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decolonize-the-left · 1 month

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"Note to reader:

This piece is meant primarily for non-Indigenous people living on Indigenous lands. It is supposed to confront, while simultaneously comforting your uneasiness around land back and reparation conversations and actions. Please take your time in reading this, exploring where in your thoughts and body your discomfort shows up. Acknowledging and unpacking how it makes you feel is an important part of personal growth. Also this is only an opinion piece: recognizing the diversity of Indigenous teachings, governance and lived experiences means that Indigenous people will have different interpretations of this topic. "

When grandmothers and knowledge keepers say it, I tend to think it means more the stewardship and protection of mother earth. When Indigenous political leaders say it, it often means comprehensive land claims and self-governing agreements. No matter what meaning is attached, we as Indigenous nations have an urge to reconnect with our land in meaningful ways.

This is primarily about the First Nations of Turtle Island, but I believe the premise of it applies to all indigenous people harmed by colonialism worldwide. Simply apply this logic to the place where you are.

And it's a Very good starting point for understanding the concept of Landback. It has some ways you can start supporting Landback and even lists accounts to follow. Please click and read though it~

#first nations #native american #indigenous #ndn #native #n8v #decolonization #colonization #landback #reblog #boost #allies #ojibwe #chippewa #anishinaabe

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ancient-healer · 9 months

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#communism #late stage capitalism #capitalism #lazy #felix #cat cartoon #cats #anti imperialism #revolution #liberation #indigenous #decolonize #indian time #rez life #ndn #n8v #native american

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coridallasmultipass · 1 month

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TW for racism and genocide of Native Americans

Today I learned that the original "The only good _, is a dead _," was "The only good Indian, is a dead Indian." And it really sucks that now I know this information.

Looks like it's speculated to be attributed to one specific Union general due to his actions, but it was more likely just a common anti-Native sentiment of the time held by a lot of the settlers, not just one person.

Like I know I hear 'the only good snake, is a dead snake' most often since I love being in snake discussion groups, which also sucks because I love snakes, and they shouldn't be killed.

But I've also heard like 'the only good Nazi, is a dead Nazi.' And like, I So agree with that, fuck Nazis, but I don't want to think about the original phrase being reclaimed like that for a laugh, no matter how much I agree that Nazis suck.

It should stay as horrifying and sickening as 'the only good Indian, is a dead Indian' in my opinion. I think we should retire the phrase entirely and just note that, that was the origin of it - the continued genocide of Native Americans during the 1800s when settlers were eager to get rid of us so they could claim property for themselves while forcing us into insufficient reservations as US America expanded westward.

This book I'm reading describes that the usual retaliation for the theft of a cow would have been the execution of an entire Indian village. One specific horrifying example given, is from accounts of a traveler that joined a group of Mexicans pursuing Indians (Chumash) in possession of stolen horses. They come across a group of some old Indians, women and children, drying the horse meat. Every last one was killed, and their ears cut off as proof for the priests that they made every effort to retrieve the horses.

This shit is so sickening. They were hungry and trying to survive.

It also describes how the accounts of Indians from my tribe before the mission system were all about how generous and welcoming they were. (Though, it was through the lens of the Spanish who saw us as ideal candidates for conversion because of this.) Then after the collapse of the missions and post-assimilation, the accounts simply describe the Indians' drunkenness and disorder. What did you expect???? You assimilate a group of people so they're entirely reliant on you (the rigid structure of the mission system and the dismantling of their previous tribal villages), and then suddenly turn them out to a world without their previous villages and social order. Of course they're going to struggle and suffer and abuse the drugs (alcohol) you introduced them to.

I hate this so much.

The book also mentions how, during the mission period, anyone who ran away from the missions to go back to their original tribal lives, would be dragged back to the missions and cruelly punished with restraints, lashing, or stocks, and they couldn't understand why because punishment was exceedingly rare before Spanish rule.

Ugh. Anyway.

I'm going to bring this up any time I hear anyone mention that phrase, because the horror of that time period should not be diminished in its modern reclamation. ('Diminished,' because I, a 30yo Native American, did not even know the origin. I thought it was a modern phrase. Our local Native history was always glossed over in school to focus on the mission system. I didn't even learn of my tribe's revolt until like 2016 when I went to a lecture my tribe held.)

I get that reclamation is supposed to be like a good thing, to take away the power of its original use, but I personally don't think that's appropriate for this phrase that was used as a rally for genocide.

Maybe I'm just being a sensitive baby, though, who knows! I'm crying while reading a history book about my tribe. This shit really hurts deep, though. It always has.

#native #native american #n8v #ndn #the only good indian is a dead indian #history #american indian #indigenous #chumash #california #idk what to tag this bro #racism #genocide #prob gonna get this post blacklisted for that word with the current world events ugh #ill just leave it at that for now im not done w the book yet so i might post more when i get to the actual purpose of the book #this is just like part of the intro to set the historical background the book is focused on our cave art and i havent gotten there yet #Cori.exe #Post.exe #maybe this was something obvious to other people but i literally had no idea i dont watch westerns or anything...#...like that where i couldve heard the original phrase before today #this is the shit those 'parents rights' nuts dont want youth educated about #but we need to learn this even when its extremely uncomfortable because this is how life was for people in the 1800s #anyway ill leave it at that i wanna get through this book its already been renewed once and i still have a lot more to read

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paaxindigenouswitchcraft · 1 year

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kala-ya-aan · 2 years

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Viva! ✊🏽Mabuhay!🇵🇭 #N8V 🤎🖤

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taurens · 2 years

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Does this count as a selfie even? (she/them) [obsessed with this filter for a minute]

#abt #my post #selfie #my face #ok to rb #avatar #na’vi #navi #lesbian #sapphic #wlw #pride #dyke #ndn #n8v #native american #indigenous #ojibwe #two spirit #2spirit #style #makeup #filter

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piece-of-frybread · 1 year

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Hastiin Ch'il Haajiní (Chief Manuelito)

#indigenous #n8v #indigenous history #indigineous people #diné

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vvindsofdestruction · 2 years

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Urgent 🥺

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#mutual aid #direct action #fundraising #boost #crowdfunding #ndn #anything under $5 gets chibis #anything over $10 gets like full regular drawings #n8v #personal #help

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gestates · 2 years

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I hate meeting those mixed natives who have like a god complex over denouncing their native heritage. Like "yeah I'm like 1/16 native and I could give less than a fuck about it. It literally doesn't matter to me and it never will" isn't the brag you think it is.

choosing to not capitalize on your culture bc you are disconnected ×=× denouncing your heritage and ancestors as loud as you can scream it to anyone that has ears

#like this isnt the play #delilah.txt #ndn #native #indigenous #n8v

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rainforestdawn · 2 years

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I was born in Kamloops. I am a first nation's individual. This will never not affect my life.

#truth #first nations #indigenous #n8v #native american #injustice #truth and reconciliation

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decolonize-the-left · 1 year

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