November 24, 2016. The music and dance of Wind Walker and the Multi-Cultural Women greeted the hundreds of people as they gathered on Cole’s Hill overlooking Plymouth Rock. This was a pleasant way to start the 47th Annual National Day of Mourning. Windwalker had this to say about her performance Wind Walk Interview. As in the past, this event is all Native speakers, sharing their beliefs of the history of Thanksgiving, and current day issues. Monanum James is co-founder of United American Indians of New England Monanum act The Stand off at Standing Rock was on everybody’s mind. Mahtowin Monre, the other co-founder of UAINE, which is the sponsoring organization, was among the many to address this issue. Mahtowin act Corporate media ignores; independent media exposes. Talia, a young activist from Northeastern University, expressed her solidarity with the North Dakota struggle. Talia act Mahtowin intro A moment of levity during a serous and solemn event. But before Mahtowin could introduce Bert, Talia returned to make a plea on Lenard’s behalf. Talia act Bert Waters reads Leonard Peltier act The annual reading of words from Leonard Peltier from his Federal Prison Cell. Tiokasin Ghost Horse is from the Lakota Nation. TGH act one Oddly enough that was the only time that Donald Trump was referenced during the whole ceremony. Tiokasin Ghost Horse closed by teaching the crowd a Lakota phrase TGH act two Chants. The crowd of several hundreds of people, the largest I’ve witnessed in all my years of attending this event, then moved out onto the streets of Plymouth Chants Like many of the attendees, Umbaka came down from Boston. I asked him how he felt after hearing all the speeches. Umbaka interview The National Day of Mourning is sponsored by UAINE, the United American Indians of New England. For more information about them, visit their web site. UAINE.org. The fact that they are in the streets in Plymouth every year shows that Native People are not vanished or conquered. They and their supporters will continue the struggle for Justice. For the Boston Institute for Non-profit Journalism, I am Chuck Rosina reporting from Plymouth MA.