Welcome everyone to day 2 of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights! We’re hearing an official welcome from Tribal Chair Juan Mancias of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, and viewing aerial footage of Garcia Pasture in South Texas.

Bless

Share out the frontline stories from this Tribunal on social media, with the hashtags #SaveGarciaPasture and #GulfSouth4GND.

Welcome to everyone just joining. This is the 2nd day of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights! We’re hearing an official welcome from Tribal Chair Juan Mancias of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, and viewing aerial footage of sacred sites in Garcia Pasture in South Texas.

Hi all, in addition to watching here on the Zoom, please feel free to share the Facebook livestream of today’s Tribunal so that even more people can see: https://www.facebook.com/CarrizoComecrudoTribeOfTexas/videos/251265056216888

thnx Colllin!

Please use hashtags #SaveGarciaPasture & #GulfSouth4GND!

And follow the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe on Facebook at @CarrizoComecrudoTribeOfTexas.

Interpretación a español está disponible: En el app de Zoom: haz clic en el ícono a la derecha de la pantalla para cambiar de ingles a español. Por el teléfono: conectaté en español llamando al: 312-626-6799y ingresa con el número de identificación: 910 8619 5050 #

Gay J. McDougall,Senior Fellow and Distinguished Scholar Leitner Center for InternationalLaw and Justice/Center for Race, Law and Justice- Fordham University School of LawFormer Vice-Chairperson of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of RacialDiscrimination (CERD Committee) (Brooklyn, New York). For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_McDougall

“The role of corporate greed needs to be emphasized here. Profit interests are being held more sacred than human rights.” - Azadeh N. Shahshahani,Esq., Legal & AdvocacyDirector, Project South(Atlanta, Georgia)

https://projectsouth.org/about/staff/

@ashahshahani

“I hope that everyone participating felt the same level of immediacy and anger that I did at this Tribunal.” - Dr. Adrienne Hollis,Senior Climate Justice& Health Scientist,Union of ConcernedScientists (Washington, D.C.).

https://www.ucsusa.org/about/people/adrienne-hollis

Follow on Twitter at: @EjToxicdoc

“Know that there are other Indigenous peoples across the Gulf Coast experiencing similar issues, and these issues are being exacerbated by climate change.” - Patricia Ferguson-Bohnee, Esq.-Director, Indian Legal Clinic andClinical Professor of Law at theSandra Day O’Connor College of LawArizona State University (Arizona). For more info: https://www.sackstierney.com/attorneys/ferguson.htm. Twitter: @asulip

Juan Parras,Co-director of TexasEnvironmental JusticeAdvocacy Services(Houston, Texas). Follow T.e.j.a.s. on Twitter at @TejasBarrios. For more on Mr. Juan: https://facingrace.raceforward.org/speaker/juan-parras.

“All of the issues in one form or another were addressing Environmental Justice issues. Border Wall, Indigenous Rights, Property rights, Respect of Cultures, Historical sites, and a system of oppression continues.” - Mr. Juan Parras

“There is life in our water, there are fish, there are turtles, there are dolphins. But they don’t see that.” The pipeline fitters in Brownsville were “baffled” to see how much life there was. - John Keil Burnell, shrimper on the TX Gulf Coast

The cooling systems used for these fracked gas facilities would destroy aquatic wildlife - a source of food and income for many people in Brownsville and the Texas Gulf Coast.

“The LNG industry would be a massive hit to the sources of both food and economic livelihood of local peoples.” -J. Keil Burnell, Texas Gulf Coast shrimper

"Nothing is more harmful to our industry than these LNG plants.” - John Keil Burnell, Texas Gulf Coast Shrimper #SaveGarciaPasture #GulfSouth4GND

We’re hearing from Patricia Rubio, a naturalist, environmental educator, and life-long resident of the Rio Grande Valley.

Uplift messages from frontline community members and tribal leaders on social media using hashtags #SaveGarciaPasture and #GulfSouth4GND.

“We need to take care of our flora and fauna, we need to take care of our animals, because they are a part of us.” - Patricia Rubio, naturalist and Brownsville community member

The case study that Patricia Rubio just cited is available here: https://www.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/LNG_Case_Study_RGV_2016vF_11.7.pdf

and an updated, related study with additional info is available here: https://www.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RGV_LNG_2019_vF_1.pdf

DINNER

😁

I'm hungry now

YES PATTI IT IS THE FALCON BOTH BIRDS ARE SACRED TO OUR PEOPLE

“I’m educating children and I have to instill hope in them, but it’s so challenging when we have these issues in our community. I’m working to teach our future generations what nature needs to have to thrive, and what they get to be in relationship with - everything Mother Earth has given us.” - Patricia Rubio, Naturalist, Environmental Educator, and Rio Grande Valley community member

Love you Patti!

YOUR AMAZING PATTI LOVE THIS

BEAR CLAN IS ONE OF OUR WARRIOR SOCIETIES…BEAR SITING IN ZAPATA COUNTY

MOST RECENT

PETER OWEN

NANA PELE’X PATTI

❤️✊🏽

Russell K. Skowronek is professor of anthropology and history at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, as well as the founding director of the Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools (CHAPS) Program.

NANA PELE’X RUSSEL THANK YOU

Thank you Russel!

SPECK UP PLEASE….

SPEAK UP PLEASE…

Love solidarity heart-sharing too, right on, Josette. I cried at Jose's closing yesterday but only meet online!

Mr. Eduardo Canales is the Director and Lead Organizer of the South Texas Human Rights Center, advocating for the prevention of migrant deaths in the Texas-Mexico border, and he is an original organizer of the Corpus Christi Immigration Coalition. https://southtexashumanrights.org/

“Most people are dying on their second half of their journey” Eddie Canales

Are they arresting anyone for water stations like the folks around Tucson? (B. Patrol) Different Mexican states issue?

https://www.facebook.com/STHumanRightsCenter/

Lori you can email him at ecsouthtexashumanrights@gmail.com is his email

Eduardo Canales, South Texas Human Rights Center. Follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/STHumanRightsCenter/

“We really cannot replace Garia Pasture… I hope that our politicians wake up and realize that, and more importantly, that our people recognize that.” - Josette Cruz, Organizer with Save RGV. Follow them on Twitter at: @SaveRGVfromLNG

#SaveGarciaPasture #GulfSouth4GND

no light pollution=star gazing

Luv

love you Josette!!!!!!<3<3<3

YAUNO

She is a great mom! her kiddos are the sweetest!!!!!

And ours and all grandchildren

NANA PELE’X JOSETTE

They're trying to destroy almost every coner of the world, addiction to cash adn mansions and boats. THANK YOU from NC

Blessings to you Jossette! <3

NO LONGER WILL OUR ANCESTOR

NO LONGER WILL OUR ANCESTORS BE DESTROYED IN THE 500 YEARS OF GENOCIDE OF OUR PEOLE. WE WILL THRIVE AND LIVE ON WITH THE LANGUAGE AND LIFE-WAY TEACHINGS OF THE CARRIZO COMECRUDO ❤️✊🏽

“Let us wake up! let us wake up. humankind we're out of time. We must shake our conscience free of the rapacious, capitalism, racism and patriarchy that will only assure our own self-destruction. - Berta Cáceres, shared by Josette Cruz, Organzier at SaveRGV

❤️✊🏽

YEs, Chair Juan's /same, too, drone film-Love it! Helps us see the protection area for sure.

Yes, Berta, and so many who have been assassinated over land, not in vain! The more of us there are, the safer we are together.

SOMI SE’K

TEXAS

AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER NORTHERN MEXICO

NANA PELE’X CYRUS

Kinder morgan is all involved and opened a office in Reynosa and doing a surveying in Zapata County

Nana pele’x Grandma Gloria

“Eminent Domain is a continuation of the Doctrine of Discovery.” - Tribal Chair Juan Mancias, Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. #SaveGarciaPasture.

Nana pele’x Grandmother Gloria!

Excy call Frankie

Thank you Russell.

Dave is ready

Nana peel’s matthew

i remember you joked about eating my dog, dave, haha

Nana Pele’x so much Cyrus Reed, Grandmother Gloria, Dave Ortiz, Matthew Kennedy, Neta Ryne, and Micheal Robinson!

Mmm Dog makes good stew…lol

lol

Pepo’k

✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽❤️❤️❤️

150 watching

i’m here to show palestinian solidarity. we are always with you!

“One day the children of the oppressor will stand by you.” Dave Ortiz AIM CTX

Nāna Pele’x

Thank you Dave

“The old ones always said, ‘One Day the children of the oppressor will stand by our side.’ And now they’re here.” - Dave Ortiz of American Indian Movement - Central Texas. #SaveGarciaPasture #Decolonize #GulfSouth4GND

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=thundering+hooves&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

https://thunderinghooves.com/index.html

One of the most beautiful parts of the state.

That is one of the last sources of water in Neta’s part of the state.

6 endangers species live in San Solomon springs to include the Blue Lipped Catfish

https://www.facebook.com/thunderinghooves/

Yes Kat

Center for Biological Diversity: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/

Birds are good bioindicators.

Lilly of the Loma

From earlier, American Indian Movement - Central Texas: http://www.aimctx.org/. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aimcentraltexas/.

I saw jaguar in NM bootheel in 2005, or immature or 'jagamundi' some spots but not totally covered.

Micheal can you reaname the plants? Juan missed didn’t catch them all.

Center for Biological Diversity: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ @CenterForBioDiv Thank you Michael Robinson for your wonderful testimony today. #SaveGarciaPasture #GulfSouth4GND

Nāna Pele’x Michael

We love you

“My ancestors have faced discrimination and abuse of their human and civil rights from extractive colonial economies… And yet, we have survived.” - Anayanse Garza, Indigenous woman of the Estok G'na of Somi Se’k, born and raised in the so called “Rio Grande Valley.”

RGV Flora and Fauna resources https://nativeplantproject.com/ https://nativeplantproject.com/Treebook.htm http://thedauphins.net/rgv_native_plants.html

“We deserve better jobs in the Rio Grande Valley. We deserve jobs that don’t violate us or destroy Mother Earth.” - Anayanse Garza, tribal member of the Carrizo comecrudo Tribe of Texas. #GulfSouth4GND #JustTransition

Eddie!!!

Thank you Eddie!

Thank you Eddie

It is not just for our people the Esto’k Gnarling it is for all the people who live in these areas”. Eddie Garcia Tribal Member

EDDIE!!! DEER DANCER!!!!

"It is not just for our people the Esto’k Gna it is for all the people who live in these areas”. Eddie Garcia Tribal MemberEddie Garcia-Tribal Member #GulfSouth4GND #SaveGarciaPasture

“In school we were taught there were no native American’s in Texas. That they were all killed off, but we are here.” Brooke Rosel

Thank you Brooke!!! Love you girl

“I am proud to have all of these people coming together to stand with us, to stand with people of this area to protect this land. It’s not just for us, it’s for all of the generations to come.” - Brooke Rosel, Tribal Member of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas.

Nana Pele’x Eddie and Brooke

And Anayanse

Anaquilum you guys!

❤️❤️❤️✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

"Pasadena is the epitome of the frontline of POC communities" Christopher Huron Tribal Member

T.e.j.a.s. website: https://www.tejasbarrios.org/

Pasadena still smells horrible of chemicals from the refineries. Love you Chris. Thank you.

T.e.j.a.s. website: https://www.tejasbarrios.org/. Follow on Twitter and FB: @Tejasbarrios.

Yauno Chris

Yauno

Yauno Chris. 😭

👊🏾

Stand up fight back!!!

yauno

yauno

“I’m a proud Esto’k Gna. I am proud of our Tribal Chair Juan Mancias and all of our Tribal elders. I am proud that our people are fighting against these colonial forces of cynical destruction and death for profit.” - Christopher Huron, Carrizo Comecrudo Tribal Member

Nana Pele’x Kanosa Chris

Love you Kat!!

SAN BENITO!!! ME TOO! GO GREYHOUNDS!!!!!

Your doing great Kat.

❤️❤️ love you Kat

Stand Strong Kat…

I love you Kat! (((((Hugs kenosa))))))

❤️❤️

lots of love going your way Kat♥️✨

“Our people were always told that we have always been here, before Mexico was Mexico, before Texas was a part of Mexico, when the land was just the land. We have always been here.” - Kat Perez Feuerbacher, tribal member of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. #SavetheSacredLands #SaveGarciaPasture

❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️

#Somisek

You are doing great Kat!!!

I remember having brown water come out of the faucet growing up.

it smelled like wet dog.

❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️

Nana pele’x Kenos Kat love you

yauno

Nawsol Ment Yawet! Nana pele’x Kat

Great job Kat Love you

Good job Kat. Well done!

Kat you were spectacular! Such powerful storytelling and emotions you relayed <3

nana pele'x, Sid

Nana Pele’x Sid

Yes VFP

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Christa!

We do exist! We’re still here.

Ya'uno !!!

Yes! you are so here!!

yauno

“Growing up Carrizo Comecrudo was hard for me. I was constantly fighting for my existence to be considered ‘American Indian.’ I was told I was Mexican… But my family can still speak Esto’k Gna. We do exist and have existed for thousands of years - with our lifeways, culture, and histories. We are here to correct Texas history.” - Christa Mancias, Tribal Secretary of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and leader of the Women’s Council and the Youth Council.

“We are the Autochthonous peoples of the land, we are from the land, we are a part of its creation not above it. We will remind them we are still here. We will no longer let them destroy what we hold sacred... the land, air, water, and all walks of life. “ Christa Mancias

“I want to continue this work to let Texas and the United States know that the Carrizo People have existed and still exist and will continue to thrive for our future generations.” Christa Mancias

Protectors

“You will not Define Me”I WILL NO LONGER LET YOU DEFINE ME, I AM NOT A PROTESTERI AM A WATER PROTECTORI AM A LAND DEFENDERI AM A AIR PRESERVATIONISTI AM ESTO’K GNA A HUMAN BEING DEFENDING AND PROTECTING OUR SACRED MOTHER EARTH.Nāna Pele’k Nawasol Ment Ya’wet Ayema Payase’lThank You

CCCHHHRRRIIISSSTTTAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<3<3<3<3

“We are here to #ChangeTheNarrative about what our ‘critical infrastructure’ really is - our air, water, earth, all human beings and animals.” - Christa Mancias, Tribal Secretary of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and leader of the Women’s Council and the Youth Council.

Joseph!!

“As a fellow youth leader I will continue to work hard not only in my community but with other indegonus communities in protecting the air, water, and soil. “ Joseph Martinez

Beautiful words, my relatives.

“thank you to all my ancestors who have come before my relatives who were able to preserve, protect and maintain the Identity of the Carrizo Comecrudeo People.” Joseph Martinez

YAUNO JOSEPH

nana pele'x joseph

Juan wants all tribal members to unmute at the end and sing a song.

Everybody game for a song?

Yes.

😊

Yauno

Join the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas for a Tribal Visioning & Strategy session on June 5th, times TBA. RSVP at tinyurl.com/CCTXVisioning.

“We have always been a village!”

tinyurl.com/CCTXVisioning

Follow the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas on FB: @CarrizoComecrudoTribeOfTexas.

Thank you very much, Tribal Elder Jesse Manciaz.

Nana pele’x Tio Jesse

nana pele'x Jesse!

<3 Jessie!

Thank you everyone for your time, energy, and presentations! I appreciate all of your hard work.

Share the frontline narrative of the Esto’k Gna and this Tribunal with hashtags #SaveGarciaPasture, #BuildAVillageSaveTheEarth, and #GulfSouth4GND.

Donate to the Tribe and their frontline struggle! tinyurl.com/CCTXDonate.

Lori Simmons, you’re a bada*s!

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Youre the badass Brooke…

Nana pele;x to all supporters,, including Antena Houston

😘

Richmond Indegenous Society

many BXE are watching :)

so much love and gratitude to everyone ♥️✨

Josette u were my favorite!!

Thanks also to Worker's World Party

LOVE TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Belly of the Beast Media

Collette rocks

Nana Pele’x to all who are viewing and who helped out

Nana Pele’x Colette

On social media, post photos and videos stating your support for the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, wearing red (to honor Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women) or purple (the official color of the Esto’k Gna). Tag others to do the same!

Collette Renata gave me a ride from Earthjustice defending against Bayou pipe in Baton Rouge to NOLA :)

Thank you to Tribal Chair Juan Mancias, Tribal Secretary Christa Mancias, and to all the Esto’k Gna who led us in this Tribunal!

Thank you for all your work and testimony!

And creating multilingual spaces with us.

Thank you, wonderful interpreters!

Gracias a todxs!

nana pele'x everyone!!

Thank you to all!