U.S (NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE) : The future is Indigenous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friend, 

 

 

This week of Thanksgiving, let’s honor our resilient communities and our grassroots work towards Native self-determination and sovereignty.

Here are some political and cultural victories from this Native American Heritage Month so far :

• Nearly 80 Native candidates -- about half of whom are women -- won their races up and down the ballot this midterm election.

• We again proved that the Native vote matters. Our team of organizers has been mobilizing Native peoples on the ground in key states across the country to overcome voter suppression -- including in Arizona and Nevada, where close races just determined control of the Senate.

• More museums are reckoning with their racist histories of stealing remains, hair, and sacred objects from Native peoples. “The return of our remains and sacred objects is one way to help our people heal,” said Kevin Killer, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, after the Barre Museum returned what belonged to them. We are mobilizing more institutions to take accountability and urgently repatriate such items, including Harvard’s Peabody Museum.

• We just wrapped up our second National Training of 2022 for Native organizers and leaders to sharpen their grassroots organizing skills and build effective grassroots movements. We are building a durable ecosystem of Native leaders who will continue to make transformational change.

• Next week, Native peoples will gather at the White House for the second Tribal Nations Summit. In a show of our growing strength, President Biden heeded Indigenous peoples’ call to work to protect Tribal treaty rights and strengthen sovereignty. This Summit is a chance for Tribal leaders to follow up on what administrative agencies have been doing, and to engage with administration officials about important issues facing our communities.

Indigenous people have always organized for our rights -- and we are not stopping now. We’re going to keep building off these wins to protect Native sacred places, strengthen our sovereignty, and more.

 

 

Please chip in $5 or more today to support our ongoing work to build Native power.

 

 

 

CHIP IN TODAY

 

 

 

Hawwih (thank you), 

 

 

 

 

Judith Le Blanc (Caddo)
Executive Director. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund is dedicated to building the organizing capacity of Native organizers and groups building grassroots power for change among native peoples across the continent. It also provides a forum for Native organizers and organizations to work in collaboration with each other, share best practices, and promote their work with national allies.

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