Category: Events
Christian Domination and the Failure of ‘Truth and Reconciliation’
A conference in Onondaga Nation Territory, at Syracuse University and Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center, Saturday and Sunday, 17-18 August 2019. This conference continues discussions between religious communities and Indigenous Peoples about the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DOCD) so that real healing can occur. “Truth and Reconciliation” efforts in settler-colonial states have the appearance of…
Spring Social with Silver Cloud Singers
Safe Harbors Indigenous Collective, LaMaMa Indigenous Initiative, And American Indian Law Alliance present: Spring Social Host Drum: SilverCloud Singers (NYC) Come and enjoy an evening of Free Food, Socializing, Singing and Dancing, Games, 50/50 Raffle and Door Prizes Location: The Carriage House 225 East 67th Street Between 2nd and 3rd ave, New York, NY 10065…
Indigenous Women of the Americas Protecting Mother Earth
Join us for – ‘Indigenous Women of the Americas Protecting Mother Earth: Struggles and Climate Change Solutions, 2019′ – to be presented at the United Nations Church Center in New York City on Tuesday April 23rd, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. This public event, organized and facilitated by WECAN International, is being held in parallel…
Imposed Borders
Imposed Borders of Colonialism: Violence against Indigenous Women, Indigenous Girls and Mother Earth Friday, March 15, 2019 12:30 pm Location: 4 West 43rd Street, Manhattan (43rd St. between 5th & 6th Ave.) Room: Gallery Official side event of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) The panel will discuss the interconnectedness of the…
Spectrum News Coverage of the Vigil Against Violence at the border
“It seems like it’s getting worse and our country is divided on the whole issue,” said Sidney Hill, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Tadodaho. “We feel that it’s our duty to support these people and their struggles, if it’s just acknowledgment, if it’s helping out and let them tell us what we can do.” Spectrum News.
Betty Lyons to Speak at Iona College
Thursday, November 8 at 12:00pm: AILA’s President Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation) will offer the keynote address at Iona College’s annual Week of the Peacemaker. The title of her keynote address is: “We Know Our Relatives: Indigenous Nations Rejecting Colonial Borders.” Location: Iona College, Murphy Auditorium 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Everyone is invited…
Happy Indigenous People’s Day
Happy Indigenous People’s Day. That is what people are saying today in 90 cities and counties large and small across the country today, ranging from Los Angeles and Phoenix to Ithaca. This is not Columbus Day, NY Daily News Op-Ed by Betty Lyons
United Nations Photo Gallery
a brief photo gallery from the American Indian Law Alliance and Haudenosaunee Confederacy United Nations Meeting.
Coverage from the People’s State of the Union
The New York Amsterdam News write up of the #PeoplesSOTU mentions Betty Lyons speech on the Haudenosaunee influence on democracy and the women’s rights movement.
The People’s State of the Union
We were honored to be part of the Peoples State of the Union on Monday, January 29, 2018 and to provide an Indigenous opening to the event. Mark Ruffalo welcomed Tadodaho Sid Hill of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy & the Onondaga Nation [Ononda’geh Ongwawenna] to the stage. Tadodaho Sid Hill offered a traditional opening, a thanks…
Indigenous People’s Day
“It all started with Columbus. That is why the movement to rename Oct. 12 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and urging inclusion of the Doctrine of Discovery in public education curricula, is so important as part of broader work towards sovereignty, self-determination and full justice for native peoples.” Why indigenous peoples are right to be offended…
