A revised and updated version of this letter has now been published with The Nation. Each day is a gift from the Creator and every day we start by giving thanks to the Creator, to our Earth, and to…
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Pagans in the Promised Land: a Primer on Religious Freedom
Significant aspects of this research were published in the New York University Review of Law & Social Change (Vol. 20, Number 2, 1993), “The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law.” The American Indian Law Alliance expresses its gratitude to…
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Statement on Cuomo wanting to add Columbus statue to historic registers
Statement by Gaen hia uh, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation, Snipe Clan), President & Executive Director of the American Indian Law Alliance: “Governor Cuomo, in calling for adding the statue of Christopher Columbus to the State Register of Historic Places, and…
Read MoreHappy 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…
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NYT article on the Cicadas return to Onondaga Nation
A Story of Survival Revived by the Cicadas’ Loud (and Crunchy) Return
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Op-Ed: Dreamers must be protected – as Indigenous Peoples were not
We want to share this new op-ed, “Dreamers Must be Protected – as Indigenous Peoples Were Not,” by Betty Lyons, President of the American Indian Law Alliance, which was published today in The Guardian. Please share and post this op-ed…
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NYC, Wells Fargo, and the DAPL
Coverage of our efforts to get NYC to pull money from Wells Fargo over their funding of DAPL: Coverage from event: Dakota Pipeline protests come to Wall Street: Native American activists hope to pressure big banks to back off Indigenous…
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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…
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The Fight for Indigenous Peoples Day
It is essential to remember, or learn in the first place, that Columbus’ transatlantic voyages and those of the other European explorers were protected under the Doctrine of Discovery, especially Inter Caetera, issued in 1493 by Pope Alexander VI as…
Read MoreWater is Sacred
Say no to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Respect indigenous sovereignty, sacred lands, and treat Mother Earth with dignity.
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