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Diverting Tribal COVID-19 Relief Funds into For-Profit Corporations
In an unprecedented demonstration of unity, Native nations and tribes across the United States are taking measures to prevent the US government from misappropriating funds meant for COVID-19 emergency relief. Six tribal governments from Washington state, Maine, and Alaska teamed up in a lawsuit against the US Department of Treasury to prevent losing the $8…
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Facing COVID-19: A Time of Spiritual Fortitude
Originally published on NDN Collective, an organization that works to develop the collective power of Indigenous Peoples. We encourage all of our relatives throughout Turtle Island and beyond to take every precaution to protect yourselves, your loved ones, families, and entire communities. NDN Collective Statement on COVID-19 and Indigenous People As the new COVID-19 (Coronavirus)…
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Solutions for Internet Access in Isolated Regions
Native communities have depended on their economic capacity to solve their communication services. Historically, there is a global attention deficit in this regard, for example, according to World Bank data, indigenous peoples “have less than half the access to cellular telephony than non-indigenous peoples,” and “between four and six times less internet access than non-indigenous…
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More than 300 Groups in Abya Yala Demand Structural Changes Due to COVID
A coalition of more than 300 social, indigenous, peasant, union, and community organizations from multiple Latin American countries have launched a “Call of the Original Peoples, Afro-descendants and Popular Organizations of Latin America”, to make demands for immediate structural changes in the face of the global pandemic crisis. Indigenous, ethnic and social movement organizations recognize…
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Colombia: ONIC launches COVID-19 monitoring and humanitarian collective action
When it comes to resilience, indigenous people in Colombia are truly of admiration as they have been forced to take swift action to protect their people, particularly in times of crisis. Vulnerable communities are living multiple challenges in Colombia around targeted violence, extractive policies, access to food and water, exarcebated now by the coronavirus health…
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VIII Continental Congress of Indigenous Women of the Americas
More than 250 women representatives of indigenous organizations from across the Americas met in Mexico City to discuss the current political and social situation of the Americas that affects indigenous women, children and youth. Within the framework of the fight against violence against women and feminicide, the participants met from February 26 to 29 to…
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Wet’suwet’en’s Rule of Law Precedes Colonialism
Indigenous law exists. The courts have recognized it. The Wet’suwet’en are following it. By Paige Raibmon.* Originally Posted by The Tyee. “One-way streets.” That is how Harold Cardinal, the great Cree politician, activist writer, and teacher, characterized 100 years of “talking and listening” between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada. Yes, there had been a…
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Indian Was the Name Used to Subjugate Us, Indian Is the Name by Which We Will Be Liberated
FROM THE EDITORS: During the October 2019 protests in Ecuador led by indigenous groups and social justice organizations, politicians made openly racist statements, replicated by the media and promoted by social networks, that deeply polarized the country. Below we share a clear response to racist comments made on a popular podcast, raising calls for inquiries…