• Lily Benavides, Green Party of NJ's candidate for Governor responds

One week ago today, by a vote of 6 – 3, the US Supreme Court ruled that ICE agents in Los Angeles could stop people if they “look like” they might be “undocumented.” Lily Benavides, Green Party of New Jersey’s candidate for Governor in 2025 responds:

Following the massive "Hands Off" demonstration on April 5, the Green Party of Pennsylvania asked its leaders to describe what the Green Party had its "Hands On."

By Mumtahanah Williams-Ansari, Dauphin County
Delegate to Green Party of Pennsylvania State Committee

As we mark Indigenous Peoples Day, it’s important that we tell the truth about our past, our present, and our path forward.

And the truth is that from the moment the first European boats touched these shores, to the continued assault on tribal sovereignty today, there has never been a day in this nation’s history that wasn’t steeped in the blood and suffering of Indigenous peoples.

We, the South Dakota Green Party (SDGP), pen this message with a sense of unyielding urgency and unbridled conviction, calling for the end of a longstanding atrocity. As Native American Heritage Month brings into focus the heritage and history of the Indigenous peoples of our land, it also casts a harsh light on the injustices they continue to face—specifically, the wrongful withholding of the Black Hills from the Oceti Sakowin, the rightful Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota owners.

To the Citizens of South Dakota and Concerned Parties Nationwide,

The South Dakota Green Party feels the urgent need to address recent comments made by Governor Kristi Noem regarding the U.S. southern border and the complex challenges faced by our tribal Tribal Nations. These statements, set against the backdrop of broader national conversations on tribal rights and sovereignty, carry significant implications for our state and our understanding of the values enshrined in our Constitution.

The EcoAction Committee of the Green Party of the United States held an online webinar on Indigenous People’s Day on Monday, Oct. 11. Ecological Wisdom begins with Indigenous Wisdom!

• "I've been followed for hundreds of miles along the line by different trucks," said one Indigenous organizer. "I don't know if that's counterinsurgency, but it's certainly surveillance."

Anticipating a repeat of the brutally repressive police and corporate crackdown on Indigenous-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, Winona LaDuke—a longtime leader of the movement against the recently approved Enbridge Line 3 pipeline extension in Minnesota—told The Intercept in an article published Tuesday that campaigners have little faith in a state rule formally barring the use of "counterinsurgency tactics" against them. 

• Commits to honoring treaty with Native Americans, end discrimination and use of violence

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for President, said that he would redress past and ongoing injustices against Indigenous people by honoring treaties, renaming the federal Columbus Day holiday as Indigenous People’s Day, and ending the systemic discrimination against Indigenous people.

It is important to look out for one another. I learned this both as part of my mixed heritage, and from the Stone-Age people I grew up with. Especially in times of stress, it is important for those who have food to share with those who have not.

This time of COVID-19 has been especially stressful for Native Americans, who have already endured much. I recently lost my Dine (Navajo) friend, brother, and advisor, Edmund Ciccarello. He was a leader in the Native American Church. He is a buddy I deeply miss. Ed and I shared long talks about how to help the tribes get along better, to find that sacred space of commonality, and to work towards uniting the rest of humanity.

It's not every day a woman runs for Senate—and definitely not in Arizona. Eve Reyes-Aguirre won't let that deter her, though. The 42 year old is trying to become first woman senator in the state and the first indigenous woman senator, at that.

Reyes-Aguirre, an Izkaloteka Mexican Native who lives in Phoenix, is running as a third-party candidate with the Green Party and still needs to secure 1,000 signatures before she can appear on the ballot come November, but she's not worried. She's got until May and already has about 400.