The solar eclipse is a special time in the history of Indigenous nations. Founded in August 31, 1142, the history of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois) speaks of their founding under a full solar eclipse. Western scholars only verified it in the 1990s. As such, the Haudenosaunee are one of the world's longest lasting democracies
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The largest #GreenEnergy development in Washington was approved last week by state officials. It overlaps Yakama Nation ceremonial sites, the county's last habitat connectivity corridor, and the county's last intact sagebrush steppe.
The state has required project modifications to protect a threatened species of hawk, but has required no modifications to protect other tribal cultural resources.
To make the moon a graveyard goes against the beliefs of various human religions.
Here’s a look at what believers would say about this winter’s attempt to send a probe holding the remains of paying customers to the lunar surface
https://theconversation.com/why-having-human-remains-land-on-the-moon-poses-difficult-questions-for-members-of-several-religions-221399
#religion #indigenous @philosophy
As extractive “wildcrafting” has become popular, supposedly treaty-protected #Indigenous access to ancestral gathering sites has diminished, says Michelle Week (Sinixt, Arrow Lakes), who runs x̌ast sq̓it, an Indigenous foods farm near #Portland #Oregon.
“You have the privilege to go out and gather these things without fear of harassment, but my community, who’s native to this place, we just don’t have that luxury.”
https://www.hcn.org/articles/a-wildflower-is-teaching-the-non-native-public-about-food-sovereignty/
Juneteenth has #Indigenous history. When Black people who escaped slavery in Florida joined the Seminole Tribe, they became Black Seminoles. They're also called Mascogos b/c they migrated to Mexico, where slavery was already abolished. The Mascogos built the town El Nacimiento in 1852, but still interacted with Seminoles in Texas who brought them Juneteenth in the 1870s. Black Seminoles in Mexico had to survive slavery, the Trail of Tears, & the US-Mexico Border to celebrate #juneteenth #history
Our top story: As the researchers proceeded to search for textiles, they realized they had stumbled onto a crime scene. A massive theft of pre-Columbian art reveals troubling truths about Texans’ role in the illicit antiquities trade. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-heist/
#history #culture #HumanRights #Indigenous #Texas #politics #USpol #news
Went to an Indigenous event yesterday in San Francisco where they built a fire with volcanic rocks to make acorn mush. The guy doing it said it’s important to get these round, tumbled rocks and they usually come from east of the Sierras. They ran a very inclusive event yesterday where different Indigenous groups came and asked the Yelamu people for permission to come ashore (into the Bay). Everyone shared their songs and stories. I learned a lot.
The latest in my ongoing #GreenColonialism investigation: a federal agency has moved forward with a renewable energy development on Yakama sacred lands, despite not having consulted with the Yakama Nation.
They cornered the Yakama Nation with an impossible choice: give up confidential cultural information, or waive the right to consult. Some experts say this is a disingenuous tactic, showing the lack of teeth tribal consultation really has.
I attended the Supreme Court of #Texas on Wednesday to help @deceleration cover a unique case involving #Indigenous religious freedom, pandemic restrictions on churches, and a cormorant rookery in a San Antonio park.
#politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #animals #news #law #religion #activism #SanAntonio #SouthTexas #trees
Uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed in unusual sighting near logging area in Peru
NBC News reports: "More than 750 people strong, [the Mashco Piro people] are believed to be the world’s largest uncontacted tribe, having survived massacres and enslavement during the rubber boom of the 19th century."
In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive #plant names from hundreds of species
“Some have pushed to restore #Indigenous species names and change offensive ones, such as those in the genus Hibbertia, which was named in honor of English antiabolitionist and plantation owner George Hibbert.
A few #botanists have also proposed getting rid of eponyms honoring humans altogether.”
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@bolsonaropreso Thanks for signing up on Earth.Law. We'll be glad to have you here for your stated use case. We're looking forward to seeing #Bolsonaro held accountable for his 2022 #coup attempt, but he must also be held accountable for his crimes against the #environment and its defenders in #Brazil, including #Indigenous #activists
Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response
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Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the scheme.
#News #Arizona #Medicaid #Addiction #Fraud #Indigenous #Native #NativeAmerican
🏁 #TikTok no longer accessible on 🇺🇸 American phones.🎉 🎈
#Why? BECAUSE #ELON_MUSK and the 🇺🇸 #USA GOVERNMENT ARE THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO #VIOLATE #USA_CITIZENS PERSONAL #PRIVACY and #PROTECTION OF #PERSONS #RIGHTS by #DUMB-PHONE_TRIANGULATION of #T_MOBILE and AT&T cell phone #TOWERS
... CHINA NOT ALLOWED!? 🚔
You see it would appear that "What is Good for the Goose IS NEVER GOOD for the Gander?"
and we wonder why we have a #GENDER_IDENTITY PROBLEM?? UGH!
DRINK SOME MORE OIL >> THAT MAY HELP? 🛢️
🔥 #ELON_MUSK IS A #THREAT TO 🇺🇸 #NATIONAL_SECURITY.
The #Supreme_Court upheld the law #banning the app in a 9-0 opinion.
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ALERT! #HOUSTON WE GOT #BIGGER_PROBLEMS!!??
#NASA AND #ELON_MUSK (remember ELON MUSK DADDY MADE >> EMERALD MINE IN AFRICA) NEEDS (aka GREED) to rob the #indigenous_natives of their lands.. aka VALUABLE #LITHIUM.... USED TO BUILD CHEAP SATELLITES AND CAR BATTERIES..
THEY ARE SITTING ON THE MOTHER LOAD!?? ..frothing at the mouth like the dirty dogs they are for an opportunity to #RAPE AND #PILLAGE THAT LAND?
To Build More #Satellites to track and trace YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.. bc THEY ARE ALL COWARDS.
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Yes the African Slave trader ELON MUSK following DADDY EMERALD MINE footsteps of perversion, murder, rape, pillaging and #APARTHEID.
He needs an Emerald Mine just like #DADDY_INCEST!?
#ELON_MUSK IS #NOT A 🧠 GENIUS! HE IS #IN-FACT A #THREAT TO OUR 🇺🇸 #NATIONAL_SECURITY!
Remove from our Government ASAP without prejudice!
#VIDEO 1: 🏁 #TikTok no longer accessible on 🇺🇸 American phones.🎉 🎈
#VIDEO 2: #Lithium mine pits electric cars against sacred #Indigenous land
https://youtu.be/sv9iHH7g6xk?si=rIQybRzq4ifDrdp2si=CZvI5D0bEwSIBHuu
#VIDEO 3: THE #CASE #AGAINST #NASA (MINDSHOCK PODCAST CLIPS)
Taking a look at the case against #NASA. Would more good be done by #defunding the #space_agency?
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Just watched The Stand, a documentary about Haida blocking a logging company back in 1985 to protect their land. I cried, I laughed, clapped and swore. Truly inspired by their strength, tenacity and peaceful approach in negotiations (something I can learn from). More than ever, I'd like to visit Haida Gwaii and learn more there.
You can watch it for free if you're in Canada: https://www.knowledge.ca/program/stand/episode-0
At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.
Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Native #Indigenous #Education #College #Students #USDA
Indigenous People's Day Gathering
Vancouver, B.C Canada
Two of the BPU’s most committed organisers are at breaking point after a traumatic 18 months. These are good, hardworking people who have given everything to the community, and right now, they need the community to have their backs.
A recent act of financial abuse has left them in crisis, forcing them to cover urgent costs for accommodation, relocation, and medical needs. We’re aiming to raise $10,000 to help them regain stability.
Please donate what you can and share this fundraiser widely. Solidarity is everything.
https://chuffed.org/project/124457-support-two-bpu-organisers-in-crisis
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Australia #Decolonise #BPU #BlackPeoplesUnion #MutualAid #PleaseShare #PleaseHelp #AboriginalMutualAid #BlackMutualAid
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[shared from the BPU Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18mWsNpYmi/]
🇨🇦 Red Dress Day: 2025-May-05 🪶
https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52964.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dress_Day
National Day of awareness/remembrance for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ people
MMIW
https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1590523702000/1590523850562
Red Dress Day
https://www.jaimeblackartist.com/exhibitions/?msclkid=d21168a1c5a011ec9c6fafe822b89398
TRC
https://nctr.ca/records/reports
#MMIWG2S #MMIW #Indigenous #TRC
Photo: Granville Island, False Creek, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam - stolen and unceded land aka Vancouver, B.C. 🇨🇦) -- May 04, 2025
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
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ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Native #Indigenous #Education #College #University #HigherEd #Trump
#LettersAndPolitics welcomes #MaryAnnettePember, national correspondent for ICT News, and author of #MedicineRiver: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of #IndianBoardingSchools
https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-3-2025/
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeBoardingSchools #NativeAmericanBoardingSchools #NativeResidentialSchools #NativeAmericanHistory #UShistory #AmericanHistory #colonialViolence #memoirs #books @histodons @bookstodon
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I'm in love with these long dangles in the progress pride colors that I made last night while watching North of North (amazing show btw)
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Grab them for yourself or a loved one to wear this Pride Month:
Progress Pride Beaded Dangle Earrings -- https://cvkvlv.com/products/progress-pride-beaded-dangle-earrings
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said prepackaged foods have “mass poisoned” tribal communities.
But the Trump administration ended a program that tribal food banks relied on for fresh, locally produced food important to their traditions and cultures.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-food-grant-cuts-trump-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #RFKJr #Trump #Health #Food #Native #Indigenous #Nutrition #Culture