers
Christi Belcourt, Métis
Savage Family
Sister Helping One Another (drum group)
Sunday March 15, 2020
The Tiny House Warriors and Secwepemc will also lead a delegation to travel to the Tiny House Warriors villages in Blue River and Moonbeam, Secwepemc Territory and learn more about how this group of Secwepemc land and water defenders struggle for land and self-determination on the ground to protect their territory from the Trans Mountain Pipeline.
Location: Blue River: Located near Clearwater, BC - approx. 1.5 hr drive north of
Kamloops; approx. 5 hr drive from Vancouver; the closest airport is in Kamloops, BC.
Schedule: Meet at 9.30am at Ramada Inn parking lot; Caravan to Blue River
Aim to arrive at Blue River by lunch-time
Lunch served at Blue River
Tiny House Warriors will lead delegation and discussion until 5pm
Some people may stay at Blue River, others may drive back to Kamloops. We will
work to make sure all of these options are available to people and coordinate rides.
San Carlos Apache Naelyn Pike testifies to Save Oak Flat, before a Congressional committee on Thursday in Washington. Photo by Steve Pavey.
Apache Naelyn Pike Standing Strong for Native Youths in Washington: 'We will not be silenced' Article by Brenda Norrell Photos by Steve Pavey French translation by Christine Prat Censored News
WASHINGTON -- Apache Naelyn Pike of the Apache Stronghold testified during a Congressional hearing to Save Oak Flat, sounding out a loud message that Apaches will not be silenced and the youths will fight for their future.
“I am proud to be a member of the Apache Stronghold," Pike testified on Thursday. "Through massacre, forced removal from the land, and sending children to far-off boarding schools, the United States has tried to stifle Native voices and suppress our culture. I am here today to say that the next generation will not be silenced. Native youth understand that it is now our responsibility to stand together proudly and ensure our culture is protected for our children and our children's children."
Pike said Apache ceremonies are carried out at sacred land at Oak Flat. This sacred place would be destroyed by the proposed Resolution Copper Mine, as the result of the United States' back door deal.
