September, 2007

• Navajo families arrested in Canada as Terrorists

  

  September 18, 2007  1,688 views 0 Comments Share

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

  A group of nomadic Navajo en route to support the Tyendinaga Mohawks were recently arrested in Ontario, as Suspected Terrorists. The group of 28—who were unarmed and ranged between the ages of two and 72—travelled from the Arizona desert to British Columbia and then across Canada with several horses in tow. The whole journey was [...]

  Filed Under Canada • indigenous • Navajo • struggles

• Judge suspends La Parota dam

  

    1,046 views 0 Comments Share

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

  Last week, a Judge in the state of Guerrero, Mexico ordered the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to suspend any further construction of La Parota dam. The order came as a response to an August 14 request by campesinos for an injunction pending resolution of a lawsuit they filed to stop La Parota altogether. [...]

  Filed Under business • Energy • Good News • hydro dams • land • Mexico • struggles

• The Need and Fear of Change in Boliva

  

  September 17, 2007  1,373 views 0 Comments Share

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

  With many signs emerging that the right wing in Bolivia is slowly preparing to destabilize the country and overthrow Evo Morales—along with him, the hopes and dreams of millions of indigenous and non-indigenous people throughout South America—On September 10th, more than 10,000 people gathered in Sucre to attend a Social Summit ‘for dialogue and defense [...]

  Filed Under Bolivia • colonialism • events • indigenous • movements • struggles

• Come September

  

  September 15, 2007  1,204 views 0 Comments Share

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

  The following video is a speech delivered by Arundhati Roy on September 18, 2002 at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Among many other topics, Arundhati talks about the US war on terror, the illusions of contemporary society, the growing chasm between the rich and the poor, and the centuries-old struggles of the [...]

  Filed Under America • justice • lecture • struggles • sustainable • video • World Bank

• A National Indigenous Body has been born

  

  September 14, 2007  1,196 views 0 Comments Share

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

  Today, a National Political Body has been born for Indigenous People in Australia. It’s called the National Aboriginal Alliance (NAA), and it is the end result of a three-day gathering that took place in Alice Springs this week, which brought together about 100 Aboriginal People from around Australia. Something like the NAA has been sorely absent [...]

  Filed Under Australia • Good News • indigenous • justice • land • unity

• Oct 19 – International Women’s Day of Action

  

    1,891 views 0 Comments Share

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

  Following the return of Women for Wik, a group of prominent Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women, an International Women’s Day of Action has been planned for Friday, October 19th to protest against the Australian Government’s action in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. Women for Wik, originally formed in 1997 to combat the Howard Government’s attempts [...]

  Filed Under Australia • events • indigenous • protests • unity • women

• Six Nations to issue building permits

  

    1,318 views 0 Comments Share

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

  Traditional Chiefs at Six Nations have recently announced that anyone planning to build in the Grand River watershed must now secure a permit from the Confederacy. The Confederacy stated that this is an assertion of their jurisdiction over lands within the Haldimand Tract, as well as an attempt to prevent environmental degradation caused by new [...]

  Filed Under Canada • environment • indigenous • land • Six Nations • sovereignty