Dead Pioneers – Bad Indian
What a fucking amazing track and video from the Dead Pioneers
and then theres the making of the video, video. Filmed at Seventh Circle Venue in Denver by NerdRat Media.
Rest In Power, Warrior Klee Benally
Diné activist and musician Klee Jones Benally walked on, on the morning of December 31, 2023. He was only 48 years old.
He was a member of the Navajo Nation and was a long-time passionate advocate for a number of issues affecting Native peoples. He fought tirelessly for the unhoused, against colonialism, against capitalism, for sacred sites, against uranium mining, against police violence… the list goes on.
Klee was an anarchist, indigenous activist, author, documentarian, musician, boardgame designer and much, much more, one friend said Klee was a “molotov cocktail of energy with a wisdom far beyond his years”. Not only advocating for indigenous rights, he supported all who were oppressed by the colonial capitalist system and supported those who also fight for a better tomorrow.
He was also an instrumental figure in Taala Hooghan infoshop, the anti-colonial direct action resource centre in Flagstaff, Arizona.
On Thursday, Dec. 21, Benally launched his book, “No Spiritual Surrender, Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred,” at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Flagstaff. No Spiritual Surrender is a searing anti-colonial analysis rooted in frontline experience. Klee unrelentingly agitated against colonial politics towards Indigenous autonomy and total liberation of Mother Earth. In the book, he writes, “If history is written by the conquerors, it will be unwritten by those who refuse to be conquered.”
His band Blackfire was created in 1989, with his siblings, Jeneda and Clayson Benally and was fuelled with the same messages he shared in his book, justice for Indigenous people and the land. A really talented musician, he did a whole bunch of solo stuff after Blackfire. (links below)
We Want to be Free: An Interview with Klee Benally
Klee Benally – To The Ground
“Everything for everyone, nothing for ourselves.” A quote from Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Blackfire Live 2007
http://kleebenally.com/ Bandcamp – Appropriation The Unsustainable Sessions
The Halluci Nation & Fucked Up
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Gabe Colhoff OF 1876
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Indigenous punk
Bruin strums up focus on Indigenous punk music through band, online archive – Daily Bruin
Kristen Martinez has always lived with a punk mindset. The doctoral student in the Department of Musicology is balancing a range of projects centered on Indigenous punk music.
Indigenous punk
Crushing Colonialism welcomes you to the third installment of our Decolonized Beatz Virtual Performance Series!
Our #DecolonizedBeatz series showcases the many different styles, taste and avenues in which Indigenous Folks express ourselves. For the month of July, we are joined by Adrian Rollins and his band Fight the Future.
Adrian Rollins is a Mexica (Meh-chi-ka) tribal member from the Calpulli Yauquisque and Teokalli clans. He currently resides in Salt Lake Lake City Utah with his wife and two kids. Adrian has performed in a number of bands over the decades, spanning several genres (metal, punk, hardcore). He is also a songwriter and political activist.
Presently, he plays guitar in a politically charged hardcore band called Social Stigma, as well as in a punk band called Fight The Future. Both bands have released EPs on streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp.
Fight The Future will be touring the East coast this fall. In any musical endeavours, Adrian carries his heritage and Native pride with him.
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Punk and indigenous activism
A great podcast featuring punk musician and indigenous activist Klee Benally
Episode 6 – The Future Is Our Relative: Klee Benally
“Colonization is and always has been war” What better time than the week of so-called Thanksgiving to highlight Indigenous power and culture – to look to the future through a decolonizing lens that demands nothing less than the abolition of all oppressive systems? Klee Benally is an Indigenous anarchist, artist and agitator.