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znxu · 6 months

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🕊️freedom from settler colonialism now and forever🪶🇵🇸

#my art #native american heritage month #indigenous art #if anyone has any advice on how to do alt text for drawings / what i should use for this please let me know

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spaceysoupy · 1 year

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If you’re outside the US and want to help, here are ten things you can do to protect ICWA, Indigenous children, and Tribal Sovereignty as a whole.

Share information about ICWA, Brackeen v Haaland, and Tribal Sovereignty

Share information about rallies, protests, and strategy meetings

Share the donation information of organizations that are fighting to protect ICWA

Donate to those organizations to help them continue to fight

Share the stories of Indigenous adoptees, survivors of residential schools, and the families involved in Brackeen v Haaland

Follow @protectICWA on twitter for live updates

Educate yourself on Tribal Sovereignty, residential schools and the 60s scoop, and cultural genocide as a tool of genocide.

Educate yourself on MMIP/MMIWG2S and familiarize yourself with the tactics those against Tribal Sovereignty use to undermine us.

Learn exactly who is fighting to get rid of ICWA and why. Hint: Gibson Dunn (representing the Brackeens) is the same law firm that supported the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) Now I wonder who benefits from slowly but surely removing Indigenous people from our lands? 🤔

Uplift Indigenous voices that are speaking out and speaking up on ALL platforms. Tell your friends, tell your family, and show up to support us if you can. If ICWA is struck down, we will not be going without a fight. Be prepared.

This linktree has tons of information about ICWA, why it is important, what’s at stake, and what you can do to help. Even simply sharing an article link from here to 10 followers that go on to share to their 10 followers can help!

Every Child Matters 🪶

#icwa #indian child welfare act #us politics #current events #supreme court cases #supreme court #protect icwa #indigenous sovereignty #native american #native american heritage month #native #ndn tumblr #ndn #every child matters #mmiw #mmiwawareness #mmiwg2s

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linguisticdiscovery · 5 months

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Indigenous vs. European perspectives on etymology: pumpkin

There are two theories about the origin of the word pumpkin, which represent two very different perspectives on history:

All major dictionaries say that the most likely origin for pumpkin is the French word pompion ‘melon’ + the English diminutive suffix -kin ‘little’.

The Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts says that pumpkin comes from its word pôhpukun ‘pumpkin’, but literally meaning ‘it grows forth round’.

The Plymouth settlers borrowed lots of words from the local Wampanoag people, including moccasin, skunk, squash, and the name of the state, Massachusetts. Tisquantum (who history knows as Squanto) taught them a great deal about local plants and wildlife, so it stands to reason they would have also learned the word pumpkin from him, butchering the pronunciation in the process.

But the way they butchered the pronunciation is important. When English speakers heard the word pôhpukun without realizing it was an Algonquian word, they thought it was actually based on English or French. To them, it sounded like pompion with the -kin suffix added to it. The word pompion (or some similar version of it) appears in English documents in North America prior to the settlement of Plymouth, so it’s likely the Pilgrims were familiar with the word (but probably not strongly so, given that the word was only borrowed into English 80 years prior). As a result, they misanalyzed pôhpukun as pumpkin, thinking it was a combination of the French word pompion and the English suffix -kin.

This kind of misanalysis is called a folk etymology. Other examples are cockroach (< Spanish cucaracha) and woodchuck (< Cree otchek). Folk etymologies happen when speakers analyze a word as having different parts than it actually does.

In this particular case, it seems that the folk etymology is the one that made it into the dictionary, rather than the original Native American one.

#pumpkin #etymology #linguistics #language #Indigenous #Native #Native American #Native American Heritage Month #Thanksgiving #lingblr #langblr

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stynamo · 1 year

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This Thanksgiving, if you’ve ever once in your life claimed Indian heritage, give a couple bucks to NICWA. Im not here to argue with you about whether or not you have NDN heritage, but if you truly do, the reason why you know nothing about it is because of your ancestor being taken away and colonized by the methods the Indian Child Welfare Act protects against. Right now ICWA is under attack by a horrifying court case that threatens to undo all the recent strides we’ve made in tribal sovereignty and NDN cultural preservation by eliminating NDN children.

The court case is called Brackeen v. Haaland and is spearheaded by a literal Oil & Gas lawyer named Matthew McGill that has succeeded in destroying the sovereignty of Tribal lands for pipeline construction and has even tried to disestablish entire reservations for his Big Oil paycheck. Their case is a disgusting attack with no legal merit, but still may pass in their favour because of the greed of our Supreme Court. Here’s the most important snippet from that link.

Do not let them trick you into thinking this is to protect NDN children. Child abuse is a widespread US problem and the federal and state governments have never handled it with the best interests of children in mind, let alone NDN children. This is why I am offering up a link to NICWA, a program that ACTUALLY intervenes in cases of child abuse among the NDN community, while allowing the child to remain an established member of the tribal nation. This program is led by tribal leaders who know the communities they are operating in intimately, and therefore can actually act on what is best for the child.

If you are concerned about NDN Child welfare, DO NOT support the striking down of ICWA and instead support public programs on tribal lands and tribal child welfare programs like NICWA.

Direct Link To Give

#indigenovember #native american heritage month #icwa #protect icwa #indigenous #ndn #native american #op text

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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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shyfrog-says · 6 months

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Friendly reminder that November is Native American Heritage month.

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AMERICA IS UNDER IMPERIAL OCCUPATION AND HAS BEEN FOR OVER 300 YEARS!

America is an imperial colony state and will be until we give the indigenous peoples their land back.

As far as I'm concerned, the fight is not over. Different tribes are gaining and losing land all the time to this day.

The colonization, genocide, whitewashing, and erasure of indigenous people in america is not just "history," it's the present. It's today, and it will be tomorrow.

I am not confident in my education on this topic, but I'm not the person you should be listening to anyway because my family has only been here for about 100 years.

Please, for the love of all that is good and just, learn. Do the research. Do something: end an offensive tradition, return an appropriated "family heirloom" to its rightful home, rob a museum, donate to a fund for a family or tribe to buy some of their land back, organize a sit-in or protest, literally anything.

Calling these injustices "history" is one of the ways that the US government tries to convince the people it dictates that there is nothing to be done and any effort to reclaim or salvage their culture is lost. But that's not true.

Please, instead of celebrating a fake story about colonizers and indigenous americans "finding common ground" and "sharing the land," just take some time to learn more about the people and cultures who called this massive and beautiful land home long before anyone from europe or russia even knew it existed. And, arguably more importantly, the atrocities that have been committed against it and its people SINCE those times.

#native american heritage month #indigenous peoples month #indigineous people #thanksgiving #November

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soberscientistlife · 6 months

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#Native American Heritage Month

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humanrightsconnected · 6 months

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Today marks the first day of Native American Heritage Month! As we celebrate the rich and diverse culture, traditions, and contributions of Native Americans, discover 5 ways how you can support Indigenous communities 👆.

#native american heritage month #indigenous #indigenous rights #indigenous peoples #indigenous people #indigenous culture #native #natives #native american #native americans #ndn #american indian #land back #landback

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slayingholofernes · 1 year

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“My House is the Red Earth” from Secrets from the Center of the World by Joy Harjo, 1989

#indigenous #indigenous poetry #native american #mvskoke #joy harjo #ndn #native american heritage month

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fandom-official · 6 months

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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by diving into these captivating shows and movies that honor their rich culture 📺🎬

Journey through these fascinating stories of resilience and tradition made by and about Indigenous people

#native american heritage month #movies #tv #recs #rec list #te ata #blackfeet boxing #rumble #prey #killers of the flower moon #reservation dogs #spirit rangers #rutherford falls #dark winds #fandom #fandoms

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mannyblacque · 5 months

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#deer lady #reservation dogs #rez dogs #indigenous culture #first nations #native american heritage month #indigenous lives matter #kaniehtiio horn

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itskindofareallyniceday · 5 months

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Something new for Native American Heritage Month this year:

This playlist features indigenous musicians from North, Central, and South America. It includes a variety of genres (post-classical composers, folk punk, indie pop, pow wow punk rock (yes, that's a thing!), indie rock, etc.), as well as a variety of languages (Wolastoqey, Inuktitut, Atikamekw, Cherokee, Navajo, Cree, Quechua, Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), Tłı̨chǫ, English, French, and Spanish).

#indigenous #music #native american #first nations #inuit #métis #native american heritage month #language revitalization #folk #punk #indie #itskindofme #still working on adding more from central & south america #okay I guess it only allows 100 songs in the preview thing... but there are more than 100 songs

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sastiel-is-my-serotonin · 1 year

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I grew up lucky to be around my culture, to be around other natives and to live on the rez. A lot of my cousins didn't get that, and even some of them who did, we still don't know our culture like the generations before.

I was named in our language but I can't speak it. I haven't met anyone fluent in it, and hearing someone else whose named in it is a rarity.

I don't know a whole lot about my culture, I just know things my teachers taught. I know how to pay an offering, I know how to enter a sweat lodge, how to prepare one, how to cook for one, I know how to bless my house and family. I know how to dance for my people and the importance of practicing good medicine.

But there's a lot of knowledge I don't know. I don't know how to bead. How to weave a basket on my own. How to make a ribbon skirt. How to make my own regalia. How to live off the land. How to sing in my language.

It hurts knowing there's a lot I don't know. And I am one of the lucky ones. I was raised with my culture.

I am grateful for everything I have been taught, I try to not take it for granted. Seeing what they want to do with ICWA, words can't describe the pain it that.

I shouldn't be a lucky one, in the past this was knowledge all my people knew. The genocide to my people, to my culture still hasn't stopped.

However, I'm well aware that native issues tend to be ignored, ICWA is just one part of the puzzle though.

I'll let this video explain:

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The profile with the links:

I tried to do a direct link but had no luck, but you should still be able to find the information.

The resources page will look like this:

This is the one you need:

I do suggest looking at the other ones as well!

Please, it doesn't take long at all to do but it helps out a lot! It took longer to put this together than it does to fill this out. You're not only helping protecting our culture but the climates future!

#native american heritage month #native american #indigenous

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lokiandbuckysdoll · 5 months

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I'm a little late to post this, but November is Native American Heritage Month. I thought I'd share a few photos of me and video doing traditional dancing called “ bird Dancing” to our traditional songs know as “ bird songs”

Wishing all my relations A good November A’ho! 🪶