Category Archives: Indigenous Peoples

‘Idle No More’: Indigenous Peoples Urgent Environmental And Human Rights Message

Idle No More Flash Mob outside of the Vancouver Convention Center on December 27, 2012.

It is being called the largest indigenous mass mobilization in recent history. ‘Idle No More’ is an Indigenous Peoples Movement Spreading across N.America and the world with an urgent environmental and Human Rights message You may not have heard yet of the ‘Idle No More’ movement, but you will; it’s momentum has been steadily growing…more »

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Once Columbus

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I love Columbus Day. Each year I recall the simple song I learned as a child about the man who “discovered” America. I still recall the innocent boy whose imagination was taken by the story of adventure and discovery. In fourteen hundred and ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. On Columbus Day, I reflect…more »

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Lakotas Defend Land From Tarsand Profitiers

Aaron Huey, partners with Ernesto Yerena and Shepard Fairey Poster Campaign in their project, Honor the Treaties

Written by Brenda Norrell The Pine Ridge Project is a collaborative effort between photographer Aaron Huey and artists Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena, taking the stoy of the Lakota and other tribes fighting for treaty rights, straight to the public in the form of street posters and billboards. Lakotas arrested blocking tarsands trucks on Lakota…more »

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