Winona Featured On Democracy Now! Newscast
This morning, Winona was featured on Democracy Now's War and Peace Report to discuss the use of "Geronimo" as a code word for Bin Laden, along with her new book The Militarization Of Indian Country. Watch the interview in two parts below, or at Democracy Now's site: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/6/native_american_activist_winona_lad...
Read more...New Book Released- The Militarization of Indian Country
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THE MILITARIZATION OF INDIAN COUNTRY
From Geronimo to Bin Laden
Latest LaDuke book addresses military impacts on Native Americans- from naming of military lands to toxic waste dumps. Read more...
1 attachment:Brandi Carlile and Patagonia Partner to Benefit Honor the Earth
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Brandi Carlile and Patagonia Partner to Benefit Honor the Earth
Brandi Carlile Song, “Turpentine (Live)”, Being Sold via the Patagonia Music Collective with Net Proceeds Going Directly to Honor the Earth
VENTURA, Calif. — Patagonia Inc., the environmentally minded apparel company, and some of music’s most talented artists, including Brandi Carlile have come together to form the Patagonia Music Collective in an effort to fund environmental activism. The program launched at www.patagonia.com/music.
The collective brings together musicians, fans and grassroots environmental groups. Artists, such as Brandi Carlile, have donated unreleased tracks that will be sold for $.99 with net proceeds going directly to the artist’s favorite environmental group. Read more...
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...
