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Minnesota Truth-Telling and Justice Listening Circle and Feast

Submitted by Skadi on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 18:16
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Come meet and network with Native and non-Native allies working together to promot healing, education and social justice in Minnesota

Co-sponsored by the 2009 Dakota Nation "We Are One" Conference, Center School, Mille Lacs Bands of Ojibwe, and Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching, Hamline University

U.S. Agribusiness: The New Colonialism? The Problems with Cargill's Palm Oil Expansion in Papua New Guinea

Submitted by dmichaud on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 10:52
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 Come learn about the true cost of palm oil and how to get involved in RAN's Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign. 


Featuring Matilda Pilacapio, a human rights and environmental advocate from Papua New Guinea (see bio below) and Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

 

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Environmental Struggles and Indigneous Rights in South America

Submitted by luinenburgl on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 13:54
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Speaker: Christine Frank, member of Socialist Action and the volunteer coordinator of the Climate Crisis Coalition of the Twin Cities

Saturday, June 27th, 4:00 pm

Mayday Books

301 Cedar Ave. S, West Bank, Minneapolis

This event is free and open to the public.  Sponsored by: Socialist Action

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.

 

Dakota Solidarity: Return Coldwater Springs

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 15:43
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Hello to those acting in solidarity with the Dakota Nation:

I'm writing to ask you for your solidarity in the struggle to return Coldwater Springs to the Dakota Nation. Please sign the petition linked below, and post a comment on the national park website. These two - minute gestures, if widespread, will help to illustrate the power and support behind Dakota communities as they struggle to have regain this particularly sacred part of their ancestral homelands.

Mother, daughter taken into custody after protesting re-enactment

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/18/2008 - 10:27
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Mother, daughter taken into custody after protesting re-enactment
By Tom Cherveny
West Central Tribune
Article Last Updated: 08/18/2008 08:19:31 AM CDT

UPPER SIOUX AGENCY STATE PARK — A mother and daughter were taken into custody when they protested a historical re-enactment at the Upper Sioux Agency State Park on Saturday.

EWOK! Movie Night: Kahnesatake - 270 Years of Resistance

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 15:41
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When: Wednesday, August 20th. Potluck at 6:30 pm. Movie at 7:00 pm.
Where: Smith Theater, 627 Smith Ave, St. Paul
Cost: $5-$15 suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds

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