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Heart of Decolonization A gathering for decolonizing people of diverse backgrounds who are in positions of teaching and inspiring others to decolonize while occupying stolen Native lands still under resistance. SAVE THE (TENTATIVE) DATE! September 4-6, 2015 Independent Lakota Territory Hosted by the Lakota Cante Tenza Okolakiciye (Strong Heart Warrior Society) This unique gathering is intended to bring together a
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By robertajestes If I had a dollar for every time I get asked a flavor of this question, I’d be on a cruise someplace warm instead of writing this in the still-blustery cold winter weather of the northlands! So, I’m going to write the recipe of how to do this. The process is basically the same whether you’re utilizing Y or
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By Deborah A. Miranda Lying to Children About the California Missions and the Indians | The Zinn Education Project.
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Though often romanticized in textbooks, the Gold Rush era is remembered by many California Indians as a time their ancestors fought for survival. Source: indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
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Approximately 900 horses belonging to tribes along what is now the Idaho/Washington border were needlessly slaughtered in 1858. Source: indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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Taté Walker asks people and institutions to stop profiting from stereotypes proven to harm and dehumanize Native people. Source: goodmenproject.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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Wukchumni is both a Native Californian language and people. They are of the Yokuts tribe residing on the Tule River Reservation. The Tule River Reservation was established in 1873 by a US Executive Order in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is south of Fresno and north of Bakersfield. It occupies 55,356 acres. -Wikipedia “This short documentary profiles the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni, a
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Dedicated supporters staged a 15 hour sit-in until the early this morning, when the Alaska Senate passed the measure on an 18-2 vote. Source: www.ktoo.org See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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This interactive map, produced by University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt to accompany his new book West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, offers a time-lapse vision of the transfer of Indian land between 1776 and 1887. As blue “Indian homelands” disappear, small red areas appear, indicating the establishment of reservations. (Above is a GIF of the map’s
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At the first gathering of the newly created National Congress of Black American Indians, organizers and attendees came to unite and celebrate individuals of both African and Native American ancestry — a subject often fraught with complicated questions of race, identity and citizenship. Click through to read more. Source: america.aljazeera.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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