indigenous - Deceleration (Page 2)

Peace and Dignity Journeys Offering Prayers for the Intercontinental Community

Though officially begun in 1992, the routes run by the Peace and Dignity Journeys trace an unbroken ancestral history of migration and ceremony across Abya Yala that continues more than 500 year later. A report back from the prayer run as it moved its way south through San Pedro Park in San Antonio.

By Danielle López

/ 10 Aug 2024

Peace and Dignity Journeys Offering Prayers for the Intercontinental Community

VIDEO: The Message of Peace & Dignity Journeys 2024 Indigenous Prayer Run

Indigenous runners threading the Americas as part of the Peace & Dignity Journeys 2024 prayer run speak of their personal prayers for their cultures and communities—but also the gift that their efforts are offering to the world.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Aug 2024

VIDEO: The Message of Peace & Dignity Journeys 2024 Indigenous Prayer Run

Native Languages are Founts of Environmental Knowledge

Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues — which may hold vital clues to protecting biodiversity.

By Knowable Magazine

/ 18 Jun 2024

Native Languages are Founts of Environmental Knowledge

VideoVIDEO: Easter Vigil Highlights Ongoing Eviction of Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park

Ongoing City of San Antonio efforts to displace migratory birds runs counter to the sustained message from park visitors and neighbors in favor of protecting the area’s ecology—including migratory birds.

By Greg Harman

/ 4 Apr 2024

VideoVIDEO: Easter Vigil Highlights Ongoing Eviction of Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems

‘Misplaced Trust’ found 4.2 million acres—or 3 million football fields—in Texas land trusts that were wrested from Native peoples. Similar findings mar university holdings across the West, including New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and elsewhere.

By Tristan Ahtone

/ 14 Feb 2024

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems

Reclaiming the Soil as the Key to Community Wealth

Respecting the humanity and history of soil can help us grow a more resilient future for all. “When I think about soil, I think about the ecosystem and I think about history.”

By YES! Media

/ 19 Jan 2024

Reclaiming the Soil as the Key to Community Wealth

Take Action: Brackenridge Committee Seeks ‘Reset’ on Community Relations

City of San Antonio Brackenridge Park committee members hope to open a new conversation about the park while generating a Brackenridge Park Reconciled Project Inventory.

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Jan 2024

brackenridge park reset community meeting

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

Small groups of 20 or fewer will be allowed to hold limited ceremonies beside the San Antonio River, but U.S. District Judge Biery rejects requests by members of the Lipan-Apache Native American Church to protect the trees and birds.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2023

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

VIDEO: Antonio Diaz and the Roots of the Indigenous Dignity Day March in San Antonio

On the cusp of the 25th march in the city, Deceleration spoke with Diaz about the roots of his own Indigenous awareness and movement away from Dia de la Raza in the late ’90s to what became a tenacious drive for an Indigenous Peoples Day declaration in San Antonio.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Oct 2023

VIDEO: Antonio Diaz and the Roots of the Indigenous Dignity Day March in San Antonio

Tribes Responding to Climate’s ‘Slow-Moving Tsunami’ Threatening Native Lands

The Hoh, Quinault, Quileute, and Makah Tribes have coped with storms and tsunamis battering the coasts of the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years. Now, threatened by rising sea levels and other climate impacts, they are evolving to meet new dangers to their villages and history.

By Terri Hansen

/ 18 Sep 2023

Tribes Responding to Climate’s ‘Slow-Moving Tsunami’ Threatening Native Lands

Lawsuit: ‘Prevent the City of San Antonio from Desecrating a Sacred Site’

A city of San Antonio redevelopment project based on the destruction of birds and trees in Brackenridge Park threatens Native American religious practice, a new federal lawsuit charges.

By Greg Harman

/ 11 Aug 2023

Lawsuit: ‘Prevent the City of San Antonio from Desecrating a Sacred Site’

Brackenridge Project Advances After Mayor Nirenberg Threatens to Shut Down Meeting

Warning of a deepening rift with the community, San Antonio Councilmembers sought three-week delay to mediate on the bond-funded project that hinges upon bird and tree removals on lands held as sacred by many.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Aug 2023

Brackenridge Project Advances After Mayor Nirenberg Threatens to Shut Down Meeting