#AmericanIndianMovement

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History April 18, 1977: Native American activist Leonard Peltier was found guilty of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation. However, he was actually framed by undercover FBI agents who were conducting counterintelligence on the reservation. During the trial, some of the government’s own witnesses testified that Peltier wasn’t even present at the scene of the killings. In 2017, President Obama denied Peltier's application for clemency. He was still in prison in 2025 and his health has deteriored. On June 7, 2022, The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Peltier’s imprisonment violates the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Biden, as one of his final acts as president, commuted his sentence to indefinite house arrest. In February 2025, he was released and transferred to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/leonardpeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leonardpeltier</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fbi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obama</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indigenous</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nativeamerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nativeamerican</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politicalprisoner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicalprisoner</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pineridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pineridge</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biden</a>

Court Cantrell will not complyI also met a guy from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wichita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wichita</a> Tribe who was carrying the flag of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a>. I didn't know the flag so asked him about it. He said, "Nobody really knows about this movement anymore, so I think we need to bring it back." I told him I agreed. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a>

SankofabOur Elder is coming Home.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indigenous</a> <a href="https://newsmast.community/@blackvoices" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blackvoices</a> <a href="https://newsmast.community/@indigenouspeoples" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indigenouspeoples</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@BLKNewsNow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BLKNewsNow</a> <a href="https://threads.net/@blklivesmatter/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blklivesmatter</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackmastodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yemen</a>

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Demand freedom for Leonard Peltier Native activists in the U.S. and Earth Defenders around the world face violence, threats, and criminalization for protecting our planet. In solidarity, we support the call to the release of Native American Earth Defender <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeonardPeltier</a>.In 1973, Peltier and other activists from the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> (AIM) accompanied hundreds of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Oglala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oglala</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Lakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lakota</a> people in a historic re-occupation of the town of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WoundedKnee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoundedKnee</a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthDakota</a>,

Don Trueten :antifa:Es sind ganz andere Töne, die der Verein zur Unterstützung indianischer Jugend-, Kultur- und Menschenrechtsprojekte & LPSG (Tokata-LPSG RheinMain e. V.) dieser Tage zu dem indianischen Aktivisten und Langzeitgefangenen Leonard <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Peltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Peltier</a> vernimmt. Und das, obwohl das FBI sich weiterhin in einem »emotionsgesteuerten Rachefeldzug« gegen den indigenen früheren Aktivisten befindet, so die ehemalige <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a>-Mitarbeiterin Coleen Rowley. Der amtierende FBI-Direktor Christopher Wray bezeichnet den Langzeitgefangenen nach wie vor als »unbarmherzigen Mörder«, ohne dass es bis heute belastbare Beweise für eine Schuld Peltiers an der Erschießung zweier FBI-Agenten 1975 gibt.Die Stimmen anlässlich von Peltiers 80. Geburtstag kommen aus »dem anderen Amerika«. Sie zeichnen das Bild jenes Mannes, der für die einen ein brutaler, kaltherziger und reueloser Killer ist und für die anderen ein Nelson <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Mandela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mandela</a>. Im Folgenden zitieren wir aus Statements, Kommentaren, aber auch Gebeten für den politischen Gefangenen. Sie sind vor allem gekennzeichnet durch Achtung, Respekt, Dankbarkeit und dem Wunsch nach Freiheit.Mitch Walking Elk, <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Cheyenne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cheyenne</a>-<a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Arapaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arapaho</a>, Musiker, Autor und Aktivist des American Indian Movement (AIM): »Leonards fortgesetzte Inhaftierung zeigt wie unter einem Mikroskop die Behandlung der <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Ureinwohner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ureinwohner</a> dieses Landes durch die US-Regierung … Wir segnen dich für dein Leben und unterstützen dich in deiner Freiheit. Danke, Leonard.«Wade Fernandez, Menominee, Musiker: »Ich weiß, dass Leonard innerhalb der Gefängnismauern einigen jungen Menschen als Mentor dienen konnte, aber jedes Enkelkind sollte die Freiheit haben, an der Seite seines Großvaters auf diesem Land zu wandeln. Bringt Leonard nach Hause.«Keith Rabin, Aktivist: »Wir können nie genug für all das tun, was er uns gegeben hat.«Berta Benally, Musikerin, Aktivistin, Mutter der <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Navajo</a>-Musiker von <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Blackfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blackfire</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Sihasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sihasin</a>: »Lieber Leonard, es ist sehr traurig, dass du immer noch im Gefängnis sitzt, aber du bist mit deinen schönen Worten eine Inspiration für uns alle. Ich danke dir.«Mato is’na’la, <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Lakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lakota</a>-Aktivist: »Leonard war sehr bodenständig, optimistisch, positiv, fürsorglich, unterstützend und durchsetzungsfähig. Er ist ein traditioneller Krieger, der das Gewicht der Ungerechtigkeiten, des Chaos, der Opfer unseres Volkes ohne Zögern auf sich nahm, mit dem Wunsch zu helfen.«Henry Red Cloud, <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Oglala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oglala</a>-Lakota-Chief, Umweltaktivist: »Leonard ist seit fast fünfzig Jahren unschuldig inhaftiert. Nun wird er 80 und sollte sofort freikommen, damit er seine restliche Lebenszeit noch mit Familie, Freunden und vor allem seinen Enkeln verbringen kann.«Dawn Lawson, Leonard Peltier Official Ad Hoc Committee: »Hinter Gittern hat er mehr für die indigenen Gemeinschaften getan, als sich die meisten Menschen je hätten träumen lassen. Er ist besorgt über den anhaltenden Völkermord an seinem Volk … Er macht sich Sorgen, dass Mutter Erde zerstört wird und sie den Ureinwohnern mehr Land nehmen, weil sie die Ressourcen nutzen wollen.«Via: <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/@jungewelt/113120693751377388" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.trueten.de/@jungewelt/113120693751377388</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeLeonardPeltier</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticalPrisoners</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/FreeThemAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeThemAll</a>

Don Trueten :antifa:Berlin: Freiheit für Leonard Peltier - Kundgebung an seinem 80. Geburtstag am 12. September 2024 Do. 12. September 2024 – 18:30 Uhr – US Botschaft – Pariser Platz 2/Brandenburger TorDer American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) Aktivist Leonard Peltier befand sich 1975 in der Pine Ridge Reservation, um die Bevölkerung gegen den derzeitigen Terror der dortigen Paramiliz zu unterstützen und wurde unter konstruierten Vorwürfen für einen angeblichen Mord am 6. Februar 1976 verhaftet und kurz darauf ohne stichhaltige Beweise verurteilt. Er wird seit inzwischen 48 Jahren als politischer Gefangener in verschiedenen US-amerikanischen Hochsicherheitsgefängnissen festgehalten.Seine Verhaftung und die Repression gegen A.I.M. waren Teil des sogenannten <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/COINTELPRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COINTELPRO</a> Programmes der US-Bundespolizei FBI, die die Zersetzung und Zerschlagung der damals starken <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Protestbewegungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protestbewegungen</a> (u.a. auch der <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/BlackPantherParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackPantherParty</a>) mit geheimdienstlichen und damals noch illegalen Mitteln betrieb.Leonard Peltiers Verurteilung zu zwei Mal lebenslänglicher Haft war nur in Folge der Bedrohung mehrerer Zeug*innen, welche ihre Aussagen später widerriefen, massiver Beeinflussung der Geschworenen und erfundener, heute als falsch nachgewiesener Beweise möglich.Leonard Peltier hat mittlerweile eine längere Zeit seines Lebens hinter Gittern verbracht als in Freiheit. Er leidet seit etlichen Jahren unter teils schwerwiegenden Erkrankungen, darunter Zahn- und Kieferproblemen, <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Diabetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diabetes</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Bluthochdruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluthochdruck</a>, einem <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Aneurysma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aneurysma</a> (was durch eine Operation behoben werden könnte und seit Jahren verweigert wird) und einem rasch nachlassenden Sehvermögen. 2017 musste er sich einer schwierigen <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Herz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Herz</a>-OP unterziehen und 2022 überlebte er eine <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Covid</a>-Erkrankung. Er hat kaum noch Kraft in den Armen und benötigt eine <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Gehhilfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gehhilfe</a>, sowie ein Gerät zur <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Atemunterst%C3%BCtzung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Atemunterstützung</a>. Eine adäquate medizinische Behandlung existiert nicht. Seine Situation ist seit vielen Jahren mehr als alarmierend und vor allem lebensbedrohlich!Am 2. Juli 2024 lehnte die föderale <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Bew%C3%A4hrungskommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bewährungskommission</a> eine <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Haftentlassung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Haftentlassung</a> von Leonard Peltier nach über 48 (!) Jahren <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Gefangenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gefangenschaft</a> ab. Peltier hatte 15 Jahre auf den Termin zur <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Bew%C3%A4hrungsanh%C3%B6rung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bewährungsanhörung</a> warten müssen. Die Kommission verweigerte fast allen seinen Unterstützer*innen für ihn zu sprechen. Unter den Ausgeschlossenen war sogar ein an seinem Verfahren beteiligter ehemaliger <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Staatsanwalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Staatsanwalt</a>, der Peltiers <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Verurteilung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Verurteilung</a> inzwischen als großen Fehler ansieht. Gehört wurden jedoch wieder nur die uralten <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Falschbehauptungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Falschbehauptungen</a> der <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Bundespolizei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bundespolizei</a> FBI. In Anbetracht seiner gesundheitlichen Situation und in Kombination mit der medizinischen Nicht-Behandlung, ist die Ablehnung der Bewährung eine „Todesstrafe mit anderen Mitteln“, welche das <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> in ihrem Rachefeldzug verfolgt.Das nur wenige Monate vor seinem 80. Geburtstag am 12. September. Trotz der <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Isolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Isolation</a> und der widrigen Umstände hat Leonard <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Peltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Peltier</a> nicht aufgegeben und kämpft weiter!Wir fordern Leonard Peltiers Freilassung sowie das Selbstbestimmungsrecht und die umfassende Entschädigung der amerikanischen Ureinwohner*innen!Wir fordern die medizinische Behandlung aller Gefangenen sowie die sofortige <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Freilassung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Freilassung</a> aller schwerkranken Gefangenen!Für eine befreite Gesellschaft, die keine <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Kn%C3%A4ste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Knäste</a> mehr benötigt!Free Them All BerlinSchreibt Leonard Peltier! Macht ihm und der Gefängnisbehörde deutlich, dass ihr über ihn Bescheid wisst und seinen Kampf um Freiheit unterstützt.LEONARD PELTIER #89637-132 USP COLEMAN I U.S. PENITENTIARY P.O. BOX 1033 COLEMAN, FL 33521 USAvia <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/FreeThemAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeThemAll</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berlin</a><a href="https://www.trueten.de/archives/13378-Berlin-Freiheit-fuer-Leonard-Peltier-Kundgebung-an-seinem-80.-Geburtstag-am-12.-September-2024.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.trueten.de/archives/13378-Berlin-Freiheit-fuer-Leonard-Peltier-Kundgebung-an-seinem-80.-Geburtstag-am-12.-September-2024.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/1stNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1stNations</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/FreeLeonard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeLeonard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerHorseRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrayerHorseRide</a>'s Third Annual March Ride Begins March 17, in Schurz, Nevada Reconnecting and Revitalizing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Traditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Traditional</a> Ways of Life Threatened by Destructive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mining</a> Resource Extractions Supporting "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a>"By Prayer Horse Ride, via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a> SCHURZ, Nevada -- "Prayer Horse Ride "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NanesootuhinaPookooGoobakatudu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NanesootuhinaPookooGoobakatudu</a>," is getting ready to begin our annual ride March 17th-26th, from Schurz, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nevada</a> through Yerington, Fallon, Wadsworth and Nixon, through Lovelock, then Orovada, and ending in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeheeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeeheeMuhuh</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThackerPass</a> in the McDermitt Caldera), in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paiute</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shoshone</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bannock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bannock</a>. The Riders, walkers, and runners carry the prayer with each community. They'll move forward to raise awareness regarding lithium mining in Peehee Mu'huh and the McDermitt Caldera; AND also raise awareness to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CopperMining</a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineNutHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PineNutHills</a>, a holy place known to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuwu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nuwu</a>; in honor and remembrance of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women / People (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MMIW</a>/P) in Nevada; and to revitalize and restore cultural identity, languages, creativity, and supportive lifeways in our indigenous communities. "Northern Nevada is the home of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernPaiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthernPaiute</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternShoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WesternShoshone</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washoe</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bannock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bannock</a> people. We, as descendants of them, will continue to give voices to the voiceless on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MotherEarth</a>. To all of our relations. "'We do this prayer ride to reconnect and revitalize our way of life,' says Josh Dini, Sr, a member of Walker River Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterProtector</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerHorseRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrayerHorseRider</a>, and a member of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> Northern Nevada (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIMNNV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIMNNV</a>)."Indigenous communities in the Great Basin and McDermitt Caldera are experiencing fast-tracked <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mining</a> and industrial development to support 'green energy,' and are threatened by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sociologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociologically</a> destructive resource extraction processes, most notably, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lithium</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copper</a> mining, in areas in proximity to or within <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communities</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reservations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reservations</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandTrusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandTrusts</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SacredSites</a>. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeavyMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeavyMetals</a> extraction <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> lands, air, and water. Sacred sites for ceremony, where ancestors are buried, where medicines grow, and where lifecycles are anchored, are destroyed."'Copper mining in our Pine Nut Hills takes away our knowledge and our identity of who we are,' says Dini, who explained the mining threatens an important Paiute medicine food, as well as numerous traditional campsites and sacred places that have been used for innumerable generations."'We ride in honor of the people on the land before extraction industries, past - present - and future. Here in Nevada we have places important to the indigenous culture that are considered America's sacrifice zones in search of 'green energy.'"'We are Paiute and Shoshone allied with many of the federally recognized tribes in Nevada. We lead this prayer for Mother Earth,' says Gary McKinney, a Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute, water protector and Prayer Horse Rider, People of Red Mountain spokesperson, AIMNNV council member, and SIRGE Coalition Steering Committee member.Prayer Horse Ride will visit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> northern Nevada communities affected by these issues including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WalkerRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WalkerRiver</a> Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yerington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yerington</a> Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fallon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fallon</a> Paiute Shoshone Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lovelock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lovelock</a> Paiute Tribe, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PyramidLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PyramidLake</a> Paiute Tribe. As Riders reach each community, they may share meals, engage in ceremony, share stories and songs, and teach and learn traditional arts, bringing the communities together to celebrate and remember the traditional ways. "McKinney says, 'We ride to honor the land and the people - of the past, present, and the future. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOverLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LifeOverLithium</a>." "About Prayer Horse Ride: Established in 2022 to honor the late <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MyronDewey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyronDewey</a>, Water Protector, Paiute Shoshone journalist and drone pilot, and to continue prayers for cultural sites like Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass), we are an indigenous led prayer group and community service organization that advocates for our indigenous communities, to protect what we have left and to raise your awareness to what our communities face, and most importantly, in gathering tribes back together to stand in unity, not by separation. "'We'll continue this ride in the Vision of our Ancestors, for Healing, Strength and Awareness, in Prayer and Unity.'"Prayer Horse Riders have a story to tell and you can reach out to PHR media liaison André Wesner for inquiries: PrayerHorseRide2023@gmail.com<a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02/prayer-horse-ride-2024-in-honor-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02/prayer-horse-ride-2024-in-honor-of.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrayerRide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterProtectors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousLands</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousActivism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoUraniumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandBack</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History June 26, 1975: FBI provoked a shootout with members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) at Oglala, South Dakota. The deadly firefight left two FBI agents and Lakota activist Joe Stuntz dead. Two AIM leaders were prosecuted for the FBI deaths and found innocent. A third AIM activist, Leonard Peltier was later framed by undercover FBI agents who were conducting counterintelligence on the reservation. During the trial, some of the government’s own witnesses testified that Peltier wasn’t even present at the scene of the killings and the judge disallowed some of the same evidence that helped acquit his comrades in the earlier trial. In 2017, President Obama denied Peltier's application for clemency. He is still in prison and his health has been deteriorating. There is a petition to get him transferred from prison to Mayo clinic in Minnesota. On June 7, 2022, The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Peltier’s imprisonment violates the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeonardPeltier</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fbi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obama</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indegenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indegenous</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a>

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History is a Gift<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OTD</a> John Trudell was born in 1946. He was the eloquent spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes’ famous takeover of Alcatraz, from 1969 to 1971, broadcasting at night as “Radio Free Alcatraz.” He later went on to a career in writing, poetry, music, and acting, as a healing response to the trauma of his family’s death due to a suspicious fire.Today's art is by Eric Garcia: <a href="https://blackcommentator.com/635/635_cartoon_john_trudell_garcia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://blackcommentator.com/635/635_cartoon_john_trudell_garcia.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/RadioFreeAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioFreeAlcatraz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ToWeRi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToWeRi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Feb15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Feb15</a>

AnungIkwe ᐊᓈᓐg ᐃᑴRemember the real meaning of <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/valentinesday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValentinesDay</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/decolonize" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Decolonize</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/indigenous" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/ndnz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDNZ</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/indigenousfeminism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousFeminism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/americanindianmovement" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a>

AnungIkwe ᐊᓈᓐg ᐃᑴMurder, rape, slavery and genocide. Here’s why California must ditch Columbus Day <a href="https://bit.ly/2MbTXYB" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2MbTXYB</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/abolishcolumbusday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbolishColumbusDay</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/smashcolumbusday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmashColumbusDay</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/indigenousfeminism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousFeminism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/defendthesacred" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefendtheSacred</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/indigenous" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indigenous</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/fuckcolumbusday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckColumbusDay</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/americanindianmovement" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/ndnz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDNz</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/ndnz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDNZ</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/indigenous" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indigenous</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/indigenouspeoplesday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeoplesDay</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/decolonize" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Decolonize</a>

Abolition MediaPolitical Prisoner Leonard Peltier Shares His Indian Boarding School Story <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeonardPeltier</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2022/06/10/political-prisoner-leonard-peltier-shares-his-indian-boarding-school-story/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2022/06/10/political-prisoner-leonard-peltier-shares-his-indian-boarding-school-story/</a>

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