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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Houston to Host the First Annual Indigenous Peoples Movement Conference
Themed “Eliminating the Borders For A New World,” the Event Will Bring Together Indigenous Voices from Across the Globe to Highlight Peace and Progress with an Emphasis on Traditional Knowledge
The Indigenous Peoples Movement is proud to announce the first Indigenous Peoples Movement Conference: “Eliminating the Borders For A New World.” The event will run from May 10th - 12th at the TBH Center in Houston, Texas.
“Our strong coalition of Indigenous voices that were behind the Indigenous Peoples March are uniting to work on blueprints for an international change toward peace and progress,” said event organizer Nathalie Farfan.

Created to empower people from the grassroots level to professionals involved with civic engagement, the conference aims to give all people the chance to carry forth their ancestors’ spirit and encourage youths to embrace their chance to become change-makers.
This year’s inaugural conference will feature numerous facilitators, speakers and sessions that address topics like: building intersectional movements; maximizing digital civic tools; uniting to eliminate environmental injustice; institutionalizing voter registration; engaging faculty; prison reform; suicide and violence prevention; and bringing decolonized educational programs to school curricula. We will also touch on The Doctrine of Discovery and the influence of colonization on Indigenous communities.
We live in a constantly evolving political environment, so we ask: what controversial topics should be addressed? What issues are important to our ambassadors, stakeholders and youth, and what are the most effective methods and channels for us to reach them?
These topics and more will be addressed at The Indigenous Peoples Movement Conference, May 10th - 12th (indigenouspeoplesmovement.com/ipmhtx19). Let's come together as influential voices in today’s ever progressing democracy. We can build a new, more inclusive foundation!
The event will also feature performances on Friday and Saturday from Saylove, Terrance Jade, Def-I, Nehzahr, Genocide, Mana, Sweed, Juan Torres, Erik Andrade, Quese IMC Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh, the Moko Jimmie Dancers and more. Tickets for each day of performances (without attendance for the conference) can be purchased on our eventbrite page for $20.
For more information and registration for the three-day conference, please visit: indigenouspeoplesmovement.com/ipmhtx19
For sponsorship, partnerships and vending opportunities, email IPM at:
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The Lakota People's Law Project is part of 501(c)(3) law and policy center, the Romero Institute. It is working in partnership with the Indigenous Peoples Movement to promote justice and inclusion.
 




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2019 Gathering, Powwow, and Peon Tournaments 44

May 4 Pala's 45th Annual Cupa Days 
May 11 31st Annual Balboa Park Powwow
May 18 Warner SpringsCultural Gathering
May 18 Snow Mountain Powwow
May 18 Morongo Cultural Days
May 24 and 25 San Luis Rey 23rd Annual Powwow
June 8 15th Annual Imperial Beach Intertribal Powwow
June 8 and 9 San Pasqual's Peon and Bird Singers Gathering
June 15 and 16 Cahuilla Earth Day and Gathering
June 15 Sycuan's 13th Annual Ipai-Tipai Mataayum
June 22 9th Annual All Tribes in Recovery Gathering
June 29 Campo's 24th AnnualStar Gathering
July 6 9th Annual All Tribes in Recovery Gathering
July 20 Campo's 24th Annual Star Gathering
July 27 Mesa Grande's Tekamuk Gathering
August 3 Santa Ysabel's 21st annual Traditional Gathering
August 10 Barona Cultural Gathering (Peon on Saturday)
August 16, 17 , 18 Rincon Fiesta (Peon Tournament)
August 24 Viejas Gathering and Peon Tournament
August 30 - September 1  49th Annual Borona Powwow
September 6,7,8 30th Annual Sycuan Powwow
  (Kids Peon on Friday Bird singing / Dancing Competition and Adult Peon on Saturday)
September 14 Soboba Inter-tribal Powwow
September 21 Manzanita Gathering
September 28 Morongo's 29th Annual Thunder and Lightning Powwow
October 12 San Manuel Powwow
October 25 43rd Annual Fort Mojave Indian Days
November 2 and 3 Southern Paiute Veterans Association Powwow
November 23 Indio Powwow
December 31 Traditional Gathering at Morongo

RENE POWERS LEADS A WALK IN THE PARK TO RESTORE
OUR DEMOCRACY and INALIENABLE RIGHTS, ON EARTH DAY!

rene at door

On the way to a peaceful gathering in Balboa Park, Rene Powers
stopped off at the law office of McCarthy-Holthus and had the
opportunity to share words with some of the employees about the
unlawful foreclosure practices of the firm. On the sacred, sovereign
land of the Great Kumeyaay Nation, Rene Powers called for an
awakening to educate Americans about the inequities practiced by the
colonizing system controlled by the banks and judicial cabal against
the most vulnerable.

Norrie Robbins & Maya Vicaldo
All aboard

Aboard Californian Norrie Robbins & Maya Vicaldo

by Norrie (Doc) Robbins

Native Like Water, which is an initiative of InterTribal Youth (ITY) and One World BRIDGE 501c3, fulfills its prophesy -- taking native youth out to sea.  Kumeyaay youth from or having family from the nations of Barona, Viejas, Mesa Grande, and Santa Ysabel joined other inter-tribal youth and educators on the schooner “Californian” over the March 23-24 weekend on their first overnight sailing voyage.  The ship sailed out into the ocean and then anchored off Point Loma (‘emat nylly) for the night.  The ocean and its breezes were perfect for greeting youth who were being reintroduced to ocean travel as part of their ancestry.  Pods of two different species of dolphins interacted with them and the ship. Even a whale and sea turtle passed by.

Program Leader Marc Chavez (Chicano/Nahua) carefully interwove collaborative support from the Maritime Museum of San Diego, Wildcoast, and participant contributions. Mama T, a healer and cook came in from Hawaii to feed us healthy fresh food which included native foods.  The 14 member crew on the ship felt blessed to be eating so well.  Marc asked participants to bring an important plant and a song about water.  Ukelele in hand, Mama T and students created a new song in three languages—English, Hawaiian, and Spanish.  Kumeyaay bird songs were proudly shared by local high school student Daniel Vicaldo of Barona.

Loving supervision of the students was provided by ITY Lead Volunteer Staff: Kiana Maillet (Shoshone-Paiute), who is finishing her doctorate at UCSD, Manny Lieras (Dine/Comanche) came in from Oakland, and Marcus Victor Lopez (Chumash/Chicano) from Santa Barbara.

Science is always part of these ITY programs.  Wildcoast Foundation’s biologist and conservationist, Cory Pukini brought a remote operated underwater drone vehicle so the students could observe the fish and sea floor.  He took a plankton tow and showed the microscopic animals on a computer screen that was hooked to a microscope.  UCSD’s Astrophysics Professor Adam Burgasser showed the stars and talked about distant galaxies.  Geologist and ethnobotanist Norrie Robbins told the story of the changing landscape, how ancestors moved across the ocean, and may have brought the most important medicinal plants with them. The uses of plants as food and medicine are always an important part of Intertribal Youth programs.

The next programs of Intertribal Youth involve a two-week camp in July at La Jolla, learning how to kayak and indigenous science.  In August, ITY and Native Like Waterwill be joining with other ocean-based tribes to circumnavigate Alcatraz Island as part of a sacred canoe journey and the 50thanniversary of the November 1969 Indian Occupation.  On the recent Native Like WaterVoyage, participant, Anthony Stultz Osuna (Santa Ysabel) shared the story of his grandfather being one of the original occupiers of Alcatraz.  A group of youth are being welcomed to start building kayaking skills and paddle out of the San Diego Harbor twice a month starting in May.  They will become part of this next history of Alcatraz Island in the land of the Ohlone people.  To learn more about Native Like Water, see them on Facebook, Instagram, or learn details of the spring and summer programs at www.NativeLikeWater.org

Class aboard ship