Here's an update of what's going to be happening - Summit of Indigenous Nations August 1-4, 2006 at Mato Paha: Bear Butte Hosted by the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council (the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota people known historically as the Great Sioux Nation of the 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty Territory) A Gathering from the Four [...]
SIMONORWA, COLOMBIA, July 21st 2006-08-20 We are still here in our Sierra Nevada despite the suffering after more than five hundred years since the arrival of the Spanish which for the white man was a great conquest which resulted in the imposition of his laws and beliefs and which for us, the indigenous peoples meant [...]
An interesting note (atleast to me) - Among Indigenous and various 'non-indigenous' People In North America, who's who is often made very clear: You are Indigenous or you are not Indigenous. Did you know the Indigenous People in Fiji hold the same view? Posted at 06:37 on 20 July, 2006 UTC Calls have been renewed [...]
By Paul Choi. The Hamilton Spectator. NIAGARA FALLS (Jul 17, 2006) More than 150 natives from across North America paraded through the Canada-U.S. border in Niagara Falls Saturday to commemorate a centuries-old treaty that enables them to freely enter either country. But for some participants of the noon-hour parade, the event also served as a [...]
San Francisco, CA. July 19, 2006: A United Nations Committee of Human Rights Experts today ended their questioning of representatives of the United States regarding the United States required periodic report, submitted to the UN on November 28, 2005. They were asked to respond to written questions relating to United States’ implementation of the provisions [...]
For the Latest News about Grassy Narrows, please see, http://friendsofgrassynarrows.com and http://www.freegrassy.org/ If you're looking for mainstream coverage Here is some recent news, and you can search here for News on Grassy Narrows Related info Amnesty Internationals Submits Brief on Grassy Narrows to the United Nations The Primary reason for the blockade For Immediate Release: [...]
For immediate release, July 15, 2006. contacts: Judy da Silva (jsilva@kmts.ca) 807-925-9941, Messages can be left at: 647-883-5983 Six Nations Warriors Arrested in Grassy Narrows OPP violate native jurisdiction over reserve lands in a aggressive action Grassy Narrows OPP officers raided Grassy Narrows blockade site yesterday arresting *** Six Nations people who had come to [...]