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thehealingsystem · 5 months

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hey this thanksgiving I ask people to please please please please don't forget about indigenous americans. celebrate all you want, eat turkey, spend time with family, idc, but please do so in respect to the actual meaning behind the holiday and the atrocities committed against natives. your day of thankfulness for all that you have, the things you only have because of colonialism, is a day of mourning for us

#ik people post about this every thanksgiving but I haven't been seeing it a lot so just wanted to remind people #thanksgiving #national day of mourning #indigenous #native american #first nations

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clangenrising · 5 months

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Hey everyone.

Today, many of you are celebrating American Thanksgiving, but I wanted to take a moment to use this platform I've somehow stumbled into to do something different. Today is the National Day of Mourning, a day where we take time to remember and mourn the suffering and deaths of the indigenous American people who were brutally colonized by the founders of the country. It is also a day to remember that their descendants are still suffering, that their struggles are not over.

Now, I am very white and living on stolen land. I am not the expert here and I don't think it would be my place to explain the struggles the indigenous Americans are facing.

But I do run a fairly popular Warrior Cats blog and I do think it would be worthwhile to highlight the fact that Warrior Cats and its fandom are full of Anti-Indigenous bigotry. You may notice that I use the term "Healer" instead of "Medicine Cats" and that's because the original term is blatant and disrespectful cultural appropriation that I don't want to take part in. And that's just one example.

HERE is a link to a comprehensive article researched and written by an All-Native/Indigenous team of Warrior Cats fans that details the harmful stereotypes the Erins use and suggestions on what you can do to avoid contributing to them. Please, read this document and take some time to think about what it says.

I also encourage any Native/Indigenous people who find this post to add to it or link places where my fans can support you and your communities.

Thank you for your time.

-Rowan

#not art #important #warrior cats #warriors #national day of mourning #thanksgiving #thanksgiving day #happy thanksgiving #clan gen #clangen

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bfpnola · 5 months

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the org said they were reposting last year’s graphics, hence the change is date at the top. still extremely relevant!

#resources #bipoc #indigenous #native american #american indian #national day of mourning #thanksgiving #undescribed #reaux speaks #history

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pagansphinx · 5 months

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National Day of Mourning

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Native Hope

#national day of mourning #thanksgiving?#native american heritage month #Plymouth Massachusetts #native hope

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the-sad-tomato · 5 months

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#national day of mourning

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uzumaki-rebellion · 1 year

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#national day of mourning

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spaceysoupy · 1 year

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Yearly “don’t fucking wish me or any other Indigenous person you do not know a happy thanksgiving” post

#indigenous #thanksgiving #national day of mourning

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massbaylibs · 1 year

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November is National Native American Heritage Month

About National Native American Heritage Month: What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. (https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/about/)

National Day of Mourning

The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States; dispel myths surrounding the Thanksgiving story in the United States; and raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American tribes. Learn more about the National Day of Mourning and its close ties to Massachusetts history at the GBH news story: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/11/26/for-native-americans-its-not-thanksgiving-its-a-national-day-of-mourning

MassBay Land Acknowledgement

Massachusetts Bay Community College wishes to acknowledge that the Wellesley, Framingham, Ashland campuses sit on land that was appropriated by the US Federal government from the Nipmuc, Massa-aschu-es-et (Massachusetts) and Pawtucket tribes. MassBay cannot change the past but what we can do is honor the land, the ancestors, and the indigenous traditions as we at MassBay use this sacred land as a communal place to nurture learners to move forward and make a more inclusive world.

Native Land Digital Interactive Map

You can take your first steps in honoring indigenous and native lands by learning about the land you currently live on and occupy. Take this step by visiting Native Land Digital Interactive Native Land map: https://native-land.ca/

The 2020 list of federally recognized tribes through the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Learn More at the Native American Heritage Libguide and View Resources at the MassBay Library

Celebrate and pay tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. Learn more at the Native American Heritage Libguide with links to eBooks, journals, articles, events, podcasts and websites that are sources of information on Native American culture and history.

You can also see our display of native American tribal maps in the study area near the computers at the Wellesley campus library.

#national day of mourning #national native american heritage month #native american heritage month #native american heritage #library displays #libguide

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bfpnola · 5 months

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