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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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…
Read MoreA Story of Survival Revived by the Cicadas’ Loud (and Crunchy) Return
Read MoreWe 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…
Read Morea brief photo gallery from the American Indian Law Alliance and Haudenosaunee Confederacy United Nations Meeting.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreIt 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 MoreSay no to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Respect indigenous sovereignty, sacred lands, and treat Mother Earth with dignity.
Read MoreSpeaking 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.
Read MoreComités 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
Read MoreToday on the steps of City Hall in New York City, leaders of Indigenous Nations and communities called on Mayor de Blasio to end NYC’s business, contracts and pension fund investments with banks such as Wells Fargo, which are funding…
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