'Crying Earth Rise Up' Premiere Packed at Sedona Film Festival

�Crying Earth Rise Up� Premiere at the International Sedona Film Festival

Article and photos by Natalie Hand
Lakota Media Project/Owe Aku
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Dutch translation by Alice Holemans, NAIS
French translation by Christine Prat

SEDONA, Ariz. -- The emotionally charged documentary �Crying Earth Rise Up� was showcased to a full house at this week�s Sedona International Film Festival.

Photos Apache Oak Flat Spiritual Gathering by Sandra Rambler

Photos by Sandra Rambler, San Carlos Apache

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On Feb. 5, tribal members and guests danced to four blessing songs by medicine man, Anthony Logan and other spiritual leaders at the San Carlos Apache Tribal Administration lawn prior to beginning the spiritual march to Oak Flat.

On Feb. 5, Tribal Vice-Chairman, Tao Etpison joined by Seven Mile Wash District

Grand Canyon Tram Scam: Notes on NBC News Story

Grand Canyon Tram Scam: Notes on NBC News� story


Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma: "These landscapes and the canyon and the confluence today are still very, very important to the Hopi people and we'll never let that go. We're not going to give up on being good stewards of these lands. Never."






by Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Program Director

Photo credit Kristen M. Caldon

Navajo President

Rapid City Journal Victimizing Victims with Bordertown Racism

Rapid City Journal's bordertown racism exposed after Lakota students attacked at hockey game

By Brenda Norrell
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Dutch translation by Alice Holemans, NAIS
Feb. 1, 2015
Updated Feb. 2, 3 and 4, 2015

The Rapid City Journal has victimized Lakota students after these students were assaulted at a hockey game in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The students and staff from American Horse School

Leonard Peltier's Written Statement to Boarding School Tribunal

BOARDING SCHOOL STATEMENT BY LEONARD PELTIER TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BLUE SKIES FOUNDATION TRIBUNAL HELD IN ONEIDA WISCONSIN ON OCTOBER 22-25th 2014



By Leonard Peltier


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Dutch translation by Alice Holemans

French translation by Christine Prat





In the fall of 1953 I was living with my widowed Grand mother Mary Dubois Peltier (originally from

Boarding School Tribunal releases findings and recommendations

Boarding School Tribunal 2014 by Brenda Norrell




Article and photos by Brenda Norrell


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Dutch translation by Alice Holemans, NAIS
French translation by Christine Prat



GREEN BAY, Wisconsin -- The Truth Commissioners of the Indigenous Peoples Boarding School Tribunal held here in October have released the findings and recommendations, following three days of testimony by

Banning of Native American books, Mexican American Studies, goes to federal court

The banning of Mexican American Studies, and Chicano and Native American books, in Tucson schools, exposes Arizona's white privilege government










By Brenda Norrell

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The banning of Chicano and Native American authors, and the Mexican American Studies program, in Tucson Public Schools, proceeds before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

McCain's new mode of genocide: Theft of Apache sacred land for copper mining

Photo by Sandra Rambler, San Carlos Apache"We need the water for our beloved children and grandchildren and all those who are yet to be born."

Once again, John McCain is the darling of the coyotes and snakes





By Brenda Norrell
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Sen. John McCain's new mode of genocide is no where more obvious than in the slick theft of Apache sacred lands for the benefit of a foreign

Indian Gaming: The Price of Influence

By Brenda Norrell
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Indian casino lobbyists and management companies continue to bilk millions, possibly billions, out of Indian Nations. They use the sovereign status of Indian Nations, combined with PR spin, lobbyists and politicians, to enrich non-Indians.

The national Indian media, largely funded by casinos, is part of the scheme.

Millions of dollars each year go to lobbyists

American Indian Movement's stance on Libya: Moments in history

Think outside the box today, moments in history

Vernon Bellecourt, AM



By Brenda Norrell
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In the media's censored files in the United States are the facts that the American Indian Movement, and other Native Americans, maintained a relationship with Libya. For the history books, here are quotes by American Indians and Qaddafi. In the future, history books will be written to

Top Most Censored in Indian Country Nov. 2014

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Vicam Yaqui Traditional Authority organizes water rights resistance
Photo Brenda Norrell Sonora, Mexico



Water rights protests: Navajo, Paiute, and Yaqui in Sonora/ Censored News



By Brenda Norrell
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Here's the Top Most Censored Issues in Indian Country:

Theft of Indian water rights by non-Indian attorneys, Congressmen and corrupt tribal officials
This is why we need more

Day 3 Boarding School Tribunal!

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Day 3 Live at the Boarding School Tribunal in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Click arrow above to watch live or go to:
http://www.livestream.com/earthcycles

Bill Means: "We are rebuilding our nations, because we have treaties"

By Brenda Norrell
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More testimony from Day 3: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/10/conclusions-boarding-school-tribunal.html


GREEN BAY, Wisconsin --

Leonard Peltier's Testimony to Boarding School Tribunal

Written Testimony by imprisoned activist Leonard Peltier. Testimony read into the record by Dorothy Ninham, at the Boarding School Tribunal in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNSa5vX1qY

By Brenda Norrell
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Dutch translation by NAIS

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin -- Imprisoned activist Leonard Peltier described when he was kidnapped from

Devastation of mining and war silenced at Indigenous World Conference

Devastation of mining and war censored, Pacific Islanders withdraw support for Indigenous World Conference


Protest in Toronto of Hudbay mine in Guatemala


By Brenda Norrell


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French translation by Christine Prat
http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=2500

Mining is among the leading causes of murder, rape, assassinations and disappearances of Indigenous Peoples globally.

Tribunal on Indian Boarding Schools Wisconsin Oct 22 -- 25, 2014

Devastating Effects Of Boarding Schools On Indigenous

Peoples: Second Annual Tribunal On The Abuse Of

Indigenous Human Rights











October 22 - 25








AN INVITATION


You�re invited to attend our forum focused on the experiences of Native children who were forced at early ages to attend Indian boarding schools. This Tribunal is scheduled for October 22 through the 25th, 2014,