John Gonzalez Standing Bear Network

Words By The Fire

There is an old teaching our people carried, soft as a feather, sharp as a winter star: When you rob a person of their humanity… you surrender your own. In…

Silence Between Drums

For Samuel Bird

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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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John Gonzalez
SBN Founder
STANDING BEAR NETWORK

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

Greet the autumnal equinox

ᐅᑳᐤ okâw — We rememberᐊᓂᓈᐯᐃᐧᐣ aninâpêwin — Truth

ᐅᑳᐤ okâw — We remember

This is what it means to be human.

They Wrote The Names So We Wouldn’t Forget

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