#indian-americans

[nando161mando]

A perfect snapshot of America in the trending articles from 12/6/24

[esha-kode]

ceasefire! 🇵🇸

[killyridols]

first light by soumya netrabile, 2023, oil on canvas, 86 × 72 inches

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

So my post on Oklahoma making it legal to take indigenous children from their parents without tribal consent is blowing up, and I'm glad people are horrified. But what I need people to know is that this might happen on a national level.

The Supreme Court is debating overturning the Indian Child Welfare Act.

What this act does is give Native American and Alaska Native tribes and nations control over the foster and adoption placement of their children. To overturn it would be to say tribes and nations aren't sovereign, and it would also allow the U.S. government to forcibly assimilate indigenous children into other cultures.

Please:

Spread the word about what is happening.

Read online news articles about this; the more traffic on those articles, the more likely the press is to write more articles.

If there are protests in your area, join them.

If there are indigenous nations or tribes in your area, ask them how you can help.

Donate to indigenous rights organizations like Native American Rights Fund.

Write to your representatives.

If ICWA falls, keep all of the above up. Don't just shrug and think it's over.

[batboyblog]

It's hard as this administration draws to a close not to reflect on all that will be lost, I spent a lot of time putting together what the Biden-Harris Administration was doing each week, and I was struck over and over and over again how often they took time to target money toward tribes and native communities, almost every time there was something big nationally they made sure there was something in there for Native Americans. Something we're unlikely to see again.

[telugutimesusa]

Conspiracy against Indians in America

A total of 12 people, including nine Indian-Americans and Indians, have been indicted in Pennsylvania for a massive interstate conspiracy in dentistry and related businesses. According to the court documents, these 12 persons have been involved in visa frauds, treatment related frauds, tax evasion and illegal circulation of money along with Savani Group companies.Six of them are working in Savani group. Bhaskar Sawani, 57, and Niranjan Sawani, 51, both of the group, are licensed dentists in Pennsylvania. Arun Sawani (55) looks after the financial affairs of this group. All three brothers gave US visas to widows while hiding their real jobs and responsibilities. All three of them appeared in court on 20th of this month.

[lionofchaeronea]

Photographic half-length portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man named Sun Flower, taken by a photographer for Heyn Photo in 1899. Now in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

[blackfilmmakers]

Why did I already see two posts talking about how weird it is that Pavitr and Hobie are besties despite Pavitr’s clear resentment towards the British?

Like what parallels do you people even conjure up between White monarch colonizers stealing Indian possessions vs a Black anarchist punk?

Y’all just stay calling Black people colonizers for no reason

[usnatarchives]

Navajo papoose on a cradleboard with a baby lamb, Window Rock, AZ, 1936. 🐑

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (NARA ID 519160).

[blondebrainpowered]

A mother and child of the Wenatchee tribe from Washington - 1902

[nando161mando]

Everybody's a Republican now

[intervex]

It was Indigenous People's Day so I made some intersex + Indigenous flags

Since I've been on a roll in making intersex flags. First: flags for the three major types of Indigenous groups whose lands were stolen to create the country I live in (Canada):

Left: intersex and First Nations (American Indian Movement) Middle: intersex and Inuit Right: intersex and Métis

Then I made some intersex flags for some specific First Nations whose cultures I have at least basic familiarity with: Left: Haida ................... Middle: Huu-ay-aht ......... Right: Musqueam

Left: Blackfoot ........... Middle: Anishinaabe ...... Right: Haudenosaunee

Note: The last three are confederacies of multiple nations. Order is based on geography, going west to east.

Personal Note: I am a settler and am not a member of any of these nations. I've moved many times in my life, and these nations are the rightful stewards of the lands that I personally feel I have the most connection to. 💜

Tagging for archival: @intersexflags @varsex-pride @radiomogai @beyond-mogai-pride-flags

[ttusyaart]

✶ My dear warlike son ✶

(Or just Eagle Flies on a black painted horse)

[alinahdee]

ICWA STANDS!

[glowingcritter]