"Indigenous people, we get treated like shit and this is just a prime example. Look at these elders' homes being bulldozed and leaving them nowhere to go. That's genocide, that's part of the erasure of our people." - Nenookaasi, supporter of the Winnemucca Indian Colony Residents
On November 2, 2021, contractors began bulldozing elders' homes on the Winnemucca Indian Colony in Humboldt County, NV. The Colony is federally designated Native land that was granted to displaced Indigenous people in 1917.
In early November 2021, an interim tribal council made up of people who do not live on the colony began restricting access for residents, preventing them from coming or going freely and denying access to visitors.
The bulldozing is part of a "rehabilitation" effort to spur "economic development" on the colony, according to a motion passed by the council in 2020.
Supporters arrived shortly afterward to stand with residents and defend their homes from being bulldozed.
Supporters arrived shortly afterward to stand with residents and defend their homes from being bulldozed.
To watch our full video from the Winnemucca Indian Colony ---> vimeo.com/652251799 
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