American Indian Movement of Ohio

08/31/2026

Today we went to One World Day. Wow, what a great experience to see so many people from numerous cultures come together at The Cleveland Cultural Gardens to celebrate their heritage. So many dancers, drummers, and traditional clothing. Everyone represented their culture beautifully… except one. Us, the Native American’s. Three people carrying a banner and three people sitting under a canopy at the Native American Garden. An area that has been bare for over 20 years. Then when Phil had a dream to add a sacred prayer area using the four sacred herbs that all Native American tribes honor (To***co, Sage, Sweet Grass and Cedar), and we do it in a sacred way, people from the community FREAK OUT. “You can’t do that… the city will fine us… who gave you permission to do that?” This is why nothing has been done with the Native American Cultural Garden in over 2 decades. As the men’s spiritual Elder for our group, a few years ago I gave to***co to the leaders of the other groups asking for a meeting to resolve issues. Their reply. Nothing. From everything I’ve seen, I don’t think things will ever change.

08/25/2026

The FBI has established a minimum reward of $25,000 for help in solving some cold cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country

08/24/2026

Now that it has been seen, we would like to share this with you. This is at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. This is located in the exact same spot as the original landscape design that was created by Michael Jerman. Michael is a local, organic gardening, Landscape Designer. At one time, Michael had a 3 dementional walk through posted on YouTube.

Everyone that got to see and experience it fell in love with the design.

All of the 4 doors line up perfectly to the 4 directions. We did everything in a sacred way and did ceremony in the center afterwards.

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

NCAI, the Association on American Indian Affairs, the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, and the United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund have issued a joint statement calling for the protection of the Section 106 process under the National Historic Preservation Act.

Section 106 gives Tribal Nations an essential voice in federal decisions that may affect sacred places, ancestral lands, burial places, traditional cultural places, and cultural landscapes. The organizations strongly oppose proposed revisions that would weaken meaningful consultation, reduce federal accountability, and limit Tribal Nations’ participation in decisions affecting their cultural heritage.

Government-to-government consultation is not ordinary public participation or stakeholder engagement. It recognizes the sovereign status of Tribal Nations and the United States’ trust and treaty obligations.

Once a sacred place is destroyed, ancestral remains are disturbed, or a cultural landscape is fundamentally altered, consultation after the fact cannot restore what has been lost.

Read the full joint statement: https://hubs.la/Q04tyThg0

08/20/2026

Tohono O'odham Chairman Verlon M. Jose vows to continue fighting after a federal judge turned down the tribe’s efforts to stop construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizona. Jose says O’odham’s heritage, cultural sites, and natural environment are too important to allow unimpeded dest...