LANDBACK Movement Introduction
The following is an explanation of the LANDBACK Movement LANDBACK.ORG LANDBACK is a movement that has existed for generations with a long legacy of organizing and sacrifice to get Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands. Currently, there are LANDBACK battles being fought all across Turtle Island, to the north and the South. As NDN Collective,…
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“Fourth of He Lies”
NOTE: This is an edited re-posting from the year 2021. The events below occurred then, not today. There were similar events in other years. See: Monuments to White Supremacy July 4, 2020. Also from the Great Plains Action Society: Decapitating Colonialism: White Supremacist Statues, Monuments, & Symbolism by Alexandrea Flanders. I’ve come a long way from…
‘In the Name of God’
The first Washington Post article is an interactive presentation of their investigation into sexual abuse in Native American boarding schools. ‘In the Name of God’ by Sari Horwitz, Dana Hedgpeth, Emmanuel Martinez, Scott Higham and Salwan Georges, The Washington Post, May 29, 2024 The second is an interactive presentation of their investigation into the history…
Partnering with Native Nations in a Good Way Guide 2
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post about partnering with nations. Parts of that article don’t pertain to my experiences, which have been with the Great Plains Action Society rather than with a Tribal nation. So, I’ll continue with the parts of the article relevant to both of those types of organizations.
Partnering with Native Nations in a Good Way
My friend Paula Palmer shared this resource, Partnering with Native Nations in a Good Way Guide. It is often difficult to ascertain authentic, trusted sources, so I appreciate what she shares. https://nativegov.org/resources/partnering-with-native-nations-guide/
Decolonial Repair Network launch
Yesterday, I wrote an introduction to the Decolonial Repair Network. And how this relates to the Honor Native Land Fund to support the Great Plains Action Society’s work to raise money to buy land. Last night, I attended the first meeting (Zoom) of the Decolonial Repair Network.
Decolonial Repair Network
Decolonial Repair Network Working Towards Healing the Harms of ColonialismMonthly Calls: First Wednesday of the month, 7-8 CT Our first online informational call is Wednesday, April 3rd, 7-8 pm. Sign up here. We are a network of non-Native individuals, communities and organizations in Iowa and across the Midwest who strive to be good allies to Indigenous…
Honor Native Land Fund
We are calling on non-native white settlers across the Midwest from Chicago to Omaha, Minneapolis to St. Louis to consider the ways they have benefitted from colonization and to voluntarily offer a kind of rent or tax to Indigenous peoples.We feel like, in the face of the climate crisis, one of the most important things…
Homeland Return
Homeland Return Newsletter Today we officially launch our “Homeland Return” campaign, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to reestablish a landbase for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. The Tribe has a time-limited opportunity to purchase 232 acres located on a historic Nisenan Village site called Yulića near Nevada City. We urgently need you – our allies, our community -…
LANDBACK by Friends
[What follows is more information related to my latest post, Conscious act of land return to Indigenous peoples.] Yulića –the land also currently known as Woolman at Sierra Friends Center– is in the north-central Sierra Nevada of California, epicenter of the California Gold Rush and California Genocide. It has most recently been home of the former John Woolman School, Woolman…
Conscious act of land return to Indigenous peoples
Quaker Paula Palmer has been working on her ministry related to Friends and Indigenous Peoples for many years. You can find out about her work on the Friends Peace Teams site, Toward Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples. https://friendspeaceteams.org/trr/ Indian Boarding Schools You can read her foundational article published by Friends Journal in 2016 here: Quaker…
LANDBACK Friends 