The Red Nation -- Albuquerque Teacher Cut off Braid, Verbally Assaulted Student: Pack the Courtroom

MCKENZIE JOHNSON V. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MARY JANE EASTIN

On October 31, 2018, two Indigenous students at Cibola High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico were assaulted by their teacher, Mary Jane Eastin. One student, had roughly three inches of her braid cut off, and McKenzie Johnson was called “a bloody Indian.”

Pack the Courtroom: Monday, April 29, 2024, 10 a.m.

Central New Mexico Community College, Smith Brasher Hall, 717 University Blvd., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106

By The Red Nation, Censored News, April 21, 2024

On October 31, 2018, two Indigenous students in an Advanced Placement literature class at Cibola High School in Albuquerque, NM were assaulted by their teacher, Mary Jane Eastin. One student, who asks to remain anonymous, had roughly three inches of her braid cut off, and McKenzie Johnson was called “a bloody Indian.” 

Bolivia 'The Women in My Community Have Always Been Warriors'

Representative of the Bartolina Sisa National Confederation of Peasant Women of Bolivia by Censored News.

Bolivia 'The Women in My Community Have Always Been Warriors'

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 21, 2024

NEW YORK -- "The women in my community have always been warriors," the representative of the powerful Indigenous women's movement in Bolivia told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Friday.

"Indigenous women and girls face many challenges and we are forgotten. We do not have access to proper education and health care, and economic opportunities. That is not fair and is unacceptable."

"However in Bolivia, we have made significant progress," said the representative of the Confederation of National Indigenous and Campesino Women of Bolivia Bartolina Sisa.  

Spotlight on Indigenous Youths at UN Permanent Forum: Katisha Paul

Katisha Paul speaking UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today. Screenshot by Censored News.

Spotlight on Indigenous Youths at UN Permanent Forum: Katisha Paul

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 20. 2024

NEW YORK -- "Our land is our future. Our Indigenous languages are derived from the land," Katisha Paul, Stʼatʼimc Nation, told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today.

With eloquence and power, Katisha urged more opportunities for Indigenous youths at the United Nations, a greater voice in the solutions to climate change, and an international convention on Indigenous languages.

"We are coming for everything that our ancestors were denied."

"Long live Indigenous Peoples!"

Omaha Nathan Phillips: Prayer, Lithium, and an Ancient Language Lost, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Nathan Phillips, Omaha, speaking at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today. Screenshot by Censored News.

Omaha Nathan Phillips: Prayer, Lithium, and an Ancient Language Lost, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 19, 2024

NEW YORK -- Nathan Phillips, Deer Clan, Omaha, spoke of prayer, traditions and lithium mining at the United Nations today, and his words brought a welcome calm, in contrast to the fast-paced rhetoric of governments and agencies.

"I came to pray for the people and bring knowledge of what's happening on our reservations, of the lithium, the copper mining and the extraction industries, these things that are destroying our people."

Blood Memories: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines Inspire with Words and Action

Dr. Michelle Cook, human rights lawyer and founder of Divest Invest Protect speaks on energy transition and divestment during the first of two panels on Wednesday, hosted by WECAN, at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Photo courtesy WECAN.

Blood Memories: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines 

Inspire with Words and Action

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 17, 2024

NEW YORK -- Indigenous women around the world are battling fossil fuels, mining, exploitation and oppression. The abuse of Mother Earth is directly connected to the violence against Indigenous women.

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network International hosted Indigenous women on panels during the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Wednesday.

Wowaglake MMIW and MMIP 2024 Conference Rapid City, South Dakota

Wowaglake MMIW and MMIP 2024 Conference co-hosted by Oglala and Rosebud Lakota Nations, today in Rapid City, South Dakota