Reblogged from Earth First! Newswire:

I know it’s tough, but everyone of you reading this is going to have to peel for your face away from this screen and head out into the street, or into the woods, to build this eco-resistance. And we’ve just updated our Earth First! Newswire events page to give you some ideas on where to start—whether it be re-learning primitive skills, networking with others in the direct action culture, blockading roads, occupying treetops, trashing bulldozers, or preferably, all of the above… Its shaping up to be a …

Please stay on alert. We have contacted the office of Land Range Management; if they do not respond by tomorrow, we will ask you to flood their lines and say that the elders need their animals to survive and these confiscations are WRONG, that we are watching, and that we see this ongoing harassment as part of cultural genocide.

Eight calves and multiple horses were impounded because the Elders did not have correct permits. One permited calf was taken from an elder and put on Navajo Partitioned Lands (NPL). The ranger told the elder to go ahead and get the calf herself if she wanted it back. Let’s make sure they don’t get away with this.

We’re collecting funds to pay for livestock reclamation. We know it will be at least $500. The amount increases daily. You can go here to donate nowhttp://blackmesais.org/donate/ !

Many Thanks for Your Support. Stay in touch!

Hallie, Berkley, Liza, Derek, and Tree

You can also call the following folks and (respectfully) give them hell!

Hopi Tribal Chairman‘s office at 928-734-3102
Hopi Tribe Office Of Range Management at (928) 737-5456 make sure to ask (respectfully) that they stop using quads!

We invite the Asheville community to join in this compelling workshop that will explore “decolonizing your mind” from both North American and European perspectives. Take a multi media and experiential journey to a greater understanding of indigenous solidarity by discovering the roots of indigenous culture – its living history, examining critical forces that have shaped indigenous/non-indigenous relationships, and then finishing our journey by exploring the unique collaborative work of Four Directions Solidarity Network and Cante Tenza: the Strongheart Civil Rights Movement of the Lakota Nation.  This is the workshop that drew a standing-room only crowd at the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit and received rave reviews.

At the end of this four hour workshop, participants will:
1. Understand the concepts of an indigenous lifeway, living history, and indigenous solidarity from various cultural perspectives.
2. Examine historical forces that affect indigenous solidarity including the conceptual process of “decolonizing your mind.”
3. Analyze specific conditions that have shaped indigenous/non-indigenous relationships.

4. Learn specific actions to begin the process of decolonizing your mind.

Presenter Info:

Naomi Archer is an Indigenous and human rights activist based in Asheville, NC. She is founder of the Four Directions Solidarity Network and an adopted member of Cante Tenza Okolakiciye – the traditional Strong Heart Warrior Society of the Lakota Nation. Working with her adopted brother Duane Martin Sr. (Oglala Lakota) they have provided decolonization and cultural restoration talks to both Native and non-native groups using traditional Indigenous and western modes of sharing.

Please stay on alert. We have contacted the office of Land Range Management; if they do not respond by tomorrow, we will ask you to flood their lines and say that the elders need their animals to survive and these confiscations are WRONG, that we are watching, and that we see this ongoing harassment as part of cultural genocide.

Eight calves and multiple horses were impounded because the Elders did not have correct permits. One permited calf was taken from an elder and put on Navajo Partitioned Lands (NPL). The ranger told the elder to go ahead and get the calf herself if she wanted it back. Let’s make sure they don’t get away with this.

We’re collecting funds to pay for livestock reclamation. We know it will be at least $500. The amount increases daily. You can go here to donate nowhttp://blackmesais.org/donate/ !

Many Thanks for Your Support. Stay in touch!

Hallie, Berkley, Liza, Derek, and Tree

You can also call the following folks and (respectfully) give them hell!

Hopi Tribal Chairman‘s office at 928-734-3102
Hopi Tribe Office Of Range Management at (928) 737-5456 make sure to ask (respectfully) that they stop using quads!

We have a survey for you to share your thoughts and give us your ideas for what you’d look for in the Rendezvous. All we ask is that you have your survey submitted by February 1st. 

For more information, you can contact us at

katuahearthfirst (at) riseup (dot) net

For the Earth,

Katuah Earth First!

katuahearthfirst (at) riseup (dot) net