Weekend Update #28: Watching Love Grow

In this edition of Weekend Update, Russell Means speaks of things done out of love, those things that grow, and the shape of all things holy. He speaks as well of the difference in the dirt between war and matriarchy in this 10 minute video.

Weekend Update #28: Watching Love Grow from Russell Means on [...]

White Buffalo Calf Woman

The story about how the pipe first came to the Lakota people.

The Mask Slips, for Those with Eyes to See: Preparing for the Real Pandemic

by Kevin D. Annett, M.A., M.Div.
Last week, many of the aboriginal people in the remote west coast village of Ahousaht were innoculated with the tamiflu vaccine. Today, over a hundred of them are sick, and the sickness is spreading.
In the same week, body bags were sent to similarly remote native reserves in northern Manitoba that [...]

Weekend Update #27: Dying of Racism

In this edition of Weekend Update, Russell Means speaks to the racist portrayals of Indians by Hollywood, the U.S. Government and the media of the left. He speaks as well to the soft racism of exclusion that too often ignores the Indigenous communites of the world and their concerns of their land and their [...]

“I am Obama’s prisoner now” – Leonard Peltier Speaks out After Parole Denial

I am Obama’s prisoner now
September 14, 2009
On August 21, Native American activist Leonard Peltier, one of America’s longest-serving political prisoners, was denied parole by the U.S. Parole Commission.
In 1977, Leonard was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the deaths of two FBI agents who were killed in a gunfight on the Pine Ridge reservation [...]

H1N1 “Assistance” – Canada Gives Indigenous Communities Swine Flu Body Bags

Chief Jerry Knott of Wasagamack First Nation:
“This disturbed our community members and continues to be a major concern. We had asked for funding so we can get organized and to ensure medicines, hand sanitizers and other preventative kits were in place but, instead, we are shocked to receive the body bags,” he said. “To me, [...]

The Role of the Bald Eagle in the Native American Culture

The Bald Eagle is a sacred bird in some North American cultures, and its feathers, like those of the Golden Eagle, are central to many religious and spiritual customs among Native Americans. Eagles are considered spiritual messengers between gods and humans by some cultures.

Closing the Gap Between the Younger Generation and the Elders

The situation on Pine Ridge and other reservations today is not much different in comparison. Outside influences have devastated families. There is a high unemployment rate, alcoholism, drug use, gangs, stealing, violence, staying up all night and sleeping all day, babies having babies and lack of safety. Adults talk about negative forces and other things [...]

Good Billions after Bad – Vanity Fair Exposes The Bailout Give-Away

Just inside the entrance to the U.S. Treasury, on the other side of a forbidding array of guard stations and scanners that control access to the Greek Revival building, lies one of the most beautiful interior spaces in all of Washington. Ornate bronze doors open inward to a two-story-high chamber. Chandeliers line the coffered ceiling, [...]

Russell Means Interview with Dr. Katherine Albrecht

Russell Means talks of his history of activism, the trading liberation for civil rights, and the move from a productive to a consumer society.
They speak, as well, of the repeating of mistakes of empire, and take calls from listeners concerning Indian Herritage and how Puritan thought constructs tie in with the Doctrine of Discovery. [...]

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