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[jadeseadragon]

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Dec. 15, 1890

"After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull & his people fled to “Canada” for four years. Faced with mass starvation among his people, Sitting Bull finally returned to the “United States” & surrendered in 1883. Sitting Bull was assigned to the “Standing Rock reservation” in present-day Dakotas”,where he maintained considerable power despite best efforts of the Indian agents & jealous Lakota to undermine his influence. When the apocalyptic spiritual revival movement known as the Ghost Dance began to grow in popularity among the Sioux in 1890, Indian agents feared it might lead to a Native American uprising. Wrongly believing that Sitting Bull was the driving force behind the Ghost Dance, agent James McLaughlin sent Indian police to arrest the chief. The police rousted Sitting Bull from his bed at 6:00 in the morning, hoping to spirit him away before his guards and neighbors knew what had happened. When the fifty-nine-year-old chief refused to go quietly, a crowd gathered and a few young men threatened the Indian police. Someone fired a shot that hit one of the Indian police; they retaliated by shooting Sitting Bull in the chest and head, killing him instantly. Before the ensuing gunfight ended, twelve other Native Americans were dead and three were wounded. Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse we’re not in the majority. The majority were forced to succumb to the status of “federal Indian” & confine themselves to “federal Indian reservations.” The minority was at Greasy Grass, a very small minority would not surrender in the torturous aftermath fleeing to so called “Canada” ; Starving so bad they ate mice; gnawed on their own moccasins to mimic the sensation of nourishment, watching their children slowly perish. Similarly & again a fraction of those minorities engaged the GhostDance. Two weeks later, the army suppressed the Ghost Dance movement with the Wounded Knee Massacre 1890. The spirit of tribal sovereignty that guided Sitting Bull still smolders under foreign occupation. The same corporate oppression faces all “Americans” today. “I was never the aggressor; I only fought to defend the women & children.” - Sitting Bull

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The question of “why haven’t the Chiefs changed their name?” is just the tip of the iceberg.

From sports teams to place names, outdated and harmful representations have begun raising these questions with renewed urgency, fueled by movements like the Lakota People’s Law (@lakotalaw) renaming project and broader calls for social justice.

While the @Chiefs maintain their stance on the name, a growing number of voices question its appropriateness in the current cultural landscape.

This Super Bowl has presented a unique opportunity to spark a wider conversation about representation, respect, and the potential for meaningful change in both sports and society at large: can sports and public spaces truly reflect progress if they continue to perpetuate harmful stereotypes? Let us know what you think in the comments👇

🔗 Read more about the offensive monikers still being used and why we need to change them ASAP at the #linkinbio

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✍️ @_annabeahm

🎨 @sidespinosa_

#superbowl #chiefs

[thespookybones]

#Repost @lakotalaw @download.ins --- Instead of supporting the usual megacorporate overlords this holiday season, shop Native-owned businesses and support the Indigenous economy! When you buy authentic Native goods, you're supporting Indigenous families and both traditional and contemporary Native artisanry. Use our #GiftGuide to find a beautiful accessory for your sweetie, a bag of coffee for the caffeine junkie in your life, or start a conversation about Native foods around your holiday table! If you have other shops or craftspeople you'd like to recommend, drop their @ below! #buynative #shopnative #nativeowned #indigenous #lakotalaw #gifts #shopsmall #buylocal #shoplocal #smallbusiness #boycottamazon #shopping (at Richmond, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIpkMMGFx_K/?igshid=cisgd0dkpzrk

[wellesleyunderground]

Supporting Native Organizations on Indigenous Peoples’ Day

It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (#f*ckColumbus) - what better way to commemorate the day and show solidarity than to support Native organizations and social media accounts. I’ve put together the following list to help get you started:

Native Roots Farm Foundation (https://www.nativerootsde.org/): A non-profit organization dedicated to “celebrating Native American cultures, protecting open space, cultivating a public garden, and practicing sustainable” founded by fellow alum Courtney Streett ‘09

SLC Air Protectors (@SLCAir): Native-led 501c3 that addresses the air pollution in Utah, while supporting Indigenous stewardship; Venmo: SLC-AirProtectors

Indigenous Peoples Day NYC (https://ipdnyc.org/):  A 24 hour celebration of dance, culture, and ceremony on Lanapehoking/Randall’s Island, NYC

Lakota People's Law Project (IG: @lakotalaw)

Honor the Earth (https://www.honorearth.org/)

Indigenous Food Lab (IG: @indigenousfoodlab): An org focused on creating access to Indigenous education & foods

Tewa Women United (https://tewawomenunited.org/): Located in the Tewa homelands, the org works to grow community and end violence against women, girls, and the earth

Indigenous Women Rising (https://www.iwrising.org/): An org focused on sexual health and reproductive justice accessibility for Native families

Native American Rights Fund (https://www.narf.org/): “Since 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has provided legal assistance to Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation.”

Indian Law Resource Center (https://indianlaw.org/)

Land Rights Now (https://www.landrightsnow.org/): An org that mobilizes and engages active citizens, media, communities and organizations worldwide to promote and secure the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

American Indian College Fund (https://collegefund.org/)

Indigenous Environmental Network (https://www.ienearth.org/)

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (IG: @csvanw; https://www.csvanw.org/)

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA (https://mmiwusa.org/)

Partnership with Native Americans (http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pwna_home): A 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization “committed to championing hope for a brighter future for Native Americans living on remote, isolated and impoverished reservations.”

Native American Heritage Association (https://www.naha-inc.org/):  NAHA is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to “helping Native American families in need living on Reservations in South Dakota and Wyoming”

Inuit Tapirit Kanatami (https://www.itk.ca/help-inuit-communities-thrive/):  Works to improve the health and wellbeing of Inuit in Canada “through research, advocacy, public outreach and education.”

Native Wellness Institute (https://www.nativewellness.com/)

Warrior Women Project (https://www.warriorwomen.org/)

The Redhawk Native American Art Council (https://www.redhawkcouncil.org/): A not for profit organization “founded and maintained by Native American artists and educators serving the tristate [New York] area.”

Indigenous People’s Power Project (https://www.ip3action.org/who-we-are/): A nonviolent direct action training and support network “advancing Indigenous communities’ ability to exercise their inherent rights to environmental justice, cultural livelihood, and self-determination”

Alaska Rising Tide (IG: @alaskarisingtide)

Native Womens Wilderness (IG: @nativewomenswilderness; https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/):  A nonprofit organization with the purpose of “inspiring and raising the voices of Native Women in the Outdoor Realm.”  

Sacramento Native American Health Center (https://www.snahc.org/)

[2plan22]

RT @lakotalaw: It’s official, and it’s about time! Join us in Congratulating Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the nation’s first Indigenous Cabinet member! https://t.co/gyxfvEKMSZ 2PLAN22 http://twitter.com/2PLAN22/status/1371658250815483908

It’s official, and it’s about time! Join us in Congratulating Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the nation’s first Indigenous Cabinet member! pic.twitter.com/gyxfvEKMSZ

— Lakota Law Project (@lakotalaw) March 15, 2021

[blackwoolncrown]

STOP LINE 3 WEBINAR

TOMORROW, Tuesday August 17th

Visit @lakotalaw or @giiwedinindizhinikaaz on insta for more info

[rafaelsilvasource]

Daily reminder to Stop Line 3. 1. Sign a Biden petition. 2. Use our bio link to stop HR 1374. 3. Write to the Army Corps of Engineers. 4. Follow these accounts for updates: @resist_line_3 @campmigizi @redlaketreatycamp @giniwcollective @honortheearth @lakotalaw 5. Make Stop Line 3 posts to raise awareness. 6. Donate to camps or frontline water protectors. 7. Donate to Bail Funds: stopline3bailfunds.org 8. Come stand with the water protectors at camp. You can find details about camp at stopline3.org/hub

[Lakota People's Law Project]

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Posted @withregram • @lakotalaw “Orwellian” says @bravenewfilms , which sums up our feelings as well. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWdgYkMpQYIDodf3g1CugeOfkdDshsh8vSQCgI0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ihaveafundamentalproblem]

If anyone needs this today, this made me feel a bit better.

Original post: lakotalaw Instagram

[amastelle]

*Pls take a moment & text PUCZGE to 50409 asap to send a message to your reps in Congress to STOP LINE 3, before water quality is ruined along the entire Mississippi River.

*Pls share this on all your social media.

- Pipe hits the ground there in 9 hours.

More info attached is from #lakotalaw on IG.

[calabashpig]

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[wastewiyoung]

Wtf. This is some BS. @courtyellowwolf #repost @lakotalaw #texas #indianchildwelfareact #tribalsovereignty #stealingchildren #Lakota #Dakota #Indigenous https://www.instagram.com/p/CTgKApgrUt7/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Repost from our friends at @2earthwithlove @download.ins --- Good News for a Change!!! Repost from @yearsofliving • It’s been a great week for climate justice! In a victory for activists and environmental groups, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been canceled, while the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines are facing legal setbacks. It’s becoming increasingly clear that the future has no place for dirty pipelines. ⁠ ⁠ At the forefront of the pushback against these projects have been Indigenous groups like the Oglala, Cheyenne River, and Rosebud Sioux, as well as the Haliwa-Saponi and Lumbee that have risked their safety to protect their land and water against the interests of extremely powerful people. If it weren't for their bravery and persistence, these projects would be moving forward. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @earthjustice @standingrocksioux @lakotalaw #YEARSproject #nodapl #dapl #standwithstandingrock #environmentaljustice #climatejusticenow #keystonexl #standingrock #standingrocksioux #waterislife @m# https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsXJpjBrEB/?igshid=9sh9qmw18buz

[c-rberus]

just to make it super clear, the specific angle of the case is that the very basis of tribal affiliation as a non-racial classification is being challenged. if tribal affiliation is ruled to be racial in nature, this opens up the door for not only our children being stolen en masse but also the dissolution of entire reservations and tribal casinos (source).

this is actually WHY the case is even at the supreme court - moneyed interests like pipeline companies (the exact ones that have faced down water protectors over the last years) saw an angle to dissolve what little sovereignty we have in the legal framework of the US, so they could then take our resources. fossil fuels on tribal lands and tribal casino revenue is estimated to be 1.5 trillion dollars in value, and indigenous-led resistance against dakota access pipeline cost the company over 7 billion dollars (see the lakotalaw article i linked). this is a case in point for how indigenous sovereignty & control of our lands is directly linked to stopping climate change.

if you want to learn more about it please check out the article i linked and the this land podcast, who did an entire episode covering the money behind the challenge to ICWA!

For people who live in the U.S., November can bring to mind a lot of things, and one of them is Thanksgiving. This can be a complicated holiday because while most people just see it as an excuse to get together with friends and family and pig out, we all know that the story of the "First Thanksgiving" is bullshit.

This November, and for as long as it takes, I'm asking you to keep Native American and Alaska Native rights in mind and to fight for them. ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, is at risk.

This act was created to stop cultural genocide. Until the late 1900s, Native American and Alaska Native children were routinely kidnapped and placed in residential schools and white families, where they faced abuse, forced assimilation, and sometimes murder. ICWA was passed in 1978 to stop this by allowing tribes to control the foster and adoption placement of Native American and Alaska Native children.

However, today, the SCOTUS started hearing arguments in a case that could overturn ICWA. This would not only endanger children and allow cultural genocide, but it would endanger tribal sovereignty since it would deny sovereign tribes the rights over the placement of their own children.

This November, this Thanksgiving, and until ICWA has been upheld, I ask you to stand up for the rights of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

Spread the word about what is happening. Don't let this get swept under the rug. Post about it. Tell your friends and family.

Sign petitions.

Write to representatives.

Reach out to local tribes to see what you can do to help.

Protest.

And if you can afford to do so, donate to Native American and Alaska Native organizations.