SNV Special Interview: Indigenous Protector Movement

Special Interview Recorded (7/16/2024) and Uploaded (7/25/2024) In this Special Interview I speak with Rachel Dionne-Thunder who is Plains Cree, Bigstone Cree Nation Treaty 8 and Co-Founder and Board Member of the Indigenous Protector Movement living in South Minneapolis. In this interview we discuss the July 2nd denial of parole for Indigenous Elder Leonard Peltier who has been wrongfully imprisoned for almost 50 years. We also discuss the Indigenous Protector office mentioned in this teach-in - From Minnesota to Palestine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbZXRMpWTk&t=3359s), the work of the Indigenous Protector Movement and the ongoing state violence directed at Indigenous People. She also comes from an AIM (American Indian Movement) family. Investigation of the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department by the United States Department of Justice : https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-06/minneapolis_findings_report.pdf Indigenous Protector Movement on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Indigenous-Protector-Movement-61552314363448/ Indigenous Protector Movement on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indigenousprotectormovement/?hl=en #indigenous #movement #minneapolis