September 22, 2020
We share warm greetings to the Learning Right Relations family of allies of American Indians. Our numbers have grown; in June and July eighty new people signing up for the on-line LRR Gatherings.
In the intervening weeks many of the LRR participants joined in one or more of the webinars offered by others. Notable among these were the Mother Earth’s Pandemic Doctrine of Discovery Conference sessions that are posted through links on the LRR webpage. Click here to view. All of these presentations are well worth the time.
Continue reading for related events & news:
The Marshall Trilogy
Part 1 - Wednesday, September 23rd
10:00 - 11:00 am via Zoom
$100 for all 3 sessions
This is a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of federal Indian law, learning directly from Indigenous leaders and scholars. Click here to learn more.
Announcement from redthought.org:
You won’t want to miss our "Marshall Trilogy Series" beginning with our “Johnson v. McIntosh 101” event, which will take place on September 23rd, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The event will be facilitated by Peter d’Errico and Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape). The event is designed for the hardened veteran of U.S. Federal Indian law, the lay person who has a basic curiosity about the subject matter, or an elected official or chairperson of a Native nation.
Regardless of who you are, you’ll learn more about the Johnson v. McIntosh during our two hour event than you would learn even if you were in a law school. This is because no law school has the time or inclination to spend two hours discussing the reasoning, vocabulary, and metaphorical structure of the domination patterning found in the Johnson ruling in the way we will. Our discussion will be based on a thirty year conversation that d’Errico and Newcomb have been having since 1989.
#BlockCorporateSalmon: Standing with Northwest Tribes for Food Sovereignty
Wednesday, September 23rd 6:00-7:30pm PDT via Zoom
Click here to register.
2020 is a battleground for the ocean. Aquabounty, a generally unknown brand in the U.S., plans to release Genetically Engineered (GE) Salmon onto the U.S market within this year. In addition, Cargill, the largest private company in the U.S., is pushing for a federal bill (the AQUAA Act) that would expand offshore aquaculture into federal waters, confine hundreds of thousands of farmed fish, and forever change our last public commons, the ocean.
You are invited to hear from Valerie Sergrest and Fawn Sharp, two indigenous women who have led efforts to block GE salmon in the Northwest, and globally. This is also an opportunity to connect with participants of CAGJ's Rise Up! Summer School as well as Uprooted and Rising organizers, when Please circulate widely, and we co-present our campaigns to stop GE salmon, and uplift all of the incredible work being done around the country by Tribes to build indigenous Food Sovereignty.
Join us to hear a campaign update and learn how to take action to #BlockCorporateSalmon!
We are honored to be joined by the following leaders:
Valerie Segrest, Native American Agriculture Fund
Fawn Sharp, President of the Quinault Indian Nation in Taholah, Washington and President of National Congress of American Indians
Yasmin Ahmed, Uprooted and Rising Seattle
Register today! TinyURL.com/corporatesalmonwebinar
Mark your calendars!
Thursday, October 15th
Evening, Time TBA
Special Learning Right Relations Online Event
Please continue to watch this newsletter for more details on our next Learning Right Relations online event.
CALL TO ACTION:
It is impossible to ignore the impact of wildfires this season, and our hearts go out to the all those who have suffered loss. Last week, devastating fires deeply affected Colville Tribes. Click here to read in depth stories in this article: Families facing loss from fire
You can support those who are being directly impacted. Morning-Star Means (Syilx, Kainai, Lakota) has organized a GoFundMe to raise funds to help prevent Tribal members from losing their homes, as well as providing for the safety of those who are evacuating. Click here to donate to WA State Tribe Support Fire Disaster Relief.
IN THE NEWS:
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs declared a state of emergency last Friday in response to "violence occurring over Mi'kmaq fisheries across the province." Sipekne'katik First Nation launched their moderate livelihood fishery on Thursday, and are facing intimidation from non-Indigenous fishers. Click here to read article: Arrests made amid ongoing tensions as Mi'kmaw lobster fishery begins