Monthly Archives: February 2017
Rediscovering the Past
Rediscovering the Past by Joanne Hague Undoubtedly, if I were just a couple of years older in 1969, I would have found my way to Bethel. Woodstock, one of the greatest events of all times, was happening a mere 60 miles away from where I lived. I remember watching the news reports with my mom, […] Continue reading
A Yippie Manifesto
A Yippie Manifesto by Jerry Rubin This is a Viet Cong flag on my back. During the recent hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, a friend and I are walking down the street en route to Congress – he’s wearing an American flag and I’m wearing this VC flag. The cops mass, […] Continue reading
Lakota Sioux Declare Independence from USA
Freedom! Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation StatusThreaten Land Liens, Contested Real Estate Over Five State Area in U.S. WestLakota Satisfies Treaty Council Mandate of 33 Years, Drafted by 97 Indigenous NationsDakota Territory Reverts back to Lakota Control According to U.S., International LawWashington D.C. – Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in […] Continue reading
Native Americans Fight Back! (1968)
Native Americans Fight Back!By Robert D. Casey The fall fishing season here in the state of Washington opened with an almost inevitable confrontation between the Indian tribes, who were exercising their Treaty rights to earn a living by fishing their rivers, and the State, which is attempting to regulate this troublesome ethnic minority out of […] Continue reading
Native American Time
Native American TimeBy John Collier The recent death of John Collier, who was best known for his service as U.S. Commissioner for Indian Affairs from 1933 to 1945, came as a shock to me. This may seem an extraordinary thing to write of a man of 84 living in very modest retirement in Ranchos de […] Continue reading
Native American Anarchists (1965)
Native American Anarchists (1965)Book Reviews by D’Arcy McNickle THE LOST UNIVERSE. By Gene Weltfish. Basic Books. 506 pp.THE LONG DEATH: The Last Days of the Plains Indians. By Ralph K.Andrist, The Macmillian Co. 371 pp. As to the question of posting sentinels to guard against surprise attacks, Dr. Weltfish suggestively writes that they were a […] Continue reading
Rolling Thunder Speaks Out on Native American Activism (1968)
Rolling Thunder Speaks Out on Native ActivismBy Marvin Garson They’ve pushed the Indian far enough, says Rolling Thunder. We’re not going to pay any more taxes, and we’re not going to give up any more land. Rolling Thunder is a Shoshone Indian from Carlin, Nevada. He is a lawyer and a warrior. He gives the […] Continue reading
Native American Speaks Out About Poverty (1965)
Native American Speaks Out About Poverty (1965)By Clyde Warrior The American Indian situation is a condensed and distilled version of the state of the union. The problems of American Indians are the result of bureaucratic behavior, of dehumanized interaction, of intellectuals defining the System. In January of this year the National Indian Youth Council submitted […] Continue reading
Navajo Indian Refuses to Serve in the U.S. Army (1966)
Letter From a Navajo Indian to the U.S. ArmyBy Raymond Beletso Dear Mr. D. D. Spahr:This letter is in answer to the two notices or Questionnaires you have sent to me in the last 6 weeks, this last one, day before yesterday. I am filling out this last one and returning it to you today. […] Continue reading
The Young Lords (1970)
The Young Lords (1970) A group of revolutionary Puerto Rican youths have occupied a church in El Barrio, New York City’s Puerto Rican ghetto. They have renamed the church La Iglezia de la Gente-People’s Church. Until last Sunday, this church only opened a few days a week for services, but now the people of the […] Continue reading