VIDEO Klee Benally at Hickory Ground Rally Phoenix

Klee Benally, Dine', speaks at Sacred Lands Rally, outside National Indian Gaming Conference in Phoenix, defending San Francisco Peaks, and supporting the movement to protect Hickory Ground ceremonial grounds from casino development.

SITES SACRES AMERINDIENS: UN DISCOURS DE KLEE BENALLY AU RASSEMBLEMENT POUR SAUVER HICKORY GROUND (PHEONIX 26-3-2013)

 http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=1658

On April 3, 2013, in AMERINDIENS EN LUTTE/NATIVE AMERICAN STRUGGLES, SAVE THE PEAKS! SAUVEZ LES PICS!, by Chris P

VIDEO DU DISCOURS DE KLEE BENALLY PAR SAVE HICKORY GROUND

LA LUTTE POUR SAUVER HICKORY GROUND
La Ville Tribale de Hickory Ground (Hickory Ground Tribal Town), située près de Wetumpka, en Alabama, est un site historique et archéologique de la Nation (Creek) Muscogee dont les membres ont été déportés de force vers le ‘Territoire Indien’ – actuel Oklahoma – au 19^e siècle.
Il y a quelques années, la Bande Poarch, une bande descendant également de (Creek) Muscogee, a acquis le terrain et déterré les ossements d’environs 57 êtres humains, afin de faire construire une extension du casino voisin. En décembre 2012, la Nation Creek Muscogee d’Oklahoma a déposé une plainte auprès d’une Cour d’Alabama afin d’obtenir l’annulation des travaux et la ré inhumation des ossements et objets funéraires.
Le 26 mars 2013, des Autochtones de diverses Nations ont organisé un rassemblement à Phoenix, Arizona, devant le bâtiment où se tenait la conférence de la NIGA* (24-27 mars).
Au cours de ce rassemblement, les orateurs ont évoqué d’autres cas de violation de sites sacrés Amérindiens (voir ci-dessous).

*NIGA – National Indian Gaming Association : Association Nationale Indienne pour les Jeux de Hasard (il existe une association du même genre au Canada).
D’après le site de la NIGA – http://www.indiangaming.org/info/ – c’est une association à but non-lucratif fondée en 1985, à laquelle appartiennent 184 Nations Indiennes des Etats-Unis. Des membres associés non-votants y représentent des organisations, des tribus et des entreprises tribales de jeux de hasard. Sur le site on peut lire, à la rubrique « Qui sommes nous » que l’association s’engage à et à pour but de « faire progresser les vies des peuples Indiens économiquement, socialement et politiquement ».

SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS
Lutte menée depuis des décennies par plus de 13 tribus d’Arizona (le rituel ‘plus de’ vient du fait qu’une des tribus Apaches concernées se divise en deux groupes) contre la station de ski Arizona Snowbowl qui a détruit de nombreux arbres rares pour s’étendre et fabrique de la neige artificielle à partir d’eau d’égouts recyclée.
Voir Bref résumé de l’histoire de la station de ski
et de nombreux articles sur la lutte pour les San Francisco Peaks

RESOLUTION COPPER A OAK FLAT
La firme Resolution Copper veut procéder à un échange de terrains afin de pouvoir ouvrir la plus grande mine de cuivre des Etats-Unis dans le Parc National d’Oak Flat. Une falaise, dont des dizaines de guerriers Apaches ont sauté – et se sont tués – plutôt que d’être capturés par la Cavalerie au siècle dernier, se trouve sur le terrain convoité par la compagnie.
Voir traduction française d’un article sur Oak Flat

L’UNIVERSITE D’ARIZONA ET LE MONT GRAHAM
Le Mont Graham est sacré pour les Apaches de la région. L’Université d’Arizona – Phoenix – y installe des télescopes géants malgré les protestations des Autochtones.

PANGEA, ‘LOOP 202’ ET LA MONTAGNE DU SUD
Une extension du périphérique sud de Phoenix – ‘Loop 202’ – qui doit essentiellement profiter à la compagnie Pangea, mordra sur le territoire de la petite Réserve de la Communauté Indienne de Gila River (GRIC).
Voir traduction d’un article sur la résistance des jeunes de la Communauté de Gila River (GRIC)

RED BUTTE, SITE SACRE HAVASUPAI, MENACÉ PAR UNE MINE D’URANIUM
Red Butte située au sud du Grand Canyon du Colorado, est un site sacré pour la Tribu Havasupai, qui réside au fond du Grand Canyon. Une mine d’uranium, Canyon Mine, qui avait été abandonnée avant même d’être exploitée suite à la chute du cours de l’uranium, devrait ouvrir prochainement. Les Havasupai et des groupes de protection de l’environnement ont déposé une plainte.
Voir traduction d’un article sur la lutte contre Canyon Mine

BIG MOUNTAIN ET PEABODY COAL
En 1986, des milliers de familles Navajo et quelques familles Hopi ont été déportées de Big Mountain afin que la compagnie Peabody Coal puisse exploiter le charbon du sous-sol et alimenter entre autres la ‘Centrale Navajo’, une des plus polluantes des Etats-Unis. Des Navajo qui ont refusé de se laisser déporter luttent toujours pour garder leur terre ancestrale. (Klee Benally et sa famille sont originaires de Big Mountain).


Au rassemblement de Phoenix, l’acteur Adam Beach s’adresse au Guerrier de Hickory Ground Wayland Gray. A gauche, l’activiste Klee Benally.

Mohawk Nation News 'Cyprus'

CYPRUS

Posted on March 27, 2013

MNN. Mar. 27, 2013. The theft of the savings accounts of the people has begun, starting in Cyprus. The bankers “royal economists” created the current fractional reserve system based on debt. They are squeezing the people “so tight against their chest that the people can hardly breathe”. [Dekanawida].
So who are these bankers that presume to rule over us all? They are the descendants of the 13 royal bloodlines of the European monarchical, hierarchical system. The European people thought they had gotten rid of their kings and queens, through revolution. They went underground and emerged as the bankers. 
In their secret covenant, they state: “We shall create a money system that will keep them and their children imprisoned in debt forever’. The Secret Covenant

Old bank run.

Their system is dependent upon bribery [Owistah]. From that they created the fractional reserve banking system. In the US a bank needs $10 on deposit to loan out $100. In Canada there is no cap. They can loan out as much as they want. Hmmn! Our $50 trillion Indian Trust Fund is on deposit in the five big Canadian banks. That’s why the media purports “They are too big to fail”. 

Gold wampum only!

Every Indigenous person shall demand our share of our Indian Trust Fund in gold bullion. The MNN editor has already started the process, Demand Payment The other people in the world should be starting to think like John Dillinger or Baby Face Nelson regarding the bank that is stealing your money. You need to withdraw all your savings from the chartered banks and put it in your local credit union or under your mattress. 

American way.

American lore is filled with tales of hero bank robbers. The people might need to go into the bank with their own “guns a’blazing” as Merle Haggard sang in The legend of Bonnie and Clyde: “Two years of runnin’ was ended that day. For robbin’ and killin’ they both had to pay. But we’ll always remember how they lived and died. So goes the legend of Bonnie and Clyde.”
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Chief George Tiger speaks at Hickory Ground rally at NIGA

Phoenix March 26, 2013
Save Hickory Ground from casino development

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VIDEO Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance Introductory Ceremony

Published on Mar 19, 2013

The Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance action camp is welcomed by the Native Americans of the area. Details; http://gptarsandsresistance.org

Mohawk Nation News 'Kanekota Breaking News'

KANEKOTA BREAKING NEWS

Posted on March 26, 2013

 Video of teleconference trial, Federal Court, Attorney General and Thahoketoteh, Mar. 25, 2013. http://youtu.be/-p0ijL_isgA

MNN. Mar. 26, 2013. On March 25, 2013, Thahoketoteh of Kanekota had the oral portion of his Case T-2007-12, Thoketoteh v. the Queen. The trial was done by teleconference with the Federal Court of Canada judge and the Attorney General representing Her Majesty. The question is how Section 109 of the British North America Act 1867, legally applies to the constitution, saves and continues the “protection” secured by the Royal Proclamation 1763 as a “legal duty” within stare decis. A precedent has already been set.  
The judge asked the AG why he did not address this first question in all his 300 pages of submission. The AG admitted that he was directed by Indian Affairs to avoid the issue at all cost, not to ever talk of Section 109 and the legal duty and trust issues. Canada has been avoiding this all along. It is the elephant in Canada’s living room. 

Section 109: “We can’t ignore this elephant anymore!”

Their constitution sets out Canada’s obligation to us, that we Indigenous are of this land and that Great Turtle Island is of us. The Indian Trust Fund, set up according to Section 109, is an ever growing $49.1 trillion trust fund that Canada uses to pay its bills and as a slush fund without our permission, to bolster their five “too big to fail” banks. They can’t fail because they have stolen all our money. 
We own everything. Every Indigenous group in Canada can use Section 109 to assert our land rights right everywhere. Everybody has to deal with us on everything. 

New Federal Court Tele-trial: “Will it be secret trials next?”

The judge will make her decision soon. Kaiainerekowa, the law of the land, will be the only law applied in Kanekota soon.
We are very happy! As Keith Richards sang: “I need a love to keep me happy. Baby, baby, keep me happy”. 

the written argument can be viewed at click here

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Oglala Sioux Council supports resolution to stop Keystone pipeline

Debra White Plume

Oglala Sioux Tribe Passes Resolution to Oppose TransCanada’s KXL Pipeline 

by Owe Aku International Justice Project

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On March 26, 2013 the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council passed Resolution 13-60 “reaffirming the Yellow Bird Steele-Poor Bear administration opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline from crossing the Mni Wiconi Water Line, any part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and any and all 1851 and 1868 treaty lands.”  The KXL Pipeline’s planned route crosses much of the Lakota treaty territory, meaning the resolution bans the Pipeline from most of the northern great plains.  The resolution also cites the traditional and contemporary responsibility of all Lakota people:  “through ancient indigenous cultural and spiritual concepts we have always respected and maintained good relations with the animals, air, land and water of our traditional homelands since time immemorial.”  The Resolution also bans any governmental consultation with any entity of the Oglala Sioux Tribe to negotiate passage on behalf of the OST.

During the discussion, Debra White Plume of Owe Aku, a Lakota grandmother, spoke in favor of the Resolution.   The facts presented by Mrs. White Plume not only spoke to the reasons to oppose the pipeline, but also demonstrated the success of education and training about protection of sacred water. “Pila miya, to James Cross of Tribal Council, for bringing this, and all the council members here,” she stated. Owe Aku has developed an educational and training program that has been presented at many different gatherings over the past three years, including Moccasins on the Ground, which was held in Manderson, SD March 8-10, 2013. Trainings are planned for Yankton and Cheyenne River in the coming weeks.

“We just completed a Moccasins of the Ground Training here on the Pine Ridge Homeland in collective action with Great Plains Tarsands Resistance and Tarsands Blockade. More than 300 people participated in the three-day training experience. We had a Water Ceremony conducted by our elders and an Icicuse Ceremony (Making of the Vow) with our Whip Bearer of the Tokala Warrior Society. It was very powerful. We are ready to move on in our Tour, every door to opposing the KXL is closing one by one. Soon the only door left open will be direct action. We intend to focus our limited resources on making NVDA (nonviolent direct action) training available to the grassroots people on the land in the KXL proposed route,” stated White Plume.

The Council resolution did not hesitate in using international law, citing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigneous Peoples.  Article 32, sections 1-3, state in part “Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for the development or use of their lands or territories and other resources”, “particularly in connection with the development, utilizations or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources.” The Resolution also spoke directly to the federal process and sent a message to President Obama that “the result of allowing these pipelines to cross Indian Country will be an ecological and environmental disaster.”  The public comment period on the proposed KXL pipeline ends in the middle of April and the Resolution will be forwarded to the President of the United States.  

The President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Bryan Brewer, stood with the Lakota Oyate in opposition to the KXL pipeline and stated, “I interject here that I am standing with the people in protecting our Mni Wiconi water pipeline and I expect the council members to be with me.”  The Mni Wiconi or Rural Water Pipeline is a Congressional Act that brings fresh water to the Pine Ridge Reservation because of unsafe contaminants found in the ground water. President Brewer participated in and spoke at the recent Moccasins on the Ground training.

With the passage of this Resolution by the Tribal Council, Oglala Lakota leadership remains united in opposing the XL Pipeline.  The Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council's resolution protecting Sacred Water was passed in August of 2011.  The Treaty Council stands on the Ft Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868, relying on international law, including the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Study on Treaties and preserves the sovereignty of the Lakota people. The Declaration's articles on environment, culture, self-determination, and free, prior and informed consent were all quoted, as well as Article 37 on treaty observance.  

In a letter of October 23, 2011 to the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, Chief Oliver Red Cloud stated, “I am writing as the Itancan of the Oglala Band of the Lakota Oyate. I am writing to you now in that capacity in opposition to the proposed TransCanada KXL Pipeline.”  Chief Red Cloud stated that the treaties between the United States and the Lakota Nation are “recognized as legally binding international agreements that have never been abrogated or diminished,”  any activity on the Lakota homeland without the free, prior and informed consent of the Lakota Oyate is illegal.  Our people, through many different organizations and United Nations’ non-governmental organizations … have stood together in undisputed opposition to issuing a permit for the KXL Pipeline.  There has also been substantial public and private opposition from non-Indigenous sectors of society. On the basis of our ancient laws that demand that we assume responsibility for our territory and its protection for future generations and under the international laws and standards identified above, we oppose any attempt to construct the KXL Pipeline across our territory.  As a representative of your people, it is your responsibility to oppose the permit application submitted by TransCanada and to urge President Obama to deny the permit.” 

The resolution of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council Declarations, governmental acts of many Red Nations, the work of Owe Aku and other public organizations, demonstrates the ongoing unity to protect sacred water.

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