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Honoring the #Movements and People who Inspire us. #Warriors, #Writers and #Dreamers -- A Thread Runs Through Them. #CensoredNews 20th Anniversary.
'Know who you are, and never let anyone take your power from you.'
By #BrendaNorrell, Censored News, August 30, 2026
"We're coming up on our 20th anniversary at Censored News, and we are honoring the warriors, leaders, writers and dreamers who make Censored News possible.
When the Mohawks came for the border summit in 2006 and 2007, it was, as they say in the movie Casablanca, the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Along with the Mohawks, leaders, writers and dreamers through the years became a sort of collective which makes Censored News what it is, a service to #IndigenousPeople and #HumanRights.
We lost many of our best, #Lakota Warrior Woman #DebWhitePlume, our longtime friend #KleeBenally, our French translator #ChristinePrat, and many more. But thanks to those who keep sharing their work, we keep Censored News going. This summer our page views increased by millions, thanks to their labors of love.
Today, we celebrate the movements and people who inspire us, as we celebrate our 20 Year Anniversary at Censored News."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/honoring-movements-and-people-who.htmlTo donate - [email protected] via PayPal. Link to donations page:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/08/donate-to-censored-news.html#IndigenousNews #ReaderSupportedNews #MicheleCook #OfeliaRivas #FloydWesterman #TohonoOodhamNation #BorderPatrol #Diné #Navajo #IndigenousActivists #LandDefenders #WaterDefenders #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #MniWiconi #Marcos #Mexico #Chiapas #Maori #Aotearoa #IndigenousResistance #NoBorders #LeaveItInTheGround #StandWithStandingRock #StandingRock
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Traditional #Wojapi Recipe – #NativeAmerican Berry Sauce Made Simple
By Corinne Griffith
June 4, 2025"Wojapi (pronounced WO-jah-pee) is a cherished Native American berry sauce rooted in #Lakota and #Dakota traditions. Made from wild berries and gently sweetened, this rich, velvety sauce was traditionally served with fry bread but today pairs beautifully with pancakes, yogurt, oatmeal, and even ice cream.Dairy & Eggs
"Whether you’re exploring Indigenous cuisine for the first time or rekindling a family favorite, this simple recipe is a perfect introduction to the beauty of ancestral cooking.
Why I Love This Recipe
"There’s a deep simplicity and warmth to Wojapi that makes it feel like a hug in sauce form. It’s naturally sweet, full of bold berry flavor, and comes together in minutes using fresh or frozen fruit. What I love most is that it’s endlessly versatile—use it as a topping, a dip, or even a glaze.
"It’s the kind of recipe you can make in one pot, with five ingredients or fewer, and still have something that feels rich with history and meaning. It has the same joyful, flexible vibe as Caramel Apple Nachos, but with deep cultural roots.
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh or frozen berries
(traditional choices: #blueberries, #chokecherries, or #blackberries)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1–2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup (adjust to taste)
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch (optional, for thicker consistency)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional, for brightness)Optional Swaps & Tips
- Sweeteners: Maple syrup adds a subtle woodsy note, but honey is more traditional in some versions.
- Berries: Mix and match what you have. #Raspberries and #strawberries work too, but for authenticity, lean toward wild berries.
Cornstarch: Skip it for a thinner, more rustic sauce. Use it if you want a pudding-like consistency.
Citrus: A touch of lemon juice balances the sweetness and brings out the berry flavors."Source:
https://chefmaniac.com/traditional-wojapi-recipe-native-american-berry-sauce-made-simple/#SolarPunkSunday #WildBerries #IndigenousFoods #NativeAmericanFoods #BerrySauce
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Victory for #Lakota Youths Protecting Sacred #PeSla
Company withdraws from controversial Black Hills exploratory drilling project
"We stopped the drilling, this is a victory for the #OcetiSakowin," Lakota youths said as the drilling rig drove out of #SacredLand.
By Seth Tupper, May 8, 2026 via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com
"A company that’s being sued for exploratory drilling near a culturally significant site in South Dakota’s Black Hills is withdrawing from the project, according to a letter shared with project opponents.
"The opponents include the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, which posted a copy of the letter and a statement Friday on social media.
" 'This is a testament to the people, organizations, and tribal governments who showed unified action, determination, and courage in the face of what seemed to be overwhelming odds,' the alliance said.
"The letter from Pete Lien & Sons to the U.S. Forest Service references the #RapidCity-based company’s project near Pe’ Sla, also known as #ReynoldsPrairie, which is a high mountain meadow in the central #BlackHills. "
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/05/victory-for-lakota-youths-protecting.html#IndigenousResistance #ProtectTheSacred #LakotaYouths #BlackHillsCleanWaterAlliance
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#Blackfeet and #Lakota Prepare to Feed the People During #GovernmentShutdown
By #BrendaNorrell, Censored News, Oct. 25, 2025
"The #BlackfeetNation in #Montana is preparing to feed the people during the government shutdown by distributing buffalo meat and organizing an elk hunt. In #RapidCity, South Dakota, Lakota are
organizing #MutualAid, to feed the people in a region of great need."The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council said it has authorized the culling of 18 buffalo from the Blackfeet Nation herd. 'The processed meat will be distributed directly to community members to help
sustain food access during this period of uncertainty.'"In Rapid City, mutual aid will soon be underway, with a planning session on Oct. 29. '#SNAP looks like it will not be issued in November. Let’s get organized,' said #WotakuyeMutualAidSociety (Meals for Relatives Rapid City COVID Response).
"The Blackfeet Nation said, 'This proactive measure is part of a broader effort by the Council to safeguard essential food distribution programs, particularly as the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) remains uncertain.'
" 'While Governor Greg Gianforte’s Office continues working to ensure SNAP benefits remain available to all Montanans, including those in Blackfeet Country, the Council’s decision reflects a commitment to meeting community needs.'
"The Blackfeet Fish and Wildlife Department and the Blackfeet Commodity Office are coordinating an elk harvest to further supplement food distribution efforts. Processed elk meat will also be made available to community members in the coming weeks.
"'With federal restrictions and the shutdown disrupting vital resources, the Blackfeet Nation is turning to its own natural resources and community partnerships to ensure that families continue to have access to food,' the Blackfeet Nation said."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/10/blackfeet-and-lakota-prepare-to-feed.html#ReaderSupportedNews #CensoredNews #FoodInsecurity #FoodSovereignty #NativeAmericanNews #FirstNations #SNAPCuts
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“Weapons of Health Destruction...” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet
The Impact of Systematic Oppression on Indigenous Cuisine in the United States
#Frybread, sometimes called “#DieBread” or a “weapon of health destruction,” has multiple origin stories, and they all involve oppression and perseverance.
by Andrea Freeman, July 24, 2024
Excerpt: "On the hit television show #ReservationDogs, the only series ever to feature all #Indigenous writers, directors, and main cast members, the Indian Health Center invites rapper Punkin’ Lusty, played by real-life #Mvskoke rapper #StenJoddi, to perform his hit song '#GreasyFrybread.' [A song Dr. Lowry played during today's broadcast.] The occasion is #Diabetes Awareness Month. Lusty raps,
Baby girl looking deadly (Yeah!)
Why she acting all Rezzy (Yeah!)
Hotter than a pan of frybread grease!
Have a Native hittin’ Powwow Beats!
Gotcha Auntie in the kitchen
Like no he didn’t
Got her Gramama’s skillet
Like she ’bout to kill it!The song solidly locates frybread within Indigenous culture.
Sofkee [a corn drink or soup] on the burner
Hokte Hokte [woman] head turner
Water baking powder
Choppin’ up that white stuff
All purpose flour
Gotta mix it right up
Hit the Rez with the Shits
They eats it right up! Watch the grease pop
Watch her waist drop
She got that blue bird bag [Blue Bird flour comes in a twenty-pound cloth bag and claims to be “The Native American Frybread Secret”]
In her tank top
he got that white powder
All over everything
She gettin’ to bussin’ man
But we ain’t cousins man!
We from the same tribe
But a different clan
She my Rez Bunny
And I’m her Red Man
She love my Tattoos
And my two braids
Frybread money at the Creek Fest get paid! On that!”Foregrounding this song in the Health Center’s battle against diabetes underscores the other side of frybread’s legacy, also emblazoned on a T-shirt that announces 'Frybread: Creating #Obesity Since 1860.' #Cheyenne and #HudulgeeMuscogee #IndigenousRights activist #SuzanShownHarjo, who vowed to give up frybread as a New Year’s resolution, explains, 'Frybread is emblematic of the #LongTrails from home and freedom to confinement and #rations. It’s the connecting dot between healthy children and obesity, #hypertension, diabetes, #dialysis, #blindness, #amputations and #SlowDeath.' Reflecting on stereotypes that dehumanized Indigenous people to justify #colonization, such as the worn-out trope of Indians drinking 'firewater,' Harjo asserts that frybread love is another way to portray them as 'simple-minded people who salute the little grease bread and get misty-eyed about it.'
"In The #HeartbeatOfWoundedKnee, scholar #DavidTreuer introduces health educator #ChelseyLuger, who is #Ojibwe and #Lakota. Chelsey talks to Indigenous communities about the perils of frybread as part of her efforts to steer their diets in new directions, even in the face of limited food options. 'Sometimes people get defensive, but we are able to make the conversation positive. We say we grew up with it and like it and we say frybread is not power. We say frybread kills our people. It’s that serious. It causes diabetes and heart disease. We have to look at those colonial foods as a kind of enemy.' "
#colonization #Colonialism #Decolonize #NativeAmericans #TraditionalFoods #FoodInsecurity #FoodSovereignty #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #Comods #CommodityBoxes #CulturalErasure
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#Sundance2025 Lineup Highlights Powerful #Indigenous Stories, Including '#FreeLeonardPeltier’ and ‘#ElNorte'
By Kaili Berg, December 17, 2024
"The Sundance Institute recently unveiled the lineup for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which will showcase 87 feature films and six episodic projects that promise daring storytelling and global perspectives.
"Among the films in this year’s lineup are powerful portrayals of Indigenous experiences, including El Norte and Free Leonard Peltier.
"Sundance Institute Senior Programmer Heidi Zwicker told Native News Online that the selection of films underscores diverse narratives in Native films.
"'The films that we have this year indicate how much you can’t define what an Indigenous film should be like,' Zwicker said. 'There’s such multiplicity in the stories and worlds these filmmakers present, even within a single community.'
"The Festival will take place from January 23 to February 2, 2025, with screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as a curated online program accessible to audiences nationwide from January 30 to February 2.
"Free Leonard Peltier, co-directed by #JesseShortBull (#Oglala #Lakota) and #DavidFrance, is a documentary that dives into the life and legacy of Leonard Peltier, a leader of the #AmericanIndianMovement who has been imprisoned for 50 years following a controversial conviction.
"Zwicker described the film as 'rich, well-researched, and deeply emotional,' emphasizing its timeliness as Peltier’s case gains renewed attention in the fight for clemency.
"#GregoryNava’s El Norte follows Indigneous siblings Rosa and Enrique as they flee #Guatemala after their family is murdered in a government-led massacre during the #GuatemalanCivilWar. Their journey to the U.S. becomes a struggle for survival amid the realities of #immigrant life.
"Profits from ticket sales directly support Sundance Institute’s year-round initiatives, including labs, residencies, fellowships, and educational programs through Sundance Collab. These programs empower thousands of artists annually.
"Sundance’s Indigenous Program, led by #AdamPiron (#Kiowa / #Mohawk), is a vital part of this mission, providing ongoing support to #NativeFilmmakers."
Read more:
https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/sundance-2025-lineup-highlights-powerful-indigenous-stories-including-free-leonard-peltier-and-el-norte
#AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier #ReaderSupportedNews #IndigenousFilmmakers -
#Native leaders draft bill to regain some of sacred #BlackHills
Tribal and treaty council representatives hope proposed legislative language to return federal lands in #SouthDakota's Black Hills to #Lakota people can be turned into a Congressional bill
by Amelia Schafer, Dec 2, 2024
FORT YATES, N.D. – "The Black Hills are not for sale and never will be was the central uniting message discussed during a meeting at the Prairie Knights Casino in Fort Yates, N.D. on the Standing Rock Reservation.
Representatives from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, a group of Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation elders and various treaty councils gathered on Nov. 13 to formulate a plan for regaining land in the Black Hills.
"The group met to discuss the He Sapa Restoration Act, which includes a formal declaration from the #Oyate (nation) and the tribal governments to demand that the United States return federal land in the Black Hills to the #OcetiSakowin people. The group hopes to introduce the bill in 2025.
"The bill would not affect the titles of private lands. Though those lands would be cataloged as part of the land identification process, they would remain in possession of the title holders.
"'Today we’ve gathered to discuss the Black Hills,' Standing Rock Vice-Chairman Frank Jameson said. 'This fight has been ongoing for many decades before us and it will continue after us."
Read more:
https://ictnews.org/news/leaders-draft-bill-to-regain-some-of-sacred-black-hills#CheyenneRiverSioux #CrowCreekSioux #LowerBruleSioux #OglalaSioux #RosebudSiouxTribe #SissetonWahpetonOyate #StandingRockSioux #SpiritLakeSioux #LandBack #SacredBlackHills #ProtectTheSacred
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#StandingRock Files New Lawsuit Against #DAPL
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
Oct. 29, 2024"The #StandingRockLakotaNation has filed a new fedral lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers in Washington describing its threat to the water, and how Energy Transfer bulldozed the burial places of their elite warrior society. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe demands the immediate shut down of the pipeline.
"In a separate lawsuit in #NorthDakota state court, #EnergyTransfer is carrying out a fishing expedition, serving media and #WaterProtectors with third party subpoenas for the case slated in court for February 2025.
"In this case, the pipeline company is suing #Greenpeace and #RedWarriorSociety, and two Red Warrior #WaterProtectors. Greenpeace refers to the lawsuit as a frivolous $300 million #SLAPP lawsuit.
"Greenpeace now has a new report on the pipeline's #Environmental Rsks, and the threat to the water of millions of people who live along the #MissouriRiver. The new report strengthens Standing Rock's new lawsuit."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-day-they-brought-dogs-in-standing.html#ReaderSupportedNews #WaterIsLife #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #CorporateColonialism
#BigOilAndGas #WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalRacism #Lakota #StandingRockReservation #StandingRockSioux #LakeOahe #DakotaAccessPipeline -
#LakotasForPalestine Attacked in #HateCrime in #RapidCity
#Lakota Statement, via #CensoredNews, July 24, 2024
RAPID CITY, South Dakota – "On Saturday, July 20th, we traveled to Mni Luzahan to support the International #Indigenous Youth Council for a peaceful rally for #Palestine.
"The rally was co-sponsored by ally group #SD4Pal. Within 5 minutes of our arrival, this worker began heckling us from the lawn of City Hall, where she was working.
"Wearing a neon t-shirt with a USIC logo, she carried a large power spray paint gun and wielded another large metal tool that she was carelessly swinging around near our youth and elders. My comrade Boyd Andrew Catt began filming her, as did I.
"She continued to spew slurs at our youth and elders. Andy and I followed her to document anything that she might do to our group. She turned around and began indiscriminately spraying paint in Andy's face!
"Our youth were just walking on the sidewalk nearby and were scared that they were going to be sprayed next with the chemicals.
"The aggressor played victim for the cops of course.
"Although my comrade was covered in orange spray paint, the cop said he didn't see it happen so what could he do?!
He then informed me that I could make a citizen's arrest, to which I did."#SaraStarkowski was cuffed and arrested. Her initial charges are Destruction of Private Property and Disorderly Conduct (Class II misdemeanor). The goal is to elevate this charge to ASSAULT!
"Starkowski was on the clock when chose to incite violence on our #IndigenousYouth and #IndigenousElders that day. She is employed by #USIC, an Indiana-based utility line locating company who prides itself on 'safety as a core value'.
"We hope that her employer USIC, Rapid City Mayor #JasonSalamun and Pennington County Prosecutor's office will take swift action on this type of malicious behavior against innocent citizens that are exercising their right to free assembly.
"This small inconvenience is the least we can suffer for all of the suffering happening in Palestine."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/lakotas-for-palestine-attacked-in-hate.html
#FreePalestine #GazaStrip #SolidarityWithPalestine #RightToProtest #InternationalIndigenousYouthCouncil
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Hundreds of Native American made bracelets available in our BOGO sale
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Originally seed pots were pottery vessels created to safely store seeds for the following growing season. Some contemporary artists, in a revival of tradition, are calling attention to the seed pot by making ornate sterling silver miniatures.
https://www.horsekeeping.com/jewelry/mini/mini.htm
#navajojewelry #nativeamericanjewelry #turquoise #turquoisejewelry #navajo #zuni #hopi #lakota #sterlingsilver #nativeamerican #navajopearls #turquoisebracelet #navajomade #handmadejewelry #handmade #dine #vintagejewelry -
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per i Lakota e fare una pausa
prima di parlare era una pratica apprezzata, secondo la regola che "il pensiero sorge prima della parola."(Cit. Capo Luther Orso in Piedi - Teton Sioux)
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