Watch live: Peltier sculpture unveiled in San Francisco

By Joe Kakura 

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Artist Rigo 23 To Unveil Leonard Peltier Statue in SF, Ceremony to be Livestreamed

Rigo 23's large-scale homage to long-jailed Native American activist Leonard Peltier will be unveiled Friday for a six-month display in San Francisco, after the FBI had the statue kicked out of Washington, D.C.

It's been about two years since San Francisco officially stopped calling it Columbus Day and started calling it Indigenous Peoples' Day, and that particular holiday is coming up this Monday. (There are, of course, still some hard feelings toward Christopher Columbus). But in honor of the upcoming Indigenous Peoples' Day, the San Francisco Art Institute has announced a Friday unveiling of a Leonard Peltier statue by Rigo 23, an homage the long-incarcerated Native American activist who's been jailed up since 1977. Rigo 23, as you may recall, is the Portuguese-born San Francisco muralist known for long-loved public art like One Tree, Cars and Birds, and the early days of Clarion Alley murals.

U.S. EPA seizes control of Oklahoma Indian lands for hazardous dumping and fracking

U.S. EPA seizes control of Oklahoma Indian lands for 
hazardous dumping and fracking

By Brenda Norrell

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French translation by Christine Prat

It is more race-baiting. The tribes impacted by the Supreme Court’s McGirt decision and all tribes in the state must stand together. Our very existence is at stake. If Stitt has his way the fossil fuel industry will line his pockets with our lifeblood. -- Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Trump administration's EPA granted the state of Oklahoma wide-ranging environmental regulatory control on nearly all tribal lands in the state, stripping dozens of tribes of their sovereignty over critical environmental issues, Ecowatch reports.

The EPA action infuriated Oklahoma’s Ponca Tribe. Casey Camp-Horinek, Environmental Ambassador and Elder and Hereditary Drumkeeper Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, provided the following statement to TYT:

ARIZONA: Border Patrol brutally raids migrant medical aid station at Arivaca, Oct. 5, 2020

U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit smashes windows, terrorizes migrants receiving care in excessive heat, seizing twelve migrants in second nightmare raid

By No More Deaths

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French translation by Christine Prat

After sunset yesterday, October 5th, U.S. Border Patrol entered No More Deaths’ humanitarian aid station, Byrd Camp, with a federal warrant, for a second nighttime raid in two months. Volunteers were held for 3 hours while 12 people who were receiving medical care, food, water, and shelter from the 100+ degree heat were apprehended.

In a massive show of armed force, Border Patrol, along with the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), descended on the camp with an armored tank, ATVs, a helicopter, and many marked and unmarked vehicles. Agents, armed with assault rifles, chased and terrorized those who were receiving care, all while the helicopter hovered low above them kicking up dust and debris, making it nearly impossible to see. Border Patrol smashed windows, broke doors, and destroyed essential camp infrastructure as well as supplies. This was after heavily surveilling the camp and patrolling its perimeter, creating an antagonistic and distressing environment for those receiving care, since late Saturday night on the 3rd.

Food Delivery by O'odham Voice Against the Wall

The Beauty of Sharing and Caring

O'odham Voice Against the Wall, Continuing to Break Down the Walls

By Ofelia Rivas 

Tohono O'odham 

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Thank you to compassionate people that continue to donate for our grassroots effort to continue to deliver food out on O'odham lands. Today perishables were fresh eggs and whole chicken and ham. Also potatoes and dry milk packets, 100 percent juices, and fresh oranges. It's a beautiful drive and beautiful smiles from all the families living in remote areas. What we delivered today is not much but it's food for another week for big families. I wanted to share the beauty of the land.  

O'odham Solidarity Project

Copyright Ofelia Rivas, Censored News

Oklahoma Area now surpasses Navajo Area with coronavirus cases

 

By Brenda Norrell

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Coronavirus cases in the Oklahoma IHS Area now surpass the Navajo Area. There is now a rapid increase in the Great Plains and Alaska. Navajo Area did very little coronavirus testing during August and September, the current Indian Health Service report shows.

The Oklahoma IHS area includes Oklahoma, Kansas and portions of Texas. In related news, Dallas area schools show the rapid spread of coronavirus, including in preschools.

The Pfizer vaccine experiments, which the Navajo government is encouraging, have effects of exhaustion, fever and headaches, participants said.

The Navajo vaccine experiments are being carried out by Johns Hopkins researchers, who have a history of infecting Indigenous in medical experiments. Johns Hopkins uses IHS hospitals-- but it is not IHS. Read more: Pfizer vaccine effects: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/01/coronavirus-vaccine-trial-participants-exhaustion-fever-headaches.html

Across the U.S., schools are trying to hide coronavirus cases. Even when teachers are infected and children are sent home to quarantine, it is often not in the news.

At the same time, large numbers of deaths from coronavirus in nursing homes are not appearing in the data, which is obvious from the data shown in counties.

Right now, two states that are reporting coronavirus spread through schools are Utah and Colorado. The State of New Mexico shows a rise in cases. In South Dakota, all schools in Pierre have coronavirus cases.

The White House announced today that both Trump and the First Lady tested positive for coronavirus. Read article at CBS

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month by StrongHearts Native Helpline

In October, Domestic Violence Awareness sheds light on victim-survivors and calls for an end to violence inflicted on Indigenous peoples

By StrongHearts Native Helpline

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Every October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), advocates and communities across Indian Country and the United States rally together to honor survivors of domestic violence and support abuse prevention.

In 2020, StrongHearts Native Helpline once again calls on advocates, tribal leaders, reservation and urban Indian community members, service providers and Native organizations to support the movement to prevent and end domestic violence, which disproportionately affects millions of Natives every year.