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#Epstein and #RobertKennedyJr., were on #PineRidge '#FossilHunting'
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 13, 2026
Excerpt: "In related news, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's is in the Epstein files.
The horrific abuse of children now being exposed in the Epstein files includes these facts: The #ZorroRanch in #NewMexico was never searched, and is now believed to have the bodies of young victims buried there.
"Former New Mexico Gov. #BillRichardson, who was deeply involved in energy negotiations in Indian country, was in contact with Epstein for years. Richardson is among those named by one of the underage girls as being responsible for abusing her. She also named #PrinceAndrew.
"The United Nations is also included in the horrific scheme. #GhislaineMaxwell promoted her #TerraMar, a false front non-profit claiming to protect the oceans, during years of testimony at the U.N.
"The University of Arizona in Tucson was among those who received a grant from Epstein's Gratitude 'non-profit.'
"These are just a few of the facts being exposed in the millions of Epstein's files now being released.
"Gov. Richardson's involvement with energy in #IndianCountry was during the same years that #TexHall rose to so-called glory.
"Hall, the #EnergyCzar from #FortBerthold in #NorthDakota, headed the National Congress of American Indians, and brought in massive #OilAndGas wells to the Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Hall's business associate was later convicted in the two murders for hire of their other business partners.
"Hall and Gov. Richardson were energy czars in Indian country, during the years when Richardson served as New Mexico Governor and U.S. #EnergySecretary."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/pine-ridge-epstein-and-robert-kennedy.html#BigOilAndGas #USPol #RFKJr #WorldPol #PedophileRing #MissingChildren #MMIC #ReaderSupportedNews
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#Epstein and #RobertKennedyJr., were on #PineRidge '#FossilHunting'
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 13, 2026
Excerpt: "In related news, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's is in the Epstein files.
The horrific abuse of children now being exposed in the Epstein files includes these facts: The #ZorroRanch in #NewMexico was never searched, and is now believed to have the bodies of young victims buried there.
"Former New Mexico Gov. #BillRichardson, who was deeply involved in energy negotiations in Indian country, was in contact with Epstein for years. Richardson is among those named by one of the underage girls as being responsible for abusing her. She also named #PrinceAndrew.
"The United Nations is also included in the horrific scheme. #GhislaineMaxwell promoted her #TerraMar, a false front non-profit claiming to protect the oceans, during years of testimony at the U.N.
"The University of Arizona in Tucson was among those who received a grant from Epstein's Gratitude 'non-profit.'
"These are just a few of the facts being exposed in the millions of Epstein's files now being released.
"Gov. Richardson's involvement with energy in #IndianCountry was during the same years that #TexHall rose to so-called glory.
"Hall, the #EnergyCzar from #FortBerthold in #NorthDakota, headed the National Congress of American Indians, and brought in massive #OilAndGas wells to the Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Hall's business associate was later convicted in the two murders for hire of their other business partners.
"Hall and Gov. Richardson were energy czars in Indian country, during the years when Richardson served as New Mexico Governor and U.S. #EnergySecretary."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/pine-ridge-epstein-and-robert-kennedy.html#BigOilAndGas #USPol #RFKJr #WorldPol #PedophileRing #MissingChildren #MMIC #ReaderSupportedNews
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#Epstein and #RobertKennedyJr., were on #PineRidge '#FossilHunting'
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 13, 2026
Excerpt: "In related news, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's is in the Epstein files.
The horrific abuse of children now being exposed in the Epstein files includes these facts: The #ZorroRanch in #NewMexico was never searched, and is now believed to have the bodies of young victims buried there.
"Former New Mexico Gov. #BillRichardson, who was deeply involved in energy negotiations in Indian country, was in contact with Epstein for years. Richardson is among those named by one of the underage girls as being responsible for abusing her. She also named #PrinceAndrew.
"The United Nations is also included in the horrific scheme. #GhislaineMaxwell promoted her #TerraMar, a false front non-profit claiming to protect the oceans, during years of testimony at the U.N.
"The University of Arizona in Tucson was among those who received a grant from Epstein's Gratitude 'non-profit.'
"These are just a few of the facts being exposed in the millions of Epstein's files now being released.
"Gov. Richardson's involvement with energy in #IndianCountry was during the same years that #TexHall rose to so-called glory.
"Hall, the #EnergyCzar from #FortBerthold in #NorthDakota, headed the National Congress of American Indians, and brought in massive #OilAndGas wells to the Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Hall's business associate was later convicted in the two murders for hire of their other business partners.
"Hall and Gov. Richardson were energy czars in Indian country, during the years when Richardson served as New Mexico Governor and U.S. #EnergySecretary."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/pine-ridge-epstein-and-robert-kennedy.html#BigOilAndGas #USPol #RFKJr #WorldPol #PedophileRing #MissingChildren #MMIC #ReaderSupportedNews
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#Epstein and #RobertKennedyJr., were on #PineRidge '#FossilHunting'
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 13, 2026
Excerpt: "In related news, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's is in the Epstein files.
The horrific abuse of children now being exposed in the Epstein files includes these facts: The #ZorroRanch in #NewMexico was never searched, and is now believed to have the bodies of young victims buried there.
"Former New Mexico Gov. #BillRichardson, who was deeply involved in energy negotiations in Indian country, was in contact with Epstein for years. Richardson is among those named by one of the underage girls as being responsible for abusing her. She also named #PrinceAndrew.
"The United Nations is also included in the horrific scheme. #GhislaineMaxwell promoted her #TerraMar, a false front non-profit claiming to protect the oceans, during years of testimony at the U.N.
"The University of Arizona in Tucson was among those who received a grant from Epstein's Gratitude 'non-profit.'
"These are just a few of the facts being exposed in the millions of Epstein's files now being released.
"Gov. Richardson's involvement with energy in #IndianCountry was during the same years that #TexHall rose to so-called glory.
"Hall, the #EnergyCzar from #FortBerthold in #NorthDakota, headed the National Congress of American Indians, and brought in massive #OilAndGas wells to the Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Hall's business associate was later convicted in the two murders for hire of their other business partners.
"Hall and Gov. Richardson were energy czars in Indian country, during the years when Richardson served as New Mexico Governor and U.S. #EnergySecretary."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/pine-ridge-epstein-and-robert-kennedy.html#BigOilAndGas #USPol #RFKJr #WorldPol #PedophileRing #MissingChildren #MMIC #ReaderSupportedNews
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#Epstein and #RobertKennedyJr., were on #PineRidge '#FossilHunting'
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 13, 2026
Excerpt: "In related news, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's is in the Epstein files.
The horrific abuse of children now being exposed in the Epstein files includes these facts: The #ZorroRanch in #NewMexico was never searched, and is now believed to have the bodies of young victims buried there.
"Former New Mexico Gov. #BillRichardson, who was deeply involved in energy negotiations in Indian country, was in contact with Epstein for years. Richardson is among those named by one of the underage girls as being responsible for abusing her. She also named #PrinceAndrew.
"The United Nations is also included in the horrific scheme. #GhislaineMaxwell promoted her #TerraMar, a false front non-profit claiming to protect the oceans, during years of testimony at the U.N.
"The University of Arizona in Tucson was among those who received a grant from Epstein's Gratitude 'non-profit.'
"These are just a few of the facts being exposed in the millions of Epstein's files now being released.
"Gov. Richardson's involvement with energy in #IndianCountry was during the same years that #TexHall rose to so-called glory.
"Hall, the #EnergyCzar from #FortBerthold in #NorthDakota, headed the National Congress of American Indians, and brought in massive #OilAndGas wells to the Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Hall's business associate was later convicted in the two murders for hire of their other business partners.
"Hall and Gov. Richardson were energy czars in Indian country, during the years when Richardson served as New Mexico Governor and U.S. #EnergySecretary."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/pine-ridge-epstein-and-robert-kennedy.html#BigOilAndGas #USPol #RFKJr #WorldPol #PedophileRing #MissingChildren #MMIC #ReaderSupportedNews
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#Oglala President Bans #ICE and U.S. Border Patrol from #OglalaLakota Nation, #PineRidge, South Dakota
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, January 28, 2026
"Oglala Lakota President #FrankStarComesOut issued a Presidential Proclamation today banning both ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol from the Oglala Lakota Nation. The #OglalaSioux Tribal Council banned ICE, and rejected an agreement to work with immigration officials, on January 21.
"President Star Comes Out points out in the Proclamation today that the U.S. Border Patrol is working with ICE in its 'unlawful conduct against Native people in #Minneapolis' -- which is within the Aboriginal Territory of the Great Sioux Nation.
"Calling it 'egregious conduct,' the President's Proclamation states that ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol are targeting minorities throughout the United States, and Native people are being detained and injured, in violation of Treaties and civil rights."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/oglala-president-bans-ice-and-us-border.html#USPol #NativeAmericanNews
#ReaderSupportedNews #ICEOut #AbolishICE #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #NativeAmericansAreAmericans -
#OglalaLakota Nation Bans #ICE, Rejects #ImmigrationAgreement
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Jan. 23, 2026
Excerpt: "The Oglala Sioux Tribe unanimously banned ICE from #PineRidge and rejected a federal immigration agreement, during a special session of the #OglalaSioux Tribal Council on Jan. 21, 2026.
"Upholding their #sovereignty, the Oglala Tribal Council confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked the Tribe to enter into Section 287(g), a federal agreement that would have allowed tribal law enforcement to act as immigration agents for ICE.
"The Tribal Council formally rejected any Section 287(g) agreement and voted to ban all ICE agents and activities from Pine Ridge.
"The Council resolution also states there is to be nation-to-nation consultation with the Interior Secretary, as required by federal law, concerning any detained Oglala Lakota.
"During the live broadcast, Council members said Lakota are being intensely harassed in #DenverCO, and #SiouxFallsSD."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/oglala-lakota-nation-bans-ice-rejects.html#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #ICEOut #ResistICE #AbolishICE #ReaderSupportedNews
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#ICE Murdered Legal Observer in #Minneapolis -- Now Detaining Four #OglalaLakota in Migrant Sweeps
""There are 8,000 Red Lake residents currently living in the Twin Cities in the immediate neighborhoods where ICE is presently terrorizing residents," the #RedLakeNation said, expressing deep concern that #Ojibwe, known as #Chippewa and #Anishinaabe, will be abused."
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Jan. 8, 2026
"Oglala President #FrankStarComesOut said, 'I have been made aware that #ICE (Department of Homeland Security) has detained four of our tribal members in #Minneapolis,' Star Comes Out said late today.
" 'The four men are homeless and were living under the bridge near the #LittleEarth housing project. A bystander (also an #OglalaSioux Tribal Member) was able to get the information out of them that they are members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe but did not get names."
"The Oglala Lakota Nation in #PineRidge, South Dakota, issued a statement for Oglala to identify themselves as U.S. citizens and advised them to make this statement: 'Because I am both a tribal citizen and U.S. citizen, ICE has no lawful authority to detain me.'
"President Frank Star Comes Out pointed out that the Treaties affirm a nation-to-nation relationship with the United States, and advised Oglala not to speak without an attorney present.
"Oglala Sioux Tribal attorneys are reaching out to Minnesota Lt. Gov. #PeggyFlanagan about where the four Lakotas are being detained and what their names are. The Tribal Council and executive officers have also been informed, he said."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-murdered-legal-observer-in.html#ICEOut #ICESucks #MurderPatrol #ReaderSupportedNews #NativeAmericansAreAmericans
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#NDNCollective's Nick Tilsen welcomes #LeonardPeltier to Landback for the People
"When Nick was 13-years-old he wrote Leonard Peltier a letter. In that letter he said he would fight for his freedom until the day he is free. In this profoundly personal episode, Nick sits down with Leonard to talk about his journey, his struggle, and what he means to the people."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVMtT2MNVHI
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #USpolitics #USpol #politicalPrisoners #AIM #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierFree -
#NDNCollective's Nick Tilsen welcomes #LeonardPeltier to Landback for the People
"When Nick was 13-years-old he wrote Leonard Peltier a letter. In that letter he said he would fight for his freedom until the day he is free. In this profoundly personal episode, Nick sits down with Leonard to talk about his journey, his struggle, and what he means to the people."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVMtT2MNVHI
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #USpolitics #USpol #politicalPrisoners #AIM #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierFree -
#NDNCollective's Nick Tilsen welcomes #LeonardPeltier to Landback for the People
"When Nick was 13-years-old he wrote Leonard Peltier a letter. In that letter he said he would fight for his freedom until the day he is free. In this profoundly personal episode, Nick sits down with Leonard to talk about his journey, his struggle, and what he means to the people."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVMtT2MNVHI
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #USpolitics #USpol #politicalPrisoners #AIM #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierFree -
#NDNCollective's Nick Tilsen welcomes #LeonardPeltier to Landback for the People
"When Nick was 13-years-old he wrote Leonard Peltier a letter. In that letter he said he would fight for his freedom until the day he is free. In this profoundly personal episode, Nick sits down with Leonard to talk about his journey, his struggle, and what he means to the people."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVMtT2MNVHI
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #USpolitics #USpol #politicalPrisoners #AIM #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierFree -
#NDNCollective's Nick Tilsen welcomes #LeonardPeltier to Landback for the People
"When Nick was 13-years-old he wrote Leonard Peltier a letter. In that letter he said he would fight for his freedom until the day he is free. In this profoundly personal episode, Nick sits down with Leonard to talk about his journey, his struggle, and what he means to the people."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVMtT2MNVHI
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #USpolitics #USpol #politicalPrisoners #AIM #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierFree -
#Wikipedia - #UnitedStates
See also: #Superfund"Perhaps the best-known sacrifice zone in the United States is '#CancerAlley' in #Louisiana, an 85-mile stretch of land along the #MississippiRiver containing over 200 #petrochemical plants. Serious air and water quality violations have been documented since the 1970s, and elevated #cancer risk has been found. The region's population is disproportionately #Black and #LowIncome.
"Commentators including Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Robert Bullard and Stephen Lerner have argued that #corporate business practices contribute to producing #SacrificeZones and that these zones most commonly exist in low-income and minority, usually #AfricanAmerican communities. Sacrifice zones are a central topic for the graphic novel #DaysOfDestructionDaysOfRevolt, written by Hedges and illustrated by Sacco.
"In 2012, Hedges stated that examples of sacrifice zones included #PineRidge, South Dakota and #CamdenNJ. In 2017 a #WestCalumet public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana built at the former site of a lead smelter needed to be demolished and soil replaced to bring the area up to residential standards, displacing 1000 residents. In 2014, Naomi Klein wrote that 'running an economy on energy sources that release poisons as an unavoidable part of their extraction and refining has always required sacrifice zones."
Related link:
The Spread of Sacrifice Zones
By David Swanson, June, 2012
https://cdn.countercurrents.org/swanson090612.htm#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #SacrificeZones #SEZs #HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EnvironmentalRacism #EconomicSacrificZones #WaterIsLife #Industries #IndustrialUse #PollutionSacrificeZones
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Trash.
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115268389298095536
[email protected] - Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of *Honor* for their actions in 1890 at #WoundedKnee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.#WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #SouthDakota #PineRidge #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing
https://apnews.com/article/wounded-knee-hegseth-soldiers-medal-of-honor-0310c47952ad7aeabb176f94d8af4d52 -
While the events of that day are sometimes described as a battle, historical records show that the #USArmy, which was in the midst of a campaign to *repress* the #tribes in the area, killed an estimated 250 #NativeAmericans, including #women & #children, of the #Lakota #Sioux tribe, while attempting to *disarm* #NativeAmerican fighters who had already surrendered at their camp.
#WoundedKneeMassacre #SouthDakota #PineRidge #massacre #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing
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#Hegseth’s predecessor, General #LloydAustin, ordered the review of the awards in 2024 after a Congressional recommendation in the 2022 defense bill — itself a reflection of efforts by some lawmakers to rescind the awards for those who participated in the bloody #massacre on #SouthDakota’s #PineRidge #IndianReservation near #WoundedKnee Creek.
#WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing
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Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of *Honor* for their actions in 1890 at #WoundedKnee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.
#WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #SouthDakota #PineRidge #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing
https://apnews.com/article/wounded-knee-hegseth-soldiers-medal-of-honor-0310c47952ad7aeabb176f94d8af4d52 -
"In his first extended broadcast interview since he was released from prison, #LeonardPeltier talks about adapting to life outside, the remaining restrictions on his freedom, learning to paint while incarcerated and more."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/19/leonard_peltier_interview_democracy_now_exclusive
#LeonardPeltierFree #Indigenous #NativeAmericans #decolonialStruggles #AIM #PineRidge #politicalPrisoners #stateRepression #USpol #USpolitics -
Support Ground Control, an indoor skate park on Pine Ridge Rez in South Dakota, where there is so little for the kids to do.
#SkateParks #PineRidge #PineRidgeReservation
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"The world should know what America has done. I was no more guilty than my co-defendants, and they were found not guilty by reason of self-defense, because the jury heard what was going on, and they said that should not be done to any American."
#NickEstes talks to a now free #LeonardPeltier 50 years on from the #PineRidge shootout #OTD in 1975
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/leonard-peltiers-story-isnt-over-yet
https://archive.ph/baicD
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndianMovement #LeonardPeltierFree #politicalPrisoners #USpol -
"The world should know what America has done. I was no more guilty than my co-defendants, and they were found not guilty by reason of self-defense, because the jury heard what was going on, and they said that should not be done to any American."
#NickEstes talks to a now free #LeonardPeltier 50 years on from the #PineRidge shootout #OTD in 1975
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/leonard-peltiers-story-isnt-over-yet
https://archive.ph/baicD
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndianMovement #LeonardPeltierFree #politicalPrisoners #USpol -
"The world should know what America has done. I was no more guilty than my co-defendants, and they were found not guilty by reason of self-defense, because the jury heard what was going on, and they said that should not be done to any American."
#NickEstes talks to a now free #LeonardPeltier 50 years on from the #PineRidge shootout #OTD in 1975
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/leonard-peltiers-story-isnt-over-yet
https://archive.ph/baicD
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndianMovement #LeonardPeltierFree #politicalPrisoners #USpol -
"The world should know what America has done. I was no more guilty than my co-defendants, and they were found not guilty by reason of self-defense, because the jury heard what was going on, and they said that should not be done to any American."
#NickEstes talks to a now free #LeonardPeltier 50 years on from the #PineRidge shootout #OTD in 1975
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/leonard-peltiers-story-isnt-over-yet
https://archive.ph/baicD
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndianMovement #LeonardPeltierFree #politicalPrisoners #USpol -
"The world should know what America has done. I was no more guilty than my co-defendants, and they were found not guilty by reason of self-defense, because the jury heard what was going on, and they said that should not be done to any American."
#NickEstes talks to a now free #LeonardPeltier 50 years on from the #PineRidge shootout #OTD in 1975
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/leonard-peltiers-story-isnt-over-yet
https://archive.ph/baicD
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndianMovement #LeonardPeltierFree #politicalPrisoners #USpol -
The new '#FreeLeonardPeltier' film tells the history of The Trail of #BrokenTreaties and #BIATakeover in Washington. '#Resistance is a responsibility,' says #MadonnaThunderHawk.
April 14, 2025
Film screenshots / collage #CensoredNewsDates of Free Screenings of the New 'Free Leonard Peltier' Film on the #RezTour2025
April 21 | #BelcourtND, #TurtleMountain Band of #Chippewa
April 22 | #FargoND
April 23 | #FortYatesND, #StandingRock
April 24 | #EagleButteSD, #CheyenneRiver
Apirl 26 | #RapidCitySD
April 27 and 28 | #KyleSD, #Oglala5
April 29 | #ValentineNE, #RosebudSioux
May 1 | #SiouxFallsSD
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED - no tickets necessary.Each screening will feature an in-person Q&A with the film team.
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-screenings-of-new-free-leonard.htmlMore upcoming screenings nationwide and globally: Boston, Mass., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, San
Rafael, California, Dallas, Texas, and Warsaw, Poland
https://freeleonardfilm.com/screenings/Read More at Censored News:
The new film shares deep history of the movement. 'Standing Ovations and Global Awards for New
'Free Leonard Peltier' Film.
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-leonard-peltier-film-shows-in.html#AIM #NativeAmericanHistory #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierIsFree
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The new '#FreeLeonardPeltier' film tells the history of The Trail of #BrokenTreaties and #BIATakeover in Washington. '#Resistance is a responsibility,' says #MadonnaThunderHawk.
April 14, 2025
Film screenshots / collage #CensoredNewsDates of Free Screenings of the New 'Free Leonard Peltier' Film on the #RezTour2025
April 21 | #BelcourtND, #TurtleMountain Band of #Chippewa
April 22 | #FargoND
April 23 | #FortYatesND, #StandingRock
April 24 | #EagleButteSD, #CheyenneRiver
Apirl 26 | #RapidCitySD
April 27 and 28 | #KyleSD, #Oglala5
April 29 | #ValentineNE, #RosebudSioux
May 1 | #SiouxFallsSD
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED - no tickets necessary.Each screening will feature an in-person Q&A with the film team.
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-screenings-of-new-free-leonard.htmlMore upcoming screenings nationwide and globally: Boston, Mass., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, San
Rafael, California, Dallas, Texas, and Warsaw, Poland
https://freeleonardfilm.com/screenings/Read More at Censored News:
The new film shares deep history of the movement. 'Standing Ovations and Global Awards for New
'Free Leonard Peltier' Film.
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-leonard-peltier-film-shows-in.html#AIM #NativeAmericanHistory #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierIsFree
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The new '#FreeLeonardPeltier' film tells the history of The Trail of #BrokenTreaties and #BIATakeover in Washington. '#Resistance is a responsibility,' says #MadonnaThunderHawk.
April 14, 2025
Film screenshots / collage #CensoredNewsDates of Free Screenings of the New 'Free Leonard Peltier' Film on the #RezTour2025
April 21 | #BelcourtND, #TurtleMountain Band of #Chippewa
April 22 | #FargoND
April 23 | #FortYatesND, #StandingRock
April 24 | #EagleButteSD, #CheyenneRiver
Apirl 26 | #RapidCitySD
April 27 and 28 | #KyleSD, #Oglala5
April 29 | #ValentineNE, #RosebudSioux
May 1 | #SiouxFallsSD
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED - no tickets necessary.Each screening will feature an in-person Q&A with the film team.
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-screenings-of-new-free-leonard.htmlMore upcoming screenings nationwide and globally: Boston, Mass., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, San
Rafael, California, Dallas, Texas, and Warsaw, Poland
https://freeleonardfilm.com/screenings/Read More at Censored News:
The new film shares deep history of the movement. 'Standing Ovations and Global Awards for New
'Free Leonard Peltier' Film.
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-leonard-peltier-film-shows-in.html#AIM #NativeAmericanHistory #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierIsFree
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The new '#FreeLeonardPeltier' film tells the history of The Trail of #BrokenTreaties and #BIATakeover in Washington. '#Resistance is a responsibility,' says #MadonnaThunderHawk.
April 14, 2025
Film screenshots / collage #CensoredNewsDates of Free Screenings of the New 'Free Leonard Peltier' Film on the #RezTour2025
April 21 | #BelcourtND, #TurtleMountain Band of #Chippewa
April 22 | #FargoND
April 23 | #FortYatesND, #StandingRock
April 24 | #EagleButteSD, #CheyenneRiver
Apirl 26 | #RapidCitySD
April 27 and 28 | #KyleSD, #Oglala5
April 29 | #ValentineNE, #RosebudSioux
May 1 | #SiouxFallsSD
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED - no tickets necessary.Each screening will feature an in-person Q&A with the film team.
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-screenings-of-new-free-leonard.htmlMore upcoming screenings nationwide and globally: Boston, Mass., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, San
Rafael, California, Dallas, Texas, and Warsaw, Poland
https://freeleonardfilm.com/screenings/Read More at Censored News:
The new film shares deep history of the movement. 'Standing Ovations and Global Awards for New
'Free Leonard Peltier' Film.
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-leonard-peltier-film-shows-in.html#AIM #NativeAmericanHistory #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierIsFree
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The new '#FreeLeonardPeltier' film tells the history of The Trail of #BrokenTreaties and #BIATakeover in Washington. '#Resistance is a responsibility,' says #MadonnaThunderHawk.
April 14, 2025
Film screenshots / collage #CensoredNewsDates of Free Screenings of the New 'Free Leonard Peltier' Film on the #RezTour2025
April 21 | #BelcourtND, #TurtleMountain Band of #Chippewa
April 22 | #FargoND
April 23 | #FortYatesND, #StandingRock
April 24 | #EagleButteSD, #CheyenneRiver
Apirl 26 | #RapidCitySD
April 27 and 28 | #KyleSD, #Oglala5
April 29 | #ValentineNE, #RosebudSioux
May 1 | #SiouxFallsSD
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED - no tickets necessary.Each screening will feature an in-person Q&A with the film team.
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-screenings-of-new-free-leonard.htmlMore upcoming screenings nationwide and globally: Boston, Mass., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, San
Rafael, California, Dallas, Texas, and Warsaw, Poland
https://freeleonardfilm.com/screenings/Read More at Censored News:
The new film shares deep history of the movement. 'Standing Ovations and Global Awards for New
'Free Leonard Peltier' Film.
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-leonard-peltier-film-shows-in.html#AIM #NativeAmericanHistory #PineRidge #LeonardPeltierIsFree
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So, I am well aware of the controversy surrounding #BuffySainteMarie and her heritage. But whether she is a pretendian (she claims to be adopted, something that's been disputed) or not, a lot of Native Americans accepted her as one of their own, and she had her pulse on what was going on with #AIM...
Buffy's Censored Words Led to Revelations in New #LeonardPeltier Film Premiered at Sundance
"My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium
Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped
The FBI cut off her hands and told us she'd died of Exposure…"
- Buffy Saint Marie, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, 1992.By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 4, 2025
TSAILE, #NavajoNation -- "The words of Buffy Sainte Marie, censored by Indian Country Today, led to revelations about Oglala President Dick Wilson's secret land deal on Pine Ridge in the new film Free
Leonard Peltier, which premiered at Sundance, producer #JesseShortBull told Censored News."Buffy's interview at Dine' College in 1999 was censored for seven years. Before I was fired as a staff reporter, a portion of the interview was published by the newspaper -- but one paragraph was still censored. In the still censored portion, Buffy referred to a secret land deal on the day of the shoot out at the #JumpingBull property on #PineRidge. Buffy said, 'Who recalls that on that day one-eighth of the reservation was transferred in secret -- on that day. It was the part containing uranium. That is what never seems to be remembered.'
"Dickie Wilson planned to turn over the #MineralRights in the Badlands to the U.S. government. The U.S. government wanted the land for uranium mining. Dick Wilson's secret plan was discovered in the documents in the BIA file cabinets by the #AmericanIndianMovement, during the takeover of the #BIA building in Washington in 1972.
"Following the premiere of #FreeLeonardPeltier at the Sundance Film Festival, Jesse Short Bull, Oglala Lakota, and director of the film, reveals how Buffy's words led to the search for the facts about #DickWilson's #UraniumMining scheme with the U.S. government. 'Buffy's song about Anna Mae really shocked me, she outlined it so well,' Short Bull said. 'The plans for mineral development for Pine Ridge were discovered at the 1972 BIA takeover, and by the 1980's the big wig energy companies came to Pine Ridge with big ideas for development."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02/buffys-censored-words-led-to.html
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Der indigene Aktivist Leonard #Peltier kann nach 50 Jahren Haft bald das Gefängnis verlassen. Er war verurteilt worden für den Mord an zwei FBI-Agenten im Reservat #PineRidge in #SouthDakota, den er nicht begangen hat.
An seinem letzten Tag als US-Präsident hatte #JoeBiden Peltiers lebenslange Haftstrafe in Hausarrest umgewandelt.
https://taz.de/Begnadigung-durch-Ex-Praesident-Biden/!6064322/
#folter #todesstrafe #acat #acatessen #acatdeutschland #menschenrechte
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The U.S. Interior Did Not Report Thousands of Children's
Deaths in U.S. #BoardingSchools#CensoredNews, January 20, 2025
"Thousands of Native children died in U.S. boarding schools that were not reported by the U.S. Interior Department in its report, the Washington Post reveals. Suffering from malnutrition, diseases and
abuse, the largest number of unreported children's deaths were at Chemawa Indian Training School in Oregon, followed by Haskel lIndian Industrial School in Kansas. The largest total number of deaths were at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Interior reported only 12 deaths at Rapid City Indian Boarding School in South Dakota. However, The Washington Post reveals there were 45 children that died there. At the #PineRidge Boarding School, the Interior reported only 4 children died, when there are 10 documented deaths of children."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/us-interior-report-fails-to-reveal.html
#NativeAmericanChildren #Genocide #CulturalGenocide #StolenChildren #Colonialism #CarlisleSchool #ChemawaIndianTrainingSchool #HaskellIndianIndustrialSchool #ResidentialSchools #ResidentialBoardingSchools #TruthAndReconciliation #NativeAmericans #ReaderSupportedNews -
#LeonardPeltier to Be Freed After Half-Century in Prison: “A Day of Victory for #Indigenous People”
"We speak with the #NDNCollective’s #NickTilsen, who just visited Leonard Peltier in prison after news of his sentence commutation, about fighting for Peltier’s freedom, his health and Trump’s executive orders attacking environmental rights and Indigenous sovereignty."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/21/leonard_peltier
#NativeAmericans #PineRidge #FBI #PoliticalPrisoners #StateRepression #AIM #USpol #USpolitics -
"After a half-century of unjust incarceration, #LeonardPeltier is finally going home!
" 'It’s finally over–I’m going home,' said Peltier in response to the news. 'I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.' "
The Red Nation livestream w/ members of the Leonard Peltier movement for clemency
https://youtu.be/59SrgdjESmc
#Indigenous #FreeLeonardPeltier #PineRidge #AIM #FBI #PoliticalPrisoners #USpol #USpolitics -
#Taos #ReggaeBand #IrieBellion Releases Powerful Single Advocating #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier
By Native News Online Staff
January 07, 2025"Six-piece reggae band IrieBellion, based in #TaosNewMexico, has released a new single to advocate for the release of #LeonardPeltier, a #NativeAmericanActivist who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years.
"'Leonard Peltier’s Song' features Grammy-winning flutist #RobertMirabal of Taos Pueblo and a traditional drum group composed of singers from several Indigenous nations. Through this collaboration, the band hopes to amplify calls for President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Peltier.
"The song blends IrieBellion’s reggae-inspired rhythms with Robert Mirabal’s signature flute playing and the traditional Indigenous drumming and singing of #JohnSwiftbird (#Lakota), #ChaskePacheco (#Dakota / #SantaDomingoPueblo), and #BrysonSanchez (Dakota / #SanFelipePueblo).
"The song makes a direct #PleaForJustice, with Davis crafting a chorus —'Do the right thing, let freedom ring/ It's been so long, let's right this wrong' — that appeals to #PresidentBiden to take action and right what the band views as a longstanding wrong.
"The musical advocacy for Peltier's case has a rich history in popular music. #RobbieRobertson (Mohawk), the legendary guitarist and songwriter of The Band, created a particularly powerful statement with his song 'Sacrifice', which incorporated Peltier's own voice through a recorded prison phone call with Robertson. Little Steven (#StevenVanZandt), known for both his work with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and his solo career, also contributed to this musical legacy with his own 'Leonard Peltier,' which, like IrieBellion's new release, used Caribbean rhythms to carry its message of justice.
"Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of #Chippewa Indians, became involved in the American Indian Movement (#AIM) in the 1970s, a time of tension between Indigneous communities and the U.S. government.
AIM advocated addressing issues such as police brutality, treaty violations, and systemic inequality affecting Native Americans.
"Peltier’s case comes from a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where two FBI agents and a young Native man were killed. The shootout occurred during a period of violence on the reservation, often referred to as the '#ReignOfTerror,' when residents faced threats and attacks for their ties to AIM.
"Peltier was convicted in 1977 of killing the agents, but his trial has been widely criticized. Key evidence was withheld by the prosecution, including ballistics reports that could have supported his defense.
"Eyewitness testimony used to extradite Peltier from Canada was later recanted, with the witness stating they were coerced by the FBI. Even the U.S. attorney who handled the case has since admitted that no one knows who fired the fatal shots.
"Peltier has maintained his innocence for nearly five decades, and his case has been condemned by numerous human rights organizations, including #AmnestyInternational. Calls for his release have grown in recent years, with Peltier now in his late seventies and facing health challenges.
"'Leonard Peltier’s Song' is available on streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music, and can also be found on IrieBellion’s HearNow page. The band encourages listeners to not only enjoy the song but also take action by learning about Peltier’s case, signing petitions, and contacting officials to advocate for his release.
"For those who want to learn more, organizations such as the International #LeonardPeltierDefenseCommittee provide resources and updates on efforts to secure his freedom."
https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/taos-reggae-band-iriebellion-releases-powerful-single-advocating-clemency-for-leonard-peltier
#ACAB #FBI #AmericanindianMovement #PineRidge #FreeLeonardPeltier #AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier -
It’s time for justice: Why #LeonardPeltier must be granted clemency
by Donald ‘C-Note’ Hooker, December 11, 2024
"Leonard Peltier’s story is one of profound injustice. Born in 1944 on the #TurtleMountainChippewa Reservation in North Dakota, Peltier grew up amid systemic neglect, poverty and the long shadow of federal policies designed to undermine Native sovereignty. By the 1970s, he had become a leading figure in the American Indian Movement (AIM), which fought to address the systemic injustices faced by Indigenous communities. This activism, however, placed him directly in the crosshairs of government surveillance and repression.
"On June 26, 1975, a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota left two FBI agents, Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, dead. The incident occurred against the backdrop of extreme violence and federal overreach on the reservation. Peltier, along with Robert Robideau and Darrelle Butler, was charged with the agents’ deaths. While Robideau and Butler were acquitted on grounds of self-defense, Peltier fled to Canada, where he was later extradited under false pretenses based on coerced testimony.
"Peltier’s trial in 1977 was marred by prosecutorial misconduct, including the suppression of key ballistics evidence that could have exonerated him. Testimony from Myrtle Poor Bear, a witness who later admitted she had been coerced by the FBI, was used to secure his extradition and conviction. Despite these glaring issues, Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. His imprisonment has since been widely condemned by #HumanRights organizations, including #AmnestyInternational, as well as legal experts and former law enforcement officials.
"Crucially, neither the judicial nor legislative branches sentenced Leonard Peltier to death or life without parole. Yet, through repeated parole denials, he has effectively been condemned to die in prison. This abuse of the parole system undermines the fundamental principles of justice and due process, particularly when significant flaws in his trial have been acknowledged by figures like Judge Gerald Heaney, who presided over Peltier’s appeal.
"Leonard Peltier’s continued imprisonment is not just about one man – it is a reflection of a justice system that fails to protect marginalized communities from systemic abuses. His case is a glaring example of how unchecked power and political motivations can devastate lives and perpetuate injustice."
https://sfbayview.com/2024/12/its-time-for-justice-why-leonard-peltier-must-be-granted-clemency/
#FreeLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier #AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #AIM #USPol #FBI #ACAB #USJusticeSystem #Clemency #PresidentBiden #FalseTestimony #AmericanIndianMovement #PineRidge #MyrtlePoorBear #FBICoercement #AnnaMaeAquash
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How #LeonardPeltier has unjustly spent forty years in prison — and why it’s time to change that
Mike Baughman July 20, 2016
"So much time has passed that many Americans have forgotten, if they ever knew, what happened to an American Indian named Leonard Peltier, who has spent more than 40 years confined in various federal penitentiaries. This summer, a group of his family members and friends are traveling the country in an attempt to salvage what remains of his life, and to remind us all that no statute of limitations pertains to the application of justice.
"Peltier’s ordeal began when two FBI agents, Ron Williams and Jack Coler, were shot to death on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975. No one familiar with the details of the case believes that Leonard committed the murders, and Peter Matthiessen explored this miscarriage of justice in his 1983 book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, called Matthiessen’s book 'the first solidly documented account of the U.S. government’s renewed assault upon American Indians that began in the 1970s.'
"The plain truth is that with two FBI agents shot dead on an Indian reservation, the government needed a conviction. At Peltier’s trial before an all-white jury, prosecutors used false testimony against him, some of it obtained through torture. One particularly repugnant example: The FBI produced affidavits by a woman named Mabel Poor Bear, who said she was Leonard’s girlfriend and claimed to have seen him shoot Williams and Coler at close range. But Poor Bear had never met Leonard, didn’t even know what he looked like, and was proved to have been nowhere near the scene of the murders. When she tried to recant her testimony, claiming that the FBI had threatened to take her child away if she didn’t sign the affidavit, the judge refused to hear her testimony.
"Amnesty International classifies Leonard as a political prisoner. Some of his other defenders include Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Robert Cantuar, a former archbishop of Canterbury. Michael Apted produced an acclaimed documentary film exploring the case, Incident at Oglala, which was narrated by Robert Redford.
"Despite the FBI’s fraudulent evidence and perjured testimony, Peltier remains in federal prison. He went in as a 31-year-old and is now 71. He’s been transferred often, from Leavenworth, Kansas, to Terre Haute, Indiana, to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to Canaan, Pennsylvania, back to Lewisburg, and finally to Florida. Everywhere he’s been, inmates have jumped and beaten him, likely with the collusion of guards. Now he is going blind from diabetes, suffers from kidney failure and is susceptible to strokes. Ed Little Crow, a Lakota living in Oregon, says that all Peltier wants 'is a chance to see his family and work on old cars. If that dignified black man who’s president doesn’t pardon him, he’ll die in prison. This is his last chance.'
"When Peltier was sentenced, the applicable law stated that an inmate with a good record should, after 30 years, be released. His record was good, but, instead of freedom, his parole board gave him another 15-year sentence. His next hearing is scheduled for 2024.
"Before his second term ended, President Bill Clinton, under pressure from Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye and billionaire philanthropist David Geffen, among others, was expected to grant executive clemency. But after several hundred FBI agents, along with the dead agents’ family members, demonstrated outside the White House, Clinton on his last day in office pardoned a financier named Marc Rich instead. Rich had been indicted for tax evasion and illegal oil deals, including a purchase of $200 million worth of oil from Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iran while 53 Americans were being held hostage there, and selling oil to the apartheid regime in South Africa despite a U.N. embargo. Geffen called Rich’s pardon 'a sign of corrupted values.'
"On my last trip to South Dakota, I visited the Pine Ridge Reservation. In the town of Pine Ridge, I talked to the man I’d come to see and then drove north to Wounded Knee, where I spent the long afternoon alone. There was a pleasantly cool north wind and a clear blue sky. I walked and thought. This quiet place was where, in 1890, the U.S. 7th Cavalry surrounded an encampment of Lakotas, and for no justifiable reason opened fire. By some estimates, as many as 300 Indian men, women and children were slaughtered by the time the firing finally stopped. To make a foul deed even worse, at least 20 of the soldiers who participated in this senseless massacre were awarded the Medal of Honor.
"There’s nothing anyone can ever do about what happened at Wounded Knee. But, though very belatedly, something can still be done about Leonard Peltier. I hope President Obama sets this man free. "
Original article:
https://www.hcn.org/issues/48-12/how-leonard-peltier-has-unjustly-spent-forty-years-in-prison-and-why-its-time-to-change-that/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NPKLS#FreeLeonardPeltier #MabelPoorBear #PineRidge #WoundedKnee #PineRidgeReservation #FBI #ACAB #BuryMyHeartAtWoundedKnee #InTheSpiritOfCrazyHorse #PoliticalPrisoner #AIM #PerjuredTestimony
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"With just weeks left in President Joe #Biden’s term, we speak with Amnesty International USA executive director Paul O’Brien, who has written to the outgoing president [..] One of his key demands is for Biden to free #Indigenous activist #LeonardPeltier, who has been imprisoned for decades and repeatedly denied parole."
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/26/biden_leonard_peltier
#FreeLeonardPeltier #NativeAmericans #AIM #PineRidge #StateRepression #FBI #PoliticalPrisoners #USpol #USpolitics -
South Dakota governor’s cabinet nomination raises tribal concerns
Secretary of #HomelandSecurity nominee #KristiNoem has a long, complicated history with tribes in South Dakota.
Amelia Schafer
Nov 15, 2024RAPID CITY, S.D. – "Early Tuesday morning, news broke that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, a decision that’s raised red flags for Native people in South Dakota, but also may provide an avenue for change.
"'We need to come together now, more than ever,' Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out said during a public intertribal meeting Nov. 13. 'I’m hoping we have a better governor in South Dakota that will work with us because we have issues that we need to bring to the table with the state.'
"Noem made South Dakota history earlier in May when she was banished from every reservation in the state following disparaging remarks made regarding alleged cartel activity on reservations and about Indian education. At one point Noem alleged tribal governments benefit from cartel presence and are failing their youth.
"During a May press conference, Noem responded to the banishments by asking why tribes 'don’t ban the cartels.' She’s banned from all nine reservations in the state: the #PineRidge, #CheyenneRiver, #StandingRock, #LowerBrule, #Rosebud, #LakeTraverse, #CrowCreek, #Flandreau and #Yankton reservations. Standing Rock and Lake Traverse both span into North Dakota."
[...]
"Emergency management is another area where Noem and the #OcetiSakowin (#Lakota, #Nakota, #Dakota nations have struggled.
"In December 2022, the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations were crippled by an extreme winter storm. Unable to get wood or propane, some households resorted to burning clothes and furniture to stay warm. A 12-year-old Sicangu Lakota boy, Honor Beauvais, died during the storm on the Rosebud Reservation, along with three other tribal citizens.
"When banning the governor, the #RosebudSioux tribe cited a delayed emergency declaration from Noem. Noem did not activate the South Dakota National Guard until Dec. 22, nearly 10 days after the storm began.
"The council also cited concerns with Noem’s support of the #KeystoneXL [#KXL] Pipeline in 2019 and an increase in penalties for pipeline protestors, referenced Noem’s opposition of #COVID19 checkpoints on the Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Reservations, removal of teaching standards regarding #NativeAmericanHistory, legal threats to the #FlandreauSanteeSioux Tribe regarding its #MedicalCannabis operations and return of unused Emergency Rental Assistance funds in 2022 without consulting tribes."
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https://ictnews.org/news/south-dakota-governors-cabinet-nomination-raises-tribal-concerns -
Support the Lakota People's Law Project https://lakotalaw.org/ #NativeAmerican #Lakota #PineRidge #PineRidgeReservation #Oglala #OglalaSioux #SouthDakota
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Buried in Time: #BIA Takeover Documents Included #Sterilizations, #PineRidge #Uranium, and #WaterRights
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Oct. 15, 2024
"Buried in Time: When the #TrailOfBrokenTreaties arrived in Washington and took over the BIA headquarters, the documents discovered in the BIA file cabinets altered the course of history. In the caravans from the west coast and northwest were activists from local #Indigenous frontline struggles, from #PitRiver, #SurvivalAmericanIndian, and #Alcatraz.
"The BIA documents exposed the secret plan of #Oglala Chairman #DickWilson to turn over one-eighth of tribal land over to the federal government for #UraniumMining. In the ton of documents taken away in a U-Haul, the documents showed proof of the sterilization of Native women by Indian Health Service doctors.
"And there was more.
"Hidden in these BIA files were the facts about the #WintersDoctrine, and the fact that #NativeAmerican Tribes are entitled to as much #water as they need. It is a fact that the BIA wanted hidden. Today, the states and federal government are attempting to do away with the water rights guaranteed in the Winters Doctrine with complex schemes and #WaterRights settlements.
"In the BIA files were documents showing #LandTheft and illegal leases of tribal lands across the country. Tribal members in the takeover took these back to their home communities. Those files became the basis of land rights cases in courts in the years that followed, according to Censored News interviews."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/buried-in-time-bia-takeover-documents_15.html#ReaderSupportedNews #ForcedSterilizations #LandBack #CorruptTribalGovernments #AIM #FreeLeonardPeltier #RussellMeans #DennisBanks
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#NDNCollective Rallies in front of White House Calling for Executive #Clemency for #LeonardPeltier
For Immediate Release: September 18, 2024
Washington, DC – "NDN Collective rallied in front of the White House today and called for executive clemency for Leonard Peltier. At 80 years old, #Peltier has been incarcerated for nearly 50 years and is now in very poor health. Time is of the essence to release Leonard Peltier, the longest held #Indigenous political prisoner in U.S. history.
"On April 19, 2024, Peltier’s request for a compassionate release was denied by the Bureau of Prisons. On July 2, 2024, Peltier was denied parole after a full parole hearing was held on June 10, 2024. Peltier will not be eligible for another hearing for 15 years, when he will be 94. As a result of this denial and Peltier’s age, #ExecutiveClemency is his best opportunity to be released.
"NDN Collective is spending the week in Washington to meet with elected officials, calling upon representatives and federal officials to take action on a number of issues including supporting the release of Leonard Pelteir. The following statements were shared on behalf of the organization:
"'President Biden now has the opportunity to solidify his already extraordinary legacy in Indian Country as the U.S. president that granted clemency to Leonard Peltier and finally right a grave #injustice,' said Holly Cook Macarro, Government Affairs for NDN Collective. 'In the next few months we are going to organize our many allies in Congress and around the world to unite their voices and support the call for clemency from President #Biden.
"'America’s longest living and incarcerated Indigenous political prisoner, Leonard Peltier, is a #BoardingSchool survivor,' said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO. 'He lived through the atrocities of those schools and while this country is reckoning with the traumas inflicted on our people by these institutions, it’s important to lift up all our elders who survived boarding schools, Leonard included.'
"'The fact that Leonard is still behind bars is the result of a longstanding campaign against him by the #FBI,' said Janene Yazzie, Director of Policy and Advocacy for NDN Collective. 'Despite the plethora of evidence that shows the system injustices that led to his incarceration, the narrative of the FBI continues to paint Leonard as a murderer. As we move forward, we need to look at all the research and good work done by our partners and other #HumanRights organizations on Leonard’s case to keep ourselves informed.'
"To support Leonard’s freedom, NDN Collective is asking people to:
- Call senators and urge them to support executive clemency for Leonard Peltier
- Watch the latest #RedNationMovement podcast on Leonard’s case
- Download the toolkit at freeleonard-peltier.com
- Text FREELEONARD to 50302 for more updates"
Source and FMI:
https://ndncollective.org/ndn-collective-rallies-in-front-of-white-house-calling-for-executive-clemency-for-leonard-peltier/#FreeLeonardPeltier #NativeAmericans #AIM #StateRepression #PoliticalPrisoners #USpol #USpolitics #PineRidge
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[Thread] From Chapter 8 of #KleeBenally's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender - #IndigenousAnarchy, #InDefenseOfTheSacred:
The AIM Song of Anguish
"Though my family was skeptical of, and kept AIM at a distance, I grew up singing the AIM song. I've sung it at actions throughout the world, my grandma Roberta would always want to sing it, her barely audible voice at the drum belying her fierce power, I've sung it with both #RussellMeans (confronting the racist #ColumbusDay parade in Denver) and with #DennisBanks (too many times to recall) and faceless and nameless warriors on many frontlines. Though its provenance is not known, the story I recall that it was spiritual gift to rally AIM warrior during the liberation of #WoundedKnee.
"In analyzing #IndigenousPower and #DirectAction, it's vital to examine the context of strategies, tactics, and State repression that comprises the ongoing legality of #IndigenousResistance, particularly with the historically vital force of the American Indian Movement (AIM).
"Though there are many examples, #LeonardPeltier's false imprisonment for the alleged murder of two #FBI agents in 1975 and the clouded assassination of #AnnaMaePictouAquash are important markers.
"Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash, a strong #Mikmaq warrior with AIM, was found murderd in 1974 in Wanblee on the #PineRidge reservation in 'South Dakota'. Pictou-Aquash is also a symbol of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women [#MMIW], Girls, Trans, and #TwoSpirit movement today.
"Accusations of her murder first pointed to the FBI and later, as AIM members revealed how paranoia of infiltrators had gripped the leadership intensely, rumors surfaced that AIM had her killed. This was a time when bad-jacking (making someone look like a snitch or informant even though they aren't) tactics by feds as part of #COINTELPRO was proving to be an effective tactic against revelutionary groups."
Pages 179-180, #KleeBenally, #NoSpiritualSurrender
#IndigenousAnarchy
#Ecosystem
#DefendTheSacred
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#LeonardPeltier awaits decision in high-stakes parole bid on anniversary of #PineRidge shootout
Story by Kaitlyn Kennedy
June 26, 2024"Demands for justice for #Indigenous #FreedomFighter Leonard #Peltier are expected to resound loudly on the anniversary of the infamous June 26, 1975, shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in so-called South Dakota.
"A member of the #TurtleMountainBand of #Chippewa, Peltier was taken into US custody after he was convicted of killing FBI special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams.
"The killing of an Indigenous man, #JosephStuntz, during the shootout was never investigated, nor have any charges ever been issued.
"Now 79 years old, Peltier is incarcerated in a maximum-security facility in Coleman, Florida. He has spent over 48 years behind bars.
"Peltier was granted a parole hearing in early June in order that he might once again make his case for release.
"#NDNCollective President and CEO Nick Tilsen was one of only two witnesses allowed to testify in the hearing. 'How Leonard was treated during his prosecution and during his continued incarceration is consistent with how they have treated Indian people throughout history,' he said in a webinar earlier this month.
"During the hearing, Tilsen also spoke to Peltier's legacy, explaining how he and the #AmericanIndianMovement contributed to the revitalization of #IndigenousLanguages, #ceremonies, and #culture.
"'We didn't have to do our #ceremonies in hiding anymore because people fought for those rights,' he said during the webinar. 'They made it okay for us to be proud of who we are.'"
#FreeLeonardPeltier #FreeLeonard #IndigenousLandDefenders #Injustice
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#Vigil for #LeonardPeltier in #SanFrancisco
Article by #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, June 17 2024
SAN FRANCISCO -- "The #PrayerVigil for Freedom for Leonard Peltier, held at the U.S. Department of Justice, honored the #Ohlone people whose land the people stood on, and honored Peltier with a tribute by #PomoYukiResistance. Peltier was remembered for the stand he took for the #Lakota people on #PineRidge before he was imprisoned 49 years ago.
"'It would be very cruel if the parole board denies him his freedom,' said Tony Gonzales, AIM West, pointing out that Peltier's last parole hearing was in 2009. The vigil was held on June 10, the same day as Peltier's parole hearing at Coleman Prison in Florida.
"Peltier's nephew #AdamVillagomez, Dakota Chippewa, said Peltier went to Pine Ridge to help the people.
"'When the grandmas asked for help, to come protect them, to please come help them from being attacked, just for being traditional people, for standing up, standing up for traditional rights, he went there, and put his life on the line and started working with the community.' His mother is the first cousin of Leonard Peltier.
"'They were willing to put their lives on the line,' he said, speaking on living life from the heart.
"The warriors of those days, those in the American Indian Movement, and those here at #Alcatraz, still carry the light of resistance."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/06/vigil-for-leonard-peltier-in-san.html#FreeLeonardPeltier #FreePalestine #AmericanIndianMovement #AIM
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Tonia Stands, #Oglala #Lakota from #PineRidge, #SouthDakota: "'People come from all over the world to share the connection we have with the water, the land, and the silent relatives.'
"While describing the beauty of Lakota culture, Stands pointed out that #UraniumMining is resulting in increased heat in healing ceremonies and in #radiation contamination for those in ceremony. Now, there is the threat of new #UraniumMining.
"Stands said that while the piped-in water from the #MissouriRiver is supposed to save Lakota from their own contaminated water from uranium mining -- it is actually bringing in contaminated uranium water from Wyoming because of the lack of filters."
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'#SpacesOfException' #Resistance to the #FatTakers, from #NativeLands to #Palestine
"We might be the ones holding the knife -- but it is the state that is the one who is still killing us." Those are the words of #KleeBenally, in 'Spaces of Exception.'
by Brenda Norrell #CensoredNews
February 21, 2024"In the Navajo language, there is no word for relocation, it means to disappear and never be seen again."
The film, 'Spaces of Exception,' now being shown around the world, begins on #PineRidge, with the history of the resistance to the 'fat takers,' and travels to the refugee camps of Palestine, before arriving at the land of #AkwesasneMohawk, and the words shared of true sovereignty.
"Then, there are the images of the #OilAndGas, the #fracking, and #coal mining on the #NavajoNation, where #Dine' say the true literacy once known, talking with the #NaturalWorld, is being lost. Now, there is the destruction of the burial and sacred places, as #asthma takes over lives.
"On #BlackMesa, before he passed, Klee championed his relatives resisting forced relocation brought by #PeabodyCoal.
"'Their greatest form of resistance is being who they are' 'The autonomy that we have is here.'"
"'Places of Exception,' begins with scenes from #WoundedKnee 1973, and Palestine refugee camps, and the words, 'Places defined by their historical and spiritual resistance.'
"'The buffalo owns us, we don't own the buffalo,' says #AlexWhitePlume, #OglalaLakota on Pine Ridge, sharing the importance of language, and the stories carried by the words, and the impacts of #genocide.
"'The buffalo shares the same story we share.'
"The film series, 'The Native and the Refugee' began on Pine Ridge with, 'We Love Being Lakota.' The latest film, 'Spaces of Exception,' concludes with the image of the flags at #OcetiSakowin #WaterProtectors Camp on #StandingRock.
"Among those in the series of films are #DebraWhitePlume, who talks about the 'Fat Takers,' and #OlowanSaraMartinez, Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, now in the Spirit World. Their bold stance as defenders of the water and people was manifest at the #RedWarriorCamp at Standing Rock, during the resistance to the #DakotaAccessPipeline in North Dakota."Spaces of Exception comes out of the long-term multimedia project 'The Native and the Refugee', profiling Native lands in the United States alongside #Palestinian refugee camps, and is directed by #MattPeterson and #MalekRasamny."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02/spaces-of-exception-resistance-to-fat.htmlSpaces of Exception comes out of the long-term multimedia project The Native and the Refugee. The project has resulted in more than a dozen short films, a book, radio program, writings and numerous lectures and workshops. The Native and the Refugee project has been presented in Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Guatemala, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Portugal, Syria, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, within the refugee camps and reservations were the film was shot, and at venues including cinemas, museums, and universities.
https://thenativeandtherefugee.com/
#WaterProtectors #WaterIsLife #HumanRights #LandDefenders #Activism #StandWithStandingRock #BigMountainResistance #BigOilAndGas
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Freiheit für Leonard Peltier - Aktivist des American Indian Movement!
2024 jährte sich zum 51. mal die Besetzung des Ortes Wounded Knee in Süd Dakota / USA. Hier fand 1890 ein Massenmord an 300 Kindern, Frauen und Männern vom indigenen Stamm der Lakota durch die US Armee statt.
Im Januar 1973 besetzten Aktivisten*innen des American Indian Movement (AIM) diesen Ort, um gegen die mörderische Politik der US Regierung zu demonstrieren. Sie machten damit auf Landraub und die kulturelle sowie physische Zerstörung der amerikanischen Ureinwohnerinnen aufmerksam. Damals war in der Pine Ridge Reservation, in der Nähe von Wounded Knee eine mörderische Paramiliz aktiv, welche die Bevölkerung und insbesondere #AIM Sympathisant*innen angriffen und z.T. ermordeten.
Die gegen derartige Praktiken gerichtete #Protestaktion in Wounded Knee erhielt weiltweite Aufmerksamkeit, auch in der dt. Presse. Die Zustände auf der #PineRidge #Reservation änderten sich dadurch jedoch leider nicht.
Der AIM Aktivist Leonard #Peltier befand sich 1975 dort, um die Bevölkerung gegen den #Terror zu unterstützen und wurde unter konstruierten Vorwürfen für einen angeblichen Mord am 6. Februar 1976 verhaftet und kurz darauf ohne stichhaltige Beweise verurteilt. Er wird seit inzwischen 48 Jahren als politischer #Gefangener in verschiedenen US-amerikanischen #Hochsicherheitsgefängnissen festgehalten.
Seine Verhaftung und die Repression gegen A.I.M. waren Teil des sogenannten #COINTELPRO Programmes von der US-#Bundespolizei #FBI, die die Zersetzung und Zerschlagung der damals starken Protestbewegungen, u.a. auch der Black Panther Party mit geheimdienstlichen und damals noch illegalen Mitteln betrieb.
Leonard Peltiers #Verurteilung zu zwei Mal lebenslänglicher #Haft war nur in Folge der Bedrohung mehrerer Zeug*innen, welche ihre Aussagen später widerriefen, massiver Beeinflussung der Geschworenen und erfundener, heute als falsch nachgewiesener Beweise möglich.
Verschiedenste Bücher, Filme und Songs griffen seinen Fall in den folgenden Jahrzehnten weltweit auf und trotz einer starken und breiten Protestbewegung hat der Präsident der #USA ihn noch immer nicht freigelassen.
Im Herbst 2022 fand ein 1100 Meilen langer #Protestmarsch durch die USA bis nach #Washington D.C. für seine #Freilassung statt, an welchem sich ca. 2000 Menschen beteiligten. Und auch im Rahmen der weltweiten Proteste im Jahr 2016 gegen die Black Snake #Pipeline in #StandingRock – North Dakota, welche für die Profitinteressen eines #Ölkonzerns indigenes #Territorium unwiederbringlich zerstört, wurde sein Fall immer wieder thematisiert.
Mittlerweile ist Peltier im #Regierungsgefängnis von #Coleman in Florida inhaftiert. Sein #Gesundheitszustand ist in Folge mehrerer chronischer Erkrankungen, einer #Coronainfektion sowie seines fortgeschrittenen Alters sehr schlecht. Eine lebensbedrohliche #Aortaaussackung könnte durch eine Operation behoben werden, was ihm jedoch seit Jahren verweigert wird.
Kundgebung – Di. 6. Februar 2024 – 18:00 Uhr
US Botschaft
Pariser Platz 2 – U+S-Brandenburger Tor – #BerlinWir fordern Leonard Peltiers #Freilassung sowie das #Selbstbestimmungsrecht und die umfassende Entschädigung der amerikanischen #Ureinwohner*innen!
Freiheit für alle politischen Gefangenen!
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