In Her Grandfather's Legacy: Kisha James Destroys the Myth of a Pilgrims Thanksgiving

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In Her Grandfather's Legacy: Kisha James Destroys the Myth of a Pilgrims Thanksgiving

"We are not vanishing. We are not conquered. We are as strong as ever." Kisha James, granddaughter of Wamsutta.

By Brenda Norrell, Nov. 28, 2024

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Kisha James, Wampanoag, began the National Day of Mourning on Plymouth Rock with the words of her grandfather Wamsutta, words that the settlers tried to silence, and the factual account of the first Thanksgiving: The slaughter of Pequot women and children.

Palestinians and Native People -- Unity and Revolution at The Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock

Lea Kayali, Palestinian Youth Movement, screenshot by Censored News

Palestinians and Native People -- Unity and Revolution at the National Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock

"Nothing can stop this rising tide of resistance, because the land knows her stewards and we vowed to her that we will return victorious." Lea Kayali, Palestinian Youth Movement.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News Series, Nov. 28, 2024

Translation into French by Christine Prat

https://chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=8490

The Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock resounded the treachery of the settlers who arrived here, and sounded out calls for freedom for Leonard Peltier, and solidarity with the resistance to the genocide in Palestine, the genocide of stolen and murdered children now deep within the DNA.

"When I grieve the tens of thousands of children in Gaza who are orphans, I mourn the generations of Native children who have been stolen from their homes," said Lea Kayali, with the Palestinian Youth Movement, at the National Day of Mourning hosted by the United American Indians of New England on Thursday.

Rueben George "We Are People of the Water" Voices from the Salish Sea

Rueben George

Faced with the economic smallpox of oil pipelines, Rueben George says hold tight to your spiritual intention

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, November 2024

SEATTLE -- They never stopped fighting. Even when they cut off his grandfather's finger as a child in residential school because he couldn't speak English, even when they put them in jail for protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline, they never stopped fighting. Even when the Appeals Court decided that shipping the dirty tar sands oil was more important than the survival of the Orca whales, they did not surrender.

"Even though we're almost extinct, we are still here," said Rueben George, səlilwətaɬ, Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Mohawk Mothers Deplore Hate Crime -- Great White Pine Uprooted at McGill University

They Disappeared the White Pine, They Disappeared the Children

Tuesday update Ellen Gabriel said, "The Peace Tree - Great White Pine sapling has returned home to Kanehsatà:.ke. Returned to us by McGill Security Skén:nen - As-Salaam Alaikum- Shalom- Peace - la paix"

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, November 18, 2024

MONTREAL -- Kanien'kehà:ka women, Mohawk Mothers, planted a Great White Pine, the Haudenosaunee symbol of peace, in solidarity with Palestinians, at McGill University on Sunday.

It was uprooted in a hate crime.

Mohawk Mothers said this demonstrates McGill University's paranoid stance against anyone supporting peace in the world. Protecting their homeland, Mohawk Mothers stood in solidarity with Palestine, calling for an end to genocide in Gaza.

The Dirty Secrets: Whales, the Grand Canyon and War Criminals

Hualapai camped to defend their ceremonial spring Ha Kam'we, south of the Grand Canyon, said Thursday evening, "Navajo Transitional Energy Company is making its way out." A lithium mine planned by the Australian company Hawkstone Mining is now halted by a restraining order granted by Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, in Phoenix. The Australian company hired the Navajo Nation enterprise, Navajo Transitional Energy Company, to operate the lithium mine at Hualapai's Ceremonial Place.

The Dirty Secrets: Whales, the Grand Canyon and War Criminals

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Nov. 22, 2024

People who travel the world will tell you two things that they really love: Whales and the Grand Canyon.