{"id":3292,"date":"2020-10-20T12:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2020-10-20T12:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:20:47","slug":"onk-akimel-kikam-condemns-attack-on-border-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/20\/onk-akimel-kikam-condemns-attack-on-border-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Onk Akimel Kikam condemns Indigenous Peoples Day attack on border protesters"},"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\">Onk Akimel Kikam condemns Indigenous Peoples Day attack on border protesters<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, October 20, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<EM>The following is an October 20, 2020, statement from Onk Akimel Kikam, a grassroots group of residents on the <a href=https:\/\/www.srpmic-nsn.gov\/>Salt River Pima\u2013Maricopa Indian Community<\/a> in Arizona.<\/em>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nOn Monday, October 12, 2020, Water and Land Protectors that included O\u2019odham relatives were tear gassed and shot at close range by the Arizona Department of Public Safety while protesting the desecration of sacred sites affected by the U.S. Custom and Border Protection\u2019s border wall construction. The Onk Akimel Kikam condemn Arizona Department of Public Safety\u2019s use of chemical agents and projectiles against the Hia-Ced O\u2019odham Land and Water Protectors and their Allies.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe Onk Akimel Kikam stand in solidarity with the Hia-Ced O\u2019odham Water and Land Protectors. They condemn the U.S. President Trump\u2019s political ploy, the U.S.\/Mexico border wall, as it continues to degrade and desecrate A\u2019al Wappia and its surrounding plants and animals.\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 decoding=\"async\" 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-title=\"rafaelsamanez3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3-1024x521.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3.jpg 1853w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez3-1536x782.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1853px) 100vw, 1853px\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo  by Rafael Samanez<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=col-md-6>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" 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-title=\"rafaelsamanez1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1-1024x521.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1.jpg 1853w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez1-1536x782.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1853px) 100vw, 1853px\" \/>\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 decoding=\"async\" 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-title=\"rafaelsamanez2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2-1024x521.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2.jpg 1853w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez2-1536x782.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1853px) 100vw, 1853px\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo  by Rafael Samanez<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=col-md-6>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" 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-title=\"rafaelsamanez4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4-1024x521.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1853\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4.jpg\" alt=\"rafaelsamanez\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid  wp-image-2923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4.jpg 1853w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez4-1536x782.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1853px) 100vw, 1853px\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo  by Rafael Samanez<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nArtifacts dating back approximately 16,000 years have been found in the A\u2019al Wappia area. These artifacts indicate prehistoric activity in the ancestral homelands of the Hia-Ced O\u2019odham. Since pre-columbian times, A\u2019al Wappia and the surrounding areas, both north and south, of what is now known as the U.S.\/Mexico border has been the ancestral homelands of the Hia-Ced and all O\u2019odham Nations. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTo this day, the spring itself remains a spiritual place of reflection, ceremony, and is where traditional practitioners gather medicinal plants to be used in healing. Concurrently, the areas near A\u2019al Wappia are used as re-burial sites and in ceremonial runs.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nA\u2019al Wappia is located on the southern border of the United States close to the Mexican state of Sonora, in ancestral Hia-Ced O\u2019odham homelands. Accessible only by a small dusty dirt road surrounded by countless ha:sa\u00f1 (saguaro cacti), it is quite literally an oasis and offers a unique ecosystem where several species of plants and animals are naturally occurring. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nRecognized as a \u201cDesignated Critical Habitat\u201d by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, A\u2019al Wappia is home to protected wildlife including the endangered Sonoyta Mud Turtle and Quitobaquito Pupfish. Also found in the area are the Quitobaquito Snail, and the coexisting Desert Caper Plant and Caper Butterfly.\r\n<P><\/P><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><p><\/p>\r\nAn inherent part of our sacred Himdak (Way of Life), The Spring, its plants and animals are being threatened by site clearing, excavation and construction. Moreover, the depletion of the surrounding water table feeding The Spring is threatened by the continuous pumping of groundwater needed to construct the border wall.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWith the blatant override of 41 environmental laws by the Trump Administration and the unceasing disregard for required consultation* with local Tribal Governments, the frustrated Hia-Ced O\u2019odham, with support from Tohono and Akimel relatives, felt their only recourse was to bring much needed attention to these issues by protesting at the Border Patrol checkpoint on State Route 85. We stand unified in protecting A\u2019al Wappia and all of our O\u2019odham sacred sites.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/20\/cronkite-news-key-lawmaker-seeks-investigation-into-use-of-force-against-tribal-and-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"Cronkite News: Key lawmaker seeks investigation into use of force against tribal and U.S. citizens\">Cronkite News: Key lawmaker seeks investigation into use of force against tribal and U.S. citizens<\/a> (October 20, 2020)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/20\/cronkite-news-supreme-court-to-hear-trump-border-wall-case\/\" title=\"Cronkite News: Supreme Court to hear Trump border wall case\">Cronkite News: Supreme Court to hear Trump border wall case<\/a> (October 20, 2020)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/14\/land-and-water-protectors-attacked-and-arrested-at-border-checkpoint\/\" title=\"Land and water protectors attacked and arrested at border checkpoint\">Land and water protectors attacked and arrested at border checkpoint<\/a> (October 14, 2020)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/14\/this-must-end-tohono-oodham-nation-condemns-attack-by-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"\u2018THIS MUST END\u2019: Tohono O\u2019odham Nation condemns attack by law enforcement\">\u2018THIS MUST END\u2019: Tohono O\u2019odham Nation condemns attack by law enforcement<\/a> (October 14, 2020)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/07\/cronkite-news-trump-administration-bars-access-to-sacred-site-near-border\/\" title=\"Cronkite News: Trump administration bars access to sacred site near border\">Cronkite News: Trump administration bars access to sacred site near border<\/a> (October 7, 2020)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/09\/09\/oodham-activists-arrested-for-protesting-border-wall-construction\/\" title=\"O\u2019odham activists arrested for protesting border wall construction\">O\u2019odham activists arrested for protesting border wall construction<\/a> (September 9, 2020)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents on the Salt River Pima\u2013Maricopa Indian Community are condemning the use of force against a opponents of Donald Trump&#8217;s border wall.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,13,1,14],"tags":[42,45,75,511,43,700],"class_list":["post-3292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-arizona","tag-borders","tag-donald-trump","tag-law-enforcement","tag-sacred-sites","tag-salt-river","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rafaelsamanez-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-R6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}