Native Healing at Auraria Campus: Pro-Palestine Solidarity in Denver

Danielle SeeWalker, Standing Rock Lakota, was told by the town of Vail, Colorado, that her artist residency for a mural and workshop was cancelled. SeeWalker said she received a phone call after her artwork, "G is For Genocide," shown here, was printed in a limited edition for support for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Vail's representative called SeeWalker and said, "We don't want to align ourselves with an artist like you, who is too political, and especially somebody who is publically aligning themselves with Hamas." During the Healing Event in Denver on Wednesday, SeeWalker said Vail is  silencing artists of color and the freedom to voice opinions. SeeWalker said, "I was extremely shocked," adding that Vail immediately shut down the conversation. "Standing up for our Indigenous Palestinian relatives, that are going through some trauma, that is not us aligning ourselves with terrorism," she said, "Free Palestine." -- Censored News

From Turtle Island to Palestine: Denver Commemorates Nakba

By Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot May 15, 2024

Denver, Colorado — On Wednesday evening, the local Indigenous community hosted a healing event at the Auraria Campus pro-Palestine solidarity encampment. According to a press release for the event, in tandem with the commemoration, the organizers “offered solidarity and healing for the Palestinian community” and also “offered support and encouragement to student protestors at Auraria and Denver University who are demanding institutional divestment from US and international companies that are contributing to the genocide of the Palestinian people.”

Justice for Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, Tucson, May 17, 2024

 

Previously at Censored News: Vendetta of Tohono O'odham Police Officer Revealed

Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, was murdered in a hail of gunfire by Tohono O'odham police and U.S. Border Patrol agents at his home on the Tohono O'odham Nation. Federal prosecutors have refused to file charges or release the names of the officers responsible. Raymond Mattia, in interviews with Censored News, said he had video taped U.S. Border Patrol agents running drugs across the border with the cartels. After he submitted the evidence, it disappeared.

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/12/tohono-oodham-police-vendetta-revealed.html

University of New Mexico Pro-Palestine Encampment

Photos by Maurus Chino, Acoma Pueblo

Breaking News from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque

Pro-Palestine Encampment at the Duck Pond

Update Wednesday morning, May 15, 2024

"The police have brought in a garbage truck, and I can hear it crushing the materials used to build the encampment."

Source New Mexico reporter Austin Fisher reporting:

"By 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning New Mexico State Police and UNM Police moved the group from the encampment, taking several people away in police custody. Riot cops stood in front of protesters, about 20 feet away as UNM staff tossed the belongings left at the encampment into a garbage truck with the words 'Go Lobos. painted on the top."

"Police used yellow tape to establish a barrier around the encampment space in the Duck Pond and arrested anyone caught in the area, or who refused to leave."

https://sourcenm.com/2024/05/15/gaza-solidarity-encampment-defies-unms-ultimatum-for-12-hours-group-told-to-leave-again/

New Film! Apache Stronghold Protecting Oak Flat from Copper Mine

Wendsler Nosie photo by Brandi Morin

The Apache stronghold standing in the way of a copper mine that would desecrate a sacred site

By Ricochet Media

Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZucwkizByk

In the heart of the Arizona high desert lies a battle for the soul of the land. The ancient, sacred grounds of Apache Native territory are under threat from a looming giant — a massive copper mine that promises riches for the locals, and a pathway to the so-called green transition. But, as is often the case, it comes at a cost.