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Missing and murdered women, Indian child welfare, oil pipelines, and police abuse are among the many issues marchers hope to address during the first ever Indigenous Peoples March in Washington D.C. Organizers expect as many as 10,000 people from all over the world to raise awareness of human rights and environmental injustices faced by Indigenous people all over the world.
Guests:
Hope Butler (Piscataway Conoy of Maryland) – one of the organizers of the march
Darren Thompson [Tohono O’odham and Ojibwe (Lac de Flambeau)] – educator, public speaker, journalist, Native American flute player and a coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples March
Ruth Buffalo (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara) – representative of North Dakota’s 27th district
Roberto Borerro (Taíno Nation) – international mechanisms director for the U.S. Human Rights Network
Phyllis Young (Standing Rock Sioux) – organizer from the Lakota People’s Law Project
Chase Iron Eyes (Lakota) – South Dakota counsel for the Lakota People’s Law Project
Break 1 Music: Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (song) A Tribe Called Red (artist) Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear) (single)
Break 2 Music: A Winter Dream (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)
Going to march the unity is good