Native American Women Writers’ Retreat Hosted by Hedgebrook in Partnership with Cultural Survival
“Only stories help us break through old roles that normalize domination, and Hedgebrook is a global campfire.”
“Only stories help us break through old roles that normalize domination, and Hedgebrook is a global campfire.”
By Joan Tavares Avant
“The notable veterans who have died should be genuinely remembered and celebrated. The ones who are blessed enough to be alive and or return home as wounded warriors should be cared for forever. Their spirit was given to uphold this country’s freedom and yours. Those who are walking around may look well, but many are not. There’s a lot this country should do for those past and present.”-- Chief Sachem Vernon “Silent Drum“ Lopez
Migrants and asylum seekers are protected by international human rights, refugee, and humanitarian law. We believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect, no matter what their country of citizenship, their country of residence, their legal status, ethnicity, or their economic conditions. International human rights law was created to protect the most vulnerable populations, and the United States has a moral and legal obligation to uphold those standards and to treat with dignity any human beings fleeing conditions of violence and economic injustice.
By Patricia Wattimena
We will not be left behind! Indigenous people stand up against exclusion.
Cada uno de los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) tiene relación con el ejercicio de los derechos de los pueblos Indígenas. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas reconoce que 156 de las 169 metas de los ODS están estrechamente relacionadas con los derechos humanos, mientras que 73 de estas metas están relacionadas en forma significativa con la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas.
By Nati Garcia
On October 19-20, 2018, Kankuamo Peoples Authority headed by the Mamos, General Elders Council, Town Council, leaders and members of the communities gathered in Makumake, Kankuamo Territory, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, to release the following statement to the national and international public after the burning of a Kankurwa (ceremonial house) in Atanquez, in events that took place on the night of October 18, 2018:
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.