MNN 'Child Rejected from Indigenous Games for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccination'

CHILD REJECTED FROM INDIGENOUS GAMES FOR REFUSING COVID-19 VACCINATION

Posted on July 22, 2023

 

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MNN. July 22, 2023. Kahionhatatie Cree 13, an Onkwehonwe from the Kanienkehaka territory of Kahnawake, was denied access to play with her soccer team “Eastern Door and the North”, at the North American Indigenous Games in Halifax this week. She trained all year, then a provision was made that athletes required a COVID19 vaccination upon registration in December. I submitted a letter for exemption based on our traditional standing. At 10 pm on July 22, six hours before her bus was to depart to Halifax, Jessie Messier, phoned me informing me that my daughter could not go to the games and if she did she would be given a bus ticket and sent home. She then apologized.

United Nations Hears of Devastation for Indigenous Peoples -- And Stories of Hope

Lisa White Pipe, Sicangu Lakota, testifies before the U.N. Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo courtesy Coalition Large Tribes.

United Nations Hears of Devastation for Indigenous Peoples -- And Stories of Hope

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 18, 2023

GENEVA -- The United Nations heard testimony from Indigenous Peoples around the world today, on the devastation from mining, ongoing genocide, and a story of hope from Alaska about a young French boy who helped save the Eyak language.

"There is no greater offender of tribal rights than the U.S. Justice Department," said Lisa White Pipe, Lakota, Sicangu Rosebud council member, representing the Coalition of Large Tribes, chaired by the Blackfeet Nation.

White Pipe's testimony was before the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, of the U.N. Human Rights Council, during the second day of the five-day session.

Mount Graham Sacred Run July 20 -- 23, 2023

 

Everyone Welcome to the 32nd Annual Mount Graham Sacred Run July 20-23, 2023
July 20, Thursday, 5 p.m. Holy Ground Blessing and dinner at Old San Carlos Momument. The run will follow after the blessing, ending at Noline's Country Store.
July 21, Friday - Run begins at Nolines Country Store and end at Treasure Park West on Mount Graham.
July 22, Saturday: At sunrise, we will hike to retrieve the holy water and Blessing Ceremony.
July 23, Sunday: 9 a.m. Holy Ground Blessing and Departure.
Food will be provided. Please bring all camping gear, Warm clothes, chairs, and sanitation supplies. Prepare for rain.
Contact: Wendsler Nose 928-200-7762
Vanessa Nosie 928-215-1476

Native Leaders Urge Designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument

Carletta Tilousi, Dianna Uqualla, and Stuart Chavez. Photo by Raymond Chee

Native Leaders Urge Protection of Grand Canyon with the Designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument

Courtesy Anna Peterson

Conservation Communications

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FLAGSTAFF, Arizona -- Speaking out for their sacred homelands and precious water, Native leaders urged the protection of the Grand Canyon, and the designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument, during a public listening session with the Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday.

Havasupai Vice Chairman Edmund Tilousi said, “Red Butte, our sacred mountain, needs to be protected and preserved for future generations to come.”

“The threat of contaminating our water is real and current.”

Supporting the need to protect the water, Hualapai Vice Chair Scott Crozier said, “This land, this water means a lot to us.”

Hopi Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma said it is Hopi's place of emergence.

“For Hopi and many tribal nations, there’s an intimate connection that we have with this. For Hopi, it’s our place of emergence, a place where we still hold pilgrimages and offerings. It’s what we consider the heartbeat. Much like a human being, the waterways are arteries and veins carrying that lifeblood, not only to Arizona, but the entire world. It keeps life going. And if we poison that blood, life dies.”