#tw anti-indigenous racism

[thehealingsystem]

Hey, can we talk about the violence against queer natives for a second?

Nex Benedict was a 16 year old nonbinary student who was brutally murdered by three of their female classmates. Not only that, they were a Native American living on a Cherokee reservation, though not enrolled in the tribe, and their actual heritage is that of Choctaw.

Their death was not properly reported on until the blog post that genderkoolaid shared was made. Their nonbinary identity had remained unacknowledged, and it took even longer for their native one to be.

They were a victim of the rising anti-trans rhetoric spreading throughout places like the US. They were beaten in a bathroom after Oklahoma had banned trans people from restrooms, designating them to only use that of their assigned sex. Nex was attacked in the girls bathroom.

A native, two-sprit, nonbinary teenager. Whose identity and the actual circumstances behind the incident, a hate crime, wasn't even published beforehand. They died tragically, a death that could've been easily prevented.

Do you know how scary that is? I'm just like them. A native, two-spirit, nonbinary teenager. I have to keep on hearing stories of people my age, who live in the same country, who share my identity, getting murdered. Not even just murdered, but erased.

I know for an absolute fact that if I died tragically, who I am will not be remembered. My deadname will be on everything. I would not be counted in trans statistics, nonetheless statistics on transmascs. My identity would not be respected. My native heritage wouldn't matter. I didn't get to be enrolled. And Nex had supportive family and friends, people who stood up for them. Not all trans kids get to have that.

I've had to think about this before many times. From the other trans youth deaths I've seen. From nearly becoming one of them. When is it enough? Why do the people in power do nothing to stop kids like me from being killed? Why do they only want to make our lives worse?

I'm very lucky to live in a state that has not wavered on it's protections on LGBTQ+ residents. Though I am reminded often that that can easily change, if things keep going like this.

I could've easily been them. I can still easily be them. There are many other kids who can be them. Everyone should be doing more to protect trans youth, and protect queer natives. We're so often forgotten about. I'm part of small tribes, and tribes who barely even exist anymore. My elders desperately trying to keep it alive. Please do not erase us. I'm queer, I'm native. Nex Benedict should have been protected, youth like me should be protected. I wish the best for their family and I hope their memory is never forgotten.

#nex benedict #protect trans kids #trans rights are human rights #transgender #nonbinary #two spirit #native american #indigenous #tw hate crime #tw murder #transphobia #exorsexism #racism #anti-indigenous racism

[intersectionalpraxis]

Why Are Indigenous Women Disappearing Across Canada?

The formation of 'residential schools' in Canada was and remains a cultural genocide. Canada -a current white settler nation -has a responsibility to take accountability for the continued disproportionate amount of violence that Indigenous women face in this country, as Indigenous women are 4 times more likely, compared to the national average in Canada, to be victims of violence.

Since 1980, thousands of Native women have gone missing and have been murdered, and their cases have been either entirely dismissed or under-investigated. I have spoken about this on my page before, and although this short piece by Vice does not delve into the history of the RCMP -there is rampant anti-Indigenous racism in their ranks.

These issues are ongoing and epidemic, and we must always keep raising awareness about and talking about MMIW. This is only one of many videos on some of these issues, but I wanted to share this today.

#Youtube #feminist #feminism #native women #indigenous #indigenous women #mmiwawareness #mmiw #tw rape #canada #canada politics #settler violence #genocide #cultural genocide #systemic injustice #systemic oppression #rcmp #anti indigenous racism

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says a second feasibility study assessing the scope of a landfill search for the remains of two First Nations women has been completed and is set to be forwarded to the federal government. The organization says in a statement that the report is being reviewed by the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, as well as legal counsel, before it is sent to the department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Police said just over a year ago that they believe the remains of Harris, 39, and Myran, 26, were taken to the Prairie Green landfill, just north of Winnipeg, in May 2022. Since then, the families of the women have been fighting to have the landfill searched. 

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Tagging @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #canadian politics #canada #canadian news #manitoba #mmiwg2s #indigenous rights #systemic racism #anti indigenous violence #murder tw #death tw

[newsfromstolenland]

"Manitoba First Nations leaders are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), alongside Long Plain First Nation Chief Kyra Wilson, called for Smyth to step down Thursday, due to the police service’s refusal to search the Prairie Green Landfill for remains of three victims of an alleged serial killer.

Smyth has said that the remains are likely in the landfill north of the city, but that no search is planned, due in part to the amount of time that has passed and the fact that there’s no known starting point for a search.

The manager of the site has also said a search would be difficult at the private landfill, due to the constant movement at the site, but said the company is cooperating fully with police and expressed condolences to the victims’ families.

Police said 10,000 truckloads of refuse were dumped in the area since May, when the murders of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and an unidentified victim, who is being referred to as Buffalo Woman (Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe), are believed to have taken place. Trash at the landfill is also compacted with heavy mud at a depth of about 12 metres.

In an interview with 680 CJOB’s The Start on Thursday morning, prior to the call for his resignation, Smyth said the ability to search the landfill is outside of police expertise.

“The circumstances at Prairie Green are way different than Brady (Road Landfill),” the police chief said.

“Brady was within our skills. Prairie Green is not — it would be closer to a very hazardous archaeological dig, and that’s not a skill that we have.”

Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths. He was previously charged with first-degree murder in the death of Rebecca Contois, whose remains were found earlier this year at the Brady Road landfill.

“Many communities, organizations, and public leaders across the nation, are asking for a thorough search to be conducted at the Prairie Green landfill,” Long Plain First Nation, the home community of both Harris and Myran, said in a statement Thursday.

“The families of the three women deserve to have closure. Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe deserve better. Leadership will continue to advocate to have them found and brought back to their home fires.”

Long Plain’s Wilson will appear with AMC Grand Chief Cathey Merrick at a news conference in Ottawa, where Indigenous leaders and families of the victims have been calling for federal assistance with the situation in recent days, on Thursday."

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To be clear, police chief Danny Smyth is refusing to search for the bodies of three Indigenous women who are victims of a (for legal reasons, alleged) serial killer, despite knowing that they are likely there. If the women in question were white, they would be searching that landfill by now. No question.

Their names are Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and an unidentified woman who is being referred to as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe (meaning: buffalo woman).

We should all be outraged.

tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

#Indigenous #murder #serial killer #racism #anti-Indigenous racism #winnipeg #manitoba #morgan harris #marcedes myran #Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe #first nations #long plain first nation #danny smyth #murder tw #racism tw #anti-Indigenous racism tw #cops #police #cops tw #police tw #mmiw #mmiwg #missing and murdered indigenous women and girls #missing and murdered indigenous women

[aardvaark]

it’s officially Jan 26th here now, so just a quick note. if you believe today is "Australia Day" rather than Invasion Day & a Day of Mourning, then from the bottom of my heart, please fuck off. i stand with the Indigenous people of so-called Australia. this land always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

#jan 26 #invasion day #always was always will be #auspol #no pride in genocide #tw anti indigenous racism #tw racism

[ignatius-pennyfeather-ix]

holy shit if you think that a marginalized population having not that many members means that they’re not important & we shouldn’t care about them i will fucking kill you with knives

#I HAVE BEEN FUCKING TOLD THIS #IN THE PAST ABT KANAKA MĀOLI #AND LITERALLY MINUTES AGO ABT INTERSEX #FUCK YOU ALL WHO THINK THIS #WHAT THE ACTUAL EVERLOVING FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU #tw intersexism #intersex #intersexism #ableism #ableist bullshit #tw anti indigenous racism #anti indigenous violence #kanaka maoli #queer #idk what to tag this really #social issues

[wc-confessions]

mods dont have to post this, i am just very angry right now. id understand if this is controversial. i just want someone to hear this.

i just got off of wcue. i was a spectating. there was someone in the clan named w//ndigowisp. i am not good at confrontation, but being a native who sees ca like this every day of my life (literally.) i had an urge to actually say something. this has been something that has bothered me for a very, very long time. it is extremely personal to me.

my friend and i approached them as kindly as possible to inform them about the issue with their name. i was gentle with my wording- i know not everyone knows about the weight behind it. i know some people do not do well with being confronted.

and instantly we were told that they "knew what they were doing," and that we were making them uncomfortable. my friend pointed out that i, a native, have to be uncomfortable with this almost all the time. we were told that it did not matter because it was fictional, even though cultural appropriation extends beyond warrior cats.

after they were told that i am a native, they started going on about how rude and mean i was being. it was at this point they were prioritizing their own comfort over respect for native culture.

the person with the name asked their friends if they could serverhop because they were getting anxious. one of their friends told me to die (through the euphemism "go to starclan") right before they left.

my friend left, but i did not. someone had politely asked for a little more elaboration after overhearing our conversation.

after that, someone brought their gaggle of friends over. 3-4 of them. they were telling me that they were cherokee, and that it was chronically online to be uncomfortable with this. all i had asked for was for them to respect native culture. i was told that i am stupid and sad for caring about this. i was told to 'let people enjoy things.' it is not just the name i am upset with. as i said before, cultural appropriation extends beyond warrior cats. ca is the last step of colonization.

you could argue that there are bigger issues. i agree. but there is nothing wrong with being uncomfortable with cultural appropriation (i cannot believe i have to say that), and you should not go after other natives for it. i did everything i could to be kind, but i am still painted as awful and mean.

i wish i could say wcue is not always like this. in my own personal experience, anti-indigenous racism runs rampant there. i have blocked most racists i see. my blocklist is almost full- roblox has a limit of 100 users. only about 10-20 are from before i started blocking them.

again, mods don't have to post this, but i am still very hurt and very angry. sorry for the long post. if, by any chance, any of those people see this- i am sorry, but i'm not going to swallow my discomfort and hurt for the sake of white comfort.

as someone who was raised to believe in the spirit in question, it IS disrespectful to be using the name - i was told from a young age to never speak the name of it due to its nature and how it will bring misfortune to both myself and my people (and because of this, i go out of my way to avoid using its name, even if censored)

i dont think these people realize that not all native americans share the same beliefs, either. there are very specific groups who believe in this spirit, primarily those of us who are from canada, the great lakes, and the appalachians (i don't believe the cherokee nation is a part of this particularly grouping, but correct me if im wrong!). that name should not have been used or even encouraged to be used. it reeks of a lack of respect for many native american cultures and cultural appropriation

having a complaint about that spirit's name being used is not "chronically online" - there is a very real and genuine belief that usage of the name will bring evil to you, and this belief has been around since before chr*st*pher c*lumbus even came to the americas. it feels like most people think "chronically online" means "bipoc bringing up racism" nowadays because they feel entitled to speak over us (as always)

i'm very sorry you had to deal with those people, anon. i myself would've been extremely paranoid about the encounter, and you have every right to be upset over what happened. i hope you are well

-mod ashensky

#confession #anonymous #warrior cats #anti indigenous racism #tw racism

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

December 26th, 1862: The largest mass execution in U.S. history takes place. 38 Native Americans were publicly hanged in Mankato, Minnesota, as part of the Dakota War of 1862.

#history #world history #dakota history #united states history #usa history #minnesota #indigenous history #dakota war of 1862 #tw racism #racism #tw death #death #tw hanging #hanging #anti indigenous racism #american imperialism

[shoebillstork]

Im actually so fucking angry i could throw up okay so i have a contemporary native america history course that talks about that exact thing and my professor starts off my trying to ease us into a non western paradigm explained by Vine Deloria to better understand a pan indigenous thinking of life which is of course very important for contemporary native america and revitalization of that mindset and we began talking about the beginnings of a history book told through a non European settler colonial mindset and one of the opening lines was about how the genocide against the indigenous people of turtle island shouldnt have happened and THIS GENUINE FUCKING CUNT BEGAN GETTING FUCKING PRESSED OVER THE STATEMENT BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT DENIES THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN EUROPE AT THE TIME AND ALL THIS SHIT AND I NEARLY FUCKING SCREAMED AT THEM LIKE IDFC THERE WAS A CHOICE NOT TO KILL AND FUCKING STEAL THEIR LAND AND ANY FUCKING EXCUSE OR WHATEVER THEY HAD SHOULD STILL NOT HAVE COUNTED BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXCUSE

#textbox #genocide tw #anti indigenous racism

[crystalsandbubbletea]

What should have been

(CW: Anti-Indigenous themes mention, racism, genocide)

This is basically a ramble about the effects of how my grandmother did not grow up in the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma

We're doing a weaving project in my art class and I'm feeling this emotion that I can't describe-

It's a positive emotion, I know that, it comes whenever I'm beading, smudging, learning Ponca, or at Pow-Wow's.

I can only describe this emotion as a mix of euphoria and feeling like I'm floating.

Is this emotion positivity? Joy? Or happiness that I'm reconnecting with something that was stolen from me.

My grandmother and her brother, my uncle, could have grown up in the Ponca Tribe, could have been adopted by a family in the tribe, yet my grandmother was born a year before ICWA was passed, and my uncle two years before ICWA was passed, so they were adopted by a white family. They were a good family from what I heard, but that doesn't change that we were robbed from growing up in the Ponca Tribe, our tribe, our family.

My grandmother and uncle wouldn't know about their biological family until around 2018, when I was eleven.

My grandmother and my mother took DNA tests, and that's how we found out.

My grandmother had a Ponca father, and a white mother, and many siblings and cousins, all of whom were still alive.

We would be able to meet up with them, although my uncle only met them via video call.

At first, I thought this was normal, didn't think anything of it.

I realize now exactly how much was stolen from me.

I should have grown up with my culture. I should have been beading, and weaving, and learning the language, and attending Sundance, and going to Pow-Wow's, yet I didn't.

When I attended Sundance last year, I ended up crying. How couldn't I cry? After all, I was doing something I should have been doing my whole life.

I should be able to enroll in the Tribe, yet I can't, neither can my mother, because of blood quantums. My grandfather is a white man, so is my father. Although the elders are discussing letting people of lineal descent enroll.

... Then there's this other side of me.

Every time I wear my ribbon skirt, or smudge, I have this voice in my head, it says to me "You will never be indigenous enough. Look at your skin, you're too white, Rian. Your name is also too white. And look at your hair! You have your father's hair, and he's white! And that ribbon skirt, it's just cosplay! And you only bead because you just like the colors and textures!"

Would I still have that voice if I had grown up with my culture? Definitely not, this voice is the result of having the life I could have lived stolen from me.

The white people, the land stealers, they wanted the Indigenous Americans gone, so they took our children and tried to force us to be like them.

Of course, they failed.

... They can try to apologize for the things they done, but no amount of apologizing will change the fact that they stole from us, and how we are still digging up the bodies of children at residential schools.

When they say "America is the land of the free!" Don't forget the Indigenous Americans, and how we're still being oppressed, and never forget how what the white people did still affects the children that didn't grow up in their culture, and how it affects their children, and their grandchildren.

And don't forget, the genocide of Indigenous Americans is still going on.

#cw anti-indigenous themes #tw anti-indigenous themes #cw racism #tw racism #indigenous american #native american #racism #united states of america #united states #history #ponca #genocide #indigenous american genocide #native american genocide #crystalsandbubbletea #crystals rambles #crystal rambles #bubble tea rambles #bubble rambles #tea rambles #rian rambles

[deacons-wig]

I am not sure how coherent this will be, but I have some Thoughts because my brain won’t leave what is happening in the Fallout New Vegas fandom alone. Major content warning for vile things in the link. This isn’t the first time this shit has come up, and as angry as it makes me, I can’t imagine how traumatizing this is for the Indigenous people in the fandom. 

People of color are not your playthings. 

If you want to write about abusive, toxic, or otherwise unhealthy relationships, fucking go for it. Power fantasy, catharsis, vent, smut, whatever. Don’t like, don’t read is fine. Tag it well so you can avoid harming people who don’t want to see it, etc etc. I don’t know if it's particularly healthy to write or consume and I don’t particularly care because I’m not responsible for anyone’s mental health. I’m fully aware that people who write darkfic are probably capable of separating fantasy from reality, and while fiction does impact reality and reflects how we see the world, pearl-clutching purity culture can impact reality in an equally negative way. The key is critical thinking, and because Tumblr, and social media in general is terminally incapable of fostering this sort of nuance, I don’t really care. I’m a kinky, queer, ace-spec person with scrupulosity-themed OCD, and my brain already spends enough time telling me I’m a horrible person without trying to navigate this minefield. 

Except when people hide their racism behind proshipper discourse. 

The second you start including POC identities into power fantasy, and you’re white or from a dominant racial group that holds significant privilege over other POC—stop it. Just fucking stop. Don’t cry “historical accuracy” or “it’s just fiction, I wouldn’t actually do this or want this to happen to someone.” Ask yourself why you think writing wank-material replicating real world horrors that are happening today is in any way acceptable? Spend some time learning about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and then ask yourself why the fuck you think genocide is sexy? Because! You’re a bigot and either in denial or you enjoy being one. 

As a white person, I’m happy to educate. I’m happy to reach out in good faith and talk through issues and point out when bias or even outright casual racism shows up in your work. But if you’re really going to double down in the face of being told the content you create is perpetuating cycles of violence, I will be first in line to deplatform your ass and cries of bullying and harassment be damned. Block lists are a public service, and deplatforming is the best way to keep racists out of fandom. Get the fuck outta here.

#fallout new vegas #anti Indigenous racism #genocide tw #racism tw #fetishization

[dandyshucks]

waking up to see someone left a semi-self-demeaning reply on a post of mine and i go to their blog just to make sure they're not someone nasty before i reply encouragingly to them, only to see theyre very into the racist white man youtuber profiting off of Algonquian culture that obviously doesnt belong to him 😵‍💫😵‍💫

#this guy is also performing white saviourism to an incredible degree #''well if /i/ dont keep the stories alive then who will?'' THE FUCKING INDIGENOUS PPL IT BELONGS TO MAYBE ??? #i had a whole argument w my brothers about this where they insisted he wasnt racist for this and this was totally fine actually #so this is a very sore spot for me and seeing this person touting how great this guy is has been a slap in the face this morning #theres. a lot to this guy. and it's very frustrating that everyone adores him and has no idea how fucking racist he's being #bc he's being racist towards indigenous ppl. and ppl often dismiss anti-native racism :/ #not that (white esp) ppl rly take ANY racism seriously. but. its a gross trend I've noticed w anti-native racism #like everyone brushes off the caricature present in p*zza tower. bc oh its just silly :) its just a joke :) #bro they are straight up painting us as savages lmfao. thats like. classic racism against indigenous ppl. how are u just okay w that. #anyways! sorry to rant here im just. feeling a little nauseous fhfkdl that was not smth i wanted to see this morning or ever rly #its a very very sore spot for me still after that whole thing w my brothers :'''))))) #vent // #dandy.cmd #racism tw

[allthecanadianpolitics]

WARNING: This story contains distressing details and images.

New information uncovered by Radio-Canada's investigative program, Enquête, suggests there were perhaps dozens more deaths in Quebec residential schools than the 38 officially reported by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Combining newly uncovered photographs, previously unpublished reports and interviews with survivors, Enquête found several instances of deaths of Indigenous children in Quebec that aren't reflected in the official numbers.

Some of the children died from illness. Some were victims of abuse who later died under nebulous circumstances.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#Quebec #Residential Schools #Genocide #cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian #child abuse #rape tw #death tw #First Nations #Metis #Inuit #Indigenous #racism #Anti native Racism

[underestimated-heroine]

Cameron blatantly saying that Avatar was inspired by what he thought might've happened if members of the Lakota Sioux fought colonizers harder/better or whatever in conjunction with the obviously appropriated Hindu elements (including the word "Avatar" and the design of the Na'vi) is, uh...sure something that exists. even though it definitely definitely didn't need to. Like thanks for holding us all hostage to the existence of your shit movie, asshole lol

#like you really could've just simply not but no - we all have to live with it now #idk about everyone else but i for one definitely was looking forward to christopher columbus coming back to life and #making a bad unmemorable anti-native cgi movie for geeks /s #tw anti-native #tw anti-native american #tw racism #tw negative #tw avatar #tw anti-lakota #tw anti-indigenous #negative

[aardvaark]

so the tiny radioactive capsule that fell out of a truck in Western Australia was found, luckily on open road rather than near any communities. but you know what the maximum punishment for mishandling radioactive material like that is in WA? a $1000 fine. which even the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said was ridiculous. Rio Tinto just has to give over $1000 for something that very much could’ve killed or seriously injured people. that’s like $708 USD. and Rio Tinto (the mining company you might know from blowing up Aboriginal sacred sites with 46,000 year old arts) is not going to give a shit about $1000 bucks. what the fuck

#capsuleposting #auspol #rio tinto #australia #western australia #btw the jokes about australia ‘already being scary enough’ weren’t very funny when people were still very worried #juukan gorge #sacred sites #tw anti indigenous racism #wren speaks #news #mining companies #capitalism

[september11th2001]

ok im less tired so continued post from last night. large corporations literally dont fucking care about us indigenous people its so obviously shown when they continue to put Matoaka (aka "Pocahontas") in their art, games, movies, etc. It is so clear you don't give 2 shits and Im so tired.

(non indigenous ppl are encouraged to rb but if you say anything stupid ill literally get you)

#anti indigenous racism tw #💤