STANDING BEAR NETWORK (SBN), is an all volunteer, community media initiative, elevating indigenous voices and providing educational tools designed to empower the efforts of grassroots and traditional communities, in the modern and ever-changing struggles of colonial assimilation, resource extraction and extinguishment.

John Gonzalez is a Taíno/Pimicikamak, journalist, educator, filmmaker and author of the book “Standing Rock Is Everywhere”, A story of faith, courage and compassion. Forward by Ladonna Allard.
 
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Whispers of the Night Feather

In the time before time, when the stars were still being named and shadows had not yet learned to lie, there lived a sacred owl named Nokoma, meaning She Who Sees All. Nokoma was not an ordinary owl. Her feathers shimmered with the colors of earth and fire, of sky…

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Silence Between Drums

When the government stops, it is not the land that pauses.

For Samuel Bird

May his light guide us toward a world where no more children are lost to…

Message to the United Nations on it’s 80th anniversary

Never again shall we walk the path of destruction

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ᐅᖓᑖᓄ 400 ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐅᓯᔪ ᓯᐅᕋᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᖅᑎᓇᓱᒃᖢᑎ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᑕᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᑯᐊᓚᔪᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᓄ 10ᓄ

Published 3:10 am Friday, July 24, 2026 ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨ 14, hᐊᒻᒪᓚᒃᑯ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᖅᑎᖏ, ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᔩ, ᐅᖓᑖᓄ 400 ᑕᑕᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒃᑕᕈᑎ ᓯᐅᕋᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᙵ ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ ᕿᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓐᔨᑯ ᐃᑯᑯ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᓯᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᑕᕐᕕᐊ ᐃᑯᐊᓚᔪᖅ ᐃᑯᐊᓛᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ…