Through song, dance and ceremony, Día de Los Muertos—Day of the Dead, celebrates the reaffirmation of Indigenous life and traditions. Dakhóta Romero’s beautifully haunting debut recording of the culturally iconic song La Llorona (English: Weeping Woman), celebrates El Día de Los Muertos and is dedicated to her Grandmother.
Read MoreThe era of Trump is taking its toll. On September 12, 2019, the Bureau of Land Management released a suspect Environmental Impact Statement promoting oil & gas exploitation in the biological heart of the of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s 1.5-million-acre coastal plain.
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Read More“The United States of America can no longer circumvent its responsibilities to Native Peoples. It's time to honor and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for the generations to come.” — Robby Romero
Read MoreAt a press conference held today, July 31, Kahoʻokahi Kanuha told reporters, “As you can see we are not going anywhere. We remain committed. We remain organized. We remain unified in Kapu Aloha, and the protection of our Mauna from further desecration through the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope.”
Read MoreKānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) make a stand to protect Mauna Kea, their sacred mountain on Hawaii’s Big Island from the $1.4 Billion Dollar Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project.
Read More““Easy Rider’s” historic socio-political statement rings true to this day.”
— Robby Romero
“As we celebrate summer solstice, through ceremony, song and dance, we give thanks and honor our sacred responsibilities to protect Mother Earth and all our relations for the generations to come.”
Read MoreJoin Native Children’s Survival in honoring the sacred relationship between humankind and Mother Earth on this 10th Anniversary of the United Nations proclamation, International Mother Earth Day.
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Ojibwa Warrior Dennis Banks was born 12 April 1937 on Leech Lake Indian reservation. Throughout his life, Dennis fought tirelessly for the sovereign rights of Native Nations and the civil rights of Native Peoples.
Read MoreOn this day, 17 February 1909, Goyaałé [kòjàːɬɛ́], also known as Geronimo, journeyed to the spirit world.
Read MoreCanada has committed an act of war against Indigenous Peoples. On Monday militarized police were deployed to rip Indigenous water protectors from their home to further a pipeline that proceeds without free, prior, and informed consent of Wet’suwet’en peoples.
Read MoreOn this day, 29 December 1890, we honor and pay tribute to Chief Spotted Elk, the more than 300 women, children, and men massacred at Wounded Knee, and the Dakota 38 executed at Mankato on 26 December 1862.
Read More“As we celebrate winter solstice in ceremony and prayer, we extend our love and joy — wishing all our relatives a happy holiday season. May the Great Spirit bless you with health, happiness, and hope.”
Read More“Indigenous Peoples around the world are at the forefront of human rights, the cutting edge of social change, the frontlines of environmental justice. We are invisible no more.” — Robby Romero
Read MoreFrom time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have held feast day celebrations; Ceremonies of thanksgiving in honor of the sacred gift of life. Everyday we give thanks to the creator. Everyday is thanksgiving.
Read More“It’s meritorious that a 5 year old Ojibwa boy, born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation, torn from the arms of his mother by United States federal forces, brutalized in BIA Boarding Schools, and imprisoned in a broken justice system, would transform persecution into a movement that continues to birth new generations of resistance for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Mother Earth.” — Robby Romero
Read MoreBonnie Raitt joins Robby Romero on Robby’s classic Prayer Song 10 October 1992 at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, Ca. In 1992, when the Bay Area Indian Alliance convinced the city council of Berkeley, California to declare 12 October a “Day of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples”, Berkeley became the first city in the United States to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, setting a precedent for other cities and states to follow.
Read MoreOn this day in Lakota History, 5 September 1877, Oglala Lakota mystic warrior Tȟašúŋke Witkó ('His-Horse-Is-Crazy' or 'His-Horse-Is-Spirited'), famously known as Crazy Horse, was murdered at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. With a collection of controversy and all the mystery surrounding the life and death of Crazy Horse, one thing is clear, Crazy Horse posed a great threat to the United States ambition to brutally destroy Native Peoples.
Read MoreIt was 4 September 1886, in the Apache Territories of the Southwest known as Skeleton Canyon, when the great Apache warrior Goyaałé (Geronimo) last surrendered to United States forces. After nearly three decades of resistance to protect Apache homelands, Goyaałé would be the last Indigenous warrior to formally surrender to the United States.
Read MoreThe #PuebloRevolt was the first successful resistance by Native Peoples against the Spanish. Ohkay Owingeh religious leader Popé helped to ensure the survival of Pueblo culture for the generations to come.
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