The following talk was given by Mahtowin Munro, a member of the Lakota Nation and co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE), at a Nov. 18 Boston Workers World Party forum entitled “The Struggle for Indigenous sovereignty and immigrant rights.” I am going to be talking about immigration tonight from a North American [...]
By Brenda Norrell - SAN XAVIER DISTRICT, TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION, Ariz. -- Indigenous at the Border Summit of the Americas opposed a border fence that will separate Indian communities in their ancestral territories and contribute to the Bush administration’s plan for corporate profiteering. Without compromise, Indigenous called for a halt to the militarization, oppression and [...]
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 [...]