This informational blog focuses on the Native American Social Justice Movement.
NOTE: This blog was compiled by and reprinted with the permission of Abdul Akailmat, PhD.
Unity must be based on justice and equality
This is an important question. There are two trends. 1. The Native American Social Justice Movement: YES! 2. Dominant Native American Tribal policy: NO!
Social Justice
American Indian Movement https://www.aimovement.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement https://iowaculture.gov/history/education/educator-resources/primary-source-sets/protest-america/new-indian-american-indian
Leonard Peltier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier#External_links
Denis Banks https://www.domomusicgroup.com/dennisbanks/
Clyde Bellecourt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Bellecourt#External_links
Zinn Education Project https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/native-american-activism-1960s-to-present/
Fighting to end Columbus Day https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/columbus-day-is-dying-indigenous-peoples-day-is-the-future/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-10-11-2021
Some Tribal Councils
General https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Civilized_Tribes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDerwakkiwU https://www.indianz.com/News/2021/03/09/underscore-news-choctaw-nation-resists-treaty-promise-to-freedmen/ https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FR016
Cherokee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_freedmen_controversy https://www.c-span.org/video/?457943-4/slaves-cherokee-indians https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-82d8c7b62bb548055263487c9cab5cb1
Chickasaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_freedmen http://www.african-nativeamerican.com/8-chocfreed.htm https://www.choctawnation.com/history-culture/people/original-enrollees/colbert-susan
Choctaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_freedmen https://choktawnation.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/the-dynamics-of-race-in-the-choctaw-nation/ https://www.kosu.org/local-news/2021-05-28/choctaw-nation-taking-first-steps-to-grant-citizenship-to-freedmen
Muscogee https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsMicDispatch/videos/518577348626687/ https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/04/03/bill-in-congress-requires-us-to-sever-re.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creek_Freedmen
Seminole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Seminoles http://www.johnhorse.com/index.html https://okcfox.com/news/local/seminole-nation-accused-of-denying-black-citizens-a-covid-19-vaccine