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There’s no justice on stolen land. There’s no freedom for Indigenous people to fully live as ourselves on our ancestral lands without the intrusion of settler systems dictating our daily lives and committing continued violence against us— erasing our histories and lived experiences, disappearing our women, girls and Two Spirit relatives, overcriminalization and incarceration of our People, extraction from our lands, encroachment on the sovereignty of our Nations. So today, we’re calling out the lies. Today is not a day of independence for us, but a reminder to keep fighting. We continue to organize, mobilize, and fight for our dignity, for our lands, for our personal and collective self-determination, and for TRUE justice for all people and the planet— not just for the privileged and the few. Let today stoke that fire within you to keep fighting for our true liberation, for our Lands, our Bodies, and our People. The next seven generations are depending on us. #FourthOfYouLie #LANDBACK #DefendDevelopDecolonize #NDNCollective

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“Today is a sad day for Indigenous Peoples and justice everywhere. The U.S. Parole Commission’s denial of parole for Leonard Peltier, America’s longest serving Indigenous political prisoner, is a travesty,” said Nick Tilsen, president and CEO of NDN Collective. “They denied parole to a survivor of genocidal Indian boarding schools as he struggles to survive this unjust incarceration, they insist on holding him for a crime for which they have no physical evidence against him.” ✊🏽 NDN Collective will continue to demand freedom for Leonard Peltier as his attorneys file an appeal of this decision and push for a grant of clemency from President Joe Biden. 📖 Read Full Press Release: ndnco.cc/lpprd 🔗 Link in Bio under "Read Latest Press Release" Do you want to take action and support the #FreeLeonardPeltier campaign? 🤳 Text “FreeLeonardNow’’ to 50302 to receive latest updates and join the movement. #FreeLeonardPeltier #NDNCollective

Today, NDN Collective and millions of people across Indian Country are devastated to learn that Leonard Peltier, activist and member of the American Indian Movement, has been denied parole by the United States Parole Commission. “This decision is consistent with how the United States government has treated the Indigenous Peoples of these lands. They have broken every promise they have ever made to our Nations, and have ignored their Constitution in order to erode the civil and human rights of Native people. But while we are heartbroken by the parole commission’s decision, our work to ensure that Leonard will receive justice and freedom will continue with renewed dedication,” said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President & CEO Read Full Press Release: ndnco.cc/lpprd #FreeLeonardPeltier #NDNCollective

Oceti Sakowin Community Academy is seeking to hire a full-time Lakota Language Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. 🏫🪶 Starting date is August 12th! The Oceti Sakowin Community Academy (OSCA) is an Indigenous-led education that centers Lakota language, culture, values, and lifeways for students in kindergarten through second grade. ✊🏽 When you join the OSCA team, you are welcomed into a community of dedication, mission-driven, and enthusiastic educators working together to improve academic achievement for Indigenous students by developing and implementing an Indigenized curriculum. We encourage teachers to work together and have the autonomy to develop lessons that implement the Oceti Sakowin essential understandings across all academic disciplines. The curriculum will feature decolonized pedagogies, land-based learning models, student-centered learning, traditional healing informed lessons, classroom management practices involving restorative justice, and the woope sakowin. 🖤❤️💛🤍 To learn more and apply, visit: ndnco.cc/oscahllt If you have any questions, please contact Mary at mary@ocetisakowinacademy.org or call 605-510-7770. #Hiring #LakotaLanguage #LakotaTeacher #IndigenousEducation #OSCA #NDNCollective

❌APPLICATION PERIOD IS CLOSED❌ We are no longer accepting applications for the NDN Changemaker Fellowship this year. We received about 500 applications! 🎉 Thank you to the relatives that applied, we look forward to reviewing your application. If you were unable to complete and submit your application on time, we regret to inform you that you are ineligible for the Changemaker Fellowship. ⌛️ No exceptions on extensions. We look forward to seeing your application in the next round. For latest updates on our upcoming fellowships and grants, follow us on social media! 🤳 To learn more about NDN Collective's fellowships and grants, visit: ndncollective.org/grants #ApplicationPeriodClosed #ChangemakerFellowship #DefendDevelopDecolonize #NDNCollective

June has come and gone, and as we enter into July, Pride will always be in our heart, spirit, and mind. As the posts begin to ease down, NDN Collective remains resilient and will continue to uplift, advocate, and be an accomplice for our 2SLGBTQIA+ relatives. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🪶 It is our collective responsibility to remain vigilant and conscious to protect and defend our Queer relatives, and to commit beyond "Pride Month" by withdrawing from only acknowledging our Queer relatives once a year. 🗣️ Our Indigenous Queer relatives hold a crucial role in providing harmony, balance, and interconnection in our communities. Our Queer relatives support and hold our communities together. They are moderators and peacemakers when fem and masc relatives collide, they help mend and strengthen our relationships with love and understanding. Our Queer relatives serve our communities by teaching us that we can and we should hold space to be both a nurturer and provider. Our Queer relatives have the gift of balancing spirits. These spirits travel beyond this world into the spirit world through sacred ceremonies. Queerness is Sacred. To our Queer relatives, return to this post when you need to uplift your spirit with strength and resilience: ✨ Your Queerness is Sacred ✨ 🪶 It will never be forgotten or lost. 🪶 ✨ Your Queerness is Sacred ✨ ✊🏽 Protect and defend it at all costs. ✊🏽 #QueernessIsSacred #Queer #2SLGBTQIA+ #NDNCollective

“Leonard Peltier represents a time in history in which the resistance movement for Indigenous people in the U.S. and around the world had been revived,” said Nick Tilsen, president and CEO of NDN Collective. “Peltier and the American Indian Movement changed the conditions in which we organize today and have been able to rebuild power. In Peltier’s case, lawmakers had no regard for the US constitution, for civil rights, for human rights. Peltier’s release would be a day of victory for our people – and for him to come back home would be profound.” Tilsen also spoke to how presidential clemency for Peltier is a compelling issue for Native voters ahead of the November election, should the parole outcome not go in Leonard’s favor. “It’s no surprise that Leonard Peltier was arrested here in South Dakota, a state that still has wildly discriminatory laws,” said Sunny Red Bear, Director of Organizing at NDN Collective. “For example, almost 90 percent of women in SD state prison right now are there on drug charges, which are based on archaic ingestion laws that do not exist anywhere else in the US. Native people have solutions to these issues – So the relatives in these jails right now are proof that Leonard’s situation is not an isolated incident but a representation of a wider systematic problem.” In South Dakota, Indigenous Peoples’ make up less than 10% of the population however, we are targeted on such a level that we make up close to 50% of the prisons and jails. The active targeting demands an investigation by the US Department of Justice – we’re calling on you to do your job and take action now! 🎥 Watch our LIVE caravan and freedom rally on YouTube: ndnco.cc/lplivecaravan It’s not too late to take action: ✍️ Write a letter to the Parole Commission: https://lnkd.in/gBR9VNAH 🎨Download and share art graphics from our toolkit: https://lnkd.in/gCfurUEB ✊🏽Host a solidarity call in your city To learn more about our #FreeLeonardPeltier campaign, visit: https://lnkd.in/gjkbzUht 🔗 Links in bio under “Leonard Peltier Campaign”

It’s time for Lekší Leonard to come home! ✊🏾 Today, we joined local organizations, partners, allies, and long time advocates in Mni Luzahan (Rapid City, South Dakota) for the #FreeLeonardPeltier caravan and Freedom rally. The caravan started at Wambli Ska and ended at the Federal Courthouse where organizers unveiled a 150 x 25 ft banner that read, “President Biden Free Leonard Peltier Now.” On June 10, 2024, Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO of NDN Collective spoke on behalf of Leonard Peltier at his parole hearing. We are in the 30 day period and as we wait to hear a decision from the U.S. Parole Commission, we continue to raise awareness, apply pressure, and urge the U.S. Parole Commission and federal agencies to #FreeLeonardPeltier! 🧑⚖️ 🎥 Watch our LIVE caravan and freedom rally on YouTube: ndnco.cc/lplivecaravan How to Support and Take Action: ✍️ Write a letter to the Parole Commission: https://lnkd.in/gBH8hqnU 🎨 Download and share art graphics from our toolkit: https://lnkd.in/gCfurUEB ✊🏽Host a solidarity call in your city To learn more about our #FreeLeonardPeltier campaign, visit: https://lnkd.in/gjkbzUht 🔗 Links in bio under “Leonard Peltier Campaign”

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