Native Resistance Network: NYC Events This Weekend

Friday, May 11, 2012
An Evening with Lenny Foster

When: 6 to 10 p.m. (Reception from 6 to 7 p.m. Light Refreshments Will be Served.)
Where: Casa de las Américas
182 E. 111th St.
(btwn. Lex. Ave. and 3rd Ave.)
Take the 6 train to E. 110th St.

Lenny will speak on Native American Spirituality, the Prison System, Environmental Issues Affecting Native Lands and Native American Prisoner of War Leonard Peltier

Lenny Foster of the Diné Nation is the Director of the Navajo Nation Corrections Project and the Spiritual Advisor for 1,500 Indian inmates in many state and federal prisons in the Western U.S. He has co-authored legislation in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado that allows Native American spiritual and religious practice in prison and results in significant reductions in prison returns.

He is a board member of the International Indian Treaty Council, a sun dancer and member of the Native American Church. He has been with the American Indian Movement since 1969 and has participated in actions including Alcatraz, Black Mesa, the Trail of Broken Treaties, Wounded Knee 1973, the Menominee Monastery Occupation, Shiprock Fairchild Occupation, the Longest Walk and the Big Mountain land struggle. He was a 1993 recipient of the City of Phoenix Dr. Martin Luther King Human Rights Award.

Lenny will speak on five Native American issues: the illegal imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, land and resources taken from Native peoples by the U.S. government, stripmining, uranium mining and the pollution of the land, air and water, Native American freedom of religion and the demand to honor Native treaty rights.

Sponsors: NYC LPDOC Chapter, NYC Jericho Movement, Native Resistance Network, ProLibertad (list in formation) For more info: nyclpdoc@gmail.com • 917-544-1577

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Native Resistance Network
NEXT MEETING & Potluck: Sunday May 13th, 4-7pm.
For location, e-mail Demelza: demelzaster@gmail.com
Please bring an entree or side dish to share!

We have decided to begin discussing decolonization within our group - no need to know everything, because we surely don't! But if you're interested in this topic, please come join us on Sunday! (We will also be talking about future possibilities and actions within our group)

Some suggested articles on decolonization collected by one of our colleagues:
Decolonizing together: http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/decolonizing-together
Decolonizing Indigenous Communities: http://www.lastrealindians.com/2012/04/18/decolonizing-indigenous-communities/
Decolonization of American Indians Pt. 1 and 2: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2007/02/23/cook-lynn-decolonization-of-american-indians-90390 and http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2007/03/02/cook-lynn-decolonization-of-american-indians-2-90409
The Politics of Solidarity: Six Nations, Leadership, and the Settler Left: http://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/04-the-politics-of-solidarity/