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Stop Cop City: In Atlanta, Nebraska & Everywhere

An overview of the campaign to build the country’s largest police training center by bulldozing the country’s largest urban forest; and why it must be fought against not only in Atlanta but here in Nebraska, and everywhere. By Illegible Distro  What is Cop City? The city of Atlanta, Georgia has more tree canopy than any […]

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Indigenous Issues Mayor Leirion Niskíthe Prayer Camp

Official Statement from Niskíthe Prayer Camp: Next Steps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lincoln, NE, 5/16/2022 – The Niskithe Prayer Camp releases a statement and defines next steps. On Tuesday they will begin to take down the tipis; on Wednesday they will lead a prayer march with the final tipi from the camp to City Hall and the Cathedral. Their work will continue after the […]

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Environment Indigenous Issues Niskíthe Prayer Camp

Statement From the Niskíthe Prayer Camp

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINCOLN, NE 5/9/2022 – The Niskíthe Prayer Camp has issued the following statement to update the community on where we stand. Statement: Where we stand Today we begin the second week of our peaceful occupation of the land. Niskíthe Prayer Camp started as an act of resistance in the face of erasure […]

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Housing and Community Indigenous Issues Niskíthe Prayer Camp

A Visit to Niskíthe Prayer Camp

On Saturday May 7, a few friends and I and about 150 other people accepted the invitation from the Niskíthe Prayer Camp to join them for a Round Dance at 5:00 pm. When we arrived, we were greeted by the breathtaking sight of 7 tipis set up on a ridge of land where Manzitto Construction, […]

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