[#]PrayerHorseRide Prepares for Sacred Journey 2025
"We do not sell our #MotherEarth or profit off of her, Mother Earth is here to take care of us and teach us our natural ways of Life! I pray we all stand to protect our Mother,” - Josh Dini, Sr., Walker River Pauite Tribe, #WaterProtector, #PrayerHorseRider and a member of #AIM Northern Nevada.
By Prayer Horse Ride, via #CensoredNews
SCHURZ, Nevada -- "The Prayer Horse Ride is getting ready to begin our 4th annual sacred journey March 21st – April 2nd, across Nevada in the ancestral lands of the Numu (#Paiute) and Newe (#Shoshone), through Yerington, Fallon, Wadsworth, Nixon, Lovelock to McDermitt, and ending near Orovada, honoring #PeeheeMuhuh (#ThackerPass in the McDermitt Caldera).
"Those Riders, Walkers, and Runners carry the prayerful energy with each community. They'll move forward to raise awareness regarding water usage and #NativeAmericanGraves Protection and
Repatriation Act concerns about #lithium mining in Peehee Mu'huh and within the McDermitt Caldera.
"The Ride also raises awareness of several #EndangeredSpecies in #FishLakeValley (#TecopaBirdsBeak, #TiehmsBuckwheat, and #TuiChub), a place Newe gathered foods and medicines, held sacred ceremonies, and where a proposed lithium boron mine would violate the #AmericanIndianReligiousFreedomAct."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/prayer-horse-ride-prepares-for-sacred.html
[#]JusticeForMyronDewey #LithiumMining #CopperMining #NoMining #SaveThackerPass #SacredPlaces #DefendTheSacred #GreenWashing #ExtractiveIndustries #MMIWG #MMIR #CorporateColonialism #PrayerRide #ProtectTheSacred #ProtectThackerPass #ReaderSupportedNews
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My country crow friends are a bit shy (unlike my city crow friends). It doesn't help that they are hunted by some farmers (though there's less and less of that going on). Anyhow, today I saw them gathered in a neighbor's tree, and one of them was in the tree in my yard and was calling to me for more food. A crow emissary! I like it!
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HT @glassdelusion
Everyone working with immigrants, print and distribute ILRC's Know Your Rights red cards. Now in > 12 languages! #iceraids #immigration #civilrights
https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
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HT @gwaldby
[#]KnowYourRights: Navigating Encounters with Law Enforcement by Western Native Voice
[#]ICE #NativeAmerican #Deportation #Immigration
https://westernnativevoice.org/resources/know-your-rights/
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Broken English
[Verse 1]
Could have come through anytime
Cold, lonely puritan
What are you fighting for?
It's not my security
[Chorus]
It's just an old war
Not even a #ColdWar
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
[Verse 2]
Lose your father, your husband
Your mother, your children
What are you dying for?
It's not my reality
[Chorus]
It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
[Bridge]
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
[Verse 1]
Could have come through anytime
Cold, lonely puritan
What are you fighting for?
It's not my security
[Chorus]
It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
Say it in broken English
[Outro]
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIauljFZqwQ
[#]RestInPowerMarianneFaithful #RIPMarianneFaithful #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic
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[#]KristiNoem and friends are taking revenge on #FirstNations! They were concerned that would happen!
[#]NativeAmerican tribes say #ICE harassing members amid raids
by Erin Alberty,
Russell Contreras, January 28, 2025
"Some Native American tribes say tribal members are being harassed by federal immigration agents, while others fear they could be wrongly caught up in immigration raids.
Why it matters: The angst among some #Indigenous tribes reflects the confusion and fear even among legal citizens during the #Trump administration's immigration raids.
The big picture: Several tribes have issued warnings and advice to their members based on what they say have been encounters in which U.S. immigration agents have demanded proof of citizenship — episodes that the tribes have linked to #RacialProfiling.
The alarm comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says its agents are arresting more than 1,000 undocumented immigrants a day, part of President Trump's push to deport "millions" of people not authorized to stay in the U.S.
Immigration raids in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles — and Trump's new directives to allow searches in schools and churches in addition to workplaces and homes — have heightened concerns in communities across the country.
Zoom in: The #NavajoNation, one of the nation's largest tribes, said federal immigration agents have been questioning its members.
"My office has received multiple reports from Navajo citizens that they have had negative, and sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants," Navajo President #BuuNygren said in a statement.
Navajo Nation officials told CNN on Monday that at least 15 Indigenous people in the southwestern U.S. have reported being questioned or detained by immigration officers in the past week.
The 17.5 million-acre Navajo Nation is in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. It's larger than 10 states.
ICE offices in Utah and Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment.
Zoom out: The #MescaleroApache Tribe in New Mexico announced that a member was confronted by ICE agents last week and was asked for ID — first in Spanish, although the member spoke English.
The #SissetonWahpetonOyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota said it was temporarily waiving all fees for issuing or replacing tribal IDs amid members' concerns about ICE encounters.
#Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee — the tribe's governing body — promised in a statement Saturday to "aggressively defend our rights and interests."
The tribe offered legal counsel to members who are "improperly detained or questioned," as did the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah.
The San Juan Southern #Paiute Tribe, whose land crosses the Utah-Arizona border, advised its citizens to record encounters with ICE, ask for agents' badges and keep their doors closed and ask for a warrant if approached at home.
What they're saying: Trump's immigration executive orders have "raised concern among our tribal members, particularly regarding the potential targeting of our community by immigration agents," #ChippewaCree Tribe chairman Harat BaRete said in a statement.
The north-central Montana tribe then released a set of guidelines urging members to remain silent, keep ID handy and report encounters to tribal officials.
"The #RosebudSioux Tribe is in the process of assessing the legal effects of the unlawful and unconstitutional Trump administration Executive Orders and will fiercely defend against any threat to the sovereignty," the South Dakota tribe said in a statement.
Between the lines: It's not unusual for ICE or DEA agents to enter tribal lands for immigration or drug enforcement.
Since the Obama administration, U.S. agents have aggressively targeted human smuggling rings that use isolated Indigenous lands to try to move undetected.
Congress didn't grant citizenship to Native Americans until 1924 — a development President Trump's lawyers cited in their attempt to justify his temporarily blocked executive order to overturn birthright citizenship.
The administration's attorneys last week invoked an 1884 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that denied citizenship to members of tribes to argue that "birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship."
Some tribal leaders saw the argument as a threat against their members' U.S. citizenship."
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/native-american-immigration-raids-navajo-nation?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
[#]ICERaids #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousNews #Fascism #SettlerColonialism
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Get Up Stand Up
"Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
You, preacher man don't tell me
Heaven is under the earth
You a duppy and you don't know
What life is really worth
It's not all that glitter is gold
And half the story has never been told
So now we see the light
We gonna stand up for your rights
Come on
Get up, stand up, brother
Stand up for your rights, come on
Get up, stand up, sisters
Don't give up the fight, I'm beggin' you to
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
I say don't give up the fight
'Cause you know most people think
A great God will come from the skies
Take away every little thing
And left everybody dry
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours right here on earth
And now we see the light
We gonna stand up for our rights
Come on
Get up, stand up
Don't make them push you 'round
Stand up for your rights, come on brothers
Get up, stand up, be brave, now
Don't give up the fight, I say
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Don't let them hold you down
Get up, stand up
I say don't give up the fight
We're sick and tired of this game of technology
Humbly asking Jesus for His mercy
We know and we know and understand
Almighty Jah is a living man
You fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
And now we see the light
We gonna stand up for our rights
Come on
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights, come on brothers
Get up, stand up
I say don't give up the fight
Don't let them push you 'round
I say, get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Come on sisters
Get up, stand up
I say don't give up the fight"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjg8mr36NQ
[#]FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicForActivism #MusicForResistance #70sMusic #ActivismThroughMusic
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Life in the Gladhouse
"Life in the gladhouse is never dull
Humdrum days still flying out the window
It's wild with overgrown people
Broken engagements and twisted faith
Growing up and then just growing older
Oh me, oh my
An Easter parade for the innocence
A fugitive smile makes a break for the wire
Oh me, oh my
Oh me, oh my
My shadow gives me distance
And props me up against the wall
My shadow gives me distance
And sometimes he's not there at all
So let's all dance in time
This song is called necessity
Let's all dance in time
Let's all dance, let's all dance, that's all
Oh me, oh my
Clowns for the public
Pre-sing their sales
A private affair
Oh me, oh my
Oh me, oh my
So let's all dance in time
So let's all dance in time
(Life in the gladhouse is never dull)
So let's all dance in time
(Life in the gladhouse is never dull)
So let's all dance in time
(Life in the gladhouse is never dull)
So let's all dance in time
(Life in the gladhouse is never dull)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ONF2A4mEg
[#]FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicForResistance #80sMusic
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Strength
"Give me love
Give me hope
Give me strength
Give me someone to live for
Who will light the fire that I need to survive
Who will be the life blood coursing through my veins
Like a river flowing that will never change
I need someone I can depend on
I’m a man of emotion who can’t hide the tears
I’m a man of feeling who can’t hide the pain
I’m alone on the outskirts of town where no one knows my name
I’m at the point in my life where I need affection
Give me love
Give me hope
Give me STRENGTH
Give me someone to live for
Someone write me a letter, I need to know that I’m still alive
Someone give me a telephone call, I need to hear a human sound
Someone open up a door and let me out of this place
I’ve been caged up for oh so long, I don’t know if I’m living or dying
Give me love
Give me hope
Give me STRENGTH
Give me someone to live for
I walk alone, across the outskirts of town
I can’t control what I’m going through now
Will you light the fire that I need to survive
Will you donate the life blood coursing through my veins
Will you open up the door and let me out of this place
I’ve been caged up for oh so long, I don’t know if I’m living or dying
Give me love
Give me hope
Give me STRENGTH
Give me someone to live for"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXs3kgJFlrU
[#]FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicForActivism #MusicForResistance #ActivismThroughMusic #80sMusic
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Idiots Rule
"I got a lie
A fat fuckin' lie
About a law
Idiots obey
They made it easy
Now cheaters have their way
You hi-di-ho's
You're living on your knees
Forget the rule!
Oh - idiots rule!
Forget the rule!
Oh - idiots rule!
Idiot!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDLNK1H6JMU&list=RDIDLNK1H6JMU&start_radio=1
[#]FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicForActivism #MusicForResistance #80sMusic #ActivismThroughMusic
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When The Generals Talk
"Up there, up there, up there on the platform
He is speaking to the people
The people are responding
With clapping and a cheering
But the meaning of the message
Not revealed to those assembled
They're taken for a ride
Taken in his stride
"When the Generals talk
You better listen to him
When the Generals talk
You better do what he say
When the Generals talk
You better listen to him
When the Generals talk
You better do what he say"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNL3xhxGpK8
[#]FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #MusicForActivism #MusicForResistance #ActivismThroughMusic
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HT @cookiesinheaven
"USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites
The directive could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/usda-climate-change-websites-00201826?s=09
[#]ClimateChange #Censorship #Fascism
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So, I will be posting some #FridayNightMusicVideos tonight -- based on #DJShaxx 's amazing setlist this past week on his show, #LeftOftheDial on #WMPGFM ! Music for #Resistance!
https://spinitron.com/WMPG/pl/20147838/Left-of-the-Dial
[#]WMPG #CommunityRadio #FridayNightMusic
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[#]Germany: Mass #protests after #FarRight #AfD helps CDU/CSU
A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right AfD. Protesters in Berlin gathered outside CDU headquarters.
January 30, 2025
Excerpt: "Wednesday's vote was harshly criticized by Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the center-left Social Democratic Party (#SPD), the #Greens, and numerous church and #CivilSociety groups as a breach of the post-war German taboo against cooperation with extremist parties.
"Until now, all of Germany's major parties have abided by the custom, having taken to heart the lesson of the Nazis' rise to power via democratic structures. The business-friendly FDP also voted with Merz.
"The alliance '#TogetherAgainstTheRight' called for Thursday's protest under the motto, 'No Cooperation With the AfD.'
"Protest co-organizer Carolin Moser, for instance, accused Merz and the #CDU / #CSU of making the 'AfD's #rightwing #extremism socially acceptable.'"
Read more:
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-mass-protests-after-far-right-afd-helps-cdu-csu/a-71464257
[#]WorldPol #Germany #FarRight #AntiImmigrantLaws
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[#]German #migration bill fails amid storm of controversy
The German parliament has narrowly rejected a law to tighten up asylum measures. The controversy over the law, and how it could have been passed with support from the far right #AfD, have rocked German politics.
by Jens Thurau, January 31, 2025
"On Friday, parliament narrowly rejected a bill to significantly tighten asylum laws with supporting votes from conservative Christian Democrats and Christian Socialists (#CDU / #CSU), the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the neoliberal Free Democrats (#FDP) and the populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (#BSW). "
Read more:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-migration-bill-fails-amid-storm-of-controversy/a-71477742
[#]WorldPol #Germany #FarRight #AntiImmigrantLaws
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[#]Russia suffering '#EnvironmentalCatastrophe' after #OilSpill in #KerchStrait
Joshua Cheetham, Olga Robinson & Matt Murphy, January 23, 2025
"Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed #Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged in the #BlackSea.
"Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank.
"Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the #SeaOfAzov.
"A senior Russian scientist called the spill the country's worst '#EnvironmentalCatastrophe' of the 21st Century.
"'This is the first time fuel oil has been spilled in such quantities,' Viktor Danilov-Danilyan - the head of science at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - said in a 17 January interview with a Russian newspaper.
"Russian scientists said in December that this spill could be more than twice the size of a similar disaster in the strait in 2007, which saw up to 1,600 tonnes of #HeavyOil leak into the sea. #Ukraine's ministry of #ecology has estimated that the clear up from the latest spill could cost the Russian state up to $14bn (£11.4bn).
"#PaulJohnston, a scientist at #GreenpeaceResearchLaboratories, said 'there's always an element of uncertainty around oil spills', but a lack of timely information has heightened this uncertainty further.
"'I'm not entirely optimistic we'll ever know the full extent of the problem,' he added.
"Satellite images reviewed by #BBCVerify on 10 January - the most recent available high-resolution photos - showed a #MassiveOilSlick running through the strait, measuring at least 25km (15 miles) long. A second, smaller slick measuring around 5.7km (3.5 miles) long is also visible."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ngk5vgmpo
[#]WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalDestruction #OilSpill
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Donate! Refugee Resettlement & Newcomer Services
Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services
About Refugee Resettlement
"As a HIAS affiliate network partner, the #JCA welcomes refugees from countries all over the world. We help meet them at the airport, ensure they have housing, and help them find work and the services they need to flourish in their new home in Maine.
"Our commitment to the needs of refugees comes from many places: from the biblical injunction to "welcome the stranger" to the personal stories of our community members' families who fled persecution to find safety here in Maine. The Refugee Resettlement program operates under the auspices of HIAS, the Global Jewish Organization for Refugees. Reception and Placement services are paid for, in part, through financial assistance provided by the Department of State [which has just been cut off by Herr Drumpf]."
https://www.mainejewish.org/RRNS?fbclid=IwY2xjawIKMi5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcVLb5iR3xaTyuElnqoBqhu37M_5dnYv0plvnIVwMOPUNKoM7lFJgZdFlA_aem_D8qrpgfb8szTewawGoxS-w
[#]USPol #MainePol #Fundraising #Refugees #RefugeeAid #NewMainers #Immigrants #Fundraiser #USRefugeeAdmissionsProgram
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I'll be making a donation in memory of #JudithSouthworth -- my former boss, and a tireless advocate for #MaineRefugees and #CatholicCharities coordinator.
Donate
There are many ways you can support our work with refugees:
Financial Contribution
- Donate online (Please be sure to designate your donation to Refugee and Immigration Services)
- Checks may be mailed to Catholic Charities Maine Central Office at PO Box 10660, Portland, ME 04104-6060, with Refugee and Immigration Services (RIS) noted in the Check’s memo line.
Gift Cards
New Mainers are delighted to receive gift cards so they can choose exactly what they need. Grocery stores, Walmart, Target, Reny's, Mardens, and Marshalls/TJMaxx carry much of what is needed.
If you or someone you know would like to rent to a refugee, we will help make it work! We’ll help families understand their lease and what you expect of them. We’ll help you communicate and get to know each other. We’re always looking to expand our network of immigrant-friendly landlords & housing partners. We need creative and affordable temporary & permanent housing solutions for refugees. Please help us provide their first home in the US.
https://www.ccmaine.org/refugee-immigration-services/support/donate
[#]CatholicCharitiesMaine #USPol #MainePol #Fundraising #Refugees #RefugeeAid #NewMainers #Immigrants #Fundraiser #USRefugeeAdmissionsProgram
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[#]MaineImmigrantAndRefugeeServices
"Your donation to #MEIRS transforms lives, fueling programs that empower individuals and families to prosper and engage actively in our community. Thank you for helping us shape a brighter future. Thank you so much in advance for your donation!"
https://donorbox.org/meirs-donatenow?default_interval=m&amount=25
[#]USPol #MainePol #Fundraising #Refugees #RefugeeAid #NewMainers #Immigrants #Fundraiser #USRefugeeAdmissionsProgram
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[Thread] [Links for ways to donate in thread] #MaineRefugee agencies scramble to preserve basic services after State Department cuts off funding
Maine Public | By Ari Snider
Published January 29, 2025
"Days after suspending the federal refugee admissions program, the Trump administration issued a second directive ordering resettlement agencies to stop providing basic assistance to refugees already in the country. Though much remains uncertain, it's already disrupted services in Maine.
"Typically, the federal government reimburses resettlement agencies up to $1,650 for certain expenses related to housing, food, and other basic needs during the first 90 days after a refugee arrives, plus $1,350 per refugee for administrative costs and staff positions.
"But #InzaOuattara, Maine's refugee coordinator through #CatholicCharities, said the State Department advised last week that it will no longer cover those costs.
"Ouattara said that could have immediate consequences for about 200 newly-arrived refugees in Maine.
"'They are all in temporary housing and hotels,' Outtara said. 'Where are these small refugees agency that we have in Maine to get the money to pay for those hotels?'
"Outtara said this directive is separate from the Trump Administration's now-rescinded memo ordering a widespread freeze on government grants and loans.
"Following the State Department's directive, #RilwanOsman, executive director of #MaineImmigrantAndRefugeeServices, in #LewistonMaine, said he's already had to lay off about half a dozen employees.
"But he said his group will not abandon the roughly 100 refugees in its care.
"'The support might be limited, but again, as an organization, as a human being, we have that moral obligation to continue supporting these families, despite the challenges,' he said.
"Osman said he's hoping to raise some emergency stopgap funding through an appeal to the local community.
"The Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine is also scrambling to find new funding streams, said Micaela Tepler, with the group's resettlement team.
"She said that's led to temporary delays in delivering basic needs such as groceries.
"'So even if they're going to get the same services from a different funding, it's going to take a week or two until we're really effective at providing that,' Tepler said. 'So for clients, there is a real pause, and I think this week has been really, really scary and difficult for them.'
"The #USRefugeeAdmissionsProgram is a decades-old legal pathway for individuals fleeing violence and persecution. Refugees admitted through the program are vetted by various federal agencies before being assigned to state-level resettlement agencies."
https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2025-01-29/maine-refugee-agencies-scramble-to-preserve-basic-services-after-state-department-cuts-off-funding
[#]MainePublic #NPR #News #USPol #MainePol #Fundraising #Refugees #RefugeeAid #NewMainers #Immigrants
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