Carousel featuring six photos.
ID #1: Turquoise, gradient background. An animated two-toned blue butterfly flaps its wings to the left of a bold, white heading that reads, "Native American Heritage Month." A white divider is below the text. At the bottom of the graphic is the ProtestAccess handle in a bold, white font.
ID#2: Turquoise border, white background with black text. Heading reads, Winona LaDuke, Environmentalist, Political Activist. Four bulleted points follow:
- A lifelong commitment to Indigenous rights and environmental justice
- Founder of the [bolded] White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP); co-founder of [bolded] Indigenous Women's Network and [bolded] Honor the Earth
- Protested the Dakota Access & Line 3 pipelines
- Author of several novels, including [italics] Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming & Claiming (2016) and To Be A Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers (2020)
In the bottom left corner is a circular photo of Winona LaDuke, in color. LaDuke is a woman of Jewish-Obijwe descent with light brown skin and black hair. Her head is tilted to the right and her expression is somber.
Photo Credit: HonorEarth.org.
To the right of her photo is a centered quote attributed to LaDuke, which reads, "There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals." At the bottom of the graphic is the ProtestAccess handle written in a bold, white font.
ID#3: Turquoise border, white background with black text. Heading reads, Richard Oakes, Activist, American Indian Movement. Four bulleted points follow:
- As a student, helped create a Native studies department at San Francisco State University -- the first in the country
- Member of Native American group, [bolded] Indians of All Tribes (IAT)
- Led the occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969-1971), which sparked AIM and the Red Power Movement
- Aided the Pit River Tribe in recovering nearly 3 million acres of their land back from U.S. utility companies
In the bottom left corner is a circular photo of Oakes in black and white, looking off to the left of the screen. Oakes was a Mohawk man with light skin, short black hair, and is wearing a dark shirt, a Native necklace, and a white button on his chest. To the right of Oakes' photo, is a centered quote attributed to him which reads, "We invite the United States to acknowledge the justice of our claim. The choice now lies with the leaders of the American government – to use violence upon us as before to remove us from our Great Spirit’s land, or to institute a real change in its dealing with the American Indians." At the bottom of the graphic is the ProtestAccess handle written in a bold, white font.
Photo Credit: SFSU Student Center.
ID#4: Turquoise border, white background with black text. Heading reads, Russell Means, Activist, American Indian Movement. Four bulleted points follow:
- In childhood, he lost hearing in one of his ears due to medical racism & discrimination
- [bolded] Founding member of the AIM and its first national director
- Involved in several AIM protests including Mt. Rushmore (stolen sacred land formerly known as Six Grandfathers Mountain), Mayflower II, the occupations of Alcatraz Island and Wounded Knee, and key organizer of the Trail of Broken Treaties caravan (to address the poor living conditions on reservations)
- Autobiography, [italics] Where White Men Fear to Tread
In the bottom left corner is a circular photo of Means in black and white, looking expressively at the camera. Means was a Mohawk man with light brown skin, long black hair worn in braided pigtails, and is wearing a light collared shirt with a Native medallion necklace. To the right of Means' photo, is a centered quote attributed to him which reads, "The only way you can be free is to know that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being."
At the bottom of the graphic is the ProtestAccess handle written in a bold, white font.
Photo Credit: Alternative Radio.org
ID#5: Turquoise border, white background with black text. Heading reads, Janet McCloud/Yet Si Blue, American Indian Movement & Fishing Rights Activist. Four bulleted points follow:
- Her name means [bolded] "Woman Who Speaks Her Mind"
- Organized "fish-ins": protests for better treatment of Native people & affirmed their right to fish and hunt their land. This action led to the [bolded] 1974 Boldt Decision, which upheld the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 and Washington State tribes being granted 50% of the salmon and steelhead catch"
- Advocated on behalf of AIs impacted by the justice system
- Founder of the Survival of American Indians Association, the Northwest Indian Women’s Circle, & the Sapa Dawn Center (which taught AI youth about their culture & self-sufficiency); co-founded Women of All Red Nations & the Indigenous Women's Network with Winona LaDuke and others
In the bottom left corner is a circular photo of McCloud in black and white. McCloud was a Tualip woman with light brown skin and short black hair with bangs. Pictured, she looks expressively towards the camera. To the right of her photo is a centered quote attributed to McCloud which reads, "I heard a voice that sounded like Crazy Horse telling me not to be afraid. It said I wasn't alone & that I was being protected. I felt the voice so strong that all my fear & sadness went away. It's where I got my strength to face hostile audiences & all the adversity."
At the bottom of the graphic is the ProtestAccess handle written in a bold, white font.
Photo Credit: Ronnie Farley.
ID#6: White background with black text. Black heading written in all caps reads, "Orgs. To Support," with a black divider underneath. Four organizations and their respective websites are centered below:
- COPE
- Honor the Earth
- Native American Disability Law Center
- Pueblo Action Alliance
At the bottom of the graphic is the turquoise border and the ProtestAccess handle in bold, white font.