September, 2008

• Owners of the Water: Conflict and Collaboration over Rivers

  

  September 13, 2008  1,846 views 0 Comments Share

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  This is a trailer for the upcoming documentary film, Owners of the Water. A collaboration between two indigenous filmmakers (a central Brazilian Xavante and a Wayuu from Venezuela) and an anthropologist, the film explores a campaign headed by the Xavante to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from the soy monoculture industry. The Xavante [...]

  Filed Under Brazil • Indigenous Peoples • video • water • Wayuu

• UC Berkeley ignores indigenous rights, destroys sacred site

  

  September 11, 2008  1,224 views 1 comment Share

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  This past weekend, the University of California pushed forward its plan to 'develop' Memorial Oak Grove, deemed a sacred burial site to the Ohlone Indigenous Peoples. On Friday, September 5, University police went to the grove and started cutting down the trees, which have been protected by tree-sitting protesters for more than 600 days. Five [...]

  Filed Under America • Burial Grounds • business • California • Indigenous Peoples • Sacred Sites

• Support Needed for Six Nations in Brantford

  

  September 10, 2008  1,705 views 0 Comments Share

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  This morning, Police in Brantford, Ontario, arrested two young activists from Six Nations. The two were arrested while trying to leave a camp that has been set up beside the Hampton Inn development site for the last two months. Activists at the camp are asking for supporters to come to the site tonight and/or tomorrow. [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • Canada • Ontario • Six Nations

• Yucca Mountain today, nuclear dump ‘forever’?

  

  September 9, 2008  2,627 views 0 Comments Share

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  The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) application for the proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive waste dumpsite in Nevada has been accepted for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). "After three decades of site studies, this action officially kicks off the Yucca Mountain repository licensing proceeding," explains a September 8 bulletin from Beyond Nuclear. "The [...]

  Filed Under America • Indigenous Peoples • Sacred Sites • Shoshone • toxins • treaties

• Reclaiming Sacred Dakota Land in Minnesota

  

  September 7, 2008  2,199 views 0 Comments Share

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  On September 2nd, members of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) of the Dakota Oyate (Dakota Nation) reclaimed a sacred site known as Coldwater Spring, in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Regarded by the Dakota people as integral to their Spiritual life, Coldwater Spring has been "littered with dilapidated structures and the soil... polluted from [...]

  Filed Under America • Indigenous Peoples • reclamation • Sacred Sites • Sioux • treaties • video

• On the Matter of Tar Sands & Indigenous Lands

  

  September 6, 2008  2,871 views 1 comment Share

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  In this 10 minute video, Clayton Thomas-Mueller, of the Mathais Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatawagan) in Northern Manitoba, talks about the Alberta Tar Sands industrial project, its effect on the health of indigenous communities, and the industry's role in continuing Canada's exploitative colonial legacy. An activist for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice, Thomas-Mueller is the organizer [...]

  Filed Under business • Canada • Energy • Indigenous Peoples • interviews • oil • Tar sands • toxins • video

• The People of Bhopal Lead the Way to Justice

  

  September 5, 2008  2,195 views 0 Comments Share

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  Some important news came out of India last month that didn't get much play here in the West, and perhaps for good reason. On August 8, the People of Bhopal won a major victory when the Indian government agreed to meet the full set of demands issued by the 'Walk Your Talk' campaign for justice [...]

  Filed Under Bhopal • hunger strike • India • Indigenous Peoples • Successes • toxins