The First Monpa Day Festival Dec. 10, 2019 by Dawn Alexandra Murray, M.S., Ph.D. We arrived in a small van around 4:30 pm up the windy, forested dirt road the afternoon before the festival. A decorated and painted yellow arch with the seven lucky symbols was gracing the roadway, eleven young boys in ghos and plastic slip-on shoes still laying … Read More
Santa Barbara Considers Switch to Indigenous Peoples Day
The resolution would be largely ceremonial, as the city itself does not celebrate the federal holiday, said Tribal Trust President Robert Ornstein, but it could help move California closer to passing statewide legislation.
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Welcome to Autumn! We end September having celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Indigenous Peoples Day
The relationship of indigenous and non-indigenous in our country is in deep need of healing right now. We need to act with integrity and sincerity if there is ever going to be any chance of that happening.
WATER IS LIFE WALK ‘Source to Sea’
We walk because the ancestors walked ~ by walking we follow in their footsteps and can pick up the “treasures” that were left along the trail!
Victory for Standing Rock
A federal judge ruled that the federal permits authorizing the pipeline to cross the Missouri River just upstream of the Standing Rock reservation, which were hastily issued by the Trump administration just days after the inauguration, violated the law in certain critical respects.
Awake; A Dream from Standing Rock
[vc_row 0=””][vc_column 0=””][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IprMaqJQtSA” align=”center” title=”Film – Awake; A Dream from Standing Rock”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row 0=””][vc_column 0=””][vc_column_text 0=””] View the film: https://awakeadreamfromstandingrock1.vhx.tv/ 100% of the proceeds from the film will go to the Indigenous Media Fund and the Pipeline Fighters Fund. Both funds are supervised by the film’s creators and a council of Indigenous leaders to support direct actions, Indigenous filmmakers and journalists. … Read More