Civilian defense attorney Eric Seitz announcing the mistrial in the court martial of Lt. Ehren Watada at Fort Lewis on February 7, 2007?nine months to the day after Lt. Watada became the first commissioned officer to publicly announce his refusal to deploy to Iraq. Background at http://www.thankyoul t.org
The Blackwater scandals set to the Talking Heads' classic "Psycho Killer." The video is inspired by Jeremy Scahill's book "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," and news stories about Private Security Contractors in Iraq and New Orleans, as well as Blackwater founder Erik Prince's testimony to Congress.
Carolyn Ho commenting on the mistrial in the court martial of her son Army Lt. Ehren Watada at Fort Lewis on February 7, 2007?nine months to the day after Lt. Watada became the first commissioned officer to publicly announce his refusal to deploy to Iraq. Background at http://www.thankyoul t.org
Indian men's bareback relay race at the Pendleton Round-Up (Oregon), won by the Okanagon First Nation team from British Columbia, September 16, 2006. Watch the rider pulled along by his horse, and bravely slowing it down.
Some of the more than 80 tribal canoes arrive at the Lummi Nation (near Bellingham, Washington) on July 30, 2007. The annual tribal canoe journey draws canoe families from indigenous nations around the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. These canoes were from the northern group (Vancouver Island and Mainland B.C.) More information at http://www.paddletol ummi.com [Video by Zoltan Grossman.]
Former Army Colonel and State Department Ann Wright commenting on the mistrial in the court martial of Lt. Ehren Watada at Fort Lewis on February 7, 2007?nine months to the day after Lt. Watada became the first commissioned officer to publicly announce his refusal to deploy to Iraq. Background at http://www.thankyoul t.org
The Tribal Canoe Journey arrives at Lake Washington in Seattle, with dozens of canoes from around Washington and B.C., July 31, 2006. Pullers take canoes out of water after the formal landing.
Victory powwow in Green Bay, WI in December 2003--celebrating the Potawatomi and Mole Lake Chippewa tribes purchase of the proposed Crandon mine site in October. Silent video by Zoltan Grossman.
Veterans for Peace-Chapter 109 members marched in the July 4th 2006 parade in Tumwater, Washington, singing "Jodies" in formation, and carrying signs for Army Lt. Ehren Watada (who had refused orders to deploy to Iraq from nearby Fort Lewis).
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