{"id":2917,"date":"2020-10-14T08:38:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2020-10-14T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:58:37","slug":"land-and-water-protectors-attacked-and-arrested-at-border-checkpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/14\/land-and-water-protectors-attacked-and-arrested-at-border-checkpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Land and water protectors attacked and arrested at border checkpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/467449845?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Rafael Samanez: <a href=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/467449845>Indigenous People\u2019s Day Incident  &#8211; October 12, 2020<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">\r\nBorder Patrol and Arizona State Police Violently Attacked Peaceful, Non-Violent Indigenous Land Protection Ceremony With Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas On Indigenous Peoples&#8217; Day<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, October 14, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Source: O\u2019odham Anti Border Collective and Defend O\u2019odham Jewed<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AntiBorderCollective\/>facebook.com\/AntiBorderCollective<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8226; <STRONG>GoFundMe: <a href=https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/defend-oodham-land-bail-fund>Defend O&#8217;odham Land Bail Fund<\/a><\/strong><p><\/p>\r\nIndigenous Peoples\u2019 Day 2020; Highway 85, Hia Ced O\u2019odham Lands (Arizona) &#8211; \r\nThis morning (October 12) at about 7am, roughly thirty O\u2019odham sacred land and water protectors and allies held a peaceful action at a border patrol checkpoint on unceded O\u2019odham lands to pray for sacred sites and burial grounds destroyed by the border wall &#038; border militarization. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe prayer ceremony was attended by O\u2019odham families from all O\u2019odham nations (Hia Ced O\u2019odham, Tohono O\u2019odham, and Akimel O\u2019odham) including children. Covid-19 precautions were taken. This prayer ceremony marked Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day as O\u2019odham continue to face violence from border militarization, including extensive abuses from border patrol against O\u2019odham communities. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDuring  ceremony O\u2019odham sang traditional songs, prayed, and attempted to discuss the Freedom Of Religion Act (1978), that decriminalized Native American religions and opened the path towards the protection of sacred sites, with members of Border Patrol and Arizona State Troopers and Department of Public Safety present to educate them on the context of Indigenous religious protections. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Indigenous Peoples Day &#8211; Border Patrol Checkpoint &#8211; October 12, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=col-md-6>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" data-attachment-id=\"2922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/14\/land-and-water-protectors-attacked-and-arrested-at-border-checkpoint\/rafaelsamanez3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1853,943\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rafaelsamanez3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3-1024x521.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2922\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo  by Rafael Samanez<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=col-md-6>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" data-attachment-id=\"2925\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/14\/land-and-water-protectors-attacked-and-arrested-at-border-checkpoint\/rafaelsamanez1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1853,943\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rafaelsamanez1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1-1024x521.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2925\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo  by Rafael Samanez<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=col-md-6>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" data-attachment-id=\"2924\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/14\/land-and-water-protectors-attacked-and-arrested-at-border-checkpoint\/rafaelsamanez2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1853,943\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rafaelsamanez2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2-1024x521.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2924\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo  by Rafael Samanez<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=col-md-6>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" data-attachment-id=\"2923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/14\/land-and-water-protectors-attacked-and-arrested-at-border-checkpoint\/rafaelsamanez4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1853,943\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rafaelsamanez4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4-1024x521.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2923\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo  by Rafael Samanez<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBorder Patrol, State Troopers, and Arizona Department of Public Safety responded with violence to shut down the Indigenous prayer ceremony. Border Patrol, State Troopers, and Arizona Department of Public Safety ordered children and people with vulnerable health who were observing the ceremony from inside their vehicles out of their vehicles and then tear gassed them. Border Patrol, State Troopers, and Arizona Department of Public Safety then grabbed children who had been in vehicles and abducted them from their parents \u2013 stealing children from Indigenous parents for practicing their religion is a clear violation of the Freedom of Religion Act and the Indian Child Welfare Act. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAfter tear-gassing protectors  and snatching children from their parents, Border Patrol, State Troopers, and AZ Department of Public Safety advanced on the crowd  shooting O\u2019odham peoples in prayer with rubber bullets, hitting an O\u2019odham man in the chest. We are seeking information on his condition and the condition of others who were shot at and will provide updates as we receive them. Border Patrol, State Troopers, and Arizona Department of Public Safety then arrested at least eight land protectors and pursued  others, including  media observers and journalists.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s obscene and offensive to us that local and state governments move to celebrate Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day while the federal government blows up our sacred sites, steals our kids, militarily occupies our communities, and shoots at Native Americans praying to protect our land and ancestors from desecration. They want to appropriate our cultures but they don\u2019t want us to practice our religions or protect our lands,\u201d said one O\u2019odham Auntie present at today\u2019s ceremony. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWe demand the following:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=mx-4>\r\n&#8226; Immediate release of all who were arrested today<BR>\r\n&#8226; Immediate release of all minors abducted by the state today<BR>\r\n&#8226; Information about and reparations for all who were injured today<BR>\r\n&#8226; End the checkpoints and remove all Customs and Border Patrol agencies from O&#8217;odham lands<BR>\r\n&#8226; Immediate and indefinite discontinuation of border wall construction at Quitobaquito Springs and throughout O&#8217;odham territories<BR> \r\n&#8226; Immediate removal of the white supremacist border wall and restoration of the land<BR>\r\n&#8226; Immediate demilitarization of O&#8217;odham lands<BR> \r\n&#8226; Remove the Integrated Fixed Towers <BR>\r\n&#8226; End racial profiling and harassment of Indigenous peoples <BR>\r\n&#8226; End incarceration and deportation of O\u2019odham people from O\u2019odham homelands by border patrol<BR>\r\n&#8226; End sexual and gender violence by border patrol<BR>\r\n&#8226; End white supremacist attacks, incarceration, and deportation of refugees and migrants on Indigenous lands<BR>\r\n&#8226; Supporting Indigenous autonomy against colonial borders\r\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"gfm-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/defend-oodham-land-bail-fund\/widget\/large\/\"><\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/static\/js\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning O\u2019odham activists were tear-gassed &amp; shot with rubber bullets while blocking a border patrol checkpoint. Eight people were arrested &amp; two minors taken into custody.<br><br>Cashapp: $DefendOodhamJewed<br>Venmo: @DefendOodhamJewed<br><br>Video from O\u2019odham Anti Border Collective: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kZJsiEQkdN\">pic.twitter.com\/kZJsiEQkdN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maxie Adler (@maxie_adler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxie_adler\/status\/1315704218116861960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update from Defend O\u2019odham Jewed: \u201cHolding it down at Pima County Detention Center until all our comrades are released and children who were abducted are back in the care of their parents. Keep calling and keep sharing this story, anything helps!\u201d<br><br>Pima County Jail: 520-351-8111 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7zvdcaCz5S\">pic.twitter.com\/7zvdcaCz5S<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maxie Adler (@maxie_adler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxie_adler\/status\/1315848481597202439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><EM>O\u2019odham Anti Border Collective is a grassroots collective of Akimel O\u2019odham, Tohono O\u2019odham, and Hia Ced O\u2019odham tribal members and descendants committed to the unification of all O\u2019odham peoples, regeneration of O\u2019odham himdag (traditions, spirituality, language, and culture), and the protection of O\u2019odham jewed (homelands) through the dismantling of colonial borders.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDefend O\u2019odham Jewed is an O\u2019odham u\u2019uwi (women) led grassroots movement and spiritual direct action campaign to protect the sacred O\u2019odham homelands from desecration and violence. 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