#indigenous naming

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Canada's Cornus: A Diverse Landscape of Dogwood Species

[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.

[wanderinguteruspress-blog]

Their name was Nex Benedict.

They were 16 years old and deserved to live for many more years.

I can’t stop thinking about them and how every adult in that school and state failed them.

How the hateful rhetoric and dog whistle bathroom bills pushed by far right religious extremists led to this tragedy.

3 older teen girls beat them so badly they died from their injuries. Nex was murdered by hate.

We have been warning that the legal targeting of the trans community recently was going to lead to tragedy like this. We have been screaming from the rooftops that the right wing isn’t protecting anyone. And here we are.

I will continue to do what I can in the off line space to make the world safer for my community.

But I will also not forget Nex Benedict. Say their name. Remember who they were and who they never got the chance to become.

[greco-roman-jewess]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHJ1MG4SPNi/?igsh=MWM1eHR4a3cxb293cg==

Ben M Freeman Author of The Jews: an Indigenous People was welcomed to his speaking engagement in Edmonton by Chief Victor Buffalo of the Samson Cree Nation and Ermineskin Cree Nation Mosom Rick Lightning.

[artbysarf]

Prince Nalu from Barbie Mermaidia, but he's D&D

Race: Merfolk

Class: Rogue

Subclass: Swashbuckler

[stressedbeetle]

there was a swedish guy in like the early 1900s that literally just traveled to Australia, attended a funeral of an indigenous person and then HE CAME BACK A FEW WEEKS LATER TO DIG UP THE BONES TO KEEP IN HIS COLLECTION!!!!

DO YOU HEAR ME??!!!

HE WENT ON A FUNERAL AND THEN CAME BACK TO DIG UP THE BONES!!!!!!!

Thankfully the aboriginal people there had heard he had dug up bones previously and they moved the grave.

AND WHEN HE DISCOVERED THIS HE GOT MAD AND SAID THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE COULDN'T BE TRUSTED

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[c-h4nn]

holy shit anti-Indigenous racism is so pervasive in castlevania fandom spaces that it's pushing people, including me, a Native person, away from the fandom.

There is so much criticism and outright hatred directed toward Olrox (and his past lover) when the other beloved characters have done far worse throughout the games and shows and have never been brought up like this. These are racist, superficial, speculative, and uneducated claims that I will not deign to expand upon. You don't have to like Olrox as a character. But do not be permissive of racism and bigotry, or else that will be all the fandom consists of.

[slutsoutgutsout]

i am grieving. grieving the loss of 14 year-old Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe. grieving a baby whose life was stolen from her in the most brutal way one could be. grieving for her loved ones and her community. grieving yet another murdered Indigenous girl. my grief is so immense i can’t even put it into words. please, i implore you, if you care at all about our missing and murdered women and girls, speak up. say something. say her fucking name.

Emily Pike.

Ánágodziih doleel, Emily. the Creator has all of you now💔

[cpyclopse]

Navajo Miku!

I'm mixed so we gotta represent both sides:)

I love saying "miku, miku, ooohweeeoooh" idek what that song is called but it's on loop in my mind

This is peak Americana

[My art]

[slyandthefamilybook]

"ugh everything is antisemitism now 🙄🙄🙄" hey buddy wonder why you keep hearing accusations of antisemitism.....

[aqua-cultured]

what is it about seeing more than 3 vowels in a word that makes mainlanders brains just shut down

like any time they come across a word in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi they just immediately give up and tell me "I'm not even gonna try to pronounce that"

and it's fucking like

"Kailua"

come on guys

[dramatic-dolphin]

i swear to god some americans on this site have a humiliation kink bc what the hell is this

[thatneoncrisis]

re whitewashing in tlt spaces. i feel like id be way more chill with seeing lighter toned harrow, bc at the end of the day she IS lightskinned you can just look at the cover of nona and that whole "skin the color egg carton" this is like. fanciful and kind of strange if your mind goes to the white or grey ones but like

absolutely within the range of human skin tones. its tan but its not like a dark chocolate brown. gives you enough to work with. but on top of just making harrow incredibly pale a lot of the time she is just. drawn like a white girl. just zero indication that she isnt entirely pakeha let alone maori if you didnt already have that info in your back pocket.

and so much shit contributes to this its tazs descriptions in the book just focusing on how pointy and scrawny she is, its fanartists not really getting the nuances of how to draw poc outside of "white person" and "black person", its the fact that irl maori obviously have a vast array of different ways they can look and some of them can be white passing and that doesnt make them less maori, its that fact coming into conflict where in a book if you have a main character you say is maori but is lightskinned, white passing and has zero connection to maori culture, language, and wasnt even born on earth and its been 10000 years since that particular ethnic group has even existed. what does that mean. how would the text change if she was just pakeha

[powersandplanetaries]

I know that news stories about Indigenous people leading ecological stewardship movements are very charismatic and heartwarming, and if your heritage or culture inspires you to work towards better care for the environment that is incredible and extremely admirable, but we're clear on the fact that Indigenous rights and Land Back movements shouldn't depend on First Nations people being mystical Noble Savage, Closer To Nature poster children, yes?

Indigenous self-determination applies to the person who becomes a teacher because she wants to help fill a need in underserved northern reservations. It applies to the person who studies engineering because the job market is good and he likes cool cars. It applies to the woman who works a government job because it's a stable job with a decent salary on which to raise her kids, and the woman who works a government job because she wants to represent and be a voice for her people. It applies to the person who is a lawyer trying to correct the over-incarceration of First Nations people, and her son who wants to be a professional baseball player because he loves sports. It applies to the grad student who wants to bring traditional knowledge into field work, and the goth hairdresser who spends every weekend going to punk shows and anime conventions in the city. It applies to the person who considers themself Two Spirit, and the person who uses non-binary instead because they dont feel that umbrella term fits them. None of these examples are hypotheticals- these are all people I personally know, either friends or family friends or even members of my family. All of these people are equally Indigenous, whether or not they fit your image of what a marginalized people's priorities "should" be. They are not gone, and they are not "stuck in the past". Happy National Indigenous People Day. Do better.

[bogbutteronmycroissant]

For those who don't know, Nex Benedict, an American indigenous non-binary 16 years old, died in February 8. And I said died, but they were murdered: they passed away the day after three girls (whose names are still kept hidden) attacked them and their friends in the bathroom of the Owasso high school in Oklahoma. They were beated, insulted, and possibly suffered serious damage in the face and head. The next day, they collapsed and was declared dead at the hospital.

The school did and has done nothing. The teachers have done nothing. The police has done nothing. A kid died and the world stays silent. If Nex hadn't been indigenous or non-binary, then the whole country would have turned upside down.

Trans people deserve to live. Non-binary people deserve to live. Indigenous people deserve to live.

One of my close childhood friends is trans. He's also forced to go to the women's bathroom. Will he be the next victim? Who else will have to suffer for us to learn? When will justice be served?

We won't forget, Nex, and we won't forgive.

[mvrphysart]

I thank you for telling me all the fun facts! I am here once again to ask for more :D You could make a funfact book and id read it ngl

of course!!! it’s my pleasure <3 i LOVE rambling about this heheheh

this fun fact is, once more, about Brasil!

Brasil has the second largest Japanese descendant population in the world, only after Japan itself!

Japanese immigration to Brasil peaked between 1926 and 1935, but the immigration process actually began on june 18, 1908, when the japanese ship Kasato Maru arrived in the country bringing almost 800 workers to farms in the interior of São Paulo. because of that, June 18 was established as the national day of Japanese immigration! in 1973, the flow stopped almost completely after the Nippon Maru immigration ship arrived — at that point, there were almost 200,000 Japanese settled in the country.

in 2022, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that there were 2 million Japanese descendants in Brasil (around 1% of the brazilian population!!) making it the country with the largest population of Japanese origin outside Japan.

however, Brasil only had around 46900 Japanese citizens as of 2023, since most of the Japanese descendant population in Brasil has been living in the country for three or more generations and most only have brazilian citizenship.

now you may ask: but why did so many japanese people immigrate to Brasil, specifically?

the answer is that, basically, Japan needed emigration and Brasil needed immigration. it was perfect for both.

Japan needing emigration

at the beginning of the 20th century, Japan was overpopulated. the country had been isolated from the rest of the world during the 265 years of the Edo period, with no wars, epidemics from outside or emigration. Japan produced only as much food as it consumed, without storing enough for hard times, which meant any unexpected problems or shortfall in the harvest caused famine.

when the Edo period ended, there was a project of modernisation and expansion during the Meiji Era, which brought the mechanisation of agriculture and consequently left thousands of workers unemployed, in debt, or caused them to lose their lands because they couldn’t pay the high taxes. because of that, the people who lost their lands moved to the big cities, making them crowded and making job opportunities quite rare.

so, in the 1880s, Japan encouraged the population to emigrate through contracts with other countries. before Brasil, many Japanese people had already immigrated to Mexico, Peru, and the US, especially Hawaii.

Brasil needing immigration

due to the expansion of coffee plantations, which was the major driver of the brazilian economy for a long time (from the last half of the 19th century until the 1920s, which i could talk about for HOURS but that’s another day’s fun fact), there was a demand for cheap workforce in rural São Paulo.

note: before that, the brazilian immigration policy was no only a way of colonisation, but also a way to whitewash and “civilise” the country with european immigrants, mainly germans and italians, following the ideals of social darwinism. because of that, there’s also a large number of italian and german descendants here, especially in the southeast and south.

the immigration of asians was practically prohibited in 1890. in that year, the president and the minister of agriculture signed a decree that immigrants from Africa and Asia could only be allowed with the authorisation of the National Congress. it was only in 1892 that Chinese and Japanese immigrants were allowed to enter Brasil, making the decree of two years earlier lose its effect.

in 1902, the italian government banned the emigration of italians to work in Brasil. the coffee plantations faced a very severe shortage of workers as the number of italians decreased, which led the brazilian government to accept the arrival of Japanese immigrants.

in 1906, Ryo Mizuno, president of the Imperial Emigration Company, visited Brasil. the timing was perfect, as the restriction of Japanese entry into the US and the restriction of italian emigration to Brasil meant that the interests of Japan and Brasil were aligned.

now, one of the most famous neighbourhoods of São Paulo is Liberdade (“Freedom” in portuguese), where many japanese immigrants established themselves around 1912, coming from the rural areas of the state after not adapting well to working in the coffee plantations.

despite being a “japanese neighbourhood”, nowadays most of the japanese people live somewhere else and only have their businesses there, and the region started to accept many chinese and korean immigrants as well.

the Liberdade neighbourhood: