The Tohono O’odham nation sits on the US-Mexico border. Tribal member, activist, and scholar Nellie Jo David describes the threats to the Native American nation, including surveillance and physical harassment Story Transcript MARC STEINER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Marc Steiner. Great to have you all with us. As many of you know, […]
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Nellie Jo David is an organizer focusing on Indigenous human rights and autonomy on the imposed U.S./Mexico borderlands intersecting the Tohono O'odham Nation. Nellie is from Ajo, Arizona, traditionally Hia-Ced O'odham territory, just west of the Tohono O'odham reservation and north of Mexico. She works on migrant justice issues and protecting the rights of Indigenous peoples and wildlife along the border.
