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Feel free to Download and share our flier widely! And don’t forget to RSVP! If you’d like to volunteer, we’d so appreciate your help. Please complete and submit our Volunteer Form. Sourced through Scoop.it from: seedsandsoul.org After I saw Rulan at Stanford, I’ve been looking forward to see her again in the Bay Area! Woot!
Read moreMonday, October 12th is Columbus Day, which we have celebrated in this country since the eighteenth century… and that’s probably long enough. When you find out the actual facts of what Columbus did when he got to America, you’ll find one of the darkest chapters in American history. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young
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How 14-year-old Auli’i Cravalho became the voice of Disney Moana Sourced through Scoop.it from: hapamama.com
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Indigenous Peoples Day, the new holiday replacing Columbus Day. Powwow and Indian Market in Berkeley, California. 23rd Annual Celebration 1992-2015 Saturday, October 10, 2015 10am – 6pm FREE Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park Berkeley CA. Martin Luther King, Jr Way, between Alston Way & Center Street (2180 Milvia St) 1-1/2 blocks west of the Berkeley BART Station
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Continuing with the ICTMN series, some elders, culture bearers and educators share 10 Things You Should Know About the Swinomish Tribe. Sourced through Scoop.it from: indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Read more“This is sovereign land and this is a sovereign nation,” said Nori Baldridge, the tribe’s director of economic development. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.pressdemocrat.com
Read moreAlbuquerque, NM — In a historic settlement, Native American tribes have been awarded nearly a billion dollars. The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that a settlement was reached with 645 Native American Tribes for the sum of $940 million dollars. The settlement stems from a 1990 lawsuit, which claimed the U.S. government failed… Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com
Read moreby Adrienne K Last night I went on a mini Twitter-rant when I discovered that Pocahontas was on Netflix. It wasn’t the fact that the move was just on the site, it was the description that they had assigned it. Oh the description: Continue reading Sourced through Scoop.it from: nativeappropriations.com
Read moreSonia Martinez of Denver, CO has taken the public by storm after reporting yet another case of racial discrimination. As part of the Facebook group “Uber’s Woman Driving Network”, Martinez was attacked by Rene Hunter, another alleged Uber client, concerning her identity as a Muslim Driver for Uber. Her post containing racist sentiments has gone viral, spreading across Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Reditt,
Read moreHow can we include settler colonialism in our work – especially as it relates to racism against non-Native people of color? It’s complicated, but this article’s got some crucial answers. Understand Racism and Settler Colonialism as Connected Forms of Oppression Examine How Settler Colonialism Creates Tensions Between Anti-Racism Work and Decolonization Learn That If You’re on US Land, You’re
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