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Mt. Rushmore/Keystone Protest
The Mt. Rushmore/Keystone protests occurred in tandem with President Trump’s rally at Mt. Rushmore for the 4th of July.
In the 1920s, South Dakota historian Doane Robinson hired sculptor Gutzon Borglum to construct a national monument to promote tourism in the state. Gutzon was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and had recently helped construct a memorial to Confederate leaders in the state of Georgia. Some of the funding for the Mount Rushmore project came from the KKK.
The mountain that was chosen for the site of the monument is known as “The Six Grandfathers” (Thuŋkášila Šákpe) by Lakota peoples, named after the Earth, the Sky, and the four directions. The nine tribes of the Great Sioux Nation never agreed to or signed away their rights to this land; the Fort Laramie treaty in 1868, which the tribes did sign, guaranteed them “undisturbed use and occupation” of the land on which the Six Grandfathers, or Mount Rushmore, is on.
Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
The Dakota Access Pipeline was first given the go-ahead under the Obama administration, which would go through a sacred area of the Standing Rock reservation, where indigenous people would take out water and bury the dead in a sacred area. This was met with many protests, and Obama stopped it in 2016. Trump, after taking office, resumed the project and it was completed in 2017, despite marches on the white house and many other demonstrations throughout the country. But, Federal Judge James E Boasberg, sitting at the District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that the construction of the pipeline had fallen short of environmental standards. It is to be shut down for 13 months until it can be revised to meet environmental standards, reviewed by a team of environmental experts and the United States military.
Highway 6 Blockade
The Six Nations blockaded Highway 6 in the Toronto area as retaliation to an attack by the Canadian Police.
In response to OPP attack on Land Defenders & arrests, Six Nations People’s have shut down Highway 6 Bypass and trains. pic.twitter.com/14sJkDylQR
— Russ Diabo (@RussDiabo) August 5, 2020
Updates
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August 7, 2021
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Thousands of Protesters in Chile Demonstrate in Support of Political Prisoners
July 30, 2021
Thousands of protesters across Chile returned to the streets of multiple cities in support of the political prisoners of the…
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Thousands of Protesters Across Chile Mobilize in Support of Revolutionary Prisoners
July 29, 2021
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Chile in support of the prisoners of the social war in Chile,…
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Mapuche Insurgents Sabotage Extractivist Corporations & Reclaim Ancestral Land in Chile
July 22, 2021
Clashes continued between Chilean government forces and indigenous insurgents in the region of Araucania, with Mapuche groups reclaiming ancestral land…
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Dozens of Chileans Protest in Santiago in Support of Political Prisoners
July 15, 2021
Dozens of protesters gathered in Santiago in support of Mapuche & anarchist political prisoners of the social war and the…
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Thousands Gather for Funeral of Insurgent Mapuche Chief Killed by Chilean Police
July 13, 2021
Around 4000 people arrived in Lumako for the Eluwün (funeral) of Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant, killed by police during clashes…
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Dozens of Chileans in Antofagasta Protest Killing of Mapuche Chief Pablo Marchant
July 12, 2021
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets, tagging graffiti, blocking roads, and burning barricades in solidarity with Mapuche…
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Dozens of Indigenous Chileans Continue Resistance in Araucania After Killing of Mapuche Chief Pablo Marchant
July 11, 2021
Dozens of protesters and insurgents continued to mobilize and carry out operations for a 3rd day, setting up roadblocks and…
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Hundreds of Chileans in Santiago Condemn Killing of Mapuche Chief Pablo Marchant
July 10, 2021
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago gathered in condemnation of the police killing of Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant during a sabotage…
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Clashes Occur Across Araucania After Chilean Police Kill Mapuche Chief in Sabotage Operation
July 10, 2021
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Clashes Occur Across Indigenous Region of Araucania After Murder of Mapuche Warrior Ernesto Llaitul by Chilean Police
July 9, 2021
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Hundreds in Santiago Protest in Support of Chilean Political Prisoners
July 9, 2021
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago gathered for a round of demonstrations in support of Mapuche & anarchist political prisoners of…
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Dozens of Chileans in Cañete Protest in Support of Mapuche Political Prisoner
July 8, 2021
Strong clashes occurred in the town of Cañete during a demonstration in support of Mapuche political prisoner Oscar Pilquiman, an…
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Hundreds of Protesters in Santiago Pay Homage to Recently Deceased Left-Wing Chilean Activist
July 6, 2021
Thousands of protesters gathered at a vigil in the Santiago neighborhood of Villa Francia in memory of the recently deceased…
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Dozens of Chileans in Antofagasta Demand Freedom for Political Prisoners During 1st Meeting of Constitutional Convention
July 4, 2021
Over 100 protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets to demand the release of the political prisoners of the Mapuche…
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Dozens in Antofagasta Protest in Solidarity With Mapuche & Chilean Prisoners of Social Revolt
June 17, 2021
Dozens of anarchists and protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets, blocking roads and burning barricades in solidarity with prisoners…
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Dozens of Protesters in Santiago Demand Release of Prisoners of Chilean Social Struggle
June 11, 2021
Dozens of anarchists and protesters in Santiago took to the streets in support of political prisoners of the 18th of…
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Chilean Mapuche Insurgents Sabotage Deforestation Equipment in Angol in Memory of Murdered Indigenous Warriors
June 10, 2021
Deforestation equipment in Angol, a town in the area of Araucania, was sabotaged in support of Mapuche sovereignty and autonomy,…
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Thousands of Colombians Protest Tax Reforms & Privatization in Medellín
May 1, 2021
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Medellín for a 4th consecutive day, as part of a general strike…
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Thousands of Colombians in Cali Protest for 3rd Day Against Tributary Reform
April 30, 2021
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Cali, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Tributary Reform in Colombia, which…
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Police Attack Tens of Thousands of Colombians in Cali Striking Against Tributary Reform
April 29, 2021
Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Cali for a 2nd consecutive day, as part of a…
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Thousands of Colombians in Pasto Protest Tributary Reform for 2nd Day
April 29, 2021
Thousands of protesters in the city of Pasto took to the streets for a 2nd consecutive day as part of…
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Tens of Thousands of Colombians in Bogota Protest Tax Increase
April 28, 2021
Tens of thousands of protesters in Bogota took to the streets in opposition to neoliberalism and an increase in taxes…
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Tens of Thousands of Colombians in Cali Strike Against Tax Increases
April 28, 2021
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Cali on the first day of a general strike against…
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Chilean Mapuche Activists Set Fire to Deforestation Machinery in Friere
April 27, 2021
Indigenous activists near Friere, a town in the Araucanía region of Chile, sabotaged deforestation machinery in ancestral Mapuche land, setting fire…
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Police Attack Hundreds of Protesters in Santiago Demanding Release of Imprisoned Demonstrators
March 12, 2021
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago took to the streets for a round of demonstrations to demand the release of all…
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100 Portland Protesters March to Stop Line 3 Pipeline
March 11, 2021
Around 100 protesters in Portland marched to demand the halt of the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline in Minnesota, which…
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Mapuche Chileans Place Barricades Against Militarization of Wallmapu
March 10, 2021
Mapuche indigenous militants placed barricades on the Cunco-Huichahue Route in the Araucania region in opposition of the militarization of Wallmapu,…
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Indigenous Guaraní Protesters March in Caaguazú Against Government Corruption
March 9, 2021
Hundreds of members of the indigenous Mbya Guaraní community marched in Caaguazú to demand the resignation of president Marito Abdo,…
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20,000 Palestinians Protest Against Police Brutality in Umm al-Fahm
March 5, 2021
Over 20,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel took to the streets of Umm al-Fahm in opposition to discriminatory police brutality against…
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Hundreds of Balochistanis in Iranian Town of Saravan Riot After Murder of 37 Fuel Traders
February 23, 2021
Hundreds of protesters in the Iranian majority-Sunni and Baloch town of Saravan set the governors’ building and several police cars…
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Tens of Thousands of Algerians Return to the Streets On 2nd Anniversary of Hirak
February 22, 2021
Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets across Algeria on the 2nd anniversary of the national Hirak movement’s…
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Thousands of West Papuans March in Dogiyai Against Creation of West Papua Province
February 22, 2021
Thousands of West Papuans marched in Dogiyai against the formation of a Central Papua Province and the building of a…
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Thousands of Algerians in Kherrata Celebrate 2nd Anniversary of Hirak
February 16, 2021
Thousands of Algerians returned to the streets of Kherrata on the 2nd anniversary of the birth of the Hirak movement,…
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Chilean Mapuche Community in Los Pellines Burn Barricades Against Deforestation & Land Theft
February 16, 2021
Members of the Lafkenche community belonging to Mapuche indigenous ethnic group in Chile burned barricades and protested in the Los…
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Dozens of Portland Protesters March Against Dakota Access Pipeline
February 9, 2021
Dozens of Portland protesters gathered for an indigenous-led march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Youth 93 mile run in…
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Portland Police Attack American Indigenous Movement Protesting ICE
February 6, 2021
Around 100 protesters in Portland gathered for an Abolish ICE protest in front of the local ICE facility in the…
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Hundreds of Palestinians March in Tamra After Israeli Defense Forces Murder 2 Youth
February 6, 2021
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Hundreds of Chileans in Panguipulli Burn Municipal Buildings After Police Murder Street Artist
February 5, 2021
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Panguipulli in response to the police murder of Francisco Martínez, also known…
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Dozens in Portland March During Indigenous-Held Event Against Police Brutality
February 5, 2021
Dozens of protesters in Portland gathered for a press conference held by indigenous protesters, who recounted their experiences with police…
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Mapuche Insurgents Seize P-70 Highway to Demand Freedom for Chilean Political Prisoner
February 3, 2021
Armed Mapuche weichafe (warriors) seized the Route P-70 highway at the Lleu Lleu bridge near the towns of Cañete &…
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Seattle Protesters Participate in Dexmaamxsgism Da Libaalx Indigenous-Led March
January 30, 2021
Dozens of protesters in Seattle gathered for the Dexmaamxsgism Da Libaalx indigenous-led march for justice for black lives and all…
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Chileans in Valparaíso Clash With Carabineros on Anniversary of Police Murders of Neco Moras & Ariel Moreno
January 29, 2021
Dozens of protesters clashed with Carabineros in the central coastal city of Valparaíso in Chile, during a demonstration on the…
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Protesters in Santiago Clash With Carabineros on Anniversary of Police Murders of Neco & Ariel
January 29, 2021
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Santiago during a mobilization on the anniversary of the police murders of…
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Protesters Gather at Center of Justice in Santiago During Trial of Political Prisoner
January 29, 2021
Dozens of protesters gathered outside of the Center of Justice in Santiago in support of Mauricio Cheque, a Mapuche political…
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Protesters in Seattle Gather for Indigenous March Against ICE
January 23, 2021
Dozens of protesters gathered in Seattle for an indigenous-led march to demand the abolition of ICE and stop all deportations…
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Hundreds Clash With Police At Protest in Santiago Demanding Release of All Political Prisoners
January 15, 2021
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Plaza Dignidad for a national mobilization demanding the release of political prisoners. Intense clashes occurred…
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Protesters in Santiago Light Barricades After Police Terrorize Daughter of Murdered Mapuche Activist
January 11, 2021
Protesters in Santiago placed barricades along the memorial of Villa Francia on Curacaví street, demanding the end of state terror…
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Thousands Protest in Paris On Anniversary of Triple Murder of Kurdish Activists by Turkish Agent
January 9, 2021
Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in Paris, demanding justice on the 18th anniversary of the triple murders of…
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Police Assault Indigenous Rights Activists at Protest to Stop Minnesota Line 3 Pipeline
January 9, 2021
Indigenous activists and allies gathered near Palisade, Minnesota, to protest against the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline, marching down the…
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Protesters Gather in St. Paul for People’s March Against Police, Pipelines, and Fascism
January 9, 2021
Hundreds of protesters gathered for a People’s March near the Minnesota governor’s mansion in St. Paul, demanding “Cash not covid”,…
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Police Clash With Protesters in Antofagasta Demanding Release of All Political Prisoners
January 8, 2021
Hundreds of Chileans gathered in Antofagasta to demand the immediate release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October…
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Hundreds Clash With Police in Santiago After Murdered Activist’s Family is Harassed and Beaten
January 8, 2021
Hundreds of Chileans gathered in Santiago to protest against state terror perpetrated on Mapuche indigenous communities, after the family of…
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Chileans Barricade Road in Mafil in Support of Mapuche Communities of Malleko Province
January 7, 2021
Chilean protesters placed barricades on the 810th Kilometer of Route 5 in Mafil, in support of the Mapuche communities of…
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Carabineros Attack Protesters Demanding Amnesty for Political Prisoners With Water Cannons
January 4, 2021
Dozens of Chilean activists and street medics gathered at Plaza Dignidad in Santiago to protest for amnesty for all political…
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Palestinians Protest Expansion of Israeli Settlements in Halhoul & Ramallah
January 4, 2021
Thousands of Palestinian activists and demonstrators protested against Israeli settlement expansions in Halhoul and Ramallah, and were assaulted heavily by…
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Protesters in Temuco Place Barricades on Anniversary of Police Murder of Mapuche
January 3, 2021
Protesters in Temuco placed barricades in solidarity with Matias Catrileo, a young Mapuche warrior/weychafe murdered by police on January 3rd,…
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Protesters Return to Blockade Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota After Worker DIes
December 28, 2020
Protesters returned to the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline blockade in Minnesota after a protester was arrested for stopping construction…
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Protesters Gather in Portland On Anniversary of Execution of Dakota 38
December 26, 2020
Dozens of protesters gathered in Portland on the anniversary of the public execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato by…
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Hundreds of Black Lives Matter Activists in Portland Drop Banners
December 22, 2020
Hundreds of activists across Portland dropped dozens of banners in the city, as part of a new campaign labeled as…
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Indigenous Otomi Zapatistas Clash With Police in Mexico City
December 17, 2020
Police arrested 9 indigenous Otomi occupiers of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, shortly after the government agreed to take…
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American Government Attacks Anishinaabe & Ojibwe Water Defenders of Mississippi River
December 14, 2020
After months of resistance to stop the Line 3 pipeline expansion, a total of 17 water protectors, mostly belonging to…
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Indigenous Guatemalans in Totonicapán Protest Against Corruption
December 9, 2020
Hundreds of protesters in the 98% indigenous Totonicapán department in Guatemala from the K’iche ethnicity began a national blockade of…
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Protesters at Red House Eviction Defense Build-Up Barricades
December 9, 2020
Land defenders of the Red House Eviction Defense continued to build up their barricades and defenses, placing political slogans and…
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Seattle Protests Against Thanksgiving
November 27, 2020
About 50 demonstrators at Capitol Hill in Seattle gathered to protest against Thanksgiving, smashing up a Starbucks and spray-painting slogans…
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Protesters Across the United States Drop Banners for Release of Indigenous Prisoner
November 27, 2020
Banners were dropped by demonstrators across the United States in solidarity with Loren Reed, an indigenous Diné anarchist, who was…
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Revolutionary Student Movement Protests for Indigenous Land Back in Toronto
November 26, 2020
Demonstrators in Toronto from the Revolutionary Student Movement answered the call for a National Week of Action from indigenous land…
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Shut Down Canada Protest in Ontario Blockades City Roads
November 26, 2020
Hundreds of indigenous and non-indigenous youth shut down the Yonge and Dundas roads in Ontario in solidarity with the Wet’swet’en…
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Portland Takes to the Streets Against Thanksgiving
November 26, 2020
Demonstrators all over Southeast Portland spray-painted slogans and defaced statues of colonialism, including many large businesses. A war monument was…
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Native Wampanoag People Protest in Plymouth, Massachusetts Against Thanksgiving
November 26, 2020
Indigenous Wampanoag people and their allies gathered in Plymouth, Massachusetts, for the 50th annual National Day of Mourning march against…
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Argentines Protest Against Mega-Mining Operation in Chubut Province
November 24, 2020
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Esquel and Trelew, 2 towns in Chubut province, against a mega-mining operation in the area…
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Native Otomi Mexicans Occupy National Institute of Indigenous Peoples
November 24, 2020
Members of the Otomi indigenous central Mexican group occupied the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples and burnt files and furniture…
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Panguipulli Protests for Mapuche Land Back
November 23, 2020
Dozens of indigenous Mapuche people gathered in the Interlagos sector highway in Panguipulli, Chile, for traditional land back, peacefully occupying…
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Guatemalan Protesters Set Fire to Congress Amid Mass Riots
November 21, 2020
Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated across Guatemala against government corruption and a budget plan that took away from the…
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Madrid Protests Against Racism
November 15, 2020
Demonstrators gathered in central Madrid to condemn rampant racism, of which the country has been reminded on the recent anniversary…
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Protesters Across Chile Commemorate Murder of Camilo Catrillanca
November 14, 2020
Demonstrators and allies across Chile commemorated the 2-year anniversary of the murder of Camilo Catrillanca, a Mapuche farmer, at the…
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Mapuche Insurgents Clash With Chilean Police
November 13, 2020
Masked insurgents in Wallmapu, near Chamichaco, engaged in a gunfight with Winka (non-Mapuche) police, with several banner drops occurring and…
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Mapuche Protesters in Panguipulli March Against Construction of Dam
November 11, 2020
Mapuche people in Panguipulli demonstrated against the construction of several dams in Mafil, of Los Lagos stating that the government…
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Anti-Border Wall Protest Takes Place in Rio Grande Valley
October 29, 2020
Protesters demonstrated against the arrival of the Secretary of Homeland Security in the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas to…
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#IndependentsOrNothing Protest in Antofagasta
October 28, 2020
Protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of President Piñera and the government representation in the constitutional…
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Ontario Labor Federation Marches for 1492 Land Back Lane
October 25, 2020
The Ontario Federation of Labor, encompassing over 1 million workers, marched in solidarity with 1492 Land Back Lane, condemning the…
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Protest in Seattle for Indigenous Black Lives
October 24, 2020
Protesters took to the streets for the 4-year anniversary of the murder of Renee Davis, an indigenous black woman. More…
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Mapuche Communities Protest Against Land Seizure in Wallmapu
October 23, 2020
Mapuche protesters took to the streets in the communities of Lof Juan Queupucura and Antonio Pichulman in the historically indigenous-majority…
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Clashes Continue at 1492 Land Back Lane
October 22, 2020
Clashes continued to occur between the Onkwehonwe tribe and the OPP at 1492 Land Back Lane, with indigenous people hitting…
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1492 Land Back Lane Clashes With OPP
October 22, 2020
Protesters at the 1492 Land Back Lane camp clashed with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with multiple roads blockaded and…
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Misak Tribe Occupies Airport in Bogota to Protest Massacres
October 22, 2020
The Misak tribe is a tribe from Western Colombia (Cauca Department), which attended the Minga 2020 protests in which 150,000…
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Minga Indigena Continues in Colombia
October 22, 2020
Tens of thousands of indigenous people once again occupied Plaza Bolivar in Bogota to protest massacres perpetrated by government-backed paramilitaries…
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1492 Land Back Lane Destroys Highway
October 22, 2020
The protesters at the 1492 Land Back Lane camp destroyed a highway that was planned to go into virgin land…
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Indigenous People’s Day Protests Take Place Across the World
October 12, 2020
Indigenous People’s Day protests were planned as part of a 3-consecutive day event involving 1492 Land Back Lane, the Indigenous…
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Indigenous Day of Rage Portland Protest
October 11, 2020
https://protests.media/indigenous-day-of-rage-begins/ Portlanders took to the streets during the Indigenous Day of Rage on the 11th of October to protest the…
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Indigenous Day of Rage Begins
October 11, 2020
The Indigenous Day of Rage, a planned direct action across the Americas, took place on the 11th against decolonization and…
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1492 Land Back Lane Day of Action
October 9, 2020
1492 Land Back Lane was a planned day of direct action on the 9th of October all across so-called Canada…
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Protest in Minneapolis
October 4, 2020
A protest took place in Minneapolis on the 4th of October against anti-indigenous activity by police and local fossil fuel…
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Coalition of Indigenous Groups Protests Building of Wall on Sacred Land
September 20, 2020
Through the week of 13-20 September 2020, several activist groups belonging to the O’Odham and Kumeyaay indigenous tribes have been…
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