Native American

Parallel Injustice: American Indians and Palestinians

04/04/2009 11:00
04/04/2009 13:00

For the first time in Minnesota, Native Americans and Palestinians unite to address shared experiences of dispossession and genocide of their people.

Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minn.

Call In Your Support! Protect Camp Coldwater!

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.

Defend Camp Coldwater! Support the B'Dote Defenders!

On Tuesday September 2nd, Members of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) of the Dakota Oyate reoccupied Coldwater Spring and the surrounding land. The Coldwater Spring site is an abandoned property of the defunct Bureau of Mines. 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 either the United States or the State of Minnesota has been. This is evidenced in the fact that the site is littered with dilapidated

Dakota People Reclaim Sacred Site

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - CAMP COLDWATER, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA—On Tuesday, September 2, members of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) of the Dakota Oyate are reclaiming Coldwater Spring and the surrounding land. As the Original People of Minisota Makoce (Land Where the Waters Reflect the Skies), Dakota people are claiming their inherent right to their sacred sites as well as the rights preserved in the Treaty of 1805.

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