Watch trailer 'The Cherokee Word for Water'

Cast from The Cherokee Word for Water 









Published on Jun 27, 2013


The Cherokee Word for Water is a feature-length motion picture that tells the story of the work that led Wilma Mankiller to become the first modern female Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Set in the early 1980s, The Cherokee Word for Water begins in the homes of a small town in rural Oklahoma where many houses lack

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Hoopa Valley Tribe intervenes for salmon on Trinity River

Westlands files lawsuit against Trinity water release 



Hoopa Valley Tribe intervenes, urges increased release of water 



"A die-off of Trinity River salmon, if it were to occur again this year, would be very harmful to the many Hoopa tribal members who rely upon these fish." -- Hoopa Valley Chair Danielle Vigil-Masten



by Dan Bacher 

Censored News



The Westlands Water

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Megaload Blockade Organizing: More Megaloads Headed to Northwest!

Nez Perce megaload blockade


Anti-megaload activists from Northern Rockies Rising Tide are sending out an alert calling on all West Coast/Columbia River activists. 

Breaking news from Northern Rockies Rising Tide (12:22 am Tuesday): "Thirty people just blocked the megaload for about five minutes. No arrests. Lots of cops, not much patience. Lots of good material. 

By Wild Idaho Rising

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US Border Patrol Impunity Must End! Border Patrol Getting Away with Murder!

Border Patrol Impunity Must End!

Mother Demands Justice


Carlos La Madrid loved to play soccer and guitar and was learning to work with solar energy. Image credit: Border Action Network.


By Derechos Humanos

Censored News

Tucson -- Guadalupe Guerrero, mother of Carlos La Madrid, was informed this past Friday, August 9th, that the murderer of her son, Border Patrol Agent Lucas Tidwell, will

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Long Walk 4 in Richmond, Indiana

Day 28: Long Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz

Censored News

Photos by Aki Zaagi, thank you for sharing with Censored News!



"Day 28 - interesting day on Richmond, Indiana. Had a Pipe Ceremony by the Courthouse and a few people walked with us from there. Having a feast at the Townsend Center in a bit. We are hoping to go to the place where St. Clair, leading the first standing US army in

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Cushing, Okla: Undercover agents infiltrated Tarsands Resistance Camp

Photos by Laura Borealis/Tar Sand BlockadeAccording to documents obtained by Earth Island Journal, investigators from the Bryan CountySherriff's Department had been spying on a Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance training campthat took place from March 18 to March 22 and which brought together local landowners,Indigenous communities, and environmental groups opposed to the pipeline.

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Dakota Unity Riders meet US Calvary

Photo: Historic meeting in Newtown, Conn., with the last remaining Calvary connected with the Battle of Little Big Horn, the 7th Calvary. At the same time the Governor of Conn. deputized the Dakota Unity riders, and returned the flag !



“The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples”



Grand Chief Murray Clearsky


Southern Chiefs Organization

Censored News



I wish to extend

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Dine' Leland Grass: Wild Horse Slaughter: Navajo Leaders Lost the Horse Song

Leland Grass: Betatkin wild cow chase


Why would the Navajo government support the slaughter of the sacred wild horse? 

"The horseback riders should understand the prayer and song as to why there is such a horse." -- Leland Grass

By Leland Grass, Dine'

Censored News
Updated

Media Release:I don't understand why our own Navajo Nation government President Ben Shelly, Speaker of the Council

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Po'pay, A True American Hero

A promotional short for the documentary film, 'In the Spirit of Po'pay'. Native American hero, Po'pay was the leader of what is being called, "the First American Revolution", The Pueblo Revolt of 1680. 

Dutch translation by Alice Holemans, NAIS Gazette, thank you!
http://www.bloggen.be/natam/archief.php?ID=2291525


PO’PAY, EEN WARE AMERIKAANSE HELD

Bron: Censored News 

Een korte

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Zapatistas Marcos: 'Votan IV. D-Day Minus 7'

Votán IV. D-Day Minus 7.



Votán IV.

D-Day Minus 7.

Revelations of what the Zapatista heart admires in others, announcement of some exemptions to the Zapatista Little School, and some pointless advice that no one is going to follow.  

August of 2013.

Okay so, there’s not much left now. I mean that there are not many days left until the Little School starts, not that we don’t have much more

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South Dakota: 'Hot Water' exposes uranium mining contamination in water

Filmmakers Liz Rogers and Kevin Flint go to South Dakota following a story about Uranium contamination only to discover that the problem flows much farther, and runs deeper than they could have imagined. Three years and thousands of miles later, "Hot Water" tells of those impacted by Uranium mining, atomic testing, nuclear energy and the contamination that runs through our air, soil and

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Chicago: Police attack ALEC protesters!

 




Arrests happening now in Chicago as protesters gather at the posh hotel of ALEC's event. The right-wing infrastructure source of ALEC is a profit-driven agenda which includes "K-12 Inc" a private company seeking to legislatively take over public schools, and aligned with the tobacco industry, the oil industry, and the pharmaceutical industry. Privatization of schools is a $500B industry,

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Documents Aug 10, 2013: Navajo Shadow Government by Non-Navajos

Navajo Generating Station poisoning Navajoland and Grand Canyon

Documents reveal theft of Navajo water rights and secret government by non-Navajos in key Navajo Nation positions -- working in collusion with dirty coal

"This is all evidence of the 'shadow government' at work. The non-Navajo controlled 'secret government' that ultimately rules us." Ed Becenti, grassroots Dine'



By Ed

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Long Walk 4 Photos with Irene Bedard

Photos at Antioch College, Ohio, by Long walker Aki Zaagi, than you for sharing with Censored News!

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Antioch College Photo by Nargees Zinab Jumakhan, thank you!

Share the love, with a camping spot, food or cold water for the Long Walkers! Walkers are headed to Indiana, and then Illinois. Upcoming walk schedule:



INDIANA



August 10 - Brookville to Richmond, IN 25.9 miles

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Night Four: Nez Perce Blockade of the Tarsands Megaload

By Brooklyn Baptiste, Nez Perce


Censored News



Everyone was hungry but still chipper after things died down early this morning near Fish Creek on the Lochsa River. I am so grateful for all the Nez Perce tribal members & non-tribal individuals that showed how courageous they were by continued efforts to protest. No matter what some might say about this past week, we created awareness and

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Solidarity Messages to Nez Perce Blockade

Mining companies now hiring contract snipers with assault weapons -- with scopes and silencers -- in Wisconsin and Arizona -- just

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Longest Walk 4 Begins July 15, 2013

Schedule and info (English/French/Dutch) http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/06/schedule-longest-walk-4-return-to.html

 LA CAMINATA MAS LARGA 4 REGRESO A ALCATRAZ



 

WASHINGTON DC DC- ALCATRAZ CA 



15 DE JULIO- DECIEMBRE 21, 2013. 



El
proposito de esta caminata es para reafirmar el corazón de las
tradiciones de las tribus, plantado y governado por la base de la
relacion espiritual

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Navajo whistleblowers expose corruption: Navajo water department, dirty coal industry

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
 



Whistleblowers within the Navajo Nation government have exposed corruption in the takeover of the Navajo Water Code Administration. The Resources and Development Committee is holding a meeting on Tuesday,
July 9, 2013, at 10 am in regards to the following memo. Grassroots Dine' are encouraged to attend.



Dine' told Censored News that the memo is

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First Nation Terrance Nelson: Warrior Societies are Prepared

By Terrance Nelson

Oka



Roseau River Anishinabe

Censored News

 

Jason Bowman (Special Assistant)Ka-nyen-geh-ha-kah of Grand River

 

Jason,

 

Thanks for your email.

Back in 1990 after the "Oka" Crisis, Mark Maracle and other Mohawks
met with us in Roseau River to discuss how we reacted to the crisis. We
agreed that we were not as organized as we needed to be, that Warrior

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Tarsands Healing Walk Photos July 6, 2013

The Healing Walk Begins July 6, 2013. Photo by Ben Powless



Tar sands healing walk approaches first tailings pond after a prayer to the south. Photo Ben Powless



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Thank you Ben Powless, Mohawk, for sharing with Censored News!
MORE PHOTOS OF WALK:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/healingwalk/9228857876/

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Mohawk Ben Powless Photos: Walkers arrive for Tarsands Healing Walk

Thank you Ben Powless, Mohawk, for sharing these photos!


Tarsands Healing Walk

Fort McMurray, Alberta July 5--6, 2013

http://www.healingwalk.org/
Yes! magazine: Clayton Thomas-Muller, Cree
 'Healing Walk through Tarsands Dystopia'


Schedule Saturday July 6, 2013
7:00 am - Wake up call
8:00 am - Load into buses and vans and rideshares and leave campsite
9:00 am -

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Terrance Nelson: When Peace Chiefs fail, time to bring in War Chiefs

Terrance Nelson: "When the Peace Chiefs have failed, it is time to bring in the War
Chiefs. The War Chiefs must prepare for War in order for our people to
have peace with the immigrants, peace doesn't mean that our people have
to live in poverty."

 

By Terrance Nelson

First Nation Roseau River Anishinabe

Censored News

July 5th 2013

 

Chief Fox,

 
July 14-18, 2013- Treaty 1-11

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The Cochabamba Declaration by UNASUR (on the assault on President Morales)

The Cochabamba Declaration by UNASUR (on the assault on President Morales)








Fri Jul 5, 2013
Democratic Underground

Cochabamba Declaration


Cochabamba, Plurinational State of Bolivia


On this Thursday night Presidents of South American Nations,
gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and issued a joint statement in which
they affirmed their rejection of recent actions against President

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Photos Defending Havasupai sacred land from uranium mining in Grand Canyon

Thank you Dawn Dyer for sharing your photos with Censored News. Thank you Supai Waters, supporters and defenders of sacred lands against uranium mining at the camp on Havasupai land in the Grand Canyon.

Article by Mama Bears Brigade
Censored News

RED BUTTE, Havasupai -- Energy Fuels Inc., the Toronto-based
company digging the mine, have already dug 120 feet down what they

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Get Ready! Long Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz!

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Craig Luther, Navajo, will walk across America again. Photo Brita Brooks



Lisa Peake Anishinabe/Pomo will walk across America again. Photo Brenda Norrell




Michael Lane and Sharon Heta, Maori, will walk across America again. Photo Brita Brooks


Long Walk 4 Update Return to Alcatraz!  

By Brenda Norrell  Censored News

The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz begins in less than two weeks,

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Southern Chiefs' Anishinabe Treaty Dakota Ride

Photo by Ozaway Pinesse. Thank you for sharing with Censored News!



Southern Grand Chief Murray Clearsky on his sacred horseback ride to create awareness on the treaties with non-Indigenous Canadians. Grand Chief Clearsky and currently 12 riders are riding to Onion Lake, Saskatchewan for the National Treaty Gathering which starts on July 14, 2013 which will decide a new direction, new future

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Mohawk Nation News 'Make Believe Death'

MAKE BELIEVE DEATH

Posted on July 3, 2013






MNN. July 3, 2013.  In 1990 I was fired from Indian
Affairs for being a Mohawk during the Canadian army siege of three of
our communities. We had to move into a tiny apartment above a wild meat
butcher shop in the middle of Kahnawake.
Soon we needed to build a house. The local bank offered mortgages.
The application was turned down

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Gwich'in Steering Committee 25th Anniversary Celebration Aug.24-25, 2013

Diilak Naii!  Greetings Dear Friends!


Please join us for our


25th Anniversary Celebration
August 24th & 25th
Arctic Village, Alaska


We
at the Gwich'in Steering Committee cordially invite you to come
celebrate 25 Years of Protecting Gwich'in Way of Life.  That's 25 Years
of educating the world about why protecting the Porcupine Caribou Herd's

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Long Walk '78 by Bahe Katenay, Big Mountain Dineh

OKLAHOMA WHIRLWIND

Posted on May 21, 2013 


Mohawk Nation News
www.mohawknationnews.com


MNN. May 21, 2013. We send greetings to our Oklahoma relations, all the people, animals, plants, birds, fish and all that are part of the natural world. We especially send our utmost regards to the four winds – owera – who continue to

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Mohawk Nation News 'Harper at CFR'

HARPER AT CFR









MNN. May 17, 2013. This is the “between the lines”
translation of Canadian Prime Minister Harper’s remarks to the Council
of Foreign Relations( CFR) bankers in New York City. He reassured them
he has our resources and will stop our griping about the theft. Canada
is one of the world’s main providers of war material. He thinks the
Indigenous can’t interfere as

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Indigenous confront Royal Dutch Shell at The Hague

Extreme Energy development is a risk
for investment and the planet, Indigenous delegates tell Royal Dutch
Shell shareholders in The Hague, Netherlands

Press statement
Posted at Censored News

Tuesday May 21st, The Hague, Netherlands-
Today members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and the
Native Village of Point Hope, Alaska attended the Royal Dutch Shell AGM
to confront the

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Alaska Tribal Coalition fights chemical dispersant oil spill response enforcement

“We Watched Our Friends Die"




Alaska Tribal Coalition Vows to Fight Chemical Dispersant
Oil Spill Response Enforcement

Press statement
The words of an Alaskan tribal elder, “We watched our
family and friends die,” represent the feelings of many about the use of
chemical dispersants in their waters. Thirty plus years after Exxon Valdez and three years after the
BP Gulf oil spill, numerous

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Tohono O’odham and Arizona police stalk human rights activists

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Tohono
O’odham and Arizona police stalk human rights activists




By
Brenda Norrell

CensoredNews
English/French
 

TUCSON -- While
the ATF was smuggling AK47s to the cartels in Mexico, violent crime soared, and
Tucson schools were closing for lack

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Government Surveillance of Occupy Movement: Year long investigation

Breaking News from Censored News

Article update, see:  Tohono O'odham and Arizona police stalk human rights activists
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/05/tohono-oodham-and-arizona-police-stalk.html

Tohono O'odham Police, Tucson Police and
Homeland Security spied on Tohono O'odham and Navajo activists in
Phoenix and Tucson. Native activists were spied on at the protest at Salt River

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Zapatistas Conference May 22-23, 2013

Adherentes a la Sexta invitan a Jornadas zapatistas en la UPN, 22 y 23 de mayo

Posted at Enlace Zapatista: 

http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/05/19/adherentes-a-la-sexta-invitan-a-jornadas-zapatistas-en-la-upn-22-y-23-de-mayo/

Computer translation:

Adherents to the Sixth Conference invites Zapatistas:

The Faceless Collective adherent to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon

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