Big Oil Wants to Truck Through Nez Perce Land
BY WINONA LADUKE, Indian Country Today Media Network (March 24, 2011).
When 750 Nez Perce, accompanied by 1,000 horses, fled the U.S. Cavalry on a 1,200-mile route through the mountains, valleys and rivers of Washington, Idaho and Montana in 1877, their path took them past the Heart of the Monster, from whence the Nez Perce, or Nimiipuu people, originated, and through their precious Bitterroot Mountains. Their route was treacherous but their determination to survive was unshakable.
Some 140 years later, the black heart of industrial society has come to torment the Nimiipuu, using that same route. Read more...
Tar Sands Heavy Haul: Into the Heart of Darkness
BY WINONA LADUKE & RENEE HOLT, Ta'c Titooqan (March 2011), the Nez Perce Tribal newspaper.
When over 750 Nez Perce, or Nimiipuu people, accompanied by 1,000 horses fled the Cavalry on a 1,600 mile route through the mountains, valleys and rivers of Oregon, Idaho and Montana in l877, the route was treacherous and the determination to survive as a people deep. During the War of 1877, their journey moved beyond the Heart of the Monster, from whence the Nimiipuu were created, passed the precious and historical trade route of Indigenous people that predates Lewis & Clark through the Bitterroot Mountains. It is some l40 years later and a new industrial road seeks to follow a similar route, pushing through the heart of Nez Perce homelands into the darkest chapter of American oil expansion. Read more...
Clean Air Act is Under Attack
Clean Air Act is Under Attack
BY NELLIS KENNEDY-HOWARD, Detroit Lakes Tribune, February 11, 2011
As a member of this community and someone who enjoys our clean lakes and air, I’m very concerned about the health and environmental effects of air pollution. With energy companies such as Otter Tail Power burning coal so close to home (less than 60 miles to be exact), Detroit Lakes’ health is already being impacted by the many toxic particles that contaminate our air, fall into our rivers and lakes, and eventually end up in our food. So, it naturally disturbs me that Congress is planning to roll back our clean air protections as a favor to such big corporate polluters. This should also disturb you. Read more...
LaDuke warns, “Do not be docile”
“LaDuke: ‘Do not be docile ...’”
BY CYNDY COLE, Arizona Daily Sun, February 2, 2011
As hundreds of thousands rallied to replace their government in Egypt Tuesday, Native American activist and former Ralph Nader presidential running mate Winona LaDuke urged an uprising of sorts here -- but calmer.
LaDuke is a member of a Minnesota tribe, the Anishinaabe, where she has helped the tribe buy back thousands of acres of land it once used. Read more...
Shiprock Goes Solar: Jóhonaá éi Solar Project Installed at Diné College
Honor the Earth and the Navajo Nation's Diné College (DC) lead the way to a cleaner energy future with the recently installed Jóhonaá éi Solar Project. The nearly 20kW solar array sits atop DC's Shiprock South Campus and uses the sun's energy to power the classrooms below. The late October installation was followed by a celebration and training on November 19th. Keith Secola provided musical entertainment, and the training was attended by more than 60 students and community members in-person and more students via virtual classrooms on other DC campuses. Read more...
