The different behaviors displayed over the course of this incident gives insight to the serious repercussions of colonization. It was a convergence where white supremacy met extremist Black liberation theology, and Indigenous people became a linchpin. As the inherent stewards of this land, Indigenous people often become cornerstones in the complicated struggle between colonization and decolonization.
Read MoreRight now, the government is shut down because our president is having a tantrum over a useless and expensive wall that he wants to put on a colonially imposed border that already cuts across Indigenous lands and separates ancient cultures and peoples. We need to abolish border imperialism.
Read MoreEvery year, for the past sixteen years, the day before Thanksgiving, the community of Sioux City, Iowa comes together to march the streets in honor of Indigenous children that have been taken from their families and placed into settler imposed institutions. It is called the March for Lost Children where hundreds gather to memorialize Native American youth who have been taken from their families and placed in the country's child-welfare system. The goal is to “raise awareness and ultimately reunite displaced Native American children with their home tribes and families.”
Seeding Sovereignty joined over 1000 youth from the Sunrise Movement who flooded the Halls of Congress to demand their representatives support a Select Committee on a Green New Deal.
Read MoreI was fueled to share Dr. Ani's work because Trump is a product of a sick segment of humanity that has been cut off from the source by the devastating mind-fuck that Imperialism and Christianity has had on Greek/Roman/European society--all of which eventually made its way to these shores….
Read MoreIndigenous Californians and allies gathered at Self Help Graphics & Art to discuss the years long Run4Salmon effort led by Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Nation.
Read MoreLisa’s life has been dominated by fracked gas infrastructure ever since Dominion Energy proposed an expansion of a 200+ mile pipeline that cuts through her rural community.
Read MoreMembers of the Seeding Sovereignty team visited the Omega Institute for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, NY for the Making Peace With the Earth workshop led by Vandana Shiva.
Read MoreNinawa Huni Kui, the chief and president of the Federation of the Huni Kui tribe of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, traveled to PME speak out against carbon trading mechanisms. The event, located at Frank’s Landing, is the site of the 1960’s fishing rights actions known to local Nisqually as “The Fish Wars.”
Read MoreYouth Voice Amplifier Eryn Wise writes of her experience attending World Peace and Prayer Day 2018, as a guest of Chief Arvol Lookinghorse and Paula Horne-Mullen and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
Read MoreThe Oceti Sakowin Women’s Gathering (June 18-20) came together to work with the spirit of our past and current societies in order to better understand these ways. It was a time for healing, education, internalized understanding and insight into humbleness and collective thinking.
Youth Voice Amplifier Eryn Wise and Rising to Resist Program Director Lauren Howland attended a voter training/brainstorming retreat in Indian Lake, NY hosted by Movement Voter Project.
Read MoreDetroit's sacrifice zone is the third most polluted area in the country and the first most polluted in the state of Michigan. Basically, it is a frontline for exposure to a wide array of toxic wastes, heavy metals and air pollutants.
Read More“From the start we’ve said that these guys are bullies,” Ellen said at a press conference outside the courthouse. “They come in and say you know we’re going to take your property through eminent domain and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Read More“We’re being sentenced to 40 years of toxic fracked gas while Kelly is being offered 12 to 18 months.”
Read MoreOn April 23, the day after Earth Day, over 1500 New Yorkers rallied and marched in Albany to call on New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo to show real climate leadership.
Read More- New webinar series for young voters!!
- Also on this live feed agenda, reflection on self awareness and making progress in your own mind.