Indigenous women were present in the resistance all over the country, affirming that we are still here and fighting for our rights. The circle, organized by the Indigenous Women Rise collective, was held in partnership with Advance Native Political Leadership, Native Americans in Philanthropy, Native Voice Network, Native Voices Rising, National Indian Women’s Resource Center, Americans for Indian Opportunity, Indigenous Environmental Network, UltraViolet, Continental Network of Indigenous Women in the Americas North American Region, and organized by Castro, Jennifer Fairbanks, Sarah Eagle Heart, Deborah Parker, Kandi Mossett, Rosalee Gonzalez, and Casey Camp, among many others. We also believed that we needed to gain visibility and counter the continued erasure and invisibility of our peoples.” For these reasons and more, we felt it critical that Indigenous Women’s leadership proactively address what these policies mean for ourselves, our children, and our communities.
A short list of rights and policies at risk include the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the Indian Child Welfare Act, the Violence Against Women Act, the Indian Religious Freedom Act, the protection of sacred sites, and the continued struggle for protection of our land, air, and water. I marched for my children and for seven generations out.”Ĭhrissie Castro (Navajo) of Native Voice Network and Advance Native Political Leadership, gave her own reasons for participating: “Native American Tribes and communities are at risk of losing the gains and advances made in Native American rights over the past several decades. I marched for our Mother Earth, for Native treaties and sovereignty and rights.
They have no regard for sanctity of the land. It is also scary that he wants to privatize reservations when the reason is so transparent with the new head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, saying how we have valuable resources untapped. It concerns me that Trump claims climate change is a hoax. I march for my rights not just as a woman, but for Indigenous rights too. It’s embarrassing, ignorant, and such a step back from how far we’ve progressed. marcher Ani Begay (Navajo), “I decided to march to denounce the racist rhetoric that has been spewing from the lips of the person some call our President. Of course, the viewpoints of the marchers were as diverse as the women themselves. One participant reminded us that “an attack on our lands is an attack on Indigenous women’s bodies,” referring both to historical policies and new ones being drafted by the Trump administration.
Many participants spoke of the sense of inspiration they felt by being able to voice their opinion in a large group that had similar viewpoints within the Indigenous women’s realm. Several women wore silk turquoise scarves designed especially for the march by fashion designer Bethany Yellowtail (Crow/Northern Cheyenne).
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Early in the morning, Indigenous women formed a circle, praying together, getting smudged, dancing, passing out free turquoise scarves and posters, talking, sharing stories, and informing the growing crowd gathered with them about issues that are pertinent to Native American women in the United States and Native Peoples in general in all of the Americas. They came to protest the new Trump administration and its war on women’s rights, the environment, racial and ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, to name but a few.įor me personally, the March on Washington centered on the Native women gathered in front of the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Indigenous Women Rise movement. city, and several more around the globe, for the historic Women’s March. On January 21, 2017, a half million people, predominantly women, took to the streets in almost every major U.S.
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