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DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Solidarity! On October 11, 2021 and November 24, 2021, you are 
 invited to participate in a two-part webinar at which Indigenous American 
 leaders from across the United States will present. The webinars will focus 
 on issues of human rights and ecological stewardship.\n\nThe October 11 
 event will take place between 2:00 PM and 3:30 PM (Pacific Standard Time). 
 It will be broadcast from San Francisco at an Indigenous People's Day 
 celebration following the Alcatraz Sunrise Ceremony. In 1969, Indigenous 
 Peoples of the United States re-occupied Alcatraz Island. This pivotal 
 event helped publicize and spur a wave of Indigenous activism across the 
 United States, which ultimately helped create the US version of Indigenous 
 People's Day.\n\nWebinar presentations will be made by representatives from 
 two of the organizations which took part in the Alcatraz re-occupation (the 
 International Indian Treaty Council and the American Indian Movement). 
 Webinar presentations will also be made by the Lakota People's Law Project 
 (which helped organize the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline and 
 Line 3) and an Elder of the Taino People (the first Indigenous group that 
 Columbus encountered in the Americas). In addition, a portion of the 
 webinar will focus on the effort to Protect Juristac, a site which the 
 media have dubbed 'Silicon Valley's Version of Standing Rock'.\n\nThe 
 economic system of the United States is rooted in genocide and colonialism. 
 The entire United States is Indigenous Ancestral land. Across these lands 
 exist hundreds of thousands of Indigenous burial sites, cultural sites, and 
 sacred sites. Because of forced land appropriation and privatization, 
 Indigenous Peoples are denied the right to directly protect and steward the 
 vast majority of these sites.\n\nIndigenous American religious/spiritual 
 worldviews often hold it a duty to ensure the ecological balance of 
 Ancestral lands. Through Tribal reorganization, Indigenous Americans are 
 taking the lead in the effort to protect their Ancestral lands. Indigenous 
 Land Stewardship programs, and public actions such as opposing the Dakota 
 Access Pipeline and Line 3, have directly grown out of the efforts to 
 promote fundamental human rights regarding Ancestral sites.\n\nAt these 
 webinars, you will learn firsthand from Indigenous leaders. You will learn 
 about the obstacles and lack of basic human rights which Indigenous 
 Americans face on a daily basis. And you will learn how you can act in 
 solidarity with Indigenous groups.\n\nThis webinar is being hosted by South 
 Bay Indigenous Solidarity, South Bay Indigenous Solidarity is a 
 multi-ethnic group that supports Indigenous-led, grassroots efforts to 
 promote human rights, restore Indigenous land stewardship and preserve 
 threatened cultural, burial, and sacred sites. Our current focus is 
 supporting the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band’s effort to protect Juristac, an 
 area of immense cultural, historical, environmental, and spiritual 
 importance. \n\nThe webinar is being co-hosted by the Democratic Socialists 
 of America Religion and Socialism Working Group and DSA San Francisco.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/10/18845561.php
SUMMARY:Indigenous People's Day Webinar
LOCATION:Facebook Livestream Event
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/10/18845561.php
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