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 

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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

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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


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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

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