Issues and Activism Native Americans Indigenous The Americas

Issues and Activism Native Americans Indigenous The Americas

This category is for discussion of the various issues facing contemporary Native American Indians and suggestions for positive actions to take on those issues.

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First Nations: Issues of Consequence

- Extensive collection of articles and fact sheets on Native American history and individual tribes, from the perspective of the oppressed.

Mendota sacred site preservation page - Official website for the Mendota struggle to maintain a sacred site in Minnesota.
Native American Support Group of New York City - Indigenous activist and Native American and Alaskan Native resource links. Current projects include international indigenous, and Puerto Rican native issues. Searchable.
Midwest Treaty Network and Wolf Watershed Educational Project - Alliance of Indian and non-Indian groups supporting Native American sovereignty and treaties in Wisconsin and the world. Defamation, actions, newswire, global environment updates, links.
KOLA - Nonviolent activism and background reading on American Indian and other indigenous issues from this international human rights organization.
Worldwidefriends - Site in English and German dedicated to Native American issues, particular focus on developing penpal relationships with Native prison inmates.
Smartmoney.com: Special Report: An Ugly History - Investigation shows that the US government had detailed knowledge of fraudulent practices that allowed energy companies to cheat impoverished Native American Indians out of vast sums over dozens of years. Second of a two-part series.
Hidden From History: The Canadian Holocaust - Activist Kevin Arnett on the abuse of native peoples in church-run Indian residential schools. Includes audio and video of witnesses and victims, and archives of Arnett's radio broadcasts.
Deer Tracks Native Perspectives - Personal page with news and discussion of Native prisoners and Native rights. Links.
The Fire This Time - Examining the cultural/political links between black and indigenous Americans.
Dakota Lakota Nakota Human Rights Advocacy Coalition - A traditional grassroots Oyate movement for the protection of our Red Nations' treaties and human rights.
Smartmoney.com: Special Report: Fraud in New Mexico - Investigation shows that the US government had detailed knowledge of fraudulent practices that allowed energy companies to cheat impoverished Native American Indians out of vast sums over dozens of years. First of a two-part series.
Let All That is Indian Within You Die - The history of the reservation boarding school system, accounts of abuse, and links.
CTA - San Carlos Apache - Web site maintained for the San Carlos Apache Call To Action group.
Indigenous Environmental Network - Native peoples of the Americas organization for education, coalition building, and action. Announcements and fact sheets on current issues.
We Are Still Here - Indian politics and issues, addressing racism and stereotypes, environmental destruction, and historical revisionism.
Setting the Record Straight - Site debunking various Internet myths about American Indians, from incorrect assumptions about Indian languages through theories about alien landings.
Trail of Tears - Dedicated to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and the survival of all original peoples displaced into exile. Links.
Ishgooda - Extensive site for activists, with essays, news and photos on Pine Ridge and nuclear activism, NAGPRA links and resources, and Native American graphics and themes.
Native American Cultural Philosophy - A critique of Western European philosophical traditions from a native American point of view.
United Native America - Working toward a Federal holiday for Native Americans; also racial exclusion in the arts, media, and athletics. Petition, press releases, membership information, links. Opening animation and cursor trails.
Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, Inc. - An intermediary foundation and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native Peoples and our nations.

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First Nations Journalism - Features information about cultural, ecological, crime, and political issues of Canada's aboriginal people. [ATOM]

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