#aboriginal american

[tredawakandan]

Respect to Dick Gregory for being the pivotal figure that he was but I gotta disagree with this logic that him and many others still use within our community.. The idea that a natural phenomenon like a hurricane was made via the deaths of our people that were lost and traded this way.. Of course I love metaphysics and occult info but not in a case like this. The word hurricane for one comes from an indigenous word that displays the concept of a hurricane as a god Huracan. Not only that but many indigenous islanders and Central/South Americans already could predict Hurricanes by the time colonizers would meet them.. I say that to say that's not possible for a event like the slave trade to have created a annual event like that when it was already knowledge shared amongst the indigenous people. Lastly we gotta remember that the transatlantic slave started over here. Jack D Forbes book 📚 talks about this amongst other writings and artworks from various author... Ultimately you gotta know that Columbus shipped indians from the islands back to Europe before any slaves would even come over here.. Hopefully you learned something useful today 👌🏿

#black history #autochthonous #aboriginal #black history month #aboriginal american #african history #american aborigine #black history 365 #muurs #black history matters #huracan #dick gregory

[anaratto]

The leader of a Guarani community has sent a desperate plea for his tribe’s ancestral land to be returned. Mato Girosso do Sul, Brazil -  Sarah Shenke

Guarani-Kaiowá woman attending an Aty Guasa assembly in Mato Grasso do Sul, Julia Zulian

#Guarani Peoples #Brazil #Brasil #First Nations #Indigenous Peoples #Aboriginal Peoples #Native American #Culture #Aboriginal American

[its-ticsticstics]

As an First Nations Indigenous Person here in Turtle Island (Canada, Northern Ontario)

I want to remind people of the terminology largely used here, at least in my community;

First Nations and Indigenous are really the only academically accepted terms for referring to us. The term "Native American" is never used here, it usually refers to those in the USA, and even then, I doubt its a proper term for there. Aboriginal used to be used, but now its mainly recognized (again, here were I live) as a term for the first peoples of Australia and New Zealand.

A lot of elders in my communities and even a lot us younger generation still also call ourselves Indians. This is NOT for white people to call us. The use of this term is complicated and needs a whole different post.

Eskim* is a slur and in Canada the only accepted term is Inuit (or Inuk, for singular).

And as an aside to all of this;

All of our tribes/bands are UNIQUE and have their OWN NAMES.

When you say any of these terms, without identifying a particular tribe (and even then you may have to narrow it down to a specific region); YOU ARE SPEAKING GENERALLY. It will not apply to all of use and every individual culture within that group.

I'm Anishinaabe/Ojibwe and Alongquin; my partner is Mohawk. We're both First Nations, but our mother tongues and teachings are still different. And even then, its different from those who are from these same tribes but live in the USA, especially in language speaking.

There is so so SO much nuance to describing First Nations Peoples and it cannot be taken for granted.

#ndn #first nations #indigenous #aboriginal #inuit #native americans

[ya-world-challenge]

25 YA Books for Indigenous Peoples Day

NOTES: For brevity and diversity, I did not include all the North American Native books I found, but there are plenty more - feel free to post your favorites in the comments! Most books are from indigenous authors, but not all - do your own research if you like. Not all books may be “technically” YA. I’d love to hear more suggestions of Latin American indigenous stories or Hawai’ian native stories which were difficult to find.

EDIT: This is just a random list by a random tumblr blog from 2022 - get out there and find your own books or list some in the comments if you find this list lacking.

Australia

The Things She's Seen by Amebelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina

The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough

Becoming Kirrali Lewis by Jane Harrison

Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch

Canada

The Missing by Melanie Florence

Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

A Girl Called Echo by Katherena Vermette

Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett

Japan - Ainu

Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda

Latin America

Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen

The Huaca by Marcia Argueta Mickelson

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta

New Zealand - Maori

The Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera

Falling into Rarohenga by Steph Matuku

United States

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Trail of Lighting by Rebecca Roanhorse

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith

#indigenous peoples day #indigenous #book list #fuck columbus #native american #first nations #diverse ya #diversity in media #diverse books #aboriginal #maori #latin america #north america #south america #australia #canada #japan #new zealand #united states

[as8bakwthesage]

“INDIGENOUS FUCKING RAGE”

I refuse to bow

I refuse to be silent

I refuse to listen to your whimpers

If you will sit there and lie

I will so easily watch you die

I do not yield their souls

Which you so gladly stole

You owe us a debt

That I will never forget

#indigenous #indigenous people #native american #native #aboriginal #art #my art #indigenous pride #indigenous rage #indigenous solidarity

[vinceschilling]

Lily Gladstone wins Golden Globe!!! 'For every rez kid out there'

Actress makes history as 1st Indigenous person to win for her performance as Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese's #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon.'

#native american #indigenous #nativenerd #us history #world history #indigenous rights #aboriginal #lily gladstone #golden globes #golden globes 2024

[bfpnola]

Hey! We're back with part 2! Better Future Program (@bfpnola) is officially looking for youth volunteers between the ages of 14 and 25 for our Advocacy Committee. Don't see a role that fits your identity or beliefs? Don't worry! We've got SO MANY opportunities, we had to split them up across multiple posts! Feel free to check our Linktr.ee for more positions or our "Apply Now!" highlight on Instagram in the coming weeks!

And if you don’t know who we are? Welcome! BFP is Black-, queer-, and woman-owned nonprofit, entirely run by youth! Since 2016, we’ve been accepting volunteers not just from Bulbancha (so-called New Orleans, Louisiana), but WORLDWIDE! Our mission is to globally expand peer-led political education, support, and imagination for marginalized youth!

To fulfill this goal, we offer over 3,000 free resources through our Liberation Library, design and execute mutual aid-based projects, and offer the safe space young activists need to ask questions and grow. If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, check out our International Youth Leadership Positions page in our bio!

Image description below.

[ID: All slides share the same background. There is a repeating list of BFP’s guiding principles and core beliefs in translucent, all-white, capitalized letters. BFP’s guiding principles include youth-centricity, self-liberation, transparency, accountability, horizontality, community, and intersectionality. BFP’s core beliefs include the right to organize, educational equity, youth liberation, anti-racism, religious liberty, disability justice, climate action, decolonization, gender equity, queer/LGBTQ+ liberation, bodily autonomy, fat liberation, abolition, caste abolition, anti-authoritarianism, and anti-capitalism. A burnt orange to amber gradient overlays this list. A bold, white square frames the image with a white arrow pointing right in the bottom right corner.

Slide 1 reads: “LINK IN BIO. APPLY NOW! INTERNATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP POSITIONS! REMOTE & IN-PERSON.” There is a BFP logo in the lefthand corner and the words “Part Two” in the righthand corner, as this is the first of multiple posts showcasing open leadership positions.

Slide 2 reads: "Advocacy Committee: Africana Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to African countries and their diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of those of African descent

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 3 reads: "Advocacy Committee: Indigenous Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to your Indigenous community

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various Indigenous communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 4 reads: "Advocacy Committee: Pacific Islander Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to the Pacific Islands and their diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various Pacific Islander communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 5 reads: "Advocacy Committee: Central Asian Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to Central Asia and its diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various Central Asian communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 6 reads: "Advocacy Committee: East Asian Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to East Asia and its diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various East Asian communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 7 reads: "Advocacy Committee: South Asian Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to South Asia and its diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various South Asian communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 8 reads: "Advocacy Committee: Southeast Asian Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to Southeast Asia and its diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various Southeast Asian communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 9 reads: "Advocacy Committee: West Asian Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to West Asia and its diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various West Asian communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" Slide 10 reads: "Advocacy Committee: Latine Advocates

Responsibilities Include:

Develop and execute your very own political education workshops related to Latin countries and their diasporas

Build local mutual aid networks to meet the basic needs of various Latin communities

Provide consultation to other marginalized youth to promote awareness and appreciation

Time Commitment:

Other than our weekly 1.5-2 hr meeting, usually on Sundays, you're free to design your schedule around your tasks!

Requirements/Eligibility:

BFP prioritizes the leadership of marginalized communities. Tap the International Leadership Positions page in our Linktr.ee for more information! Link in bio @bfpnola :)" /End ID.]

#reaux speaks #hiring #volunteer #youth activism #african #african diaspora #african american #black power #indigenous #aboriginal #first nations #native american #pacific islander #central asia #west asia #south asia #southeast asia #east asia #latine #latinx #chicano #advocacy #youth #high school #middle school #university #remote #in person #hybrid #abolition

[oorevitcejda]

its a good day to be indigenous

#i just feel like it is #ndn #indigenous #native american #first nations #aboriginal

[queerism1969]

#native american #native #indigenous #ndn #aboriginal #first nations #oppression #social justice #stereotypes #conservatism #antiblackness #prejudice #representation

[perrysoup]

“Perry why do you keep adding that you are an American Citizen to some posts you respond to or share”

Because I want to make it extremely clear that when I comment on the horrors the US does, there is no mistake an American is trying to pointing them out. That an American has fallen for the same propaganda that allowed those atrocities to occur.

This isn’t someone outside the US criticizing it. This someone in the US, who lives here and works here and pays taxes here is opposed to what I have allowed to occur with my taxes and my voting choices.

I do not absolve myself of the responsibility of the actions my government had done. I am part of the machine that has allowed this to happen. Every tax dollar given is another dollar funding the genocide, and I realize this, and an disgusted by it, and I want you to know that there are Americans not just in the streets, but Americans here who want to spread the word and make people aware of the horrors we allow.

I can never expect forgiveness for the Palestinians, Congolese, Sundanese, Afganis, Iraqis, the Aboriginal to the lands I sleep on, work on, eat on, anyone and everyone we have and continue to allow to die for our machine. That includes the poor we allow to suffer on the streets and the ones that we say should be “happy” they have a roof over their heads as if that makes the other horrors we allow okay.

I can only hope that I don’t burn in the hottest layers of whatever Hell there may be, that I can try to prevent even a single death.

I am an American Citizen. My nation funds genocide. We are a failed state. Please know I am sorry, and won’t stop fighting.

#American citizen #American funds genocide #america is a failed state #free palestine #free Congo #free Sudan #palestine #Congo #Sudan #gaza #israel is a terrorist state #genocide #free gaza #fuck the israeli government #israel #idf is a terrorist group #gaza strip #aboriginal

[ironysgrace]

The school was only open for FIVE YEARS and housed 150 stolen children

I can’t even wrap my head around that

Like imagine 12 of your classmates dying in high school ???

#indigineous people #indigenous #native #aboriginal #american indian #Paiute #panguitch Utah #Utah #reservations #boarding schools

[tredawakandan]

Decided to do a remake of AbTheLegend original post(1st pic) .. Us in America who descend from the indigenous people existing here Pre 👨🏻‍🦱 European arriving in mass/Colonization were talking amongst other groups and mixing with them as they arrived. This history is often hidden or ignored by mainstream. But luckily folks are starting to listen to them less and less😅. Hell the period of slavery also added some more of this as you may be aware of.Anyways these five main groups are Africans(North Africans,West&Central) , Pacific Islanders, South Americans , Black 👨🏿‍🦱Europeans and of course North Americans. Like other groups everywhere they mixed but what was important is they kept their identity/heritage. Something I amongst others is helping to revive. Me myself I call it the Through Line(See the reblog for more indepth use of what I made it mean) All being said hopefully you learned something 💯

#black history #autochthonous #aboriginal #black history month #aboriginal american #black history 365 #muurs #african history #american aborigine #black culture

[anaratto]

Ayamara woman and baby

Ayamara Man Playing a Tarka Oruro Region, Bolivia

#Ayamara people #Bolivia #Indigenous Peoples #Native American #Aboriginal American #culture #ayamara

[devilledgreggs]

Christina’s world (Andrew Wyeth, 1948) // BeDevil (Tracey Moffatt, 1993)

#idk if this has been done before tbh #bedevil #tracey moffatt #Andrew Wyeth #film #horror #Australian gothic #American gothic #my post #media #Indigenous film #Aboriginal art #Aboriginal film

[arcticflowerz]

Indigenous Lesbian

A flag for people who are Indigenous/Aboriginal/Native and a Lesbian.

Feel free to switch out Indigenous for Aboriginal or Native in the name of the flag.

Flag by: @arcticflowerz

Do not repost my flags/the things I coin with out credit.

This flag was made by an actual Inuk. DO NOT USE THIS FLAG IF YOUR TRANSRACE/TRANSINDIGENOUS! THIS FLAG IS EXCLUSIVE TO BODILY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. By “bodily indigenous” I do not mean you have to be “indigenous passing” to use this flag. You can still use this flag if your white passing or not. By “bodily indigenous” I’m referring to having indigenous blood and indigenous relatives in your family tree. For those who don’t know what transrace is, it’s a transID label that means “you were born one race but BELIEVE you should have been born another race instead.” Transindigenous is just the indigenous version where “You BELIEVE you should be indigenous but aren’t”. I DO NOT SUPPORT TRANSRACE/TRANSINDIGENOUS, AS SUCH, THEY CANNOT USE THIS FLAG.

Here’s are the links to the Indigenous Vincian/Gay, Indigenous Varian, Indigenous Fluidian, and Indigenous Enbian versions I made.

#actually indigenous #actually inuk #actually lesbian #actually native #my flags #mogai safe #lgbt safe space #aboriginal #indigenous #native american #native #métis #first nations #inuit #inuk #flag coining #he/him lesbian #transfem lesbian #enby lesbian #mspec lesbian #lesbian pride #lesbianism #lesbian #new flag #pride flags #flag #pride flag #lgbtq flags #anti transrace #anti trace

[hussyknee]

Not entirely sure how I'm expected to respond when I point out something is white as fuck and the person I'm criticizing goes "I'm literally PoC!!" Okay? Good for you? Get well soon??

I literally live in South Asia, a place still nursing the world's worst colonial hangover. That's like one billion brown people desperately in need of joining Bootlickers Anonymous. If I had to respect the rancid takes of every yahoo that lives here I'd have to drown myself in the sea.

Living in white countries does something odd to diaspora brains. If you call yourself BIPOC in your own head long enough you end up forgetting you're just a garden variety idiot mainlining white supremacy like everyone else.

#essay: why I hate the term BIPOC #1) it's North American as fuck #seriously the word has little meaning for Black and brown people in Europe. We're all just darkies over there bc the whites dgaf #also there's two systems of race over there. the global colour system that's a result of european colonization of the other continents #and the older system unique to the region where white Indo-Europeans hates the fuck out of everybody else #so you have to be very specific about the fact that you're coloured of skin #i mean black people in australia are aboriginals. 'black' even in the US used to be a political identity not only a racial one #2) i'm not fucking BIPOC in my own country. I just live here. #I am the default. it's whites that are alien and specified #considering we're literally the global majority‚ it would be very funny if we just called ourselves 'people' and only singled whites out #it's them that invented race after all. just so they could proclaim that white people were the master race #i know it wouldn't work bc then they'd all be like 'how DARE you call us white' like Zionists. but it would be funny #i just think that this whole BIPOC thing makes whites out to be default and makes us hyperaware of ourselves as political entities first #and fuels neoliberal identity politics that culminates in fighting over twitter hashtags and 'Diversity Equity Inclusion' bs #where they make Black and brown people mouthpieces and cops of white supremacy and imperialism #and calls it 'representation' #racism #white supremacy #colonialism #colonization #knee of huss