According to the history of Mvskoke Peoples, we originated in so-called Georgia near the Ocese Creek in the valley of the Ocmulgee River. As individual Tribal Nations, we lived as stewards and in relationship to this land for more than 13,000 years until the illegitimate state of Georgia negotiated with the tyrant Andrew Jackson for the militarized forced removal of Mvskokes and Cherokee relatives to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/2023/03/10/eviction-notice-from-the-mvskoke-people/ by Victoria Hoʻopiʻi

The Hawaiian rights group, Kākoʻo Haleakalā, is calling for the removal of “all telescopes” from both Haleakalā on Maui and Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island. This comes following recent reports of a 700 gallon diesel fuel spill at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex near the summit of Haleakalā.

pulav — 2024-09-09 19:02:33 UTC

Battle brewing between Native Hawaiians, Bay Area developer over $200 million luxury condos

pulav — 2024-09-09 19:08:04 UTC

“I just got sick of watching all these sites that I love be destroyed,” says Okinaka, “and I just decided enough was enough, you know, and that we just have to speak up and get people to pay attention.”

Ceremonial leaders seek to preserve the Weelaunee Forest from development

pulav — 2024-09-09 19:13:48 UTC

The Weelaunee Forest is one of the original homelands of the Mvskoke people. After the Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced the Mvskoke people to vacate their home, the forest was used for many different purposes over the course of the following century.

“We call on all people of good conscience to stand in solidarity with the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta.”

pulav — 2024-09-09 19:15:33 UTC

This project would cement Atlanta as the new Hollywood, making the cost of living in our city outrageous. We refuse to let our forest be bulldozed in favor of the police and sold out to Hollywood.

Trail of Tears

pulav — 2024-09-09 19:21:11 UTC

At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. But by the end of the decade, very few natives remained anywhere in the southeastern United States. Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian Territory” across the Mississippi River. This difficult and oftentimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears.