January 2012
kahs2012 said: I don’t know if this sounds super weird but every time I see your pictures I want to hug you lmao!
I really wanna meet you in person some day! and I wanna give you such a big hug! I’m so glad that you’ve stayed around here on tumblr! you’re such a...
.: Native Americans (FN, Inuit, Metis, etc) and... →
kahs2012:
I had never realized how different the dynamics are for Native people when they use the internet until I got a tumblr account.
I don’t mean in terms of what sites we use, how we chat with people, etc but rather as to what we often tend to find on the internet when looking for information pertaining to ourselves, our Nations or our history.
When I look up general words like...
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“Imagine interpreting for us your own people’s thinking toward us, instead of...”
– Jeanette C. Armstrong, The Disempowerment of First North American Native Peoples and Empowerment Through Their Writing paper prepared for Saskatchewan Writers Guild 1990 Annual Conference. (via celinee
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“What is wrong with this picture?
1.) He is the President. She is being...”
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I agree about the second point and think that her behavior is out of line because of racism but can we please stop acting like positions of state power are deserving of respect? This is a man who could pardon Mumia Abu-Jamal, CeCe McDonald, Leonard Peltier, and Breanna...
shit that's funny to me: when people try to say...
i mean really?
REALLY?
you ain’t racist?
come now.
“What is wrong with this picture?
1.) He is the President. She is being...”
– (via queerblackfeminist
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choppedandlooped asked: About your dreamcatcher post. I may be wrong as well, but I don't think anything special happens when you give anyone a dreamcatcher. Its just like "yo. Here's a dreamcatcher I made for you." And it doesnt just have to be a kid. What I've heard is it usually is hung on the East wall, or by the window. I guess it depends on where you come from.
Custer Died for Your Sins: ALERT: JUST RECEIVED... →
queerfury:
BIA Livestock Impoundment crews are confiscating sheep, goats, horses, cattle belonging to the Dine People of Big Mountain/Black Mesa, Arizona right now. Human rights violations against traditional Dine (Navajo) taking away one of their major food sources as well as wool essential to their livelihood. Please flood the office of Robert Carolin and tell him the elders need to eat...
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Nowhere Important: According to my professor, in... →
talkingmotorcycleblues:
According to my professor, in order to succeed in the Native American art market, you have to confine yourself to portrayals of “the lone, savage warrior riding a horse on the plains.”
As some of you may know, I’ve been ranting about this issue for a while. I hate the fact that “Native American…
fuck that stereotypical shit. We’re not stuck in the 1880s....
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stop smiling: from "Seeing Red: A History of... →
ayiman:
I thought that this passage was particularly relevant, as it deals specifically with popular perceptions of indigeneity and how those perceptions are created, reinforced, and propagated throughout colonial enterprise.
What’s most alarming about these portrayals is that, while dealing specifically with the indigenous in Canada, identical iterations of them can be found throughout the...
Anonymous asked: Hi there, I realize that this may be a silly question but what is the appropriate use of a dreamcatcher?
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Two Men Sentenced for Racially-Motivated Assault... →
WASHINGTON – Paul Beebe and Jesse Sanford of Farmington, N.M., were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Santa Fe, N.M., on federal hate crime charges related to a racially-motivated assault on a 22-year-old developmentally disabled man of Navajo descent, the Department of Justice announced. Beebe was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison followed by three years supervised release....
salvagedfictions:
#nativeamericanhallofshame is killing it today, fuck yeah ya’ll. I can’t follow it cause having all those images on my dash is killing my mood but pay attention to this tumblr people, real important shit.
yeah, that’s the only down side to following it is that you will see all the bullshit folks generally avoid those tags for. but it’s good to know there’s...
Here be dragons.: Attention all Tumblr Natives! →
littleojibwe:
If any of you are in the Peterborough or Curve Lake area between the ages of 13-25 or know anyone that is please read this message!
My friend and I are doing a photo essay about native youth who defy the stereotypes the media puts out about them. You know, the idea that they join gangs, disrespect their culture, etc. We’re looking to take pictures of candid moments that portray...
android-pigstina said: BRITT, WE NEED TINYCHAT SOON, I MISS YOUR VOICE.
haha depending when people do it tonight i might be able to.
my friends’ have a show at 8p west coast time so I’ll be at that for a few hours and then tomorrow I’ll be at my brothers…....
digatisdi said: Please screenshot it so we can laugh!
haha for sure. I’ll save it for a tiny chat though :) I’m choosing to answer them privately cuz i’m not about to let the posters get off cuz everyone gets to see their ignorant words… particularly when...
all this hate mail is amusing.