In late summer, a jaguar padded somewhere near the San Rafael Valley, a pristine grassland nestled between the Patagonia and Huachuca Mountains southeast of Tucson. Trail cameras monitored by Sky Island Alliance confirmed its presence in the “impact zone” of a new 27-mile border wall slated for construction in that high country grasslands. For conservationists […]
#Ute #SpiritualWalk and #Protest: Photos by #OfeliaRivas, #TohonoOodham
via #CensoredNews, October 4, 2025
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/10/ute-spiritual-walk-and-protest-photos.html
"Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, has spent her life battling the human rights abuses on her homeland, the Tohono O'odham Nation. Please support her work on her website."
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Public Land on the U.S.-Mexico Border (includes Tribal land)
September 14, 2021
"Prior to American and Mexican control, much of the region that would come to be known as the borderlands had been inhabited for thousands of years by various #NativeAmerican peoples such as the #TohonoOodham, the #Cocopah, and many others. Following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, the U.S.-Mexico border cut right through these and other tribal homelands. The governments of both countries relegated the once wide-ranging tribes to much smaller pieces of land along the border, where many of these groups still reside.These tribes value the land along the border for the historical and cultural connections they have in this region."
https://pehc.colostate.edu/2021/09/public-land-on-the-u-s-mexico-border/
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U.S. #BorderPatrol Harasses #TohonoOodham Community on Birthday of Murdered #RaymondMattia
By #OfeliaRivas, Tohono O'odham, #CensoredNews, May 18, 2025
GU-VO District, Tohono O'odham Nation -- "Harassment on Ray's birthday and a cultural meeting.
"It's continuous intimidation warfare tactics on the community,
"Also there is a death in the community.
"They told the district officials that there was suspicious activities going on. We are preparing for the cultural meeting, getting firewood.
"The family lost a young man in his 30's, we're in sad mourning."
Read and listen to more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05/us-border-patrol-harasses-tohono-oodham.html
#ReaderSupportedNews #JusticeForRayMattia #MurderPatrol #JusticeForRay #ACAB #CBP #CivilRightsViolation #Arizona
#Army control of #USMexicoBorder buffer zone may funnel migrants to 62-mile stretch of #TribalLand in #Arizona
Emma Paterson/Cronkite News
April 25, 2025
WASHINGTON – "Some Arizona border officials have welcomed President Donald Trump’s order for a military takeover at the U.S-Mexico border.
"But migrant advocates fear that by sealing hundreds of miles of border in the Southwest, the troops will effectively funnel migrants to far more dangerous crossing points. And #environmentalists warn of damage to habitats that support nearly two dozen #endangered species.
" 'Militarizing the border has historically only ramped up deaths,' said James Holeman, founder of Battalion Search and Rescue, a group of volunteers who hike through desolate regions of Arizona and New Mexico searching for remains of migrants who couldn’t survive the desert.
" 'You’re talking about vulnerable people that are making very deadly choices,' he said.
"On April 11, Trump ordered the military to take control of the #RooseveltReservation – a 60-foot wide strip of federal land along the border from the Pacific Ocean to New Mexico.
"Turning the border into a military base would get around the 1878 #PosseComitatus Act, which prohibits the military from engaging directly in civilian law enforcement. #Migrants would be subject to military arrest for trespassing within the federal zone.
"That zone and Trump’s order cover Arizona’s four border counties – Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise – except for a 62 mile stretch of Pima County controlled by the #TohonoOOdhamNation.
"Holeman, among others, expects that gap to become an even bigger magnet for human trafficking.
"The tribe’s ancestral lands span the border, and roughly 2,000 of 34,000 members live on the Mexican side.
"Tribal leaders declined opportunities to discuss the situation.
"Even before the military build-up to the east and west, the reservation was a hot spot for illegal crossings. The tribe’s stretch of border is relatively flat. And it’s secured with vehicle barriers and large-gapped cattle fencing that don’t impede people, because the tribe refused to allow wall construction during Trump’s first term."
President Donald Trump’s order putting the Army in charge of a narrow buffer of federal land along the Southwest border will let troops detain people who cross illegally – a significant escalation in efforts to seal the border. But there’s a 62-mile gap in Arizona, tribal land with no wall that soldiers won’t patrol. Migrant advocates expect migrants and smugglers to flock to that region south of Tucson controlled by the Tohono O’Odham Nation.
#OfeliaRivas, Tohono O'odham, speaks with #FirstVoicesRadio host #TiokasinGhosthorse, Lakota.
"Ofelia describes how the U.S. #BorderPatrol murdered her friend #RaymondMattia, #TohonoOodham,
at his home on the Tohono O'odham Nation.
"Ofelia shares how Ray's father was her spiritual mentor and taught her about O'odham ceremonies.
"'Raymond is my ceremony brother, and I have a lot of respect for him.'
"Ofelia describes the moments leading up to Ray's murder when about 25 U.S. Border Patrol trucks arrived. After murdering Raymond, Ofelia could hear the U.S. Border Patrol agents laughing about murdering him. The gunfire included two shots from the back, and U.S. Border Patrol agents bashed in Raymond's body after he was shot and dying."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/tiokasins-guest-on-first-voices-radio.html
Listen:
https://radiokingston.org/en/broadcast/first-voices-radio/episodes/ofelia-rivas-guest
#MurderPatrol #JusticeForRay #JusticeForRayMattia #ACAB #CivilRightsViolation #Arizona #ReaderSupportedNews
Ofelia Rivas, #TohonoOodham speaks with #FirstVoices Radio host Tiokasin Ghosthorse, #Lakota.
Ofelia describes what happened when the U.S. Border Patrol murdered her friend #RaymondMattia Tohono O'odham, at his home on the Tohono O'odham Nation near the border.
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https://radiokingston.org/en/broadcast/first-voices-radio/episodes/ofelia-rivas-guest
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https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/tiokasins-guest-on-first-voices-radio.html#more
U.S. Border Patrol Agents who Murdered #RaymondMattia, #TohonoOodham, Identified
Tucson Sentinel, reporter Paul Ingram, reports: "Three #BorderPatrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Tohono O'odham man in front of his home in 2023 were identified in legal filings on Friday.
"Earlier this year, the family of 58-year-old Raymond Mattia filed a lawsuit, accusing Border Patrol of excessive force and demanding the names of the agents who killed him.
"Attorneys Ryan Stitt and Marcus Bourassa filed an amended complaint, and on Friday issued a summons for Border Patrol Agents Scott Whitehouse, Dan Sifuentes, and Ivan Torralva, who they said 'shot and killed Raymond for no reason.'
"'Despite the lack of a threat and his compliance, at least three of the agents met his compliant calm demeanor with a hail of gunfire,' the attorneys wrote. Whitehouse, Sifuentes, and Torralva 'all fired their weapons at Mr. Mattia."
Excerpt posted in #CensoredNews:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/12/us-border-patrol-agents-who-murdered.html
#ACAB #JusticeForRaymondMattia #CivilRightsViolation #Murder #JusticeForRayMattia #Tohono #Oodham #Arizona #MurderPatrol
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