News & Current Events
The recent opinion by White Earth Chair Erma J. Vizenor responding to the misinformation presented by fellow chairs Jourdain and LaRose, on behalf of MIGA, raises questions
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
Indigenous leaders and organizations in Brazil and Abya Yala (APIB) are speaking out against official efforts to block them from participating in the upcoming United Nations
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
In conservative quarters, the hug made famous this month by disciples of the late Andrew Breitbart was more than a hug — it was an embrace by a young Barack Obama of
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
By mid-2011, the Obama Administration deported more people than Dwight D. Eisenhower under “Operation Wetback.” The Secure Communities (S-Comm) program is one of the
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
At precisely 1:14 a.m. on March 20, the sun passed directly over the equator, marking the vernal equinox and the start of spring. That’s as simple astronomically as it
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March 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
A decade into the Afghan War, the atrocities by U.S. forces – whether accidental or intentional – keep piling up along with assurances from American leaders that
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March 19, 2012 // 0 Comments
Decolonize Oakland (formerly the QPOC/POC caucus/committee of Occupy Oakland) would like to reintroduce ourselves to you, our communities, as an autonomous collective. We
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March 19, 2012 // 0 Comments
Following up on a recently filed federal lawsuit against beer stores, breweries and other businesses involved in the Whiteclay, Nebraska alcohol trade, the Oglala Sioux Tribe
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March 19, 2012 // 0 Comments
Words have a history. Words from the past have the ability to colonize the present. Words shape and create reality. Reconciliation has a history; it has the ability to
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March 18, 2012 // 0 Comments
The First Amendment right to assemble and protest is going to get a black eye in 2012—as it has every time there has been an upsurge in America’s social justice
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March 18, 2012 // 0 Comments