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View as a gridIndigenous Women and Femmes Are Winning Fights to Reclaim Land
Truthout
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Not only must acres be transitioned back to Indigenous peoples' stewardship, it must happen in any way possible.
Indigenous communities fight the border regime Trump is imposing on their lands
The Real News
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In our final First Nations Friday, we discuss the ongoing protests at Trump's U.S./Mexico border wall, where Indigenous communities call for an end to colonial borders. We also have a special announcement about a new show coming to The Real News Network!
Continued Covid Disparities in Native Country
The Real News
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Posted in Stir Crazy Stir Crazy! Episode 93: Today we are joined by journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae. Hosted by Kim Brown. We are powered by people - no corporate funding.
Indian Summer
The Real News
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Stir Crazy! Episode 85: Today we are joined by journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae.
Representation Doesn't Equal Rights
The Real News
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Stir Crazy! Episode 80: Today we are joined by journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae.
FNF
The Real News
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Stir Crazy! Episode 76: Today we are joined by journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae.
FIRST NATIONS FRIDAY
The Real News
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Stir Crazy! Episode 71: Today we are joined by journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater; Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane; and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae. Hosted by Kim Brown.
Stir Crazy! Episode #60: First Nations Friday
The Real News
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On today's show: Journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae. Hosted by Kim Brown.If you have questions/comments/suggestions for the show email us at stircrazy@therealnews.com
Stir Crazy! Episode #60: First Nations Friday
The Real News
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On today's show: Journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae. Hosted by Kim Brown.
Stir Crazy! Episode #35: America, Land of Broken Promises
The Real News
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On today's show: Journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae. Hosted by Kim Brown.
Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock
IMDb
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Native activist and filmmaker Cody Lucich captures the electric spirit of Standing Rock from the epicenter. From the initial gathering days on the Standing Rock reservation, the movement grew to thousands of water protectors, living in a protest camp and resisting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
I'm the Investigative Journalist on this film. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7768834/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
20 Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
YES! Magazine
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I arrived at Standing Rock in the very last days of May, alongside some comrades, at the request of Wiyaka Eagleman, the first firekeeper at Camp of the Sacred Stones and a founding member of the Keystone XL campaign. He had put out a call to folks in Indian Country for support, and I answered.
The Standing Rock Victory You Didn't Hear About
YES! Magazine
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Last week, the world watched in horror as a massive militarized police force attacked prayerful indigenous water protectors fighting for the water of 18 million people. Over and over, people were brutalized, pulled out of sweat lodges while in ceremony wearing only their underwear. Medics and journalists were arrested alongside water protectors.
After Detention & Abuse, Immigrants Find Lifesaving Support In An Unexpected Place
shadowproof.com
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Three years ago, Juan Jose Antonio Deras, 35, an undocumented immigrant man who arrived in the United States as an 11 year old, walked into the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado. But on July 24, 2015, he left in a wheelchair. Deras had no friends, family, or loved ones there to pick him up that day. He had no home. He was all but broken, but his indomitable spirit kept him alive, along with support from an unexpected source: a volunteer volleyball league out to help more than just him. Deras' time in detention was difficult.
Cursed by Coal: Mining the Navajo Nation (Trailer)
VICE News
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There's a resource curse on the Navajo Nation. The 27,000-square-mile reservation straddling parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah has an extremely high abundance of many energy resources - particularly coal. That coal is what's burned to provide much of the Southwest with electricity, and it creates jobs for the Navajo. But the mining and burning have also caused environmental degradation, serious health issues, and displacement. Coming soon: VICE News travels to the Navajo Nation to find out how its abundance of coal is affecting the future of the Navajo people.
AZ's Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Unit to Harass Migrant Workers No More
bluenationreview.com
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It's about time "America's Worst Sheriff" got taken out of the immigration enforcement game. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, that's right, the pink underwear loving, walking human rights violation of Mariposa County, Arizona, is reportedly closing up his Criminal Enforcement Unit after a lawsuit was filed against him by Puente Arizona, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and others. The suit accuses the Sheriff of using his Unit to infringe upon the power of the federal government. To put it another way, the United States government's unit is bigger and better than Sheriff's Arpaio's Unit and that's the long and short of it.
Misappropriating Native American culture is not entertainment
clclt.com
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Imagine hitting up one of your favorite Charlotte nightspots. The cover at the door and the backdrop of mbira, a traditional African thumb piano, suggests they've got something different going on, but you're game. After a few drinks, the lights dim and performers take the stage. You squint your eyes. The female dancers - all Caucasian women - are in blackface. A flyer on a nearby cocktail table reveals that tonight's event is called "Slave Song" and listed amongst the entertainment are "sexy Negroes."
Column
Creative Loafing Charlotte
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My 2 year old weekly column about travel, technology, and often the intersection of the two.