January 2012
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Watchicr:
Sylvia McAdam, an author and educator from the Nehiyaw (Cree) nation, talks to class room full of Indigenous young people at the First Nations University in Regina about Cree law and the human birth.
Watch on Vimeo: Sylvia McAdam teachings pt.1 - Sylvia McAdam teachings pt.2
Sylvia McAdam was born and raised on the Big River Reserve in Treaty Six Territory. She holds two degrees, in...
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Héčhegla slolwáye.: Go ahead and continue... →
christinaaaah:
It’s not like they are 2.5 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than other women living in the United States.
And 86% of the time it’s by a non-Native, according to a recent study by Amnesty International. - mycultureisnotatrend.tumblr.com
“Over the past decade, federal government studies have consistently shown that American Indian and Alaska Native women...
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WatchThis Friday, October 14, Diane Sawyer visit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for an episode of 20/20 titled “A Hidden America: Children of the Plains.” According to an article on ABC’s website, the program will show that “in the midst of such economic despair, there are youth across the reservation who are breaking through the hopelessness with huge dreams and powerful stories.”
A Few Facts...
“So we don’t own anything right?
We don’t own our land, so people steal it...”
– that-cherokee-bitch.tumblr.com (via mycultureisnotatrend)
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“When Columbus got off the boat, he asked us who we were. We said we’re the Human...”
– John Trudell (Santee Sioux)
HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY EVERYBODY
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best quote ever.
John Trudell is an amazing soul and I will always see him as a hero.
(via dzithhastiin)
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Occupy Boston Ratifies Memorandum of Solidarity...
The following resolution was passed by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on October 8th, 2011:
RESOLUTION: Memorandum of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples
WHEREAS, those participating in “Occupy Boston” acknowledge that the United States of America is a colonial country, and that we are guests upon stolen indigenous land that has already been occupied for centuries, Boston being the...
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facingfallacy: Stereotypes →
facingthefallacies:
1. Stereotype: Indians are all alike.
Reality: In America alone, there are 2.1 m of us belonging to 511 culturally distinct federally recognized tribes or an additional 200 or so unrecognized tribes.
2. Stereotype: Indians were conquered because they were inferior.
Reality: We were conquered because we had no immunity to European diseases.
3. Stereotype: Indians were...
September 2011
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WatchDoes “Indian Blood” still matter?
Watch the panel discuss the history, scientific meanings as well as the issues regarding blood quantum and Indigenous peoples.
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WatchSnowbowl Effect (Indigenous Action Media)
If you in the Flagstaff, AZ area check out the event tonight:
Questions about protecting the peaks? Looking for people to plug in with to directly challenge old-growth clearcutting and cultural genocide in Flagstaff? We’re screening “The Snowbowl Effect” at 6pm with free food and tea! Watch the movie and stick around for a discussion...
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August 2011
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HELP fund The Thick Dark Fog
Walter Littlemoon is a 69 year old Lakota man born and raised in Wounded Knee, South Dakota. At the age of five, he was removed from his family to attend a federal government boarding school where his culture, language and spirituality were suppressed.
The Thick Dark Fog profiles Walter’s journey to heal himself and his community and to reclaim his heritage. The...
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From Alaska to Chile – We Are One People Without...
We are the descendents of the indigenous people of this continent. We are also the heirs of a long history of indigenous struggle against colonial domination. It is our hope and goal that we will be able to unite all oppressed people in our occupied homeland, regardless of national origin and citizenship, to join in the process of building a unified revolutionary movement, ultimately being...
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July 2011
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WatchPhillip Deere, AIM Spiritual Leader (1979)
Not much has changed since Deere’s time. Watch this documentary to learn, remind yourself what it means to be Indigenous and/or to understand the importance of Indigenous solidarity.
A few highlights:
Spiritual Foundations, the Post-Colonial Experience and Political Activism
“Without Indian spiritual foundations, no organizations will ever...
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June 2011
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Watchmissmonet:
One of my films will be screened at the Library of Congress today; Celebrating Native language revitalization in film
The low-budget advocacy project, KIMACHIPENA: COMING TOGETHER, is one man’s heartfelt message to his tribe on preserving the Sauk language, the Native tongue of the Sac and Fox Indian Nation. (2007-Sauk with English Subtitles)
The screening at the Library of...
pow-wow girls... blankets, bells and shells
kvatek:
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new Sherman Alexie article →
thewalkingriot:
on the Young Adult #YASaves controversy provoked by a poor fearmongering opinion-article in the Wall Street Journal a little bit back.
“Of course, all during my childhood, would-be saviors tried to rescue my fellow tribal members. They wanted to rescue me. But, even then, I could only laugh at their platitudes. In those days, the cultural conservatives thought that...
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Watch“American Indian children forced into the boarding school system later on unintentionally imposed onto their children and their children’s children the scars of growing up without knowledge of their language and their culture, without affection and without a loving family support network. When they finally returned to their tribal communities, they did not know who they were or where they fit...
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WatchHelp complete this documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on her traditional cultural and leadership values to a new generation of emerging Indigenous leaders.
Please donate what you can...
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Reservations and Digital Map Services →
Absence of reservations on Google Maps
In contrast, Bing! lists the reservation territories.
How do people know Indigenous peoples still exist, when our presence is witheld from most mapping services?!
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May 2011
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Disruption
Hello followers. I apologize for the lack of updates and posts but I just graduated and am back on the Rez without Internet. I have a lot to share and look forward to building the blog. Bear with me. Aheehee!
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Empire and Law Strike Again: Indigenous Women are...
(CN) 5/4/11 - A Navajo woman cannot seek damages from the U.S. government after a cop sexually assaulted her 14-year-old daughter and took “compromising” pictures of the girl with his cell phone, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled, finding that the attack is not covered by the “bad men” clause of the Navajo Nation’s treaty with the United States since the attack...
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WatchGeronimo: A century after his death, mysteriously tied to Bin Laden, the CIA and Skull and Bones
This is disgusting. Let us remember that the death of these men does not mean the end of the struggle against inequality, racism, genocide and hate. We all play a role in this. People should be able to believe in what they want.
Fuck imperialism.
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April 2011
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Hipster Appropriations: REALLY IMPORTANT PLUG:... →
hipsterappropriations:
So, a lot of the misinformed often ask us: why is wearing a headdress a big deal? For myself, it’s personal – my people, my traditions, my well-being – were sacrificed at the expense of white colonists. We were corralled into “reservations” where they wouldn’t have to worry about us. To this…
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South Dakota Sex Abuse Scandal: A Peek Inside the...
Starting in 2003, Native Americans in South Dakota, including Zephier and Drum, began filing lawsuits against the Catholic Dioceses of Sioux Falls and Rapid City, as well as the religious orders that ran the schools. The Native plaintiffs came forward in small groups, then ever-larger ones, claiming rape, sodomy, and molestation by priests, nuns, and others. By mid-2010, the number of plaintiffs...