#North Americans

[kickerofelves]

Bleeding Heart Tetra — North Americans

[the-heaminator]

HEAM. YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THE FURSONA OF A RACCOON AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

HONESTLY FROM WHAT IVE HEARD ABUT RACCONS IT SEEMS FAIR

[listenlook]

North Americans - The Last Rockabilly

From their Long Cool World album released in 2023

[exhenchman]

[theindyreview]

Scene Stories: Demystifying the Los Angeles Drummer

Scene Stories: Demystifying the Los Angeles Drummer #Drummer #GregSettino, reveals how to build a fulfilling life as a working #musician #LosAngeles #story @North_Americans #interview #freelance #TigerCity #eggdropsoup

This article was supposed to be about a 2022 song by Petey, called “Lean into Life.” It’s a great song and you should totally give it a listen. It almost sounds like you are listening to “Someone Great” by LCD Soundsystem. The vocals and hooks that follow have a matter-of-fact specificity that also evoke James Murphy, in a way that feels good. The lyrics present a harsh and vivid mirror, and make…

[illustratus]

Life Saving Patrol by Edward Moran

[snototter]

A young American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) rides on the back of its mother in Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA

by Rick Dunlap

[karinyosa]

id:

a tweet by azadeh shahshahani (@ashahshahani) that says, "anticipate heightened targeting of palestinian and muslim community members by the fbi in the coming weeks.

if you live in the u.s. south and are contacted by the fbi for questioning, contact us at project south.

the national lawyers guild has a national hotline: (212) 679-2811"

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[oldnorthcarolina]

cemetery angel, December 2023

[draculavian]

First 9 days of birdtober 2024 [list by @/aholmesartstudio on Instagram]

Blue Jay ☆ American Robin ☆ Eastern Bluebird

Belted Kingfisher ☆ Northern Mockingbird ☆ Red Winged Blackbird

Northern Cardinal ☆ Great Blue Heron ☆ Ruby Crowned Kinglet

[kickerofelves]

Going Steady — North Americans

[ostdrossel]

Today I spotted a Robin nest in one of the apple trees. It looked fresh and had no eggs in it so I decided to take a chance and put a Birdsy camera there. It was so cute to see the bird sing while in the nest.⁠

[honeyrosepetals]

[possumnest]

i made a calendar! and you can pre-order it here!

it features 12 illustrations of my favorite native north american birds on every page, and for an extra $10 you can get a sticker bundle of 5 of the bird designs!

[tvstvnvkke]

Tribal Names

I don’t think many people, even some native people, are aware that the legal names of many tribes are actually not from the tribe.

Often the names came about because colonizers would ask one tribe "hey, what do you call those people over there?". then they would assign the name given to that tribe. so often the names were descriptions from unrelated tribes, or in more extreme cases, insults.

The Muscogee tribe got pretty lucky since the legal name was "creek" and it came from a different tribe going "oh, those are the people near the creek". which, is accurate enough, most creek settlements were placed along creeks. a famous one that is related to the Muscogee is the name "Cherokee". "Cherokee" is a Muscogee word meaning something along the lines of "people who don’t speak our language". Even this is pretty light compared to some names. some official tribal names translate to phrases like "dog eaters" or "lazy people".

This is why it’s not uncommon for tribes to start using older names. Muscogee comes from the term for our people "Mvskoke", and the tribe has made efforts to distance itself from the name "Creek". Although it is likely still the name you’ll hear most often.