'Obelisk Down!' Poem by Simon Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo

By SIMON J. ORTIZ
Censored News

Wow!
Just like that.
With ropes.
Pulled by human hands?
Yeah, I believe it.
I've stood by it. And I can imagine it.
Hand on rope. Pulling. Pulling hard.
Obelisk on a concrete form. Or stone form.
Ropes tough. Hands tough. Numbers of people.
An obelisk of conquest. Spanish first. Americans second.
Power of foreigners. Is not enough. People at present.
Santa Fe residents. A mixture of Americans.
Indigenous. Anglos. Anglos? White people is what's meant.
Indigenous peoples. Locals and from other parts of the Americas.
Pull the ropes harder. Heavy shit. Obelisk and cement and stone.
Pullllll. Yeah, we can do it!
You can do it.
Conquest pulled down.
Take it to the city dump.
Dump it.
Or just leave it and Earth will reclaim it.
You can do it.

Oct 12/20
Indigenous Day 2020
Simon J. Ortiz
Not to be republished/reprinted without permission
Copyright Simon J. Ortiz

The racist obelisk on Santa Fe Plaza was torn down today. Thank you Acoma Pueblo poet and author Simon Ortiz for allowing Censored News to publish your poem.

Mohawk Nation News 'History: Mohawk Activism in the 60s, Audio'

 

HISTORY: MOHAWK ACTIVISM IN THE 60s, AUDIO

Posted on October 12, 2020

tosa serihon ne sarasehtsen tanon ohni ne sewatenrosonha tanon ne tehsewariwayenawakonneh teyonsanikonharen.

MNN. 12 OCT. 2020. 

http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2020/10/12/history-mohawk-activism-in-the-60s/

In 1968 the ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL CONFERENCE sent me and a Chicano to deliver the following message to Rev. Ralph Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference held in Washington D.C.

and to attend the funeral of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington Cemetary. 

THE LETTER TO REV. ABERNATHY…

file:///Users/kahentinetha/Downloads/MSS%20654,%20BOX%2032,%20FOLDER%202%20(1).pdf

 Listen at:

http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2020/10/12/history-mohawk-activism-in-the-60s/

AUDIO OF THE LETTER … 

Audio Player

http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2020/10/12/history-mohawk-activism-in-the-60s/

00:00

00:00

Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.

nia’wen tsi wasewata’honsat

This letter set the course of the relationship of the three movements, AIM, Chicanos and the Black People. 

 

 

 

 

I could have been Joe Cocker singing this song: “Give me a ticket for an aeroplane. I  ain’t got time to take no fast train. Lonely days are gone, and I’m headed home, Whoa, cause my baby wrote me a letter”. 

.”

MNN Mohawk Nation News kahentinetha2@protonmail.com  For, books, workshops, to donate and sign up for MNN newsletters, go to MNN Archives.  Address:  Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0′

MALCOLM X “THE BALLOT OR THE BULLET” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zLQLUpNGsc

 

Posted in Great Peace/Law / kaianereh'kowa / Democracy / Two-row /, Indian Act/Federal Indian Law, INDIAN AFFAIRS | Tagged 1990 Mohawk Oka Crisis, AIM-CHICANOS-BLACK MOVEMENTS 1960S, Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy 1968, Canada's Demonic extinction of indigenous by framework and reconciliation, Film "The Gene Hunters", Great Law/two row justice, Hidden Power - Secret of the Indian Ring, Human Genome Diversity Project, Indian Affairs war room, Indian Lands Acts Oct. 25 1924, Joe Cocker "The Letter", Kaianere'ko:wa, MNN Systemic Hatred, Onondaga 15 vs. Indian Detail 1997, PLANNED EXTINCTION PART 2 - FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT How Canada Plans to Continue to Live Off the Avails of Crime – It’s Obvious the Colonial Settlers Don’t Belong on turtle island, POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN 1968, Presidential Debate, REV. RALPH ABERNATHY, Two Row Agreement, two row justice v. united states world court, UN Agenda 21 Agenda 30 | Leave a reply

Happi American Horse struggling with COVID-19

Article by Brenda Norrell

Censored News

Happi American Horse, who locked down at Standing Rock, has been struggling to survive coronavirus in ICU in a Sioux Falls hospital.  Happi's mother Cheryl Angel, who has recovered from the virus, shares her message.

Happi sends this update on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2020:

“Hey everyone as you know last Tuesday I was in a flight for life to Sanford ICU Center here in Sioux Falls. I can't breathe on my own but finally, after who knows how many days it's been I have been transferred out of the ICU wing into a lower level. Although this is good news I am still not out of it and would like to thank everyone who shared and laid some prayers down for me. It means so much thanks for all the care you have shown and please continue to support! It's difficult for me to type at the moment and will leave that to others for more updates until I can do so on my own. I wish I could express more from my heart to yours but the heart has no tongue...oho mitakuye oyasin

In a video message on Facebook, Cheryl Angel sends thanks to everyone praying for her son Happi American Horse, who is hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia. Happi is getting stronger.

Cheryl who has recovered from coronavirus said it is so difficult not to be with loved ones when they are sick. She describes how alone she felt when she was sick with the virus.

"I cried," she said.

"I prayed for energy."

Cheryl said Standing Rock changed her life.

In this two-week prayer vigil on Facebook live, Cheryl shares a song, "Water is Life." She reminds us that we have one another and to remember our friends and relatives who need help now more than ever.

Cheryl and Happi are Sicangu Lakota from Rosebud, South Dakota.

Broadcast live in 2016, Debra White Plume describes how the women cried to see how Happi suffered during this lockdown in defense of the water. 

Listen to Debra White Plume

Photos: Happi locked down during the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016. Photo 2: Happi's mom Cheryl Angel sharing a video message today.

Navajo Nation approves hardship assistance to Navajos with federal funds received four months ago

Dine' volunteers struggle to raise their own funds and deliver aid to fellow Dine'. 

Photos by volunteers Mercury Bitsuie, Bitahnii Wilson

Navajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief by Cassandra Begay.

Navajo government approves coronavirus hardship assistance with CARES Act funds.

Now, 564 Navajos have died from the virus.

Brenda Norrell

Censored News

Oct. 9, 2020

WINDOW ROCK, Arizona -- The Navajo Nation approved hardship assistance with federal funds received four months ago for emergency coronavirus relief. Navajos may receive up to $1,500 for adults and $500 for children based on need. The Navajo government received $714 million in CARES Act federal funds in two payments in May and June, but distribution to Navajos was delayed due to the allocation process of the Navajo Nation Council and Navajo President's Office.

With time running out to use the emergency virus relief funds, the Navajo government approved the release of funds on Friday.