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‘The cavalry’s coming!’: Indigenous activism from 1492 to Standing Rock

Famed Indigenous activists like Leonard Peltier and Madonna Thunder Hawk and younger activists shared their thoughts with ICT about the evolution of Indigenous activism from the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s to Standing Rock and beyond.

by Kevin Abourezk, May 11, 2026

#CannonballND – "The field is serene. The blades of brown grass, not yet awakened by spring rains, sway gently. In the distance, the #MissouriRiver cuts a blue streak across the unbroken plains. The silence is punctuated only by the sound of passing cars and the low hum of rushing water in nearby #CannonballRiver.

"But if you listen carefully, you can hear defiant voices shouting and then screaming.

"Ten years ago, this land exploded.

"For nearly a year, from April 2016 to February 2017, thousands of people stood strong against #MilitarizedPolice, #FederalTroops and #PrivateSecurityForces [#Blackwater] hired to protect the 1,176-mile #DakotaAccessPipeline. They gathered to resist a private corporation’s efforts to build a pipeline less than a mile from the #StandingRockSioux Reservation near the #NorthDakota-#SouthDakota border.

"In the end, they were forced to evacuate their camps as authorities quieted, but never fully extinguished, the uprising. Some would say the fire that ignited at #StandingRock was lit decades earlier by #NativeActivists who fought oppression and violence in the 1960s and 1970s.

"While Native people have resisted #colonization and its impacts since 1492, the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s marked a turning point in the efforts of Native people to join together and speak in one voice. That torch of resistance was carried all the way from places like #AlcatrazIsland and #WoundedKnee to a field near the Missouri River in 2016.

"The #NoDAPL movement reached its height on Nov. 20, 2016, when hundreds of water protectors gathered on a bridge to clear two burned-out trucks that impeded a public roadway that provided access to the pipeline drill site and to the camp. The confrontation was the most violent clash between water protectors and authorities during the protest and led to nearly 200 people being injured, some seriously."

Read more:
https://ictnews.org/news/the-cavalrys-coming-indigenous-activism-from-1492-to-standing-rock/

#USPol #NativeAmericanActivism #StandWithStandingRock #NativeAmericanHistory #Resistance #IndigenousResistance #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over $1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

"President Donald Trump has justified sending National Guard troops into U.S. cities as part of an effort to combat crime and support local law enforcement. Critics of the move argue the deployments undermine state and local authority and exceed the president’s authority under the Constitution."

#NationalGuard #Deployment #FederalTroops #USPolitics #DomesticDeployment
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cbo-national-guard-cost-taxpayers-516abeae8f4f0c3cd76dab30c726e0f6

“Even under the #InsurrectionAct, #federaltroops may not lawfully shoot #protesters unless they are literally defending their lives against an imminent threat – yet such conduct is already happening in #Minneapolis at the hands of #federal #agents.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mczbqrkjnc2p

We ran high-level US civil war...

5. Trump’s economic policies are politically disastrous.

6. The White House’s redistricting push is a wash at best.

7. Europe has stepped up where the U.S. has failed.

8. Trump’s corruption and narcissism are turning off voters.

9. The MAGA coalition is fracturing badly.

10. We’ve only scratched the surface of the Epstein files.

#Trump #NewYear #DOGE #AbregoGarcia #DOJ #ICE #MaskedThugs #FederalTroops #economy #inflation #prices #groceries #jobs #gerrymandering #Epstein
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Jay Kuo provides a list of ten reasons to be hopeful that Trump and MAGA are on the ropes as a new year begins:

1. DOGE went down in disgrace.

2. Abrego Garcia was freed, with the DOJ itself now facing accountability.

3. Trump’s federal troop deployment was kneecapped.

4. Censorship and persecution of Trump’s enemies are failing.

#Trump #NewYear #DOGE #AbregoGarcia #DOJ #ICE #MaskedThugs #FederalTroops #economy #inflation #prices #groceries #jobs
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/maga-trumpism-is-failing-here-are

RE: https://mas.to/@markwyner/115527129188459155

Just a week ago @ProPublica nailed it about the truth of Portland. They exposed how propaganda triggered escalation from fascists, claiming that we’re a “war ravaged.”

Now they’ve published receipts that specifically point to FOX’s propaganda (no surprise, of course).

I’m a paid subscriber to ProPublica. I recommend supporting them.

https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage

#Portland #PDX #ICE #FederalTroops #WarRavagedPortland #NationalGuard

Thank you, @ProPublica, for telling the story of our beloved Portland. The fascists always escalate things here. Every time we hit the streets, they attack first.

https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-trump

#Portland #PDX #ICE #FederalTroops #NationalGuard #Protest