Meant to post about this in June...Yikes! It's already almost August.
Just wanted to post about this 100 year anniversary.
The Indigenous people in the U.S.A. were not considered American citizens until June 1924.
The “Americas“ (as in both continents) had a beautiful landscape, occupied by numerous tribes for millennia.👇
pickA 22-hour audiobook about the social/political movement needed to save the planet's ecosystem via strategies that redistribute the world's wealth to those who've been denied it is a tough sell, and so I've enlisted my mom's cardboard cutout of The Boss to help me. He's sporting the wristband I got at the #noDAPL protest. Mr. Springsteen did not give me permission to use his likeness. Available on #Libby and wherever #audiobooks are sold.
This is my first post in a daily series #todayinsj where I'll feature news or history on social justice, and tying it to a book that relates to the issue.
Today Trump signed to go forward with the keystone and Dakota access pipelines. This image from NBC shows a protestor at DAPL facing the police.
Tagging this book, which I haven't read, but looks like a really interesting look at how this has affected our neighbors to the north.
Joseph Boyden and Kent Monkman, two highly talented Native artists, team up for this little powerhouse of a book about Chanie Wenjack, the Ojibwe boy who escaped from a Residential school and died trying to walk home. One terribly tragic story in the long and ongoing history of colonialism and genocide. #Nativebooks #decolonize #noDAPL
And now for some good news. I'm #thankfulfor the water protectors.
And yes, I own this book. 175 pages of life-saving wisdom! I have witnessed many patients cure their cancer with an alkaline diet under the direction of my nutritionist. She sells this book in her office. 🍍🍋🌱
#nutrition #nonfiction #nodapl #standingrock #thanksgiving #health
#Thankfulfor a cozy, quiet spot to read this topical and relevant novel after a long, busy, lovely day. #HappyThanksgiving #PhotoadayNov16
Though I relish this holiday because time with my family and food, I completely recognize it's ugly, ugly, roots. I sent up a prayer for all who lost their lives in the name of colonialism and all those who continue that fight in the present. #StandingRock #NODAPL
As many know, a false narrative of #Thanksgiving is told that erases Native genocide & valorizes colonists. Spend time w/your family, but I also I encourage you to learn more about it, reflect on settler privilege, & support Native ppl & causes.
These books are a great start, incl. one by Sarah Deer, a former prof of mine. The #StandingRockSyllabus is great too: http://tinyurl.com/jmth5jc. I also gave $ to thank #NoDAPL water protectors. ✊🏼
Today I am revisiting this powerful book written by my dear friend Leanne Simpson. She is of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and a member of Alderville First Nation. She is a fierce activist and a beautiful writer. #decolonize #nodapl #nativebooks #queerbooks
Still going - and using the money I've saved to contribute to causes that are important to me. It's excellent motivation! #noDAPL #quitsmoking
The documentaries mentioned in my last post and some more reads. Some of these books are more academic (which brings its own issues) but they all deal more with land rights and sovereignty, for anyone interested in #noDAPL 👍🏼 #overthis
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There was an immense population.
There was Trade.
Stargazers (there were some Indigenous clans who lived, documented, and built by the stars and seasons before Egypt, Stonehenge, etc.).
And there was even Chaco, where tribal people from different clans (from all over the Americas) are said to have traveled and gathered in conference.
Etc.👇 (edited) 3mo
In the U.S. 100 hundred years ago my ancestors were recognized as citizens of their own land. A land we have loved for thousands of years, & continue to want the best for🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💝. (edited) 3mo
#EveryChildMatters
#MMIWG
#MMI2S
#NoMoreStolenSisters
#CodeTalkers
#WaterProtectors
#NoDAPL
#firstnationsgenocide
#indigenouswomen #nativepride
#SevenGenerations
#firstnations
#EarthHealingHopepostsbyanncrystal
#californiananncrystal (edited) 3mo