Indigenous Way

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 02:56:00 -0600

The City of San Antonio,Tx. is Celebrating 300 years of Colonization of Indigenous People. It's time to STOP . Spanish Colonization of Imdigenous People was Slavery,Acculturation and is Cultural Genocide.

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:47:00 -0600

Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March October 14, 2017

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Thu, 5 Oct 2017 17:40:00 -0600

San Antonio City Council and Mayor will Commemorate Ordinance Recognizing October 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day in San Antonio Texas in front of City Hall steps this October 12 ,2017 at 2 pm to 4:30 pm . Texas Indigenous Council has struggled for 16 years in getting this done ,finally Indigenous People will stand and speak up on the issue of Columbus being honored as Discoverer of Cemanehuac renamed the Americas by Columbus. Join us for this historical event as we begin to assert ourselves as the Original People of this Continent.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Forum

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Mon, 2 Jan 2017 15:46:00 -0600

Texas Indigenous Council continues to educate our non federally recognized indigenous people of their indigenous roots, the apartheid we as people endured to the international boundaries set by colonial and imperialistic powers. Join us as Mission Library and participate.

Jill Stein San Antonio Meeting with Texas Indigenous Council Discussing 2016 Presidential Recount Effort

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:15:00 -0600

14th Annual Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:29:00 -0600

City Council Continues To Refuse to Commemorate Their Approval of the Resolution of Indigenous Peoples Day

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:51:00 -0600

For more than a decade, Antonio Diaz pushed for city and county leaders to honor native peoples and recognize San Antonio's dark colonial past by declaring October 12 Indigenous Peoples Day. That's the day, as Diaz puts it, "Christopher Columbus arrived on the continent, parked his stupid ship, and then commenced with the destruction of our people."

Diaz, who founded the Texas Indigenous Council, thought he'd scored a hard-fought victory late last year when Bexar County Commissioners Court and San Antonio City Council finally named October 12 Indigenous Peoples Day. At least, he thought it was a victory until he started asking around to see how local leaders planned to commemorate the day this year.

Turns out they forgot about it.

When the city passed a resolution last November marking Indigenous Peoples Day, council members put out press releases cheering the designation. So this fall, Diaz started calling around to city officials, figuring they'd planned on somehow marking the occasion. He thought maybe they'd make a proclamation at a council meeting, on the steps of City Hall, or at least put out a press release celebrating the first-ever official passing of Indigenous Peoples Day in San Antonio.

A frustrated Diaz says he called the city clerk's office, which bounced him to another city staffer, who bounced him to the mayor's office, which never returned his calls. When we called the city on Tuesday, a spokesperson confirmed that, in fact, nothing was on the calendar to mark the occasion. They told us the city's Office of Diversity and Inclusion would make a Facebook post to make up for it. They also asked us for Diaz's phone number.

The response at Bexar County Commissioners Court was a bit different. Amy Putney, chief of staff for Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert, who was instrumental in Diaz getting the day recognized by the county last year, said Calvert hadn't yet responded to Diaz's questions about this year's commemoration because he was out of town and "I haven't had a chance to discuss it with him."

Yes, Putney said, the county last year declared October 12 Indigenous Peoples Day for the first time ever, but that proclamation only said October 12, 2015. Unlike the city's resolution marking Indigenous Peoples Day on that date in perpetuity, she told us the county's proclamation "only covered that one particular day – last year." When asked if those types of proclamations generally have to be re-upped every year, she said, “That’s a hard question. I’d say that’s probably 50/50.” (Diaz says he had no idea the county's proclamation last year was only limited to one day.)

Diaz says he's particularly disappointed in local leaders' lack of attention even as indigenous rights have become part of the national news cycle, with native groups protesting oil and gas pipeline projects from Big Bend all the way to Standing Rock. Plus, he argues, indigenous groups deserve all the recognition they can get as the city prepares to celebrate its tricentennial. "Otherwise, we're just celebrating the destruction of our people and the taking of our land," he says.

Diaz also organizes the organizes the city's annual Indigenous Dignity Day and Human Rights March, happening this Saturday, October 15, at 1pm in Columbus Park (500 Columbus).

http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2016/10/12/today-is-kinda-sorta-maybe-not-really-indigenous-peoples-day-in-san-antonio

Educating Our Community of our Indigenous Roots at Lanier High School

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:37:00 -0600

Decolonize Protest at Alamo

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 16:49:00 -0600

Community Meeting at TIC Native American and Indigenous Center

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:23:00 -0600

International Workers Day

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Tue, 1 Mar 2016 16:44:00 -0600

Mexica New Year Celebration

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 16:42:00 -0600

City Council Designates October 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day in San Antonio

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:55:00 -0600

San Antonio joined Bexar County today in designating October 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day.

Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran, who recently returned from a trip to Arequipa, Peru, said she was pleased with the recognition. Viagran was in Peru for the "XIII World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities to discuss heritage management and urban resilience with other UNESCO World Heritage cities."

She called the move appropriate, as November is Native American Heritage Month.

“Our indigenous heritage plays a vital role in the history of our global City. The contributions and resources are recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. This heritage contributes to San Antonio’s outstanding universal value which tells the story of the Americas,” Viagran says in a press release.

The vote is an about face from the many previous attempts that the Texas Indigenous Council has made to gain the designation.

World Heritage status for the San Antonio Missions was pivotal in convincing both City Council and the Bexar County Commissioners Court to make the move, as recognizing, honoring and preserving Native American history was an important part of obtaining the designation.

http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2015/11/19/san-antonio-city-council-designates-october-12-as-indigenous-peoples-day

Texas Indigenous Council proposal on resolution recognizing October 12th as Indigenous Peoples Day on Bexar County Commissioners Court October 6th 2015 Agenda

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:31:00 -0600

14th Annual Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Mon, 6 Jul 2015 19:32:00 -0600

Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:06:00 -0600

Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March of 2013
We are having planning meetings by weekly at Mission Library in San Antonio for this years
Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March 2014 . Join us

Impact of Columbus and Colonization on Indigenous People of the americas

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:43:00 -0600

Our focus is DeColonization and Columbus was the mercenary that Spain hired to find a Spice Route . He found his way to our Lands and enslaved our people and land . Colonization and Genocide is his legacy to us

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Fri, 2 May 2014 07:41:00 -0600

May 1st International Workers Days March organized by SWU was great a beautiful cool day to Rally and March from Plaza de Zacate to SWU Center Music,Food, Speeches. I and Rachell spoke as Co-chairs of Bexar County Green Party . I addressed our County`s Resolution denouncing Racial Profile as reasonable suspicion in detaining people and asking for Immigration status . Green Party recognizes Workers Rights without Borders. May 1,2014

Oct.12,2013 Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:17:00 -0600

Oct. 12 ,2013 Indigenous Dignity Day Human Rights March join us in San Antonio and March for Human Rights.

LAKOTA - To Walk the Red Road

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Mon, 4 Feb 2013 20:39:00 -0600

We have much in common

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Mon, 4 Feb 2013 20:24:00 -0600

we have much in common

Talking about Indigenous Identity, Feb. 2, 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Mon, 4 Feb 2013 20:17:00 -0600

Conversations of Indigenous Identity on Feb. 2nd 2013. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,

Archdiocese Chancery Office Protest

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:10:00 -0600

After this interview I was still misquoted out of context . As you can see and hear my argument is with the Catholic Church not with the Tapi pilam.The National Park Service and the Catholic Church want us divided and subjugated.

Idigenous Identity Discussion

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:33:00 -0600

St. Mary's University Panel Discussion, Q & A

noreply@blogger.com (Antonio Diaz) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:29:00 -0600