Tag: sovereignty
Centering Native American and Indigenous Communities: Decolonizing Pandemic Politics
Webinar: Centering Native American and Indigenous Communities: Decolonizing Pandemic Politics Tuesday, May 18, 2021 / 6 – 8 pm EST. REGISTER here by Monday, May 17 The Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Collective presents the Webinar Series, Communities of Color, (In)Justice, and Multiple Pandemics. This series brings together artists, community activists, scientists, and scholars to address the multiple pandemics facing communities…
From Land Acknowledgement to Land Back
Join us for a facilitated conversation on land acknowledgments and the urgency of land back. Acknowledging injustice is essential. Land acknowledgments come out of a desire to recognize how settler-colonial societies have harmed Indigenous nations and peoples. They provide a necessary recognition of the past. Excellent land acknowledgments are made up of the following…
Stopping Line 3 with Winona LaDuke
Please join us for, “Stopping Line 3 with Winona LaDuke” on Tuesday, January 26 at 6:30pm ET via Zoom. Link to register here. More details below. Hope you can attend, and please spread the word! For more info on Line 3, check out this article by Winona LaDuke in The Nation, “Stopping Trump’s Last Pipeline Will Take…
4 the Future Foundation at US Lacrosse LaxCon
4 the Future Foundation at US Lacrosse LaxCon Join us, Saturday January 16th at 2:30pm ET 4 the Future Panel Discussion with Lyle and Jeremy Thompson Featuring: Betty Lyons Rex Lyons Corey Hinton Gayle Kelley Moderated by Sarah Aschenbach ➞ Register for Fan Fest at USLacrosse.org
The 2020 Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus
Canceled due to COVID-19 concerns 19th Annual Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus Honoring our Founding Mothers United Nations Church Center 777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10017 April 10, 2020 9am – 3pm As we prepare for the upcoming 19th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues April 13-24th, 2020,…
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…
Urgent Action request to UNOHCHR Regional Office for Central America
Call for Solidarity and Support of Indigenous Peoples NYA•WEÑHA SKÄ•NOÑH: Thank you for being well Below is a letter of concern delivered by the American Indian Law Alliance (aila.ngo) to the UN OHCHR on behalf of our friend and colleague Margot Pérez. The below letter addresses not only her specific case but also the systematic…
Doctrine of Discovery and Colonial Terrorism
The truth, while spoken, never dies. It is a flame that may rest, smouldering in our bones. Perhaps for generations Yet in these very lines it will rekindle We are the flame that never died on battlegrounds of old And for as long as I breathe my story I am not vanquished I am my…
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…
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…
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 calling for its inclusion on the National Register, has once again demonstrated his unwillingness to…
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
