Winnemem Wintu Victory: Court Rejects Crystal Geyser Bottled Water Permit

Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk speaks in front of the Crystal Geyser plant in Mount Shasta City. |

Winnemem Wintu and W.A.T.E.R. Victory: Appeals Court Rejects Crystal Geyser EIR Project Approval

By Dan Bacher

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In a victory for a community effort led by the Winnemem Wintu Tribe and We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review (W.A.T.E.R.), California’s Third District Court of Appeal ruled in the groups’ favor in a long-running fight against approvals by Siskiyou County and the City of Mt. Shasta for the Crystal Geyser Water Company (CGWC) bottling plant project. W.A.T.E.R. is a grassroots, community non-profit organization based in Mt. Shasta, California.

Navajo Nation -- Fifteen Dine' Deaths from COVID-19 Reported -- April 23, 2022

Dine' volunteer Bitahnii Wilson (right) hauls water to Dine' 
this week. About one-third of Dine' do not have running water.
Photo courtesy Bitahnii Wilson. K'eh Native Action

Navajo Nation reports 15 Dine' deaths from COVID. New Mexico reports virus continues to spread in bordertown nursing homes.

Brenda Norrell

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The Navajo Nation reports 15 deaths from COVID-19 and 20 new cases today. Some death reports were delayed by outside entities. The State of New Mexico reports the spread of coronavirus continues in bordertown nursing homes in Farmington, Aztec and Gallup.

Democracy Now! Dine' 'Powerlands' Filmmaker Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso

 

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We continue our Earth Day special by looking at how Indigenous peoples are protecting the Earth. We follow the journey of Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, an award-winning queer Navajo filmmaker whose new film “Powerlands” shows how corporations like Peabody, the world’s largest private coal company, have devastated her homeland. She also connects with Indigenous communities in Colombia, the Philippines, Mexico and Standing Rock facing the same struggle. “The most important thing about the film to know is that it’s for Indigenous people, by Indigenous people … and it’s about showing this global scale,” says Manybeads Tso in an extended interview that features clips from her travels to several continents. “Powerlands” recently won the award for Best Feature at the 2022 American Documentary and Animation Film Festival.

Mohawk Nation News 'Jay Treaty Must Become 'Love Train' for Peace'

Posted on April 21, 2022

Jay Treaty Must Become Love Train for Peace

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MNN. Apr. 21, 2022. What’s the fuss over the Jay Treaty? It does not exist on great turtle island [the Western Hemisphere] for the sovereign indigenous people. International law exists as long as it serves the United States. So there is no international law. Article 2 of the Jay Treaty of Trade and Commerce 1794 acknowledges that there are no borders for indigenous people because the supreme law of great turtle island is the kaianerekowa and indigenous laws have been here since time immemorial. Canada commits a crime when they refuse to acknowledge the kaianerekowa and do not allow indigenous from anywhere in the Western Hemisphere to pass and repass the artificial borders placed anywhere on turtle island by the invaders.