Dine' Leona Morgan Visits Bure, France Threatened by Nuclear Waste, and Shares Her Experience in New Mexico

LEONA MORGAN, DINÉ, VISITS BURE, FRANCE, AN AREA THREATENED BY HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE NUCLEAR WASTE, AND SHARES HER EXPERIENCE IN NEW MEXICO

Article, photos and translation by Christine Prat

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BURE, France -- In May-June 2019, Leona Morgan, Diné [Navajo] anti-nuclear activist, came to Europe. On initiative of Pascal Grégis, member of the CSIA-nitassinan, (Committee in Support of American Indians -- Nitassinan), she was invited by the CSIA, CEDRA, Meuse Nature Environment and the Réseau Sortir Du Nucléaire, to visit the Bure area in eastern France, where people are fighting against a project of deep burial, highly radioactive nuclear waste site, and talked about the situation in New Mexico. She started her European trip there, on May 24. She first visited the area – as far as the military police let people go – and talked at a meeting in Bettancourt-la-Ferrée in the evening.

Bonnie Three Irons: Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Video

Bonnie Three Irons' body was found on the Crow Nation, and no one was charged

By Brenda Norrell

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CROW NATION -- Jennifer White Bear, the mother of Bonnie Three Irons, 35, speaks on the struggle for justice for her daughter Bonnie, the mother of six children. Bonnie's body was found on the Crow Nation in 2017. No one has been arrested or charged, or held accountable.

"It tells everyone that it is OK to do this," said one of the searchers. "Someone needs to be held these people accountable."

Bonnie's mother Jennifer says it is like the police are just pushing this under the rug, and see it as just "One less Indian."

"I'll keep pushing it until I go."

"They took away a daughter, a mother, a friend, a sister."

Bonnie is among the missing and murdered Indigenous women, whose cases are ignored by U.S. law enforcement.

Watch this new video short by Ivan MacDonald.

https://vimeo.com/286073275

Bonnie Three Irons MMIW Short from Ivan MacDonald on Vimeo.

Cheyenne River Lakotas Force Keystone XL Trucks off Lakota Land

Resisting, Chairman Frazier thanks Lakotas for standing up and turning this Keystone XL pipeline truck around!

By Brenda Norrell

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EAGLE BUTTE, South Dakota -- Cheyenne River Lakotas blocked this Keystone XL truck and forced it off their land on Monday. Tribal police escorted the truck off Lakota land. Thanking those who blocked the truck, Chairman Harold Frazier said anyone working with Keystone XL is not welcome here. Chairman Frazier said unlike the United States, free speech and standing up for the law are welcome here.

Chairman Frazier said, “Any vehicles or personnel working on the Keystone XL pipeline are not welcome on this reservation. Unlike the United States we welcome free speech and concerned citizens standing up for the law. This is Sioux Territory, we will not stand for more encroachments and defilement of our land. I would like to thank the tribal members who brought this to our attention and stand with them in our opposition to the KXL pipeline.”

Taco John's guy under the truck

One of the workers from Taco John's rushed out, got under the truck to stop it, and then went back to work.

When the cops were trying to turn the truck around, the guy was still under the truck, said one of those present.

"So the dude moved from under the truck, when they said it had to turn around."

"The Taco John's guy went right back into work after he got up."

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Grandmothers Walking -- Longest Walk on the Road to Illinois -- Photos by Bad Bear 2019

Michael Lane said, "This woman Saundi is amazing on the Longest Walk: We Shall Continue 2019. At 60 years she walks and runs 5 miles heading towards St Louis, Missouri. Thank you and Megwich!"

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Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl Bad Bear Sampson on the Longest Walk.

Our friend Sharon Heta, Maori from New Zealand, top photo, is among three grandmothers now walking from Cahokia Mounds to Indiana and Illinois. Sharon Heta and her husband Michael Lane and their daughters walked on the Longest Walk northern route in 2008. In the past few weeks, there were nearby tornadoes in Kansas, but the walkers kept on walking. Michael Lane said walkers were welcomed by the Prairie Band Potawatamie Nation and met with Council. Walkers appreciated the support there, and in Kansas City and St. Louis areas. Thank you Bad Bear for sharing your photos, and walking and running, one more time across this land they call America. Longest Walk, Alcatraz to Washington D.C.
-- Brenda, Censored News

Tucson jury refuses to criminalize humanitarian aid -- Judge announces hung jury in Scott Warren trial

Tucson jury refuses to criminalize humanitarian aid

By Brenda Norrell
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TUCSON -- Dr. Scott Warren thanked his family, supporters and attorneys after the judge announced a hung jury in his case on Tuesday. Warren urged support for migrants and refugees, as communities continue to face militarization in border communities.
"I love you all," Warren said, after the jury did not convict him.