Sie erhalten die Möglichkeit, sich über aktuelle Situationen bei den Indianern Nordamerikas in Englisch zu Informieren und an entsprechenden Hilfsaktionen teilzunehmen.
Evelin Červenková
Begründerin der Lakota Oyate Information
You have the possibility to inform yourself about the current life of Native Americans and you can take part in helping actions.
Evelin Červenková
Founder of the Lakota Oyate Information in East-Germany
Von: Chase Iron Eyes, Lakota Law info @ lakotalaw.org
Date: Fr., 29. Aug. 2025
Subject: Empower Black Hills land defense
To: Evelin Cervenkova lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Lakota Law
Dear Evelin,
Once again, we are called to defend our sacred homelands from an imminent extractive threat. Right now — and thanks wholly to your support — Lakota Law is fully engaged as a member of an evolving, decades–old coalition dedicated to defeating uranium exploration in the He Sapa, our sacred Black Hills. Current federal and state policy ensures the constant erosion of environmental oversight. And now, the Chord project in Craven Canyon threatens a sensitive ecosystem which includes the Inyan Kara aquifer and its water, vital to local homes and ranches.
Please help us confront and stop the Chord uranium exploration project in Craven Canyon by making a generous donation today. While you're at the page, watch our new video, which draws on archival footage — both our own and that generously shared by our friends at Warrior Women Project — to tell the story of the fight to stop harmful extraction in the Black Hills. It's a coalition effort that goes back decades, including alliances among Indigenous and environmental justice groups and even with ranchers.
As a personal project I care deeply about, I've been consulting with the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance (GPTWA) for years to protect water as our birthright — as a fundamental, inalienable right to human beings and other creatures. Water gives and is life on our planet, and tribes have superior, preceding, sovereign rights to the water we need. Those rights are protected by treaty, by statute, by water settlements, and by the United States Supreme Court. And yet, time and again, we must fight to protect our waters in what seems like an unending life–or–death saga to safeguard ourselves and our relatives from the fascistic corporate machine.
Our modern–day coalition in this incredibly important battle includes our compatriots at organizations like the Sierra Club, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, and NDN Collective. Lakota Law, however, has a distinct role to play. We represent the sovereign interests of tribal nations as embodied by elders and traditional treaty rights protectors. In my opinion, these are the people with the deepest rights and, spiritually speaking, in the strongest position to defend our homelands and all of Turtle Island from corporate takeover.
My family's history of protecting tribal water rights runs as deep as any aquifer. And at this critical moment, our organization — especially my co-council and I — are incurring steep costs representing the GPTWA, pro bono. But, when it comes to this matter, no cost is too high. I know you stand with us. I'm grateful we can rely on you to help amplify our concerns, equip our team, and empower us to put our best defense forward. I'm so glad we are all together in this existential fight for Unci Maka — our Grandmother Earth — and all she nurtures.
Wopila tanka — thank you, always, for being a land defender and water protector!
Chase Iron Eyes
Executive Director
Lakota People's Law Project
Sacred Defense Fund
P.S. If you can make a donation today to help us stop the Craven Canyon uranium exploration — and all extractive desecration of our homelands — you will have my eternal gratitude. I can never thank you enough for being a friend to Lakota Law and a hero in the movement for sacred land and water defense.
Lakota People's Law Project
P.O. Box 27
Santa Fe, NM 87504
United States
The Lakota People's Law Project is a part of the 501(c)(3) Sacred Defense Fund, a Native–led Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice nonprofit (Federal Tax ID #99–2707481). Your contributions are deductible for tax purposes as allowed by law.
Von: One Spirit jbaker @ nativeprogress.ccsend.com
Date: Fr., 22. Aug. 2025
Subject: Give the Lakota a LEG up
To: lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Empowering the Lakota People
Lakota Empowerment Group Gets Its License
The Lakota Empowerment Group is an important solution to not one, but two problems on the reservation — the lack of good–paying jobs and substandard housing. LEG teaches young adults construction-related trade skills while working on housing repairs on the reservation.
LEG will assist the people of Pine Ridge Reservation and create a new generation of tradespeople who can support themselves and their families with their newfound skills.
Recently, LEG got its business license, which will help it secure paid work on the reservation in addition to grant-based work. This will support its financial stability, but it will take quite some time before LEG can support itself financially. That's why we're asking for donations to continue this vital work. Please help us support a new generation of skilled craftspeople and the Lakota community.
Support Lakota YouthStay, Win a Star Quilt!
Lakota YouthStay is currently holding a fundraising raffle for the program. The prize is a gorgeous, Lakota star quilt handmade by Rosie Plenty Wounds of Oglala, SD.
Lakota star quilts are a tradition carried down from generation to generation. They are frequently given as gifts for graduations, to honor bravery, for someone who has gone above and beyond for the oyate (people), or for special ceremonies and occasions such as weddings.
By entering this raffle, you are helping to support the Lakota YouthStay program, which brings 8 Lakota youth each year from the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota to the greater Medford/Boston for a week of educational and recreational activities, sharing of cultural experiences, and creating beautiful friendships.
Raffle tickets for the star quilt can be purchased via Venmo (@lakotayouthstay), via credit card at www.galabid.com/lakotayouthstay or by scanning the QR codes below. A photo of your ticket stub will be texted/emailed to you. If the winner lives outside the Boston area, the quilt will be mailed to the winner.
An Update about Restoring the Buffalo
Dignity. Financial security. Opportunity. Hope.
Well–paying and meaningful jobs create economic opportunity and break the cycle of poverty on Pine Ridge Reservation. For years, the people of the Pine Ridge Reservation and One Spirit have been working on the Charging Buffalo Meat Processing Facility, a beacon of hope in a food desert and a community that needs employment opportunities. Now, we're entering the final phase of construction that will bring the meathouse to completion. As we enter this final phase, we invite you to learn more about what this work represents and why it matters.
One Spirit | PO Box 3209 | Rapid City, SD 57709 US
Von: International Indian Treaty Council International_Indian_Treaty_Coun @ mail.vresp.com
Date: Di., 19. Aug. 2025
Subject: UN Plastics Treaty Negotiations Stall and With No Path Forward in Sight
To: lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
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PRESS RELEASE
La versión española sigue a la inglesa
August 18th, 2025
UN Plastics Treaty Negotiations Stall and With No Path Forward in Sight
The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Plastics, International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Event, held in Room XII at Palais des Nations where the first UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations met on August 9th,1982, co–hosted by IIPFP and the INC Co–Chair, Luis Vayas, August 9th, 2025. Photo credit: Dylan Kava
Geneva, Switzerland: On Friday August 15th at what was intended to be the final session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC 5.2) to develop a legally binding international instrument on plastic pollution, including the marine environment, INC Chairman Luis Vayas (Ecuador) abruptly declared the session concluded. This closing plenary took place at 5:30 AM. The Chairman declared that no consensus had been reached on a text by the States. He did not announce any future negotiations. The United Nations began work on the "Plastics Pollution Treaty" in 2022 in recognition of the negative impacts on human and environmental health worldwide.
The International Indian Treaty Council's (IITC) delegation to INC 5.2 included Indigenous representatives from the North and Central America, the Pacific and Africa regions. IITC, other Indigenous Peoples delegations from all regions, allied organizations and many State representatives who are committed to an effective Plastics Treaty were shocked and very disappointed by the abrupt end of the "final" INC, with no way forward announced.
"This is a major setback for Indigenous Peoples whose health, ecosystems, traditional food sources and ways of life are undermined by plastics pollution. This failure is also tied to climate change since plastics are produced from petroleum, a main driver of the climate crisis" stated Rochelle Diver, Anishinaabe. Rochelle led the delegation as IITC's Environmental Treaties Coordinator. Rochelle was also selected for a 2nd time to serve as co–chair of the International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Plastics (IIPFP), the Indigenous Peoples caucus established for negotiation and representation in this process.
Although there was strong support from some States, mainly the Pacific Island Developing States (PSIDS), but also from members of the "High Ambition Coalition" made up of 120 States, other oil producing states opposed meaningful solutions that would address the full lifecycle of plastics. The United States and Kuwait forced the shutdown of the closing plenary session, successfully silencing Indigenous Peoples, scientists and civil society organizations who were prepared to deliver closing statements.
Indigenous Peoples from 6 socio–cultural regions were active and persistent in the negotiations and presented proposals to Member States, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the INC Chair. They emphasized the need to incorporate and safeguard the rights of Indigenous Peoples in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in the Preamble and Operative Paragraphs of this new international instrument.
IITC along with other Indigenous Peoples who committed time and resources in this process deeply regret that the participating States failed to reach agreement on a treaty that could provide meaningful and measurable change. IITC remains committed to this process, and awaits the UN’s announcement of the next steps to continue the negotiations. Juan Leon, Maya K'iche, IITC's Biodiversity and Human Rights Program Coordinator also participated in IITC's delegation to INC 5.2. After the abrupt closing of the final plenary he confirmed that "it is necessary and urgent to have a treaty that benefits and guarantees life, human rights, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. But the work on this Treaty must transcend the interests of powerful countries and industries that prioritize their business interests over life and seek to dictate global policies to serve their own economic benefits".
For more information, please contact Rochelle Diver at rochelle@treatycouncil.org
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Para publicación inmediata
18 de agosto de 2025
Las negociaciones del tratado de la ONU sobre plásticos se estancan, sin vislumbrarse una solución
Foro Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre Plásticos, evento del Día Internacional de los Pueblos
Indígenas del Mundo, celebrado en la Sala XII del Palais des Nations, donde se reunió el primer
Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU sobre Poblaciones Indígenas el 9 de agosto de 1982, coorganizado por el IIPFP
y el Copresidente del INC, Luis Vayas, 9 de agosto de 2025.
Cr´dito de la foto: Dylan Kava
Ginebra, Suiza: El viernes 15 de agosto, durante la sesión final del Comité Intergubernamental de Negociación (INC 5.2) para elaborar un instrumento internacional jurídicamente vinculante sobre la contaminación por plásticos, incluido el medio marino, el presidente del INC, Luis Vayas (Ecuador), declaró abruptamente concluida la sesión. Esta decisión se tomó a las 5:30 de la madrugada. El Presidente anunció que no se había alcanzado un consenso sobre el texto entre los Estados miembros y no anunció futuras negociaciones. Las Naciones Unidas comenzaron a trabajar en el "Tratado sobre la contaminación por plásticos" en 2022, reconociendo sus efectos negativos para la salud humana y el medio ambiente a nivel mundial.
La delegación del Consejo Internacional de Tratados Indios (CITI) ante el INC 5.2 incluyó a representantes indígenas de Norteamérica, Centroamérica, el Pacífico y África. El CITI, otras delegaciones de Pueblos Indígenas de diversas regiones, organizaciones aliadas y numerosos representantes estatales comprometidos con un tratado eficaz sobre plásticos, expresaron su consternación y profunda decepción por la abrupta conclusión de esta "última" sesión del INC, sin que se indicara una vía a seguir.
Rochelle Diver, de la comunidad Anishinaabe, declaró: "Se trata de un importante revés para los Pueblos Indígenas, cuya salud, ecosistemas, fuentes de alimentos tradicionales y modos de vida se ven amenazados por la contaminación por plásticos. Este fracaso también está relacionado con el cambio climático, ya que los plásticos se producen a partir del petróleo, una de las principales causas de la crisis climática". Diver encabezó la delegación como coordinadora de tratados medioambientales del CITI y fue seleccionada por segunda vez como copresidenta del Foro Internacional de Pueblos Indígenas sobre Plásticos (IIPFP), una organización creada para la negociación y representación de los Pueblos Indígenas en este proceso.
Si bien hubo un fuerte apoyo por parte de algunos Estados, principalmente los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo (PEID) del Pacífico, al igual que de los miembros de la «Coalición de Alta Ambición", integrada por 120 Estados, otros Estados productores de petróleo se opusieron a soluciones significativas que abordaran todo el ciclo de vida de los plásticos. Los Estados Unidos y Kuwait forzaron el cierre de la sesión plenaria de clausura, logrando silenciar a los Pueblos Indígenas, los científicos y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil que se habían preparado para pronunciar sus declaraciones finales.
El CITI, junto con otros Pueblos Indígenas que invirtieron tiempo y recursos en este proceso, lamenta profundamente que los Estados participantes no lograran llegar a un acuerdo sobre un tratado que pudiera generar un cambio significativo y medible. El CITI reafirma su compromiso con este proceso y aguarda el anuncio de las próximas medidas de la ONU para continuar las negociaciones. Juan León, maya k'iche', Coordinador del Programa de Biodiversidad y Derechos Humanos del CITI y miembro de la delegación del CITI en la INC 5.2, declaró tras el abrupto cierre de la sesión plenaria final: "es necesario y urgente contar con un tratado que beneficie y garantice la vida, los derechos humanos y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. No obstante, la labor relativa a este Tratado debe trascender los intereses de los países poderosos y las industrias que priorizan sus intereses comerciales por encima de la vida y tratan de imponer políticas globales que sirvan a sus propios beneficios económicos".
Para obtener más información, póngase en contacto con Rochelle Diver: rochelle@treatycouncil.org
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The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Caribbean and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Treaties, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands.
El Consejo Internacional de Tratados Indios (CITI) es una organización de Pueblos Indígenas del Sur, Centro y Norteamérica, el Caribe y el Pacífico, que trabaja por la soberanía y la libre determinación de los Pueblos Indígenas, así como el reconocimiento y protección de los derechos indígenas, tratados, culturas tradicionales y tierras sagradas.
International Indian Treaty Council
2940 16th Street, Suite 305
San Francisco, California 94103–3664
US
Von: One Spirit jbaker @ nativeprogress.ccsend.com
Date: Do., 17. Juli 2025
Subject: An Urgent Appeal from Our Director
To: lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
A Letter from Our Director
In our 20 years of working with the Lakota, we have never been this worried about meeting basic food needs on the reservation. Our food pantries are running low and are incapable of meeting the people's needs this summer. Additionally, our diabetic–friendly food pantry just needs food that meets the health needs of people with diabetes and on dialysis.
Federal budget cuts threaten the nutrition and health needs of the Lakota people, who are already short on both. The programs we started to feed the people, empower them, and ultimately build self–sufficiency are in danger. We need your support to continue the food pantries, the buffalo house, the community gardens, our employment programs, the youth center, and our youth programming. Make no mistake: We will continue as much as possible. This is not only the best way forward for the Lakota, but it is also a symbol of resolve and determination to reach a goal that benefits everyone.
We are asking for your help now. It is with you that we have come so far and been able to support the efforts of the Lakota to become self–sufficient. It is also with you that we will be able to meet these new challenges head on and overcome them.
—Jeri Baker
Show Your Support with a Donation
One Spirit | PO Box 3209 | Rapid City, SD 57709 US
Von: Chase Iron Eyes, Lakota Law info @ lakotalaw.org
Date: Mi., 16. Juli 2025
Subject: Video: The Real Rapid City
To: Evelin Cervenkova lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Dear Evelin,
Hau, and a happy day to you and yours. Today, I take you to Founders Park in Rapid City, S.D. In this video — the first in our new series — I begin discussion of the true history behind the Black Hills' largest and, possibly, most troubled town. Please give it a watch!
Watch: I take you to Founders Park for some real talk.
As I think you'd agree, the state of our nation — and the world — is also troubled, to say the least. That's why we've dedicated so much time and energy over the past months to creating content and action opportunities aimed at tackling pressing, society–wide issues. We can't stand idly by and watch, for instance, while our (mostly southern) relatives are harassed, deported, and abused without due process or respect to their human rights and dignity.
That said, I believe it is always worth taking time to explore the conditions — and the colonial history and systemic barriers put in place to keep our people subjugated and subject to those conditions — within our own homelands. Taking a good, hard look at the real history of Rapid City as a microcosm for communities across our territory is an excellent lens through which to explore these difficult but important topics. And, of course, the struggles of Indigenous People locally, nationally, and globally are interrelated. They share so many of the same causes and effects.
Our plan is to release several more of these over the coming weeks, using the setting of Rapid City — often called "Racist City" around here — as a jumping–off point to look at other Native perspectives on history. You'll hear more about my family's struggle, the boarding school era, and much more.
So I hope you'll watch this video and the ones to follow, think on the context and lessons they provide, share with your friends on social media, and even write to tell us your thoughts. Whatever community you call home, we think of you as a relative, and we value your input. We are all in this together, and by staying connected and aware, we will persevere through the challenges we face. By acknowledging and learning from our past, we can create the future we need for ourselves, our children, and the generations to come.
Wopila tanka &mdash thank you for your attention, your voice, and your solidarity
Chase Iron Eyes
Executive Director
Lakota People's Law Project
Sacred Defense Fund
Lakota People's Law Project
P.O. Box 27
Santa Fe, NM 87504
United States
The Lakota People's Law Project is a part of the 501(c)(3) Sacred Defense Fund, a Native–led Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice nonprofit (Federal Tax ID #99–2707481). Your contributions are deductible for tax purposes as allowed by law.
Von: One Spirit jbaker @ nativeprogress.ccsend.com
Date: Mo., 14. Juli 2025
Subject: Empowering the Lakota People
To: lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Another Year of Lakota YouthStay in the Books
And that's a wrap! Bryson, Tobias, Blake, Talicia, Alex, Mya, E’Leighcya, and Kaycee are back home on the Pine Ridge reservation after participating in this year's wonderful Lakota YouthStay visit.
As always, the youth had a fabulous tour of the Boston area. This year, the youth went to the New England Aquarium, Museum of Science, Singing Beach, Museum of Illusions, and Spectacle Island. Lakota YouthStay also toured Tufts University, including a visit to its Indigenous Center, and participated in photography, art, and sculpture workshops.
The Lakota youth had a great vantage point at this year's Red Sox victory over the Colorado Rockies. The youth, their host families, and LYS organizers were generously gifted with an executive–level luxury box near home plate and Wally, the Green Monster, even made a special visit to meet the youth! How awesome is that?
The youth had so many wonderful experiences, but by far the best one is the beautiful friendships made between the youth, their host families, the co-leaders, and everyone involved in Lakota YouthStay. This year's LYS was a fantastic success, and it was all made possible by generous donors like you! We are already planning for the 2026 Lakota YouthStay—our 10th year, and we hope for your support!
Support Lakota YouthStay with a Donation Today
Thanks for Supporting Lakota Campers!
Last week, we asked you to support the Lakota youth who were going to Camp Marrowbone, and we are overwhelmed with the generosity you've shown!
Thanks to you, several campers will have the equipment, clothes, and materials that they need to enjoy camping this summer. We will use your donations to benefit the campers as they head off to Camp Marrowbone. We still have a few outstanding needs at this time. If you'd like to be a part of making this summer one to remember for our campers, please visit our Amazon wishlist.
There's also another way you can help. Our staff on the rez drive many of the campers to camp, putting miles and wear and tear on their personal cars. Please consider making a tax%ndash;deductible donation so that we can cover their costs for delivering the campers safely.
Lakota Empowerment Group Gets to Work
The Lakota Empowerment Group was hard at work recently in Pine Ridge! They replaced siding, downspouts, gutters, and even put in a wheelchair ramp—all while learning vital trade skills that are sorely needed on the reservation.
Many people on the reservation need assistance with trades–related work, whether that's replacing the skirting on their trailer, replacing or repairing a roof, or fixing busted plumbing. However, they often lack the funds necessary to pay for the repairs they need and have to make difficult choices about food, medicine, housing, and utilities. When they do have the funds, it's a challenge to find people who are qualified to do the work.
This group, which was initially funded by a donation from our friends at One Spirit Germany, is teaching a group of young adults the carpentry, plumbing, concrete work, and electrical trades. Along the way, they're getting to work on real issues at real homes.
If giving to help those who are trying to break the cycle of poverty is important to you, please give today to the Lakota Empowerment Group. This group will not only put people on the path to prosperity, it will alleviate the impacts of poverty on others while doing so.
One Spirit | PO Box 3209 | Rapid City, SD 57709 US
Von: Chase Iron Eyes, Lakota Law info @ lakotalaw.org
Date: Mi., 9. Juli 2025
Subject: Video: Ann Coulter's racist rhetoric
To: Evelin Cervenkova lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Dear Evelin,
Have you heard about the latest open calls for genocide from right–wing influencers? This weekend, quickly following Trump confidant Laura Loomer's unconscionable tweet suggesting feeding 65 million Latino people to alligators, conservative pundit Ann Coulter weighed in to target Natives. In response to an anticolonial statement made by an Indigenous professor, she tweeted, "We didn't kill enough Indians."
Watch our video: Watch my video about Coulter's genocidal remark.
There's just no excuse for this kind of rhetoric. Especially at a time when political tensions are already so high, stoking the fires of violence will only harm us further. When the worst elements of our society are on full display and those who display no regard for human lives, rights, and dignity control the levers of power, it's important that we come together in common cause to raise our collective consciousness and make our homelands a better place.
Coulter — and the world — should really listen to what Indigenous People and our allies have to say, which is why I recorded this latest installment of our Original Homegrowns video series: This is Our Country. Yes, we are often critical of federal policies, but there's nothing more American than dissent. It's part of our shared American identity to work toward the creation of a 'more perfect union.' As an important piece of that puzzle, we have to tear down systems of racist oppression and replace them with ones that work for everyone. At Lakota Law, we aim not to harm this land and those who live here, but to protect them.
If you don't yet follow us on Instagram, now is a great time to start! In addition to the content we produce, you'll see that the comments sections yield some good discussion. For instance, we're grateful to actor and activist Mark Ruffalo, who responded to one of our posts about Coulter to say, "Well. It shows you where they are and who they are. Truly sociopathic, hateful and wildly cruel. Let's keep building a better world together." Thank you, Mark! We couldn't have said it any better ourselves.
Wopila tanka — thank you for your attention and solidarity!
Chase Iron Eyes
Executive Director
Lakota People's Law Project
Sacred Defense Fund
Lakota People's Law Project
P.O. Box 27
Santa Fe, NM 87504
United States
The Lakota People's Law Project is a part of the 501(c)(3) Sacred Defense Fund, a Native–led Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice nonprofit (Federal Tax ID #99–2707481). Your contributions are deductible for tax purposes as allowed by law.
Von: National Congress of American Indians ncai @ ncai.org
Date: Di., 8. Juli 2025
Subject: NCAI NOW | Response to Ann Coulter's Hate Speech
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NCAI Condemns Ann Coulter's "We Didn't Kill Enough Indians" Violent and Shameful Hate Speech Targeting Tribal Nations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) emphatically condemns the hateful, genocidal statement of Ann Coulter on July 6, 2025, through a post on the social platform X, declaring: "We didn't kill enough Indians." There is no place in society for this direct incitement of hatred and violence toward American Indian and Alaska Native people.
"These words are not provocative social commentary; they are a violent attack on Native people and Tribal Nations. Celebrating genocide against Tribal Nations crosses every moral line," said NCAI President Mark Macarro. "Careless comments like this glorify the darkest chapters of U.S. history and actively endanger Native peoples' lives today. We will not sit silently at attempts to normalize this abhorrent behavior. We demand an immediate retraction and public apology — and we expect leaders of every political persuasion to denounce this abomination without equivocation."
"Free speech does not confer a license to advocate for or justify mass murder — past or present," added NCAI Executive Director Larry Wright, Jr. "When a public figure with more than two million followers romanticizes extermination, it fuels harassment, hate crimes, and political violence. Silence from elected officials and media outlets will only normalize this genocidal history. We call on them to speak up now."
NCAI further demands that X enforce against vitriol like this and send a message that such inciting hate speech will not be tolerated by banning this individual from their platform. Instead of amplifying divisive and inhuman perspectives, let us turn our attention to celebrating the powerful, nation–building contributions of Tribal Nations to the United States.
NCAI encourages all Americans to learn more about the many contributions that Native peoples and Tribal Nations have made and continue to make to this country. Visit a Tribal Nation near you, explore the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., or New York, read from abundant award–winning literature produced by American Indians and Alaska Natives. We encourage all media outlets, elected leaders, educators, and individual Americans to uplift these living stories of service, innovation, and cultural resilience. In centering these and other Native achievements, we reject hatred and misinformation, celebrate our Tribal sovereignty, and honor our shared community and history.
For more than 80 years, NCAI has advanced the inherent sovereign rights of American Indian and Alaska Native Nations and fought for truthful, respectful representation. We will continue to confront negative rhetoric that demeans and threatens our people and build solidarity against hate in all its forms. The next national convening of Tribal Nations, NCAI's 82nd Annual Convention & Marketplace, will be held in Seattle, Washington, in mid–November 2025.
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Von: National Congress of American Indians ncai @ ncai.org
Date: Di., 1. Juli 2025
Subject: Critical Information for Tribal Advocacy: Updated CTS Analysis of FY 2026 President's Budget
Request
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Critical Information for Tribal Advocacy: Updated CTS Analysis of FY 2026 President's Budget Request
NCAI and its partners at the Coalition for Tribal Sovereignty (CTS) have an important update regarding the federal budget process and its direct impact on tribal programs. CTS has released a comprehensive analysis of the President's full FY 2026 Budget Request—an update to our initial review of the "skinny" budget and memo on the Budget Request's interaction with Budget Reconciliation released earlier this year.
Based on current information, the analysis estimates the President's Budget would allocate approximately $29.9 billion for programs benefiting Native Americans and Alaska Natives. This represents a decrease of $2.7 billion (or 8.2%) compared to the previous year.
This year's budget process is particularly complex, with several moving pieces:
Because the process is ongoing and some information is still unavailable, CTS's analysis combines prior year mandatory spending data, the current discretionary request, proposed reconciliation changes, and all known rescissions as of June 24, 2025.
What you can do:
CTS will continue to update this analysis as more details emerge. We strongly encourage all NCAI members to review the document and use it in your outreach to federal policymakers. Your advocacy is critical to protecting and increasing funding for tribal programs across the federal government.
Access the full CTS Analysis of the President's Budget Request to Congress at the link below. Thank you for your attention and continued commitment to advancing the interests of Tribal Nations.
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Von: Tokata Iron Eyes, Lakota Law info @ lakotalaw.org
Date: Sa., 28. Juni 2025
Subject: Stop the Ponderosa mining project
To: Evelin Cervenkova lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Dear Evelin,
It's time, once again, to protect a sensitive ecosystem in the He Sapa (Black Hills) from mining. A few days ago, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) opened its 30–day public comment period for the Ponderosa gold mining project. If completed, this abomination will create 43 drill pads, each with the potential to wreak havoc 24 hours a day in Spearfish Canyon, a peaceful creekside and scenic byway right in our backyard.
We can't let this happen. Please help us defend our homelands by sending your message to the USFS today. The proposed drilling project, just about a mile from a tribally–controlled area frequently used for ceremony, threatens to disrupt our way of life. Ponderosa should never endanger this beautiful area, which is also a haven for outdoor recreational activities and home to thousands of animal and plant species.
Watch our video, then please take action to stop the Poderosa gold mining project!
I can't thank you enough for helping to protect our homelands and sacred sites. More than a thousand Lakota Law supporters like you responded to my last call to stop drilling near Pe' Sla. I'm hoping for an even bigger response this time!
As always when sending to the Forest Service, please make sure to include your name, clearly register your objection, and state your reasons (environmental harm, preservation of peaceful recreational activities, and respect for Native ceremonial practice are good ones). In addition, on this one, please make sure you tell the USFS to conduct a thorough environmental review and create an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
We've only got a few weeks to weigh in and protect Spearfish Canyon! Please send your comment today. Thank you in advance on behalf of everyone who values our natural surroundings and all of us who call this beautiful region our home.
Wopila tanka — my gratitude to you for protecting our homelands!
Tokata Iron Eyes
Spokesperson & Organizer
Lakota People's Law Project
Sacred Defense Fund
Lakota People's Law Project
P.O. Box 27
Santa Fe, NM 87504
United States
The Lakota People's Law Project is a part of the 501(c)(3) Sacred Defense Fund, a Native–led Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice nonprofit (Federal Tax ID #99–2707481). Your contributions are deductible for tax purposes as allowed by law.
Von: Darren Thompson, Lakota Law info @ lakotalaw.org
Date: Fr., 20. Juni 2025
Subject: Natives oppose proposed Black Hills monument
To: Evelin Cervenkova lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Dear Evelin,
Happy Juneteenth to all! Speaking of American racism, the domestic news cycle this past week largely focused on protests by millions nationwide against the attacks on migrant communities by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (as well as President Donald Trump's costly, sparsely attended military parade). Those are important issues, and we hope you stand with us in the ongoing fights for equity and justice — and against fascistic policies and displays.
Meanwhile, it's also important not to overlook the myriad implications of the administration's proposed legislative agenda, including for Native communities. Those include massive budget cuts to eliminate funding for key programs and services, and now — as I report to you on our sister site, the Last Real Indians (LRI) Native News Desk — South Dakota elected officials want to put Trump's proposed "Garden of Heroes" on Lakota homelands in the Black Hills, without consent from Native People.
Read on LRI: Do Native People want Trump's Garden of Heroes in our homelands? Did anyone think to ask us?
In the story, you'll get the gist of the proposal, and you'll notice a vast difference in approaches toward it from South Dakota's (white) elected officials and from Indigenous leaders. Because the Lakota have never ceded the sacred He Sapa (Black Hills) to the U.S., and because the area was stolen in violation of treaty law, one might think the elected officials would make it a priority to get thoughts — permission, even — from the land's original inhabitants. Unfortunately, they continue to operate from a place of entitlement.
As you're likely aware, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 45 years ago in favor of the tribes, but the Lakota have never accepted the (now more than $1 billion in) settlement money. The Black Hills are not, and never have been, for sale. As Lakota Law and Sacred Defense Fund executive director Chase Iron Eyes mentions in our story, if the federal government wants to place its garden on Lakota lands, it should return them first.
On a positive note, the garden is slated to include Indigenous representation. That, at least, is something. But, on this monumental day commemorating the end of U.S. slavery, let's be clear that respecting the perspectives and agency of marginalized groups must also be part of the process. Now more than ever, we must keep fighting — not just for recognition, but for an inclusive and healthy path forward for all who call this place their home.
Miigwech — thank you for fighting for equity and justice!
Darren Thompson
Director of Media Relations, Lakota People's Law Project
Editor–In–Chief, LRI Native News Desk
Lakota People's Law Project
P.O. Box 27
Santa Fe, NM 87504
United States
The Lakota People's Law Project is a part of the 501(c)(3) Sacred Defense Fund, a Native–led Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice nonprofit (Federal Tax ID #99–2707481). Your contributions are deductible for tax purposes as allowed by law.
Von: One Spirit jbaker @ nativeprogress.ccsend.com
Date: Do., 19. Juni 2025
Subject: There's a shortage of food on the rez
To: lakotaoyateinfo @ googlemail.com
Let's Feed the Women, Children, and the Elders
We have all seen the photos and videos of people in other countries waiting to get food being brought to their country by trucks or planes, often operated by the US military. For most of us, we watch these films with a feeling of safety, from the vantage point of having food in the fridge and money to shop at the supermarket. But on Pine Ridge Reservation, access to food is not so readily available.
Government subsidies have never been enough to provide food for a month. Every month, when the Electronic Benefit Transfer cards are refilled at midnight on the 9th of the month, there is a line of people at the supermarket waiting to buy food. On this night, the food stores open at midnight for a couple of hours. To people on the Reservation, this time is known as Eat Big Time since many of them have been without sufficient food for an extended period of time.
More than 50% of the Lakota population has diabetes. People who are diabetic and those whose disease has advanced to the point of requiring dialysis need a special diet to maintain a semblance of health. The foods required for a diabetic diet are not in the emergency food supplies dropped from airplanes or brought to the country by trucks. They are not readily available in the food pantries in this country. People who are diabetic need to know the foods they are able to eat and those that will cause further health problems. This information was provided on the Rez by the Diabetic Program. As of this week, the diabetic program was closed due to a lack of funds.
One Spirit is opening a food pantry with appropriate foods for people with diabetes, and it will have a special area with foods for people on dialysis. This will be a pilot program to find the best way to get information and food to this group of people, who need our support. We are working with the Dialysis Management Group, Feeding South Dakota, and Buche Foods to ensure that appropriate foods and information are being provided.
Please donate today so we can feed the Lakota people healthy, nutritious food!
One Spirit | PO Box 3209 | Rapid City, SD 57709 US
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