Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on land stolen from the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. Lakota Law Project is asking the public to sign a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names to work with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to replace offensively titled places … Continue reading 3Mar2024 Meeting Minutes →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on land stolen from the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. On January 17th, the Winnebago Nation of Nebraska launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Army and other agencies to force the government to uphold the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and to repatriate the bodies of Samuel … Continue reading 4Feb2024 Meeting Minutes →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on land stolen from the Abenaki and Mahican peoples.   Action: The public is encouraged to sign a petition urging the government to protect indigenous sacred sites https://redroadtodc.org/actions/take-action-fpic/ The group elected: Secretary – Heather Stevenson Facilitator – Candy Jones Candy announced that she will be stepping back as facilitator … Continue reading 350Rutland County 7Jan2024 Meeting Minutes →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on land stolen from the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. In response to our question regarding ways to follow through on returning land as part of decolonization, Chief Don Stevens of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk - Abenaki Nation said that “Any land back is great as long as … Continue reading 10Dec2023 Meeting Minutes →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on land stolen from the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. A new environmental review is being performed on the Dakota Access Pipeline. Read about it here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/meeting-format-for-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-upsets-opponents/ar-AA1jivPE Action: Submit comments here:https://standingrock.org/dapl-eis/ Action: Heather to contact Chief Stevens asking for specifics about how to go about pursuing the Land Back Movement. … Continue reading 5Nov2023 Meeting Minutes →

Comments on the ongoing impact of DAPL are due November 13th. The Standing Rock Sioux Nation are asking us to flood the Army Corp with opposition. Submit comments: https://standingrock.org/dapl-eis/ Read about how the government is trying to prevent public comment: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/meeting-format-for-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-upsets-opponents/ar-AA1jivPE Talking points for your comments:  * An oil spill would be devastating for the 18 million … Continue reading Action Needed: Comments on ongoing impact of DAPL →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on land stolen from the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. Earlier this month, Heather attended a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion meeting at which Chief Don Stevens of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation commented that well-meaning groups should not be doing land acknowledgments unless they’re talking about actually … Continue reading 1Oct2023 Meeting Minutes →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on the unceded land of the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. Last year, we encouraged support for the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which prevents genocide by ensuring that Native American children remain in Native American households. Fortunately, the recent Supreme Court decision preserved the ICWA. But now the Lakota … Continue reading 10Sep2023 Meeting Minutes →

Candy acknowledged that we are squatting on the unceded land of the Abenaki and Mahican peoples.  The Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe have been left out of negotiations on a major decision affecting the cleanup of the most radioactively contaminated site in the USA’s nuclear weapons complex, the … Continue reading 9Jul350Rutland County 2023 Meeting Minutes →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on the unceded land of the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. Last month’s acknowledgment mentioned the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. American Indian and Alaska Native women face disproportionately high rates of violence, with more than 4 in 5 Native women experiencing violence in their lifetime.  Action Item: The National … Continue reading 4Jun2023 Meeting Minutes →