Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

July 10, 2023

Wet'suwet'en Testify on Police Brutality, Imprisonment, at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights


Wet'suwet'en Testify on Police Brutality, Imprisonment, at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 10, 2023
Watch now on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb_MNq8Lq7w&t=1s

Chief Na’moks, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the Hereditary Chiefs govern their land. Describing the widespread violations of human rights, Na'moks said the governments of B.C. and Canada destroyed their burial places. B.C. and Canada are issuing illegal permits on Wet'suwet'en land for pipelines. Pointing out that band council representatives are only elected for a period of time, Na'moks said, "We are hereditary chiefs for life." He said the governments of B.C. and Canada have carried out an invasion of Wet'suwet'en land. Na'Moks said he has been threatened with arrest and no longer travels alone out of concern for his safety.

July 9, 2023

MNN 'Francis Boots, War Chief of The Mohawks, Dies'


FRANCIS BOOTS, WAR CHIEF OF THE MOHAWKS, DIES
Mohawk Nation News
https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2023/07/08/francis-boots-war-chief-of-the-mohawks-dies/





July 8, 2023. Ayonwaehs – War Chief of the Mohawks, Ateronhiatakon – Francis Boots, Snipe Clan, 73, peacefully passed away on July 5th, 2023. He will be presented at the Kanienkehaka Kaianerehkowa Kanonsesne [longhouse] located at 570 Route 37 in Akweswasne, starting on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 2pm, until the funeral service on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 10:00 am. Burial will take place at the Jocks Cemetery on 136B Jock Road in Akwesasne [NYS]. Funeral arrangements are with Donaldson’s Funeral Home. Donations can be made to the Kanienkehaka Kaianerehkowa Kanonsesne.

July 8, 2023

Run4Salmon Eighth Year with Specific COVID Protocols

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  Caleen Sisk, Spiritual Leader and Tribal Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. Photo courtesy Run4Salmon

Run4Salmon photo courtesy Dessa Maria Drake


RUN4SALMON CONTINUES FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR ALONG WITH SPECIFIC COVID PROTOCOLS.

WINNEMEM WINTU TRIBE & ALLIES CONTINUE SALMON RESTORATION JOURNEY WITH PROTECTIONS FOR INDIGENOUS ELDERS.

By Run4Salmon
Censored News
July 2023

MOUNT SHASTA, California – Covid protocols remain in place this year as the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, along with a collective of Indigenous women, activists, and allies embark on Run4Salmon, a 300-mile Prayer Journey to restore salmon to the Mount Shasta area for the eighth year in a row. WHO declared the Covid pandemic over this past May 2023, however, positive Covid cases continue in California.

July 7, 2023

Ash Meadows: Biden and Haaland's Runaway Train -- Destroying Nevada with Lithium Mining by Foreign Corporations



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Lawsuit Targets Mine Drilling at Nevada’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Drilling Threatens Dozens of Species Including Endangered Pupfish

Biden--Interior Deb Haaland--BLM Runaway Train -- Destroying Nevada for Lithium Mining by Foreign Corporations. Now, another lithium mine is targeting a pristine wilderness area. It is in southern Nye County, the same county where Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey was killed when a truck pulled into his lane. Myron was battling the Fallon bombing range, and lithium mining. Ash Meadows is near Las Vegas, Nevada. -- Censored News.

By the Center for Biological Diversity
Censored News
July 7, 2023

LAS VEGAS, Nev.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management today challenging the agency’s approval of exploratory mineral drilling near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Rover Metals, a Canadian mining exploration company, has proposed drilling 30 boreholes on public lands just north of Ash Meadows to conduct exploration for a possible lithium mine. Some of the proposed drill sites are less than 2,000 feet from springs in the refuge that form critical habitat for endangered pupfish and other endangered and endemic species.