Border Town Violence
Most celebrate “Black Friday” by shopping. For The Red Nation, its allies, and the Albuquerque community, last Friday was “Red Friday”—a community-led initiative to collect winter gear for unsheltered Native people in Gallup, N.M. The situation in Gallup is deadly. Last winter, 20 unsheltered Native people froze to
Border Town Violence
Last winter 20 unsheltered Native people died of exposure in Gallup, N.M. This winter is shaping up to be especially cold and wet, making more vulnerable our many still unsheltered relatives. These deaths were preventable. The Red Nation is working with the Immediate Action Group, a coalition of faith
Border Town Violence
Last winter, 20 unsheltered Native people froze to death in Gallup, N.M. Many were Diné (Navajo). The National Weather Service predicts, because of climate change and El Niño, this winter will be abnormally cold and wet. This harsh, unusual weather makes our relatives living outside especially vulnerable. Many in
Abolish Columbus Day
Last night Mon., Nov. 2, the Albuquerque City Council voted unanimously to legally declare the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day. The day is nationally celebrated as Columbus Day. On Oct. 7 the Council issued an Indigenous Peoples Day proclamation, which prompted more than a thousand to march
Abolish Columbus Day
by Nick Estes Come celebrate Albuquerque’s First ever Indigenous Peoples Day this Monday, Oct. 12. Today, Oct. 7, 2015, is historic for Indigenous peoples of Albuquerque. The Albuquerque City Council declared the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October, a day nationally recognized as “Columbus
Abolish Columbus Day
March & Rally for Indigenous Peoples’ Day of Resistance & Resilience Monday, October 12, 2015 Downtown ABQ: First St. & Central Ave @ 5pm Columbus Day celebrates the death and disappearance of Native people, land and life. We call on all people to unite and declare an end to this racist,
Bill Clinton
NOTE: This piece was originally presented at a forum on Indigenous sovereignty and Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day at the Party for Socialism and Liberation branch office in Albuquerque, NM on Friday, July 31. by David Uahikeaikaleiʻohu Maile I want to begin by telling you that today is a Hawaiian national
Albuquerque
by Nick Estes On Sunday evening in Albuquerque, more than fifty people attended a memorial and vigil to mark the one-year anniversary of the violent murders of two Diné men, Allison “Cowboy” Gorman and Kee “Rabbit” Thompson. The surviving family members also came to remember their lost relatives. Last year
Albuquerque
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 16, 2015 Contact Person: Melanie Yazzie Phone: 505-670-1110 Email: contact@therednation.org THE RED NATION CALLS FOR MEMORIAL AND VIGIL ON ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF VIGILANTE MURDERS OF ALLISON GORMAN AND KEE THOMPSON WHEN: 6:00 pm, Sunday, July 19, 2015 WHERE: Rapid Ride Bus
Albuquerque
by Nick Estes On Friday, June 26, more than thirty people stood outside the Peter V. Dominici federal courthouse in Albuquerque, NM to demand executive clemency for Leonard Peltier, an Anishnabe and Lakota leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the murders of
anti-blackness
by Nick Estes and Melanie Yazzie On Sunday evening, several hundred Albuquerque, NM community members gathered at the African-American Performing Arts Center for a vigil to remember the nine African-Americans murdered by a white supremacist vigilante at the African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina last Wednesday, June 17.
health care
by Nick Estes