Colonialism is as usual wreaking havoc on the natural world. First, we must understand that what is currently understood about “yellowstone”, and all “national parks” really is that they are a result of a eugenics program to take prime lands from indigenous peoples and preserve them for “white Nordic peoples”. Africans were also prevented from going to these parks under Jim Crow law.
Many publications reported in this but none of them told the invisible story you will read about here. 20 “Yellowstone” wolves were killed in Montana during wolf hunt this year. These lands are and always will be indigenous. Most of them we never signed treaty to or signed under duress making them null and void. Crazy Horse told the colonists NO when he burnt every fort on the Bozeman Trail. So called wolf advocates who widely ignore indigenous peoples for anything other than tokenization are calling it state mismanagement. How does one really manage the sacred? You don’t. Wolves are keystone species who regulate their own litter sizes due to availability of food. Studies from so called Alaska reveal that in some cases 60 percent of wolves died by the jaws of other wolves. They also face parvo and other diseases in the wild making it absurd to attempt to “manage” them. This is something only a colonist would come up with. It’s not state management that leads to the death of these wolves it’s the same thing that made them extinct in 1953 to begin with. Colonialism. Colonialism will always be a threat to the natural world. This is a power issue and power must be restored by any means necessary back to the #RightfulStewards of this continent. The U.N has stated that indigenous lifeways are the remedy for the entire planet. We do not back the U.N and we the original peoples have been excluded to our benefit. We form a United Native Nations, one of over 900 indigenous nations united and everyone who’s down with us. These wildlife agencies are illegitimate. Wildlife, resources and complete dictatorship over our own lands will be reclaimed day by day until the curse on this land has been lifted. We seek control over our own destinies on our own land and now are galvanized to stop at nothing less. Over 300 million natives have been killed by U.S colonialism. We refuse to negotiate with colonists. This includes Fish And Wildlife, Department Of Natural Resources, B.L.M, E.P.A, Department Of The Interior. You are all illegitimate. Our nations exist and united by 7. No compromise. Red Power!
To catalog a list of resources that have been stolen from the indigenous of the western hemisphere would be an immense undertaking. This blog post will attempt to touch on the matter.
“The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism vs anti-colonialism; indeed, socialism vs capitalism is already losing importance. What matters today is the redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be”.
Frantz Fanon
Oil
In the late 1800s the Osage found oil in Oklahoma. Land they had been forcibly relocated to and the land thought to be of no value to the colonial invaders. In 1923 the tribes earned 30 million in oil revenue. The Osage revered the right to all the minerals including oil but were undermined and eroded by colonial violence in the form of legal, physical and political. The Osage had colonial overseers put in charge who’s mission was to swindle the Osage and keep them from ever being in control of their own means of production. Some whites married Osage then systematically murdered them for their oil inheritance. Hundreds of Osage were murdered in 3 short years in the reign of terror. later in the 1990s the Osage were able to sue the u.s government for another 300 million.
Made in Illahee
Timber
The timber taken from our continent is immeasurable. By the time much of the world had raped its forests the western hemisphere was left in immaculate condition because natives have a balanced relationship with the forests. Our timber has been exported all around the world. Some tree species are now threatened and extinct for colonists leaving entire ecosystems devoid of certain plant relatives. Paiute or Numu, Yakima, and Wasco have a telling about their old medicine men turning themselves into juniper trees so they could always provide for the people. Colonists have removed the juniper tree form the landscape the same way they have removed us from the landscape. Colonists are still killing our medicine people. Old growth trees form Western Turtle Island were cut down to make railroad ties and shipped to places like Venezuela and all over the world. Colonists are still making war against us for our trees. This time they want toilet paper. Our timber was taken from us to support the war machine and terrorism in the form of nearly 1000 u.s. military bases worldwide. Indigenous peoples have been pressured to cut our trees as well but, in most cases, we do not own the means of production and send our trees to the oppressor’s lumber mills.
Uranium
Uranium has been stolen from us. Uranium mining in the Dakotas lead to what is commonly referred to as the “unexplained and uninvestigated rez murders”. nearly 200 people, mostly women and children were murdered in the Dakotas. It is thought that these murders were by federal agents. Eventually the A.I.M was called in to deal with this and it resulted in the takeover of the B.I.A building and the standoff at Wounded Knee in 1973. Uranium and other materials have been stolen from us and used to make nuclear reactors that are leaking on the people making plants and animals radioactive and unusable. Many people living downwind of these still today. It was used for war. We asked Eisenhower not to drop the as we called it “The Gourd Of Ashes” in WW2. We referring to nuclear weapons. We spoke against the insanity of the colonist. We continue to speak against the insanity of the colonist who would mistake this as green energy today. We are the ones who’s water is poisoned. We are the ones living with nuclear wind. We are the most effected. We the indigenous of turtle island including the peoples of the Marshal Islands should be leading every anti-nuclear march or effort ever created. We never consented you to murder and terrorize the planet with our resources. #RightfulStewards
Gold
They have always wanted our gold. From Columbus, to Cortez, to the 49ers to Black Hills Gold. The canary effect. This yellow stone makes colonist mad. It was William Randolph Hurst who dug up over 1000 Lakota graves to get at our gold. Remember that when you wear your wedding bands and show off your “bling”. The visionary John Fire Lame Deer recounts a tale of seeing a colonist shoot himself in the head after losing all his “frogskins” a euphemism for paper currency. Capitalism is still driving the colonist insane, and it is this thought of gold that doesn’t even back it up anymore. Just a psychosis around a stone.
Tobacco
By 1610 colonists were starving to death in Jamestown Virginia. They were leaving when they were stopped by a ship and ordered to stay. This time with a new mission. To exploit as much tobacco and land to grow tobacco. Tobacco is a plant that is found almost exclusively on Turtle Island. A pound of tobacco was worth a year’s wages back in Europe. Tobacco was and still is a sacred plant to us that we use in prayer. #RespectTheSacred The Powhatan people would resist for 25 years. We still struggle to maintain control over our own plant relatives that we have been in relationship with for hundreds of thousands of years. If we could get tobacco under indigenous rule again, we would see that it was not genetically modified or treated with chemicals like the junk they sell in the stores. We do not consent to the exploitation and taxation of our sacred plant.
Corn
Probably the most common indigenous oral traditions were of corn. Many tribes have different stories for “the coming of the corn”. Turtle Island indigenous began had cultivating and breeding corn more than 10,000 years ago producing many beautiful colors, blue, purple, rainbow, red, yellow. We had popcorn like a variety of purple popcorn that I’m still growing today. We see corn in different food dishes around the world now, but it originated on Turtle Island, and it would not be here as we know it without its relationship with indigenous peoples. Corn is being used to feed livestock and create ethanol. All of this belongs the #RightfulStewards and the theft is at calculated to be a sum that colonists can never repay. Settlers including settlers of color who are early moral adopters should join under indigenous rule or organize mass exodus to the countries of their origins.
Wildlife
Colonists have exploited our wildlife to the point of decimation and extinction. The colonial practice of raising invasive bovine species, trophy hunting, dams and fishing as well as displacement from the existence of non-natives on the continent/ loss of habitat and Indian removal are contributing factors. We used to have the largest wild herds in the world. Now Africa has the largest wild herds on earth. Where the colonist goes there are no wild herds. They brought the winset and the Caucasian bison and a long list of animals including the great auk to extinction. The great leader Hiawatha told his people not to trade their animal relatives to the colonist after seeing the impacts of groups like Hudson’s Bay Company. These imbalances are still causing catastrophic loss of biodiversity in unmeasurable ways. This is perpetuated today by illegitimate colonial wildlife agencies such as Fish And Wildlife and B.L.M who continue to hold our lands and resources in bondage.
To non-natives on our island. Relinquish all land to indigenous rule or leave. They can’t pay up. They don’t speak of reparations because the debt is too great. No fiat currency can undo the harm. #LandBack
Ghost dance religion was created by Paiutes around 1869 Woudsiewa had visions that depicted the restoration of the Turtle Island. Elements of this indicated the removal of settlers from the continent. Woudsiewab died around 1872. In 1879 A Paiute, Wovoka had simular visions. These visions include the land being restored to natives. He also prohpesied the return of the buffalo and that ancestors passed would come back. Leaders of the Ghost Dance movement sent out letters to other leaders explaining the dance and asking them to join in. Members of the Ghost Dance movement had Ghost Shirts that were supposed to protect the wearers from bullets. These shirts are yellow and blue. I remember seeing one on display in Rapid City one year when i was on my way to Wounded Knee for a resistance celebration with members of the warrior societies and others. I had some time to kill since the snow was deep and i was waiting for a ride out to the Knee. Itook this time to admire the Ghist Dance Shirt. I probably stood there and looked at it for 40 min. I knew i may never see one again. I did however see one again. It was worn by a Blackfeet Holy Man who helped me begin a resistance effort among the Paiute and Shoshone in later years. I.S.R use blue and yellow for our group colors. This is to honor the Ghost Dancers. All of our ceremonies were outlawed for 100 years from around 1878 to 1978 with the passing of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. This law is still not being enforced and it is my opinion it will never be enforced except by the original peoples themselves in an effort spearheaded by the warrior societies. The Ghost Dance spread to the Lakota who were more militant probably because of their proximity to settlers. This scared the settlers who called to disarm the Ghost Dancers but the Ghost Dancers had few weapons since they were a spiritual bunch. They had gathered to dance for 5 days at a time. The U.S still attacked them just days after their so called holy day of Christmas. The. U.S claims to be born out of persuit of religious freedoms but tests howlitzer machine guns with exploding shrapnel not yet approved for use against other colonial armies on our unarmed spiritual people. Dakota have been listed as insurgent by the u.s for hundreds of years but we know who the real terrorists are; its the most violent empire on the planet. When teaching on this i always include a quote.
“Decolonization is always a violent act”.
Frantz Fanon
All we have to do is decolonize and they will try to kill us every time. When i see Bigfoot and his band lying frozen in the snow it reminds me of the wolf slaughter by settlers. What happens to wolf happens to humankind.
Furthermore, there is much talk these days about gun control. We know what happens when they disarm us and Wounded Knee is a perfect example. We aren’t interested in the liberal view of gun control. We understand that broomsticks are a curse to our continent and if we don’t also have the boomstick we fall victim to those who do. It is abundantly clear that the colonist has come wearing the face of death described in the 7th fire prophecy. Our visionary Sitting Bull was killed with a boomstick. It was Hitler who said he was inspired partly by the uneven combat of the u.s against the natives. We understand not to let them leverage this advantage to the best of our capabilities. They speak of gun control but never to the colonist or the slave catcher only to the oppressed. They speak of gun control we see 200 of our holy people massacred. Revolution is a science and were keeping note. We also take this time to call out sellouts amongst us who may work at the B.I.A. This is the same B.I.A who had Sitting Bull killed. Your sellouts amongst us need to get on the right side of history and find a way to redeem your and your family’s name. The Ghost Dance spread to many nations. The restoration of indigenous religions is an essential part of the restoration of Turtle Island. Somewhere the ghost dancers are still dancing. Ive kept a small picture of Chief Bigfoot all these years i hung on to it even thru my homelessness. Ive spent both time in Standing Rock where my great grandmother is from and Wounded Knee and I’ve felt the energy of these places still remaining today. Sitting Bulls Warrior Society still exists.
The Dakota 38 is the largest mass execution in u.s History. Uprising happened when troops were skimming rations from the Dakota and then an officer said “Let them eat grass”. Dakota put in concentration camps at Fort Snelling. Eventually the u.s called for removal of all Dakota from Minnesota. Dakota people were removed by trains, by foot, in cattle cars and on boats. Some of us jumped off the boats and drowned themselves rather than be removed. Learning about that reminded me of a story my grandfather told me about soldiers who had been drafted jumping off the boats at sea rather than be forced into war. These are the pieces that get left out of the history classes in schools. Thats why by self-determination we must build our own schools. Those of us who avoided removal and refused to leave Minesota were hunted by Indian hunters who hunted us like game with a 75$ bounty on scalps. Later that bounty was raised to 200$ this is something around 5000$ in current day. One quarter of us had who had surrendered had died by 1863 and its clear by the mortality rates that they’ve always wanted us dead. The hanging took place on Dec. 26 at 10 am. in Mankato. After the relocation the first place we were taken was jail. The Hochunk who hadn’t participated in the uprising were also driven out of Minnesota which indicates that the colonist wants us dead whether we oppose them or not so we might as well fight back.
“This “country” only fears two things and that’s Indian uprising and slave revolt”.
Invisible Warrior
Our leaders and holy people were accused of murder and rape and were sentenced to death. All we were guilty of was defending ourselves against the colonial invaders. We would have felt pressure to fight because 30 percent of our population was under the age of 10. This is more of the u.s attacking civilian populations of mostly women and children. Later the u.s would put many of our holy men in insane asylums and try to get them to denounce the indigenous religions and take up christianity or be left in the asylum to die. Many lost their lives here because they refused to convert. We resist! we resist for every one of our holy people left to die. For the ones who wouldn’t give in. Let them fight back thru us. Our hands be theirs. Our minds and hearts be willing. The death penalty was created in the u.s specifically for native and African peoples. This was its specific intended purpose, and this was the function it served and still serves today. The Dakota 38 had no defense attorneys. The “trials” lasted less than 10 min. I recall spending some time in Mankato with American Indian Movement. I was there a few weeks waiting for a tornado to pass and getting auto repair. An elder spread sage around the place we were staying so that we would be protected. I remember having to go to the next town to get groceries and how racist the next town Redwood MN. is. If some of the people who claim to be in solidarity with us would talk to their racist relatives if they were really so anti racist how come, they have not confronted their own families in a meaningful way? Angry mobs of settlers try to kill us while we were being held for trial. 4000 spectators came to watch the hanging. Our leaders and holy men were buried in a mass grave and dug up later to be tested on for science. Nonnatives are benefiting from the removal of our tribes from our ancestral homelands still to this day. The empire must be stopped. It is an empire who on its holy days executes our holy people. Its always had rituals in our blood. It exists at our expense and misery. To begin to remedy this; settlers who are early moral adopters can get on the right side of history by giving land back to the original people and join the resistance under indigenous rule. We give no place for the colonizer religion within the restoration of Turtle Island.
“It is mandatory for indigenous peoples to participate in our own liberation struggles”. Invisible Warrior.
In honor of those who fought against colonialism in the 1st 2nd and 3rd Seminole war and the undefeated Seminole Nation. The Seminole Wars were the longest and most costly military campaign against indigenous peoples. in 1814 Shawnee War Chief Tecumseh a great leader who attempted to unite the tribes against colonialism is able to get many Creeks to uprise. This became known as the Red Stick wars. The u.s was able to supress that uprising and as punishment the u.s took 21 million acres from the Creek. Remaining Red Sticks traveled southeast to join up with the Seminole. Escaped slaves had been fleeing captivity and were given sanctuary by the Seminole in return for a yearly tribute and would fight alongside Seminole. Eventually they became intermixed and had offspring mixed Seminoles such as the war hero John Horse.
The Seminole attacked slave catchers and fought off every attempt made by the u.s to recapture Africans fleeing slavery. Slaves take over an abandoned British soldier fort under the sovereignty of Seminole chiefs. The fort becomes a militant sanctuary for runaway slaves. The first Seminole War officially begins in 1816. Some Creek traitors attack the fort with over 100 u.s troops. The Seminole fly a red power flag over the fort. A simple red flag indicating they will fight not surrender and are willing to fight to the death. A gunboat on the Appalachia River hit the fort with cannon fire and set off an explosion ending the lives of almost all 300 inside. After hearing of this the Seminole retaliate from the south attacking and burning all the way up into Georgia. Nearly 400 slaves flee captivity to join in the uprising.
Battle Of Ocochobee:
On what colonists refer to as Christmas day 1837. The Seminole 400 strong attack a u.s troop movement along with Tennessee rifleman. The u.s have about 50 Delaware with them but the Delaware flee when the Seminole give their opening salvo. The Seminole then kill almost every officer and then start in on the rest of the troops that are in disarray. After a 2-and-a-half-hour fight and getting his ass handed to him by Seminole warriors. Taylor and remaining troops fled back to Fort Gardener. Taylor declares victory even though only 4 Seminole were killed, and no prisoners taken. Taylor lied and said he defeated the Seminole and was promoted to General and later became a President. As a tactic this is a powerful lesson. Attack the colonists on their colonial holiday. Politically we should look at Christmas as a day of action against the colonist because we shouldn’t be celebrating the oppressor’s religion. This should make as available and ready for action if we have sincere anticolonial politic. In Vietnam the Viet Cong attacked the u.s on Christmas. Did they learn it from the Seminole masters of guerilla warfare or is it just logical?
In 1838 the Indian Removal Act went into practice and troops began the process of removal. Some natives left to Oklahoma under mixed African and Seminole leader John Horse who had been fighting under Chief Osceola and later became his translator. Chief Osceola who may have struck a treaty with his knife refusing to sign it. Chief Osceola had this to say:
“When I make up my mind i act. If i speak, what i say, I will do. If the hail rattles, let the flowers be crushed. The oak of the forest will lift up its head to the sky and the storm towering and unscathed”
Chief Osceola
” You have guns, and so have we-you have powder and lead and so have we-your men will fight and so will ours, till the last drop of Seminole blood has moistened this hunting ground”
Chief Osceola
The u.s promised them land then denied them recognition. After being betrayed by colonist who canceled the deal with them they fled to Mexico. In a determined effort to get back at the u.s John Horse joins the Mexican Army and becomes a General. Slave catchers are still trying to catch escaped slaves and together the Seminole and the Mexican Army repel the attacks from the Republic of Texas. This allows to John Horse and the Seminole with him to gain a land deal from Mexico. The Seminole under John Horse escaped the clutches of the u.s empire. The empire doesn’t always win. The u.s fought the Seminole, tried to remove some, came in and bribed some more and tried to pay them to leave, then attacked them again and still could not remove the Seminole.
John Horse and Coacoochee fought back together and were a good team. When John Horse went to Oklahoma it was Coacoochee also known as (Wildcat) who stayed behind to fight the u.s and would vow to never leave Seminole territory and would make his stand there to defend his peoples way of life and the ancestral homeland. Chief Coacoochee had this to say.
“I speak for myself for i am free. Each of the others also speak for themselves. We are a choir of voices that will drown out your lies”.
Chief Coacoochee (Wildcat)
Politically some of the things we can take away from this and use in our political line are the fact that when African and other oppressed peoples on our continent join with us the #RightfulStewards under indigenous rule instead of being merely settlers of color that we’ve made the most legendary of resistance. We encourage some of our African comrades to flee the modern-day plantation and come revolt with us. We are reminded again that land is power, and we are reminded that our ancestors did fight for us. Victorious stands the undefeated Seminole tribe. When the colonist is lazy and glutenous we stay hungry and ready for war. Who’s land? Our land! Red Power!
The indian removal act was in 1830. Agriculture was a factor leading to removal because Jackson was into cotton as well as slavery. In 1814 Jackson and the treaty of Fort Jackson cause a land grab of 23 million acres from the Creek. The Indian removal act displaced tribes westward into other tribe’s territories causing conflicts with tribes like the Osage and Dakota. False scarcity keeps indigenous people fighting each other as long as we fail to unite. Removal is when many “immigration” companies were formed. This makes it clear that the very concept of immigration in the so-called u.s was created around Indian removal. For what its worth the Indian Removal Act was ruled unconstitutional and Davey Crocket a congressman spoke against it. It caused the Trail Of Tears land grab in 1938 which was never even ratified by colonial congress. Natives were removed at bayonet point to prison camps, many of which were in present-day so-called Tennessee. White settlers looted Cherokee homes and towns. Over 8000 people died. It also caused the Trail Of Death and the forced removal of Potowatomi and other tribes from the Midwest in 1938. Chief Menominee refused to leave, and troops rounded up over 800. Chief Menominee had a rope put around his neck and was bound. He was never seen again. Soldiers set fire to Potowatomi homes. Christianity torturing us with the cross the entire way to Kansas and later some Potowatomi went to Oklahoma. I recall being in a inipi ceremony with A.I.M in Menominee that was broken up by the police. It makes sense now being the town named after the chief who wouldn’t sell out and wouldn’t leave his ancestral homeland. This is where revival would come from.
“I have not sold my lands and will not sell them. I have not signed any treaty and will not sign one. I am not going to leave my lands and i don’t want to hear anything more about it”.
Chief Menominee
The loss of the physical presence of indigenous peoples although some of us have migrated back are still causing ongoing effects. Although some of us have returned to our ancestral homelands it remains a vast lack of our presence east of the Mississsippi. In addition to losing proximity to colonial government making it harder to challenge their government attacks against us which is what they always wanted that’s why Geronimo was shot at when he visited Washington D.C. The ongoing effects of removal make it hard to get numbers to mobilize at demonstrations in a situation where we are already only 1.3 percent of the u.s population. Removal is still affecting our ability to reach the people making it hard to get control over our destinies on our own land. We are invisibilized even more then we normally are because of the ongoing effects of removal. For non-indigenous organizers east of the Mississippi would political pressure not be different if you were in between two reservations and a city with an indigenous population of 3000? Are you organizing on top of us against our will or at our expense? Unless your organizing under indigenous rule then the answer is yes. Your organization is benefiting from our erasure and a power dynamic that is never in the favor of this continent’s original inhabitants. The land issue is foremost. Once we reclaim our authority and organize for power, we will get respect and not until then. This requires that it is mandatory for indigenous peoples to participate in their own anticolonial liberation struggles. Nonnatives should unite under indigenous rule giving them authenticity as anticolonial revolutionaries or turn their attention to the continents of their origin. There have been many forced marches and the empire still chases us around like bison. Some of us have barely known rest. Homeless on our own lands. We must overturn capitalism by turning to its only alternative and that is communism. Pan indigenous government. I.S.R.
“Indigenous rule will unite the races on Turtle Island”
8 wolves were found poisoned. What happens to wolf happens to humankind. A skunk and 2 magpies were found near the bodies, and all were tested. The tests confirmed poison. Colonial wildlife advocacy groups have no confidence in their own colonial system but are so racist and entrenched in white supremacy that they refuse to turn over wildlife conservation to the #Rightfulstewards. That #LandBack and #Rightful stewards is the solution to climate catastrophe. That according to the U.N “Indigenous lifeways are the remedy for the entire planet”. We are the real united nations. United native nations. Infact we can only get control over our wildlife and cultural resources on our own continent by building power, organizing and then asserting ourselves as 900 anti colonial indigenous nations united. And it has to organize aggressively enough to stand up to white supremacy.
“Now, then in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom ‘. Kwame Ture
Colonial agencies are unable to solve these problems as they are the source of the colonial devastation. As Floyd Redcrow Westerman told us every river and stream on Turtle Island was drinkable and only one hundred years after contact with colonists every river and streams were polluted. Science can never serve the needs of the people under capitalism. “Science is for sale” Invisible Warrior
Neo colonials such as Deb Haaland will not protect us and fundamentally, they cannot they are a colonial contradiction and have the blood of their own people on their hands.
It is first up to us to by self-determination as the first nations of Turtle Island to build a continental organization with worldwide reach and participation. That organization is Illahee Spirit Runners. Pan indigenous alliance. Entire warrior societies may join under our banner to form a super pack. Its these ancient and contemporary warrior societies who should be protecting wildlife. We need the material resources to make that a reality. Power must be taken back from the illegitimate wildlife stewards U.S Fish and Wildlife, B.L.M, E.P.A, Department of Natural Resources, even down to parks department. Every tool, computer, vehicle and building taken back. Some of our tribes have risen to populations of 25,000 or more right here in the belly of the beast. It’s time to take our power back. Power must be taken back from white environmental groups and wildlife advocates. They have run their eugenics program long enough. This time we must stop at nothing short of complete dictatorship of our own continent.
Comandanta Ramona was a revolutionary leader of the Zapatista National Army which was created by non indigenous members of the F.L.N and indigenous peoples in Chiapas an area with a million indigenous people. E.Z.L.N also known as Zapatistas was formed on November 17, 1983. Ramona was born in 1959. She sold arts and crafts and was known for making dolls.
Ramona Doll
The Zapatistas declared war against the Mexican government when their food sources were threatened by N.A.F.T.A. along with corporations and neo-liberals. They committed their lives to fighting capitalism knowing if they did not fight they would die anyway. They took over 4 towns in 11 days of fighting. One of the cities San Cristobal De Las Casas was taken over by Ramona. Ramona made major contribution to womens rights within the E.Z.L.N. She created the Womens Revolutionary Law. This was essentially that women would have control over their own bodies and that they would be able to be in leadership and places of authority as their capacity and will dictates within E.Z.L.N. Regard was also given to health, nutrition and education. Up to one third of the E.Z.L.N was made up of women. She founded the National Indigenous Congress. It is noted that she made a speech to the government in her native Mayan language. She passed away in 2006. Sub Comandante Marcos had this to say “Mexico has lost one of the combative women it needs and we have lost a piece of our heart”. The mountains told us to take up arms so we would have a voice. To cover our faces so we would have a face. To forget our names so that we could be named. To remember our past so we could have a future. Zapatistas said Ya Basta! Enough is enough! As militant indigenous communists who have been able to establish a culture of resistance the Zapatistas are one of the sources we should be learning from. Eagle and condor fly together and we seek control over our own destinies on our own continent, immigration and an end to colonial borders.
Zapatistas continue to inspire indigenous resistance. They have been able to hold their own against the corrupt Mexican government as well as the cartels. Not bad for an army who started out by running into the mountains and carving fake guns out of wood. Respect. Salute. Red Power! Photos by School For Chiapas and Pinterest. Written by the Invisible Warrior Nov. 17 2021
6 reasons why the Battle Of The Wabash is still relevant.
The crescent moon pattern that the Western Confederacy used to defeat St Claire and the u.s army is still the most superior formation for an ambush. The colonials were still fighting in columns and arguably the guerrilla tactics implemented by the Western Confederacy influenced the U.S army and world military.
Standing armies have been something the colonists have used against us as indigenous. We unlike the warmongers go back to our homes and take care of our families in winter as do many agrarian societies. In order to keep up with efforts to erase us as a people i believe it is time to “Bolster The Warrior Societies” and implement some kind of modern defense force as a standing army to defend Turtle Island and its original inhabitants and those living under indigenous rule.
Unity, this along with other victories such as Little Bighorn remind us that when we unite as indigenous peoples we win. Illahee Spirit Runners is a pan indigenous alliance right here on Turtle Island. Our 7 group rules identify 7 barriers to unity, everything we do stresses unity. “Indigenous rule will unite the races on Turtle Island” Invisible Warrior
Forming a pan indigenous alliance will help us overcome the limitations of tribalism such as nepotism and cronyism. It will prevent us from being overcome tribe by tribe as we form a united front.
The Battle Of The Wabash Reminds us that our ancestors fought back. In this case defeating 1400 soldiers in close range combat and probably hours of hand to hand combat. Our ancestors spent 3 hours bashing colonists heads with warclubs for us. They clearly do not consent to colonialism; the very force destroying the planet to be present on our continent.
Both the U.S and the British betrayed us. There is still a pattern of colonial betrayal that has never been remedied, halted or reversed. Now is a chance for our true allies to get on the right side of history and unite with indigenous rule and assist us in getting complete dictatorship and control of our our destinies on our own land.
Wolves play in the autumn leaves thanks to the resistance. October 22, colonial Judge Jacob Frost uses temporary injunction to postpone the Fall wolf hunt that was scheduled to begin October 25. Various media sources are speculating as to why. Some cited the constitution, other sources say it was because of a coalition of liberal colonial NGOs who have opposed the hunt. Other sources indicate it is because 5 tribes banded together to sue the so called state of “Wisconsin”. It has been my life experience that the NGOs take credit for the victories of the people with astounding efficiency. Sometimes within the next day the NGOs took all credit for the work of the indigenous resistance as was demonstrated by Earthjustice in 2014. Indigenous resistance went to do confrontation in “Idaho”. I instructed my group of resisters that some NGO like EarthJustice will likely take credit for any victory we would have at the confrontation. I instructed them that the reason we do things like this isn’t for the glory anyway. After the confrontation the next morning wolf action camp woke up in the high deserts of Illahee. I heard the resisters calling my name. They said see! exactly as you said it would be, Earthjustice took credit for our victory. I felt satisfied being able to demonstrate that much confidence to my crew of resistors. It demonstrated the knowledge that comes with a person who has put considerable time in. So it is i will tell you the real reason is because wildlife agencies in so called “Wisconsin” have known for decades that wolves are a culturally significant animal to Ojibway, Anishinabe and others. Its on file with the state because of the works of Eddie Benton Banai of the American Indian Movement. They know about it from tribes mobilizing in the streets and revisiting the issue regionally around 2012 to 2013. So yes partly i think Department Of Natural Resources and Fish And Wildlife actually fear further resistance from the indigenous. It was explained in our recent blog post entitled ‘Reason To Rebel’ that the issue of wolves being killed has radicalized, and solidified the will of indigenous people and our allies to resist. Its gone as far as to create a new culture of resistance and I.S.R is the living embodiment of that. They use their slanted media to twist it up and try to make it look like the system works. It doesn’t. Resistance works. Political change requires force. In strong times it seemed like we could pressure them to change wildlife policy but from completely outside the system, not legitimizing the agencies always seeking revolution over reform. Insisting that we take control of wildlife conservation our sacred animals and our destinies on our own land.
“The U.S only fears two things and that’s Indian uprising and slave revolt.”
Illahee Spirit Runners 