Frack Off Chaco! Coalition Delivers Nearly 80,000 Comments to Halt Destruction in Greater Chaco Region

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Coalition Delivers nearly 80,000 Comments to Bureau of Land Management at Rally To "Truly Honor Chaco"

Commenters demand more meaningful protections for Greater Chaco and greater involvement of impacted communities


Greater Chaco Coalition Statement

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French Translation by Christine Prat

https://chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=7101

Santa Fe, NM - Today, the Greater Chaco Coalition/Frack Off Chaco, composed of environmental justice advocates, Indigenous grassroots organizations, tribal community leaders, and members of the public, rallied and delivered nearly 80,000 comments to the Bureau of Land Management demanding greater protections for the Greater Chaco Landscape and surrounding communities from expanded oil and gas activities.

Photo courtesy WildEarth Guardians

Today's rally coincided with the deadline to submit comments on the Bureau of Land Management's proposal to stop new oil and gas leasing for a 20-year period on roughly 350,000 acres of land within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. More than 20 people attended the rally and participants contributed their name and comments to an artistic display of what it means to truly 'Honor Greater Chaco'.

Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Standing Rock Water Protectors in Appeals Court

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Law enforcement blasts Standing Rock Water Protectors with water cannons on Nov. 20, 2016

Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Historic Dundon v. Kirchmeier 8th Circuit Appeal


By Water Protector Legal Collective

Contact: Rachel Lederman or Natali Segovia

defense@waterprotectorlegal.org
May 4, 2022

Water Protectors are still seeking accountability from Morton County and law enforcement for mass human rights violations committed over five years ago at Standing Rock.

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the National Police Accountability Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NPAP) filed amicus briefs in support of the 8th Circuit appeal in the Dundon v. Kirchmeier civil rights case, in which at least 200 Water Protectors were injured and dozens hospitalized by law enforcement violence on one night as they demonstrated at Standing Rock.

“It is only a matter of luck that no one was killed,” Rachel Lederman (WPLC Cooperating Attorney) said about the suit. “This outrageous lower court decision sanctioning mass maiming and indiscriminate brutality must be struck down.”

North Dakota Supreme Court says Tiger Swan's Standing Rock documents are public records

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North Dakota Supreme Court says Tiger Swan's Standing Rock documents are public records 

By Brenda Norrell

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The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that TigerSwan's documents from Standing Rock are public records. Confirming the ruling of the district court, the high court's ruling means that The Intercept and other news media will be able to obtain the documents.

The high court ruled that a state regulatory committee must comb through the 60,000 documents and remove those associated with trade secrets and litigation.

The lawsuit is a victory for free press. Already leaked documents reveal the names of many Water Protectors who were targeted by TigerSwan at Standing Rock. Those leaked documents also expose infiltrators in the camps who attempted to provoke crimes, as reported by The Intercept.

Elbit Shut Down for Third Time in London, while Israeli Spy Towers Haunt Tohono O'odham Nation

Elbit spy towers on Tohono O'odham Nation copyright Ofelia Rivas. Photos in London by Vudi Xhymshiti

Elbit spy tower in the western part of Tohono O'odham Nation. Photo copyright Ofelia Rivas
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Israel's Elbit Systems manufactures deadly drones used in Palestine. Elbit also built spy towers on the Tohono O'odham Nation for use by another predator: The U.S. Border Patrol.

By Brenda Norrell

Photos on Tohono O'odham Nation by Ofelia Rivas

Photos in London by Vudi Xhymshiti

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Activists from Palestine Action locked down in front of  Elbit System's building in London, shutting it down for the third time in three weeks. The building was sprayed with red dye to represent the blood of Palestinians killed by the Israeli military.

At the same time, on the Tohono O'odham Nation, Elbit's spy towers now haunt traditional O'odham communities, allowing U.S. Border Patrol agents to stalk vulnerable O'odham.

Water Protectors File Appeal in Standing Rock Class Action Lawsuit -- Water Protectors Shot by Chemical Weapons, Explosive Grenades of Law Enforcement

Photo by Paiute Shoshone Journalist Myron Dewey, Standing Rock, Oct. 13, 2016.  Myron was killed in September when a truck pulled into his lane and hit his vehicle head-on, on an isolated dirt road near his family's home in Yomba, Nevada.

Water Protectors File Appeal in Dundon v. Kirchmeier Standing Rock Civil Rights Class Action


By Water Protector Legal Collective

Contact: Rachel Lederman or Natali Segovia

defense@waterprotectorlegal.org

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Earth Day this year marks an important day for Water Protectors who are still seeking accountability from Morton County and law enforcement for mass human rights violations committed over five years ago at Standing Rock.

Today, Water Protectors filed an appeal in the Dundon v. Kirchmeier civil rights case. Dundon v. Kirchmeier is a federal civil rights class-action lawsuit in which six named plaintiffs are seeking redress on behalf of hundreds of #NoDAPL Water Protectors who were injured by law enforcement on the night of November 20, 2016.

On December 29, 2021, the North Dakota District Court threw out the Water Protectors’ lawsuit, finding that law enforcement was justified in unleashing a ten-hour-long barrage of impact munitions, chemical weapons, explosive grenades and freezing water on unarmed, nonviolent water protectors. The court decision was deeply flawed and let law enforcement off the hook relying heavily on the doctrine of qualified immunity.

Mohawk Nation News: 'Mohawk Mothers on Language Warpath'

Posted on April 29, 2022

MOHAWK MOTHERS ON LANGUAGE WARPATH

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MNN. Apr. 29, 2022. The kahnistersera mohawk mothers are using the words of peace and not the language of war. They proclaim that the only languages on turtle island are indigenous languages. The rest are foreign languages. Genocide is foreign dictators that  murder indigenous people and their languages. To force anyone to do anything is genocide and slavery. The French and English both depend on the indigenous by squatting on their land and stealing their natural resources and the most fundamental right to speak their language. Residential and Indian Day School on pain of death forced the indigenous to speak languages foreign to onowarekeh, turtle island. They must leave. 

Tabled in April, Bill 96 is Quebec’s plan to upgrade the French language which is dying out. The French never asked the onkwehonweh if they could speak French outside their homes. Now they have not asked the onkwehonweh if they can upgrade their language. The mohawk mothers object according to their interpretation of the kaianerekowa. On okwehonweh land only the original people can decide everything. The squatting dictator cannot pass a dictatorial law to be enforced by extortion and threats. The French and British have no right to invade anyone and plant their symbols of hate [like flags, crosses, swastikas, band councils, reserves, residential schools, and other horrific reminders of genocide].