Category Archives: Sovereignty

Tlingit & Haida Canoe at Sacred Stone Camp

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Vince

The Tlingits have arrived! Doug Chilton and Deandre King brought the One Peoples Canoe Society canoe all the way to Standing Rock Reservation to support the water protectors resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Pacific Northwest and Alaskan tribes have a … Continue reading →

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LaVoy Finicum’s message to Native Americans

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Vince

In a video released the evening of his death, LaVoy Finicum, the man who was shot and killed on Tuesday in Harney County, addresses some concerns voiced by Natives regarding the occupation. In the video he voices his support for … Continue reading →

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Reading Through An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: Multiculturalism

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Vince

I’ve finally picked up Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s book, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. The book is an attack on the legitimizing ideology and narrative of the United States’s subjugation of the indigenous people of North America. Though I … Continue reading →

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Tribal Nations without States

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Vince

Indigenous Anarchism. Among the Indians there have been no written laws. Customs handed down from generation to generation have been the only laws to guide them. Every one might act different from what was considered right did he choose to … Continue reading →

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Visiting at.óowu at the Portland Art Museum

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Vince

In March I visited the Portland Art Museum along with some clan relatives and Aandeyein to view and handle Naanyaa.aayí at.óowu, Teikhweidi at.óowu and Raven (probaly Kiks.ádi) at.óowu dating back to the 1800’s. NAGPRA claims are in process or planned … Continue reading →

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Free Lingít Aaní!

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Vince

Today is Free Nations Day. Free Nations Day is an opportunity to reclaim the idea that nations are voluntary groupings of free individuals, not externally imposed political borders or states. Both geographic localities and identities that transcend space are legitimate … Continue reading →

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Kanaka Maoli to Feds: ‘Get Out of Our House! Go Home!’

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Vince

Decolonial monarchism! This jives well with Bioregionalism and indigenous clan/band/village level sovereignty. A fellow Tlingit commented that “sovereignty should not be defined at the whim of U.S. congressional mood swings.” I agree entirely but would add that the US would … Continue reading →

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KLAMATH TRIBAL MEMBERS PROTEST “CELEBRATORY” SIGNING OF UPPER KLAMATH BASIN COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Vince

(CHILOQUIN, OREGON) – U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, State of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, State of California Governor Jerry Brown, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, Klamath Tribes elected officials and Klamath Basin irrigators held a … Continue reading →

Posted in activisim, Environment, Sovereignty | 1 Comment

Cliven Bundy; an indigenous perspective on the armed militia response

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Vince

I am personally ambivalent regarding Mr. Bundy’s specific claims to grazing lands and cattle grazing in Nevada. I feel certain there are environmental issues with cattle grazing practices in an arid region. As an Alaska Native and American Indian (descended … Continue reading →

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First Nations clash with Police in Canada…. what to do?

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Vince

Over reaction by Canadian authorities to anti-fracking protests… what does it mean? First Nations are at a very different stage in their relationship with Canada than, say, Alaska Natives are with the US. If anything, entrenched Native institutions in Alaska … Continue reading →

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