If the Water Is Rising, Then So Must We': Indigenous Peoples March in Washington
Against Global Injustice
In an event described as "breathtaking, heartbreaking, strong, and beautiful," representatives from native communities around the world came together in Washington, D.C. on Friday for the first-ever Indigenous Peoples March.
Organized as a rebuke to the violence and injustices that Indigenous Peoples often face—from the murder of native girls and women to police brutality to having unceded tribal lands torn away by colonizing governments and fossil fuel corporations—the march kicked off Friday morning outside the U.S. Interior Department.
"I think it's a collective cry for help because we're in a time of crisis that we have not seen in a very long time," Nathalie Farfan, an Ecuadorian Indigenous woman and march organizer, told Remezcla earlier this week. "When I say crisis, I mean collective crisis. A lot of Indigenous people from around the world are suffering from the same colonization."
"This is the time to bring awareness to these injustices that have divided us all," Farfan added. "That's why we are saying unity is power, and we need all Indigenous people to come."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/18/if-water-rising-then-so-must-we-indigenous-peoples-march-washington-against-global
Another DU-er made a great post talking about the significance of the Indigenous Peoples March itself, which has been lost in the cacophony around the CCHS students.
The above is a really great article about the event which raised very important issues that ought to get some more attention.
