MNN. MCGILL UNIVERSITY SEIZED BY kohti'hontia:kwenio

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Leonard Peltier on His 71st Birthday

Leonard counts on supporters like you! Make a Donation Online / Pledge to Donate Monthly Mail donations to ILPDC, PO Box 24, Hillsboro, OR 971 September 12, 2015 Greetings everyone, Well, today is another b-day for me — my 71st. I had hoped I would not be here at this age, but that's not to be. So, I have to take a deep breathe and slowly let it out… and prepare myself for yet another day in here. February 6th marks my 40th year in prison. How many of you know that when I was indicted a life sentence was 7 years? I was sentenced to 2 life sentences, so with good time I have served 6 + life sentences. I suppose all of this time has taken its toll on my body. I have a number of different health issues that come with old age. The one I'm most concerned about is my prostate. Otherwise, I'm still getting compliments on how good I look for my age (smile). People can be nice and say things that make me feel good once in awhile. But I'm told this so often that I'm starting to believe it (smile). Hey, did you know that the last time I went before the Parole Commission (2009), I was denied because I looked young and healthy… and a reason given for denying me parole was that I might be too much of an influence on the young Natives? Yeah, only in America. And get this… In October 1984, when the Parole Commission was repealed by Congress, the Commission was given 6 years to give me a parole date… all of us "old time" prisoners really (those convicted prior to 1984). Yes, this is all true. All you have to do is research it, and I bet you will come away shocked as hell that this can happen in your country. The Parole Commission is the only Government agency that has been repealed and reinstated 35 days later without having to go through the normal congressional channels and signed into law by the President. How does this happen in a democracy? I've been encouraged by things I've read recently though. And looking back… It's been over 60 years, maybe a little longer. I was around 7 or 8 years old when I heard the old People talking about taking care of Mother Earth. But for me anyway, as with all young People, I did not really understand what they were trying to tell us, I guess? But I see today the traditionalists were correct and AIM People were right when we took it up as a rallying cry to the world. Still, when we spoke out against the destruction of Mother Earth, we were called a bunch of nuts. Well, today, it is called climate change, and there are now millions of us crying out against the destruction of out Mother Earth. Amazing, huh? Thankfully I have lived this long and can see we just might win this war. I know it's not over — far from it — but the world is waking up and talking about it now. So, it can be won in our lifetime. Well, People, I don't know how much longer I have left on Mother Earth — or if I will even be around for the next few years — but I always hope and pray that I can be out there to spend my last few remaining years with you. If not, so be it. I have been in here too long to cry now. I just wish for more time to give to my People and to all freedom loving People in the world. Thanks again for all of the love you have shown me over these 40 years. You have all been worth it. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse… Doksha, Leonard Peltier ©2015 ILPDC | Indigenous Rights Center LLC, 202 Harvard SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106

Women Indigenous Heart: Oak Flat Nov 2015

Cochabamba Oct 2015 Peoples World Conference on Climate and Defense of Life

Bolivia: Threat of capitalism and need to live well, by way of harmony with nature. Twelve working groups.
Espanol and English
Photo by Michelle Cook, Dine'
De nuestra mayor consideración:

Atendiendo su importante participación en la "Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre los Derechos de la Madre Tierra y el Cambio Climático" que se llevó a cabo en la ciudad de Tiquipaya – Cochabamba, Bolivia, el año 2010.
Tenemos el agrado de hacerle llegar adjunta la Convocatoria a la "Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre el Cambio Climático y Defensa de la Vida" a realizarse del 10 al 12 de octubre de 2015, en Tiquipaya - Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Sería para nosotros un gusto poder contar nuevamente con su participación en tan importante evento, que sin duda nos permitirá avanzar en la consolidación en los esfuerzos de los pueblos y naciones del mundo, para asumir nuestras responsabilidades con la Madre Tierra, construyendo una Cultura de Vida.
Asimismo, tenemos el agrado de comunicarle que las acreditaciones a la "Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre el Cambio Climático y Defensa de la Vida", pueden realizarse a través de la página web: www.jallalla.bo. Para consultas y mayor información puede comunicarse a: participantes@jallalla.bo.
Con este motivo, reiteramos a usted las seguridades de nuestra estima y aprecio.
Coordinación de la Conferencia Mundial
de los Pueblos sobre el Cambio Climático
Defensa de la Vida.
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La Paz, 9 of september of 2015
Of our highest consideration,
Taking into account your important participation in the "Peoples World Conference on the Rights of Mother Earth and Climate Change" which was held in the city of Tiquipaya - Cochabamba, Bolivia, on 2010. In this context, we have the pleasure to invite you to the "Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and Defense of Life" to be held from 10 to 12 October 2015, in Tiquipaya - Cochabamba, Bolivia
In this regard, it would be a great honor to count with your participation in this important event, which will undoubtedly allow us to move forward in consolidating the efforts of the peoples and nations of the world; in order to assume our responsibilities with Mother Earth and building a Culture of Life.
Also, we are pleased to inform you that the registrations to the "Peoples World Conference on Climate and Defense of Life Change" are available via the website: www.jallalla.bo. For questions and furhter information please contact: participants@jallalla.bo
We look forward to your continued active engagement in the forthcoming event.

Sincerely,
Coordination team of the Peoples World Conference
on Climate Change and Defense of Life.

MNN. REFUGEE PROBLEM - AGAIN!

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New film 'Who Are My People?' takes on the Big Greens and Energywashing

Documentary Films and Public Policy Communications

Contact: Robert Lundahl

robert@studio-rla.com

"Who Are My People?" to Screen at the Joshua Tree International Film Festival 9/19/2015

Film takes viewers inside efforts to construct the largest renewable energy facilities on the planet, "fast tracked" by US "Green Energy" Policies

"Who Are My People?" by documentary filmmaker, Robert Lundahl poses a conundrum for audiences. How can energy plants proposed to mitigate atmospheric carbon and fight climate change be so bad for the environment and for people? The plants destroy corridors for migrating species of plants and animals, deplete biodiversity values on the ground, and grind Native American antiquities, including giant geoglyphs held sacred by tribes, into dust.

To Alfredo Figueroa, Chemehuevi cultural monitor and founder of La Cuna de Aztlån Sacred Sites Protection Circle, it's nothing short of disaster.

It has been recently revealed that the giant Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, known for decimating the birds of the Pacific Flyway, which burn alive in the "Killing Flux" produced by the plant's three giant towers, is also built atop the route of a sacred pilgrimage, atop altars, and cultural resources, on the Salt Song Trail, sacred to the Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi and other Ufo-Aztecan groups.

Who Are My People? features a scene in which Figueroa, Mojave Hereditary Chief Reverend Ron Van Fleet, and Chemehuevi Elder, Phillip Smith, lead a group to the top of Metamorphic Rock, where trails converge, just outside Ivanpah's boundaries.

Here are triangular altars, shaped like arrowheads, that point in the direction of Clark Mountain to the West and Spirit Mountain to the East. Clark Mountain is the site of purifying hot springs, and Spirit Mountain is the center of creation for all Yuman and Hokan language speakers and groups.

The mountain, a Traditional Cultural Property, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1999.

In the film, Lowell John Bean, Ph.D. explains that for all cultures, history becomes religion, and he places Native opposition to the building of large, renewable, solar plants into context, as the tribes of many different language groups fought "Termination" policies of the US Government in the 1950s, and residential schools in the 1960's, to which Indian youth were compelled go. The schools forbade them from speaking their language, and according to Bean, enacted a deliberate policy of the US government intended to "deculturate" tribal peoples in Southern California and elsewhere.

For filmmaker Lundahl, who made two previous films with Indian communities in Washington State, "Unconquering the Last Frontier," and "Song on the Water, "Who Are My People?" carries on a commitment. "I had worked on a documentary dealing with the conversion of military bases in California, in 2009, and was introduced to Michael E. Boyd, Executive Director of CAre, Californians for Renewable Energy. CAre asked if I would help prepare a legal complaint v. the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy and six of the first 10 Utility-Scale renewable energy plants in California."

Plaintiffs Alfredo Figueroa (Chemehuevi/Yaqui), Reverend Ron Van Fleet (Mojave Hereditary Chief), and Phillip Smith (Chemehuevi), are the subjects of the film.

Lundahl's camera follows these veteran activists (Figueroa worked alongside Cesar Chavez and with the UFW, United Farm Workers), and all, including Quechan elder Preston Arrow-Weed, are known as "Ward Valley Veterans" for their actions in stopping the construction of a nuclear dump site along the Colorado River at Ward Valley.

"Who Are My People?" is a work of history that chronicles a generation of Indigenous activists which came of age in the1960s and 1970s; now elders, they fight what is perhaps their last and most arduous campaign.

As we see in the film, which Lundahl says he was inspired to make by watching Barbara Koppel's Harlan County USA, these activists have quite a bit of fight left in them, as two of the projects that impact tribal lands come to an inglorious end for developers right before the camera's lens. That's no small feat considering each project is valued at over 2 billion dollars. Companies take one third of that up front in cash grants if they can begin construction, which in the case of the projects portrayed, they cannot, as a result of fierce Native opposition.

For more information about "Who Are My People?" visit http://whoaremypeople.com. For more information about filmmaker Robert Lundahl and RL | A visit http://planet-rla.com

"Who Are My People?" is set to screen at 2:00 pm, September 19, 2015, at the Beatnik Lounge, Downtown Joshua Tree, CA.