Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights
February 16, 2024
Federal Officials Reject Arizona Pump Projects Targeting Black Mesa
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Federal Officials Reject Three Huge Arizona Pump Storage Projects Targeting Black Mesa
Decades of coal mining have already depleted Black Mesa aquifers and their connected seeps and springs.
Tó Nizhóní Ání Feb. 15, 2024, Censored News
Translation into French by Christine Prat
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Heeding widespread community and Tribal opposition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied preliminary permit applications today for three proposed hydropower projects southeast of Kayenta on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. In denying the applications, commissioners announced a new policy of not issuing permits for projects on Tribal lands without Tribal support.
February 15, 2024
U.S. Judge Implores Biden Administration to Stop Support for Israel’s Siege of the Palestinian People in Gaza
While Dismissing Case on Jurisdictional Grounds, U.S. Judge “Implores” Biden Administration to Stop its “Unflagging Support” for Israel’s Ongoing Siege of the Palestinian People in Gaza
By Center for Constitutional Rights, Censored News
January 31, 2024, Oakland, CA – After a federal court heard arguments and testimony in the case Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden on Friday, January 26, charging the Biden administration with failing in its duty to prevent, and otherwise aiding and abetting, the unfolding genocide in Gaza, a federal judge found that Israel is plausibly engaging in genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza and that the United States is providing “unflagging support” for the massive attacks on Palestinian civilians in contravention of international law.
February 13, 2024
February 7, 2024
Celebrating Water -- 'Rumble on the Mountain' Powerful Music to Halt Uranium Mining in Grand Canyon
Hopi singer and composer Ryon Polequaptewa, spoke on the sacred cedar which lends itself to make the Hopi flute, and of the sacred space of Hopi, where there is "very little rain, but an abundance of life." Listen to his performance at Rumble on the Mountain. Screenshot by Censored News. Watch https://www.facebook.com/edkabotie
Songs from the Water
Rumble on the Mountain 10: Native Voices of the Colorado Plateau in opposition to uranium mining in the Grand Canyon
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, February 3, 2024
Translation into French by Christine Prat
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona -- In a beautiful tribute, Ed Kabotie, Hopi, performed "The Trail," honoring those who have passed, making their journey among the stars, during the seven-hour Rumble on the Mountain at the Orpheum Theater on Saturday.
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