Tomorrow is truth & reconciliation day in #Canada. A national day to reflect how we were supposed to learn from our colonial past and live in harmony and common purpose with the #Indigenous. It is the first year that a government who claimed that to be their goal, turned around and supported the colonial genocide in Israel. I don’t want to see one Liberal speak on what they clearly do not understand. #Canada
Tomorrow on the day of Truth and Reconciliation in #Canada, spare a minute to think about the #Indigenous#Cherokee of the Smokey mountains in America. They’re underwater, and no one is coming to help.
My own truth and reconciliation journey was enriched so much by #Indigenous seed-keepers are gardeners. From Ontario to North Carolina, I collected seeds and sat and spoke to elders about #climatechange and crops in our changing world. Indigenous people are the earth’s stewards and a wealth of knowledge. #bloomscrolling
See what people don’t understand in Canada is that the #Indigenous genocide is still happening, it’s slow, and it involves things like poisoned water and atrociously expensive groceries on reserve.
This, while the Indigenous do everything to protect the lands and they are surveilled and impoverished.
For Truth And Reconciliation day tomorrow from #Canada to #Israel, to the Smokey Mountains of #NorthCarolina, listen to the people who were here first. (English follows).
Balanced lessons on missions and the gold rush in California
🔸There is a flip side to the narrative about the cultural richness that Spanish #colonists brought to California.
🔸The discovery of #gold at Sutters Mill in 1848 did more than just spark the largest settler migration in the country’s history.
🔥In both cases, the damage to the lives and cultures of the state’s Indigenous populations was profound.
At the time, there were far more #Indigenous#people than the Spanish or European-descended Americans.
In its effort to provide Native-led historical instruction, the "National Museum of the American Indian" has developed curricula that provides perspective about the people who were there long before anyone else.
Join Native America Calling to learn about NMAI’s educational goal and how it’s being used
On September 30th in #Canada we have a national day of Truth & Reconciliation. This is a day to acknowledge the harm colonization has had on the #Indigenous community in Canada. As we do this, we wear orange shirts to remember the children who died in Residental Schools. As we do this, our government is supporting another genocide in Palestine. As we do this, this is happening:
Putz, vim para o CRUSP (moradia estudantil) e me esqueci de trazer um livro de referência base para o projeto de minha próxima IC (que tá bem complicada) 😩. O jeito foi recorrer ao bom e velho PDF 🏴☠️, mas eu tenho o livro. Aliás, por favor, alguém poderia me recomendar referências sobre história do velho oeste estadunidense? Em especial material bibliográfico que fale sobre os povos originários de lá. Obrigada ❤️!
Reservation Dogs star and Canadian actor D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai brought Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) into the spotlight with him at last night’s Emmy Awards Ceremony.
Woon-A-Tai (Oji-Cree) was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Bear Smallhill in FX on Hulu’s smash-hit series Reservation Dogs. He is the first Indigenous North American actor ever nominated in the award’s leading actor category.
"A red hand over the mouth has become the symbol of a growing movement, the #MMIW movement. It stands for all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard. It stands for the silence of the media and law enforcement in the midst of this crisis. It stands for the oppression and subjugation of #Native women who are now rising up to say #NoMoreStolenSisters."
"Canada’s willingness to deal with illegitimate claims of bodies such as Métis Nation of Ontario and NunatuKavut Community Council is an affront to the integrity of Indigenous governments and their fundamental right to define their own citizenship systems and rights-holders" Colin Samson