KFAI's Indian Uprising, June 11, 2006

KFAI's Indian Uprising, June 11, 2006

'DIVINE STRAKE' DETONATION HALTED by Brenda Norrell for Indian Country Today, June 5, 2006
MERCURY, Nev. - The ''Divine Strake'' detonation has been halted, but Western Shoshone continued their protest at the Nevada Test Site over Memorial Day weekend to demand respect for Western Shoshone land rights at the site, as stated in the Treaty of Ruby Valley of 1863. Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone grandmother, was among 45 people arrested after they crossed the boundary onto the Nevada Test Site in an act of civil disobedience. Security from the site and Nye County sheriff's deputies arrested them and placed them in a holding facility. ''Enough is enough,'' Dann told the crowd before being arrested, which resounded the ''Ya basta!'' (''Enough is enough!'') battle cry of the Zapatistas fighting for indigenous rights in Mexico.
http://www.Indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096413084

FIRE THUNDER SUSPENDED AND ABORTIONS BANNED ON PINE RIDGE by David Melmer for Indian Country Today, June 05, 2006. PINE RIDGE, S.D. - The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council banned abortions within the reservation boundaries, and at the same meeting suspended President Cecelia Fire Thunder - again. Nearly mirroring the state of South Dakota in the abortion ban ordinance, the council voted unanimously to not just ban all abortions regardless of the circumstances, but to ban the use of any drug that would prevent a pregnancy or abort a fetus the day after any sexual activity. http://www.Indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096413086

THE GREAT DAKOTA HOMECOMING: COMMENTS & OPINIONS by Chris Mato Nunpa (Dakota). On June 03-04, 2006, I attended the 3rd Annual Great Dakota Gathering and Homecoming at Winona, Minnesota... As I observed the event on the two days, I had mixed emotions and many questions... the dilemma that faced every Indigenous nation as they encountered the wasicu (Caucasian, Euro-American, or the white man) was: "Shall we fight him or shall we welcome and work with him?" Then, there were variations between these two extreme positions. And, of course, those that fought the white man to keep him from stealing Indigenous lands were considered "bad Indians" by the white man and those who worked with and helped the white man were "good Indians." See attached for complete text.

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