the-smartass:

starkdisassembled:

Oooooooooooooooooooooowned.

By one of my abso-favorite non-Natives. Because if you sit down and listen long enough to mount this kind of argument, you sorta renew my faith in the outside world a little.

This reply from a friend, recent events, and the fact that when people say “educate me” I rip my hair out has inspired me to write this.

I’m from Los Angeles, the home of this:

I was born and raised under the powerful influence of Hollywood, especially since when I walk out my door and go down the street it’s right there. It takes me awhile to adjust to the lack movie billboards and Star Line Tour vehicles on every corner when I got to another city.

So for the longest time, Hollywood’s depictions of Natives were just that, depictions. Not dehumanizing racism. I never thought racism was dead but I thought it was only thriving in individuals, not society itself. I just never bothered to think much of it.

Then I picked up a copy of Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie for a school project. I was shocked to discover that his portrayal of Natives was so distant from my own. I read more and more of his books, disturbed and confused with every one. Those books lead me to Custer Died for Your Sins by Vine Deloria Jr. which was the book that convinced me to do more research on the subject.

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John Waynes teeth (by twinmonsterslayer)

forever stuck in my head

brandygrant:

So here is a rant, my whole life i haven’t known where i came from. My parents were adopted and that whole family situation was really weird and complicated. Recently i have been obsessed with finding my dads heritage, which is native American, Lumbee. His mother had, for lack of a better word,…

good luck! and if you need someone to talk to, i’m here. I was adopted out and am in the LONG process of reclaiming so I know what it’s like to go through that shit :/

Also, look up Lost Bird Society, census names as well as tribal rolls.

Sometime too, it’s nice to see if there’s an American Indian Center around you if you want to reclaim being native. Being blood and being involved with a community is as different as night and day; but being involved with that pan-indian community (in addition to the Lumbee one) is really super rewarding and I recommend it :)

Reclaiming is a very stressful, confusing, and some times painful process…. but so worth it… it gives you so much strength and joy it’s incredible.

nerdyhbic:

stfuhypocrisy:

adriennecrista:

(Cus I know my followers will LOVE this….)

Do you know who gives financial support to Planned Parenthood?

This list will surprise you.

The information on these companies was gathered directly from Planned Parenthood sites. More…

(Source: newsinfaith.com)

Pura Fe´ talks about the Indian Blues (Native American Blues Music) (by purafe)

are ya’ll already chattin’ it up?

or should i open a room?

indianvaudeville:

Techno Ind’en Nerd. (Taken with instagram)

WHAT?!?! THIS EXISTS?!!?!

i wish i had a device I could use this on. :/

I need more Ryan McMahon in my life.

adailyriot:

Recent research suggests racial classification is responsive to social stereotypes, but how this affects racial classification in national vital statistics is unknown. This study examines whether cause of death influences racial classification on death certificates. We analyze the racial classifications from a nationally representative sample of death certificates and subsequent interviews with the decedents’ next of kin and find notable discrepancies between the two racial classifications by cause of death. Cirrhosis decedents are more likely to be recorded as American Indian on their death certificates, and homicide victims are more likely to be recorded as Black; these results remain net of controls for followback survey racial classification, indicating that the relationship we reveal is not simply a restatement of the fact that these causes of death are more prevalent among certain groups. Our findings suggest that seemingly non-racial characteristics, such as cause of death, affect how people are racially perceived by others and thus shape U.S. official statistics.

(Source: abbyjean)

(Source: realitycheckindianimages)