National Day of Mourning
Among other things, UAINE is a Native-led organization which fights back on such issues as the racism of the Pilgrim mythology perpetuated in Plymouth and the U.S. government’s assault on poor people. Since 1970, Native Americans and our supporters have gathered at noon on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US thanksgiving holiday.
After Generations, Lower Sioux Community Gets Ancestral Land Back
The Lower Sioux Community is celebrating the return of ancestral land with great historical significance. It’s the site where the Dakota War of 1862 started after the United States did not honor the Mendota Treaty.
How the Dawes Act Stole 90 Million Acres of Native American Land
the theft of Native American tribal land didn’t stop with the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that authorized the Trail of Tears. Over the next century, Congress passed a series of laws that systematically stripped tribes of their lands, selling them to white settlers and corporations.
Standing Rock — 10/24/2016
One example of asking people to prayerfully consider appropriate responses and support for the indigenous protectors at Standing Rock. We also urged people to look at white supremacist attitudes that most of us of European descent carry unconsciously.
Sisters of the Light
Sisters of the Light was a women’s multi-cultural spiritual group int he 1990’s. Among other things, they would present stories of six primarily Wampanoag, and Quaker women from Cape Cod history one of them being abolitionist Quaker, Lucretia Mott.
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