Tag Archives: Native Americans

What March 11 Means to Me: Nuclear Power and the Sacrificial System via Japan Focus

Posted on 2014/05/12 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Takahashi Tetsuya Introduction and Translation by Norma Field, Yuki Miyamoto and Tomomi Yamaguchi Summary Takahashi Tetsuya, a philosophy professor at the University of Tokyo and a native of Fukushima Prefecture, has traversed the devastated region numerous times since the March … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

【event】Invitation to an Earth Day Media Event via Defenders of the Black Hills

Posted on 2014/04/08 by norma field

You are cordially invited to attend an Earth Day Media Event to announce the opening of a Campaign for the Clean Up of all the Abandoned Uranium Mines in the United States. More than 10,000 abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) are … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Lakota Vow: ‘Dead or in Prison Before We Allow the XL Pipeline’　via Waging Nonviolence

Posted on 2014/03/15 by norma field

n February 27, Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement activists joined in a four-directions walk to commemorate Liberation Day, an event to mark the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. As they do each year, four groups gather to the north, … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

H-Bomb Guinea Pigs! Natives Suffering Decades After New Mexico Tests via Indian Country

Posted on 2014/03/07 by norma field

It has taken nearly 70 years, but the National Cancer Institute is launching a study to determine how much radiation the residents of New Mexico were exposed to that fateful day, and what effect it could have on their lives. … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council Statement on Fukushima via Indigenous Action Media

Posted on 2013/11/20 by kojimaaiko

Please visit this link where you can sign to show your support and stand in solidarity with the Elders: www.caretakersofmotherearth.com View the original statement with signatures here (PDF): COUNCIL_FUKUSHIMA_STATEMENT_OCT_2013. Council Statement This statement reflects the wisdom of the Spiritual People … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Prairie Island Indian Community to Feds: End Lockout of Nuclear Inspectors via Native News

Posted on 2013/10/12 by norma field

WELCH, MINNESOTA – The Prairie Island Indian Community’s five-member Tribal Council yesterday issued a letter to President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner, urging them to end the lockout of Federal nuclear inspectors and … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

AAA 2013 Roundtable, Narrating the Nuclear: Anthropologists and Others Engage with the Atomic Era

Posted on 2013/07/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

November 24 Hilton Hotel, Downtown Chicago, Grand Ballroom Part I “Nuclear Weaponry”: 8:00am-9:45am, As part of AAA Executive Program Committee (executive session) Part II: “Nuclear Energy”: 10:15am-12:00pm, As part of Society for East Asian Anthropology (invited session) Organizers: Mark Auslander(Central … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ex-chairman of Moapa Band of Paiutes Meyers dies via the Daily Herald

Posted on 2013/05/25 by norma field

Calvin Meyers, the former chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes and outspoken opponent of building a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain north of Las Vegas, has died. He was 57. Friends told the Las Vegas Review-Journal ( http://tinyurl.com/ot4cj9v) … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment