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Cherusci, Dakota both resisted colonization

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 22:06
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To the editor:

"We must tell our children and our children's children the story of the heroes of every land and every time who have given their lives that liberty and fraternity and equality might survive among men."

- Governor David Marston Clough, Dedication of Hermann Monument, New Ulm, Minnesota

This is a letter to those who remember that before they were Americans, before they were Germans, they were Chatti, Cherusi, Harii, Marsi and Suebia.

Dakota Activists and MIRAc Serve A Deportation Notice - Action at Department of Homeland Security’s Immigrant Community and Civil Liberties Round Table

Submitted by Frowner on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 10:36
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On the morning of Friday, May 22, 2009 Immigrant and Indigenous Rights activists disrupted an event organized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held at Fort Snelling in St. Paul, MN. Present at the meeting were representatives of several local and federal law enforcement agencies including, but not limited to, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Minneapolis and St. Paul police, the FBI, and the ICE Office of Detention and Removal.

Also present were representatives from local human rights groups, immigration lawyers and other non-profit advocacy organizations. Members and supporters of the Dakota community and the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (MIRAc) demanded answers to human rights abuses perpetrated by ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. Among the abuses mentioned were the 92 documented deaths of detainees under ICE custody due to physical and psychological abuse and lack of medical attention, the deplorable and inhumane conditions at detention centers, the illegal deportation of U.S. citizens due to racial profiling, the separation of children from their parents as a direct result of ICE raids and deportations, and the lack of due process and legal representation.

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What Does Justice Look Like? Our World In Depth with Dakota Activist and Scholar Waziyatawin

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 14:43
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Waziyatawin, Dakota author and scholar of indigenous peoples’ history, describes some of the key events around the founding of the state of MN 150 years ago.  Waziyatawin shares the struggles of the Dakota people to retain their lives, land and identity and gives an indigenous perspective on the current environmental crisis. Cohosted by Eric Angell and Karen Redleaf.

 

Call In Your Support! Protect Camp Coldwater!

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 08:42
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FORWARD WIDELY! CALL IN YOUR SUPPORT TODAY FROM 1 PM - 3 PM!

On September 2nd, Members of Dakota Oyate reoccupied the land surrounding Coldwater Spring. As Dakota people who consider the spring as essential to our spiritual lifeway and the surrounding land as a part of our homeland of Bdote, we believe that we will be better stewards of the land than the United States has been. This is evidenced in the fact that the site is abandoned, littered with dilapidated structures, and the soil is polluted.

Formal Complaint Regarding 1858 Event at Upper Sioux Agency State Park

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 18:29
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On Saturday, August 16, 2008, Dakota people gathered at the Upper Sioux Agency State Park to challenge the park's colonialist representation of history during their celebratory event "Yellow Medicine Agency in 1858." Police arrested two Dakota women, Waziyatawin and Autumn Cavender-Wilson, charged them with disorderly conduct, and took them to Yellow Medicine County jail.

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