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Honoring Indigenous rights
Published Dec 2, 2006 10:13 PM
Annawon Weeden, left, doing honor song with his father Tall Oak at Day of Mourning rally.
WW photo: Monica Moorehead
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Several hundred people of many nationalities braved
torrential rain to take part in the 37th National Day of Mourning
in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov 23. The annual event, organized by
United American Indians of New England, is a day when Native
people and their supporters gather on the U.S.
“thanksgiving” day to speak the truth about history
and to talk about current conditions and struggles of Native
peoples.
This year’s theme was: “Who’s the Illegal
Alien, Pilgrim?” The rally’s participants were
Indigenous people from throughout the Americas, several of whom
pointed out the hypocrisy of the current U.S. government’s
attacks against immigrants and spoke of the importance of unity
among all Indigenous peoples.
The highlight of this year’s National Day of Mourning was
when Toni Zeidan, co-director of the Leonard Peltier Defense
Committee, gave an update on Leonard’s case and health.
During her talk, Peltier, who is at Lewisburg Federal
Penitentiary, called Zeidan’s cell phone and was able to
hear the gathered crowd shouting, “Free Leonard Peltier
now!” at the tops of their lungs.
—WW Boston bureau
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