Posts have been very infrequent, but I'm extending my break a little longer for a roadtrip north to Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii. Fresh photos will resume when I return.
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not to add to the oppenheimer discourse but i haven’t seen people talking about this in my part of tumblr (i’m sure people ARE, but i haven’t seen it).
a reminder that uranium mining in navajo nation to build nuclear weapons has caused environmental damage and health hazards that have still not been cleaned up to this day. this started in 1944 and lasted until the 80s. cancer rates DOUBLED in the navajo nation from the 1970s to the 1990s.
there are more than 500 abandoned uranium mines on diné land and the government has not done shit to clean anything up.
and to add insult to injury, the supreme court just ruled that the federal government does not have the obligation to ensure that diné people, which the federal government has plenary power over as a tribal nation in the united states, have running water.
the more you scratch at oppenheimer the worse it gets tbqh
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https://ictnews.org/news/big-pink-truck-delivers-books-love-of-native-literature
https://ictnews.org/news/big-pink-truck-delivers-books-love-of-native-literature
The truck is from the founders of the NDN Book Club, Kinsale Drake, Navajo, and Pte San Win Little Whiteman, Oglala Lakota. The club truck hit the road April 1-5. In addition to distributing books, the team handed out product donations curated by sponsor Amy Denet Deal from 4KINSHIP, a Navajo brand that uses runway fashion to fund social good projects on Navajo Nation like the Yilta Book Drop.
NDN Book Club is a nonprofit, literary organization run by and for Indigenous peoples that hosts free youth workshops, author talks, uplifts Indigenous literature, supports Indigenous booksellers, and sends out free Native books. They are supported by Native actress Amber Midthunder (“Prey”) and model activist Quannah Chasinghorse.
In 2023, they distributed more than 2,000 free books by Indigenous authors to Native youth across Turtle Island, supplied by diverse Indigenous booksellers, publishers and authors. From Muckleshoot in Washington to Piscataway lands in the Northeast, they lead workshops in classrooms, tribal libraries, tribal colleges, book festivals and museums.
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Navajo family in their summer hogan, Navajo Nation, New Mexico
Creator: New Mexico Tourism Bureau
Date: 1955?
Negative Number: HP.2007.20.591
New Mexico Magazine Collection
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