February 11, 2019 Dear friends, Greetings from The Red Nation. In the Americas, sabres are rattling. Dark clouds are on the horizon. A U.S.-backed coup is slowly unfolding in Venezuela. … Continue reading Newsletter 7: The Battle of Unity and Dignity
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Unplug Navajo Generating Station, Demand Diné Liberation
A Special Report by The Red Nation on the final acts of the 23rdNavajo Nation Council In the last week of the year, Navajo Nation Council (NNC) Speaker LoRenzo Bates scheduled … Continue reading Unplug Navajo Generating Station, Demand Diné Liberation
STOP THE COLONIAL LAND GRAB SHUTDOWN BLM LEASES!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Fe, New Mexico—The Red Nation (TRN) to protest the auction of over 84,000 acres in New Mexico for industrialized fracking. WHO: TRN-Albuquerque & TRN-Santa Fe WHAT: … Continue reading STOP THE COLONIAL LAND GRAB SHUTDOWN BLM LEASES!
The People Say “No!” to Dirty Fracking Water
by Nicolás Cruz More than forty people gathered in Santa Fe on Friday, November 16 for a press conference held by The Red Nation Santa Fe and Albuquerque chapters alongside … Continue reading The People Say “No!” to Dirty Fracking Water
Newsletter 1: What We are into is Revolution
November 5, 2018 Dear friends, Greetings from The Red Nation. This being our first newsletter, we have many stories and events to cover. In June 1974, on the final day … Continue reading Newsletter 1: What We are into is Revolution
No More Water for Fracking! Resource Colonialism in New Mexico and the Production of Contaminated Water
In the high desert of the Southwest, water is a precious resource that is sacred to Indigenous peoples. Water is also the lifeblood of the fracking industry. To drill for oil and gas reserves, millions of gallons are needed. Water has to be stolen from Indigenous peoples, and water that is contaminated by fracking fluids also pollutes vital freshwater sources such as aquifers and rivers. Industry experts call this “produced water,” which is a nice way to say dirty frack water.
This November 15 and 16 at Hotel Santa Fe Hacienda and Spa, officials from the state, the EPA (the Environmental Protection Agency), and the Department of Interior will gather with representatives from the oil and gas industry, produced water companies, and private equity, legal, and infrastructure experts to “clarify the existing regulatory and permitting frameworks related to the way produced water from oil and gas extraction can be reused, recycled, and renewed for other purposes (NM Produced Water Conference events website).” Put another way, they will rewrite regulations in order to guzzle up the region’s scarce and sacred fresh water resources and will “re-introduce” produced water into the hydrologic cycle. This means that water used for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that is contaminated with brine, toxic medals, and radioactivity will be dumped into fragile watersheds.
150 Years of False Peace
150 years ago today the so-called United States allowed Diné prisoners of war to leave the Bosque Redondo concentration camp. The treaty is idealized through the lens of American exceptionalism … Continue reading 150 Years of False Peace
Leonard Peltier: Day of Mourning
Day of Mourning Statement by Leonard Peltier November 24, 2016 Greetings my relatives, Here we are again. This time the year is 2016. It has been more than 41 years … Continue reading Leonard Peltier: Day of Mourning
Leonard Peltier: “My Last Hope for Freedom”
Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner and Native freedom fighter who has been unjustly incacerated for 40 years. The International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee is ramping up efforts for Peltier’s … Continue reading Leonard Peltier: “My Last Hope for Freedom”
Speaking out against border town violence: the killing of Loreal Tsingine and our community’s growing response
By Andrew Curley Winslow, AZ – It has been over a month since Loreal Tsingine, a 27-year old Navajo woman, was gunned down in the streets of Winslow (3/27/16). At … Continue reading Speaking out against border town violence: the killing of Loreal Tsingine and our community’s growing response