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.
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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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Say no to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Respect indigenous sovereignty, sacred lands, and treat Mother Earth with dignity.
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National publication, The Atlantic
“The Iroquois Are Not Giving Up Confronted with a string of unfavorable court rulings, the Confederacy staged a 13-day demonstration to kickstart a social movement” by Julian Taub, Aug 17, 2013.
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Inaugural event for the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign
Speaking at the kick-off event for the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC on March 12, 2013.
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AILA Intervention on Mohawk Border issue
Betty Lyons, Executive Director of the American Indian Law Alliance, intervenes at the United Nations on behalf of the Mohawk Nation in regards to a border dispute.
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Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery
Comités de Defensa del Barrio has an excellent article on the relationship between the Doctrine of Discovery and US citizenship, it is worth a read. header image via: youtube
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Petition to Abolish Columbus Day
Please sign & share widely! Petition to the City of Syracuse & Onondaga County: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, not Columbus Day! header image via: https://rethinkingschoolsblog.com/2015/11/30/help-rethinking-schools-abolish-columbus-day/
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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,…
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