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US Apartheid Wall under construction on Native Tohono O'odham lands

Written by Brenda Norrell
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
by Brenda Norrell SAN MIGUEL GATE, TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION (Arizona) -- The United States' Apartheid Wall is under construction on Tohono O'odham Nation lands, shown here at the San Miguel Gate. Minutes after this photo was taken, a delegation of Mohawks and other Native people stood before the Border Patrol with fists held high in solidarity and would have intervened in the arrest of Mayans, if the Border Patrol had not packed the Mayans into a vehicle and sped away. Delegates from the Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas were disgusted to see the border wall going up on Indian land; the "cage" where men women and children are held on Indian land; and the arrests of Mayans, mostly women and children, on Tohono O'odham land. The construction of the border wall on O'odham land has already resulted in the digging up the ancestors of the O'odham from their final resting place, on the western side of Tohono O'odham Nation lands by the contractor Boeing. The border wall will also be a barrier for the traditional ceremonial route of O'odham. Although it is endorsed by the Tohono O'odham Nation government, individual O'odham are protesting the wall with support from Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas. (Photo Jay Johnson-Castro) Comments (1) Subscribe to this comment's feed I was there: What happened to my comments? Hey I had comments here. I was there on the day Brenda said she saw all this happen. I posted comments about the truth, but for some reason my comments are no longer here. HMMMM, aren't you against censoring Brenda? Or does the truth just scare you and make you feel like a fool, just as you should. 1 August 08, 2008 Write comment Name Title Comment Did you enjoy this article? Please bookmark it onto: Recommend this article...

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