#Indigenous #Geographer Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles shares the history of The #StandingRock Struggle & the #NoDAPL Movement, recalling the power of Indigenous-led resistance. Dr. Smiles reflects on the state repression; #Obama sent #militarized forces to attack #WaterProtectors #activists fighting for #IndigenousRights & environmental justice. Smiles explains why and urges us to resist liberal nostalgia.

Listen to the full #ResistantCommuniques #podcast episode https://bit.ly/rc2025ndsmiles

Right now, #BritishColumbia has the lowest industrial #water rates in #Canada - effectively giving away one of our most vital #PublicResources to some of the world’s largest industries. Meanwhile, communities are left struggling to fund the response to worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, and drinking water crises.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Bringing BC’s industrial water rates in line with other provinces is a fair, practical way to:

Fund stronger watershed security
Support sustainable economic growth.
Keep communities safe and resilient to floods, fires, and water shortages.
Safeguard BC jobs, grow food, and protect the economy — every industry depends on water.
Do it all without costing taxpayers a dime.
This is a simple, fair, and fiscally responsible solution that will build long-term watershed security across BC.

https://www.watershedsecurity.ca/home/water-giveaway/

Investing in #WatershedSecurity aligns with the values of a significant majority of voters, as 78% of British Columbians want to see major investments from the provincial government to protect freshwater in BC.

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

New 'Thought Policing' Bill May Let #Rubio Strip #Passports from #USCitizens Over Political Speech | Common Dreams

Stephen Prager
Sep 13, 2025

"#FreeSpeech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State #MarcoRubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech.

"The bill, introduced by Rep. #BrianMast (R-Fla.), will come up for a hearing on Wednesday. According to The Intercept:

:Mast’s new bill claims to target a narrow set of people. One section grants the secretary of state the power to revoke or refuse to issue passports for people who have been convicted—or merely charged—of material support for terrorism...

"The other section sidesteps the legal process entirely. Rather, the secretary of state would be able to deny passports to people whom they determine 'has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.'

"Rubio has previously boasted of stripping the visas and green cards from several immigrants based purely on their peaceful expression of #ProPalestine views, describing them as '#Hamas supporters.'

"These include Columbia protest leader #MahmoudKhalil, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) after Rubio voided his green card; and #RumeysaOzturk, the Tufts student whose visa Rubio revoked after she co-wrote an op-ed calling for her school to divest from #Israel.

"Mast—a former soldier for the #IsraelDefenseForces who once stated that babies were 'not innocent Palestinian civilians' — has previously called for 'kicking terrorist sympathizers out of our country,' speaking about the Trump administration’s attempts to deport Khalil, who was never convicted or even charged with support for a terrorist group.

"Critics have argued that the bill has little reason to exist other than to allow the Secretary of State to unilaterally strip passports from people without them actually having been convicted of a crime."

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-thought-policing-bill

#ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #FreeMahmoud #FreeRumeysa #WaterProtectors #FreePalestine #LandDefenders #SilencingDissent #Fasicsm #Authoritarianism

Speaking of my friend #BrendaNorrell , #CensoredNews is in need of donations to keep telling the news that isn't covered by MSM or a lot of #NativeAmerican news outlets. Brenda used to work for Indian Country Today until she reported on some stories they did not want to get out -- thus censored news! She's been an invaluable resource to me since the 1990s, so if you can, please donate and/or boost the signal!

Censored News: #ReaderSupportedNews

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We're currently raising funds for our data service cost of $840 a year.

Donations also help pay the cost of laptops and audio equipment.

Censored News is independent, and in its 19th year, with more than 26 million page views.

Thank you, Brenda"

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/08/donate-to-censored-news.html

#NativeAmericanNews #WaterProtectors #ProtectTheSacred #NoMiningWithoutConsent

Millions of people around the world celebrate #WorldRiversDay on the fourth Sunday of September. This event was started in 1980 in BC by Mark Angelo, river conservationist, and the BC Outdoor Recreation Council. From there Mark's vision has encircled the globe. In 2017, 2018 and 2021, Cowichan Tribes and the Cowichan #Stewardship Roundtable co-hosted #QuwutsunRiver Day. #Cowichan Tribes is the largest band in BC and is active on many fronts doing #RiverStewardship. Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable was founded with Cowichan Tribes and #conservation groups more than 20 years ago. It is a #grassroots group promoting collaboration on solving #watershed issues.

Sunday, Sept. 21: 🌲 Gather with #CowichanTribes and the #CowichanStewardship #Roundtable to celebrate Quw'utsun Sta'lo' Skweyul (Cowichan River Day). Enjoy a performance by the Tzinquaw Dancers, learn Quw'utsun teachings, make salmon art, meet birds of prey and so much more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m

#Indigenous #FirstNations #WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors #Rivers #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunityEvent

Carrying Prayers with #HorseMedicine, on the #SacredWater #UnityWalk

Walking for the water, with thanks

Censored News, Sept. 7, 2025

"From #Hualapai's sacred water in Arizona, to the #Paiute Massacre Site in Nevada, Hualapai, Paiute and #Shoshone are walking for the water. #LithiumMining is devastating their sacred places."

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/09/carrying-prayers-with-horse-medicine-on.html

#PrayerRide #WaterIsLife #ProtectTheSacred #NoLithiumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ProtectHaKamwe #WaterProtectors #CensoredNews #ReaderSupportedNews

The Warriors
by #SnottyNoseRezKids

"I don't rock 'n' roll, nah, I stand and rock (Standin' Rock, yi)
I think there's something in the water, here's some food for thought
Is it really a felony for wanting my water clean?
Expect us not to rage against the machine
We ain't movin' like Rosa P, nope
You know why, 'cause this dreamcatcher's catchin' your pipe dream
Look what happened to Flint
No disrespect, but the same happens to village kids that sip water from the tap
And they're dyin' to live from the cancer it gives
Where's the state of emergency for them?
Act like you know the story
Broken treaties, unholy matrimony
One nation under the creator, homie
All my relations, mni wiconi"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyZlj1GrTs

#WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors #StandingRock #StandWithStandingRock #MniWiconi #PutYourFistUp #WereReadyForTheZone #WarriorsComeOutAndPlay #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightJukebox #NativeAmericanMusicians #NativeAmericanMusic