FIRST NATIONS
Acknowledge, honor, and celebrate First Nations people and culture - decolonize, revitalize history, follow current issues, understand foodways/food sovereignty, waterways/water is life, the arts, music, languages, literature, and storytelling, science and education, The Storytellers, Wisdom Keepers and The Warriors and their People's Sacred Places, community care, tradition, health, wellness, relief, Indigenous Sovereignty and economic sustainability, Indigenous led conservation and guardianship.
Acknowledge, honor, and celebrate First Nations people and culture - decolonize, revitalize history, follow current issues, understand foodways/food sovereignty, waterways/water is life, the arts, music, languages, literature, and storytelling, science and education, The Storytellers, Wisdom Keepers and The Warriors and their People's Sacred Places, community care, tradition, health, wellness, relief, Indigenous Sovereignty and economic sustainability, Indigenous led conservation and guardianship.
Here are 10 quotes from the great Sioux Indian Chief known as Standing Bear that will be sure to disturb much of what you think you know about “modern” culture.
1) Praise, flattery, exaggerated manners and fine, high-sounding words were no part of Lakota politeness. Excessive manners were put down as insincere, and the constant talker was considered rude and thoughtless. Conversation was never begun at once, or in a hurried manner.
2) Children were taught that true politeness was to be defined in actions rather than in words. They were never allowed to pass between the fire and the older person or a visitor, to speak while others were speaking, or to make fun of a crippled or disfigured person. If a child thoughtlessly tried to do so, a parent, in a quiet voice, immediately set him right.
3) Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that ‘thought comes before speech.’…and in the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of any kind, and in the presence of the notable and great, silence was the mark of respect… strict observance of this tenet of good behavior was the reason, no doubt, for his being given the false characterization by the white man of being a stoic. He has been judged to be dumb, stupid, indifferent, and unfeeling.
4) We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, the winding streams with tangled growth, as ‘wild’. Only to the white man was nature a ‘wilderness’ and only to him was it ‘infested’ with ‘wild’ animals and ‘savage’ people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.
5) With all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue.
6) This concept of life and its relations was humanizing and gave to the Lakota an abiding love. It filled his being with the joy and mystery of living; it gave him reverence for all life; it made a place for all things in the scheme of existence with equal importance to all.
7) It was good for the skin to touch the earth, and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth… the old Indian still sits upon the earth instead of propping himself up and away from its life giving forces. For him, to sit or lie upon the ground is to be able to think more deeply and to feel more keenly. He can see more clearly into the mysteries of life and come closer in kinship to other lives about him.
Everything was possessed of personality, only differing from us in form. Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library and its books were the stones, leaves, grass, brooks, and the birds and animals that shared, alike with us, the storms and blessings of earth. We learned to do what only the student of nature learns, and that was to feel beauty. We never railed at the storms, the furious winds, and the biting frosts and snows. To do so intensified human futility, so whatever came we adjusted ourselves, by more effort and energy if necessary, but without complaint.
9) …the old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence.
10) Civilization has been thrust upon me… and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.
1) Praise, flattery, exaggerated manners and fine, high-sounding words were no part of Lakota politeness. Excessive manners were put down as insincere, and the constant talker was considered rude and thoughtless. Conversation was never begun at once, or in a hurried manner.
2) Children were taught that true politeness was to be defined in actions rather than in words. They were never allowed to pass between the fire and the older person or a visitor, to speak while others were speaking, or to make fun of a crippled or disfigured person. If a child thoughtlessly tried to do so, a parent, in a quiet voice, immediately set him right.
3) Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that ‘thought comes before speech.’…and in the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of any kind, and in the presence of the notable and great, silence was the mark of respect… strict observance of this tenet of good behavior was the reason, no doubt, for his being given the false characterization by the white man of being a stoic. He has been judged to be dumb, stupid, indifferent, and unfeeling.
4) We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, the winding streams with tangled growth, as ‘wild’. Only to the white man was nature a ‘wilderness’ and only to him was it ‘infested’ with ‘wild’ animals and ‘savage’ people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.
5) With all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue.
6) This concept of life and its relations was humanizing and gave to the Lakota an abiding love. It filled his being with the joy and mystery of living; it gave him reverence for all life; it made a place for all things in the scheme of existence with equal importance to all.
7) It was good for the skin to touch the earth, and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth… the old Indian still sits upon the earth instead of propping himself up and away from its life giving forces. For him, to sit or lie upon the ground is to be able to think more deeply and to feel more keenly. He can see more clearly into the mysteries of life and come closer in kinship to other lives about him.
Everything was possessed of personality, only differing from us in form. Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library and its books were the stones, leaves, grass, brooks, and the birds and animals that shared, alike with us, the storms and blessings of earth. We learned to do what only the student of nature learns, and that was to feel beauty. We never railed at the storms, the furious winds, and the biting frosts and snows. To do so intensified human futility, so whatever came we adjusted ourselves, by more effort and energy if necessary, but without complaint.
9) …the old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence.
10) Civilization has been thrust upon me… and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.
Art and Music
family, group, clan, tribe nation, community, federation, nation, linguistic grouping, born for mother's/father's family, group, clan
Examples: The Bitterroot Salish (or Flathead, Salish, Selish) are a Salish-speaking group of Native Americans, and one of three tribes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana. The Flathead Reservation is home to the Kootenai and Pend d'Oreilles tribes also.
Examples: The Bitterroot Salish (or Flathead, Salish, Selish) are a Salish-speaking group of Native Americans, and one of three tribes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana. The Flathead Reservation is home to the Kootenai and Pend d'Oreilles tribes also.
What is clan and tribe?
A tribe is a group of clans who reside within a specific geographical location. They stand apart from the mainstream socio-political, economic and cultural grounds of the country. In contrast, a clan is a family that believes that they descend from a common ancestor. (Anurahda Jun 25, 2021)
A tribe is a group of clans who reside within a specific geographical location. They stand apart from the mainstream socio-political, economic and cultural grounds of the country. In contrast, a clan is a family that believes that they descend from a common ancestor. (Anurahda Jun 25, 2021)
What is matrilineal vs patrilineal?
In matrilineal kinship systems, lineage and inheritance are traced through a group's female members and children are part of their mother's kinship group. In contrast, in patrilineal systems, group membership is determined through men and children are part of their father's kinship group. (Sara Lowes. Dec 13, 2016)
In matrilineal kinship systems, lineage and inheritance are traced through a group's female members and children are part of their mother's kinship group. In contrast, in patrilineal systems, group membership is determined through men and children are part of their father's kinship group. (Sara Lowes. Dec 13, 2016)
First Nations History and Culture
Biographies of Plains Indians American Indian Relief Council
Languages and Education
Ledger Art
Keystone Publications
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Earth Justice
We're in Court Defending Priceless National MonumentsNovember 22, 2022
The state of Utah is trying to shrink two national monuments and challenge the bedrock law that protects some of the nation’s most vulnerable and sacred places.
We’re stepping in alongside Tribes and other conservation groups to defend these monuments against Utah’s legal challenge – because this is a fight that connects with the heart of the Earthjustice mission. Defending these monuments will help to protect public lands and face down the destructive threat of fossil fuels.
We're in Court Defending Priceless National MonumentsNovember 22, 2022
The state of Utah is trying to shrink two national monuments and challenge the bedrock law that protects some of the nation’s most vulnerable and sacred places.
We’re stepping in alongside Tribes and other conservation groups to defend these monuments against Utah’s legal challenge – because this is a fight that connects with the heart of the Earthjustice mission. Defending these monuments will help to protect public lands and face down the destructive threat of fossil fuels.
Dreaming of Indigenous FuturesMICHAEL LUONG Yes! Masgazine
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Use Aaron Carapella's Tribal Nations Maps to make note of First Nations reservations and the Tribal Nations Ancestral Lands you are on everywhere you go. Lives Reclaimed Through Maps Supreme Court ruling in late June is a recent example of a growing divide between the Supreme Court and Congress over federal Indian law. The ruling highlights the relevance of one man’s decades-long cartography effort to document thousands of Native American Tribes.
Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you. October 10, 2022 NPR.
Native Land Digital Map
Native Land Digital Territory Acknowledgement
US Native American Tribes by Regions Ethnographers commonly classify the native peoples of the United States and Canada into ten geographical culture regions with shared cultural traits. These cultural regions are broadly based upon the locations of indigenous peoples of the Americas from the time of early European and African contact beginning in the late 15th century. When indigenous peoples have been forcibly removed by nation-states, they retain their original geographic classification. Some groups span multiple cultural regions. The following list groups native american indian tribes by region of origin, followed by the current tribal names and/or reservation locations. Tribes are ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse. There are 562 federally recognized Indian tribes, bands, nations, pueblos, rancherias, communities and Native villages in the United States.
Society of Architectural Historians (Gulf Coast Tribes)
"...as you explore SAH Archipedia you will also find landscapes, infrastructure, monuments, artwork, and more. This cross-section of the country demonstrates the richness and diversity of architecture and building practice across many centuries, from mud brick to steel, from ancient cliff dwellings to contemporary office towers—a history that unfolds in individual building entries and thematic essays written by leading architectural historians who survey and explain styles and typologies, materials and techniques, and social and political contexts, from local to state to national levels."
Use Aaron Carapella's Tribal Nations Maps to make note of First Nations reservations and the Tribal Nations Ancestral Lands you are on everywhere you go. Lives Reclaimed Through Maps Supreme Court ruling in late June is a recent example of a growing divide between the Supreme Court and Congress over federal Indian law. The ruling highlights the relevance of one man’s decades-long cartography effort to document thousands of Native American Tribes.
Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you. October 10, 2022 NPR.
Native Land Digital Map
Native Land Digital Territory Acknowledgement
US Native American Tribes by Regions Ethnographers commonly classify the native peoples of the United States and Canada into ten geographical culture regions with shared cultural traits. These cultural regions are broadly based upon the locations of indigenous peoples of the Americas from the time of early European and African contact beginning in the late 15th century. When indigenous peoples have been forcibly removed by nation-states, they retain their original geographic classification. Some groups span multiple cultural regions. The following list groups native american indian tribes by region of origin, followed by the current tribal names and/or reservation locations. Tribes are ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse. There are 562 federally recognized Indian tribes, bands, nations, pueblos, rancherias, communities and Native villages in the United States.
Society of Architectural Historians (Gulf Coast Tribes)
"...as you explore SAH Archipedia you will also find landscapes, infrastructure, monuments, artwork, and more. This cross-section of the country demonstrates the richness and diversity of architecture and building practice across many centuries, from mud brick to steel, from ancient cliff dwellings to contemporary office towers—a history that unfolds in individual building entries and thematic essays written by leading architectural historians who survey and explain styles and typologies, materials and techniques, and social and political contexts, from local to state to national levels."
TRIBAL MAP PDF SPREADSHEET - LIST OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WITH THEIR INDIGENOUS/GIVEN NAMES
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May 28, 1830 CE: Indian Removal Act Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, beginning the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans in what became known as the Trail of Tears.
Native Memory Project
Spring Ranch, 6361 US Hwy 26
Dubois, WY 82513
To facilitate the documentation and preservation of stories, histories, and cultural traditions of Indigenous peoples, early settlers, ranchers, and others with strong historical ties to the cultural landscape of the American West, especially those that pass on knowledge which is in danger of being lost or forgotten; and to support place-based education and local learning by developing resources for knowledge-sharing, in partnership with interdisciplinary collaborators – local, regional and national.
The core group of the Native Memory Project first collaborated in 2000. During the next 4 summers a series of videos were produced about the Sheep Eaters or Mountain Shoshone of the Greater Yellowstone region. Thus began a decades-long effort to record stories of the Native inhabitants of the Rocky Mountain West and of the old-time ranchers and settlers who shared their histories and strong ties to the land.
Spring Ranch, 6361 US Hwy 26
Dubois, WY 82513
To facilitate the documentation and preservation of stories, histories, and cultural traditions of Indigenous peoples, early settlers, ranchers, and others with strong historical ties to the cultural landscape of the American West, especially those that pass on knowledge which is in danger of being lost or forgotten; and to support place-based education and local learning by developing resources for knowledge-sharing, in partnership with interdisciplinary collaborators – local, regional and national.
The core group of the Native Memory Project first collaborated in 2000. During the next 4 summers a series of videos were produced about the Sheep Eaters or Mountain Shoshone of the Greater Yellowstone region. Thus began a decades-long effort to record stories of the Native inhabitants of the Rocky Mountain West and of the old-time ranchers and settlers who shared their histories and strong ties to the land.
Native Hope Native Hope exists to address the injustice done to Native Americans. We share Native stories, provide educational resources, and assist Native communities.
Languages and Education
Earth-Based Spirituality
First Nations Development Institute Strengthening Native American Communities & Economies
Indigenous Climate Action Our work inspires, connects and supports Indigenous Peoples, reinforcing our place as leaders in climate change discourse and driving solutions for today and tomorrow. Our work is grounded in four main pathways: Gatherings, Resources and Tools, Amplifying Voices and Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty. Facebook
Envisioning Crazy Horse’s prophecy coming true, by Kenneth G. White Jr. Navajo Times Guest Column
Jan 24, 2022 Crazy Horse or Tasunke Witco was born as a member of the Oglala Lakota on Rapid Creek about 40 miles northeast of Thunderhead Mt. (now Crazy Horse Mountain)
Jan 24, 2022 Crazy Horse or Tasunke Witco was born as a member of the Oglala Lakota on Rapid Creek about 40 miles northeast of Thunderhead Mt. (now Crazy Horse Mountain)
EXPERIENTIAL LEXICON
The Meaning of the Poles
Pole 1: Obedience - a Sacred responsibility, a Sacred Understanding
Pole 2: Respect- to recognize the Sacred in Everything around us
Pole 3: Humility - the act of forgetting one's self for Others
Pole 4: Joy - the Good from within, our own Well-Being
Pole 5: Love - an expression of one's feelings, the Sacred Feminine in us All
Pole 6: Faith - our own Sacred Beliefs, our Divine Self
Pole 7: Kinship - a connection by blood, to never forget the Ties that bind
Pole 8: Cleanliness - the Importance of Purity and Caring
Pole 9: Appreciation - being Grateful, the Privilege of Life, the Honor
Pole 10: Strength - the Nation, the People, the Sacred Culture, Tradition
Pole 11: Good Child Rearing - to learn by Example, for future Generations
Pole 12: Hope - for a better tomorrow, for the Nation, for its People
Pole 13: Ultimate Protection - Creator's Hand over us, Creator's Sheltering
Pole 14: Control Flaps - to control the wind
Pole 1: Obedience - a Sacred responsibility, a Sacred Understanding
Pole 2: Respect- to recognize the Sacred in Everything around us
Pole 3: Humility - the act of forgetting one's self for Others
Pole 4: Joy - the Good from within, our own Well-Being
Pole 5: Love - an expression of one's feelings, the Sacred Feminine in us All
Pole 6: Faith - our own Sacred Beliefs, our Divine Self
Pole 7: Kinship - a connection by blood, to never forget the Ties that bind
Pole 8: Cleanliness - the Importance of Purity and Caring
Pole 9: Appreciation - being Grateful, the Privilege of Life, the Honor
Pole 10: Strength - the Nation, the People, the Sacred Culture, Tradition
Pole 11: Good Child Rearing - to learn by Example, for future Generations
Pole 12: Hope - for a better tomorrow, for the Nation, for its People
Pole 13: Ultimate Protection - Creator's Hand over us, Creator's Sheltering
Pole 14: Control Flaps - to control the wind
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. (2104). ((to Howard Adams (1921–2001) Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005) Jack Forbes (1934–2011)). "Today in the United States, there are more than 500 federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the 15 million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military. Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up peoples' history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative."
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. (2104). ((to Howard Adams (1921–2001) Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005) Jack Forbes (1934–2011)). "Today in the United States, there are more than 500 federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the 15 million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military. Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up peoples' history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative."
Sacred Places
A list of the 2019 National Sacred Places Prayers Days across the country Indian Country Today - Digital Indigenous News Washington, DC (6/20/19) Observances and ceremonies will be held across the land on the Summer Solstice, which is June 21 this year -- The Morningstar Institute. The Solstice and the days before and after it mark the 2018 National Days of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places
A list of the 2019 National Sacred Places Prayers Days across the country Indian Country Today - Digital Indigenous News Washington, DC (6/20/19) Observances and ceremonies will be held across the land on the Summer Solstice, which is June 21 this year -- The Morningstar Institute. The Solstice and the days before and after it mark the 2018 National Days of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places
Current Issues and Movements
Native American Rights Fund (NARF). Since 1970, NARF has provided legal assistance to Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation. NARF has successfully asserted and defended the most important rights of Indians and tribes in hundreds of major cases, and has achieved significant results in such critical areas as tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, natural resource protection, and Indian education. NARF is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that focuses on applying existing laws and treaties to guarantee that national and state governments live up to their legal obligations. https://www.narf.org
Native American Rights Fund (NARF). Since 1970, NARF has provided legal assistance to Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation. NARF has successfully asserted and defended the most important rights of Indians and tribes in hundreds of major cases, and has achieved significant results in such critical areas as tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, natural resource protection, and Indian education. NARF is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that focuses on applying existing laws and treaties to guarantee that national and state governments live up to their legal obligations. https://www.narf.org
Native Land Digital Territory Acknowledgement Territory acknowledgement is a way that people insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life. This is often done at the beginning of ceremonies, lectures, or any public event. It can be a subtle way to recognize the history of colonialism and a need for change in settler colonial societies. Board of Directors biographies Advisory Council biographies How Native Land works Partners and Contributors Media
University of Minnesota Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Native American
Indigenous Resistance
Arizona 3/4/2020 Tohono O’odham demand end to blasting of sacred sites for border wall By Staff | on March 04, 2020
By Talli Nauman Native Sun News Today Health & Environment Editor
By Talli Nauman Native Sun News Today Health & Environment Editor
“No, do you know what your treaty rights are?” Treaty consciousness in a decolonizing frame by Chris Hiller
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Water is Life
BEYOND THE NEW DAWES ACT: A CRITIQUE OF THE FIRST NATIONS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP ACT
by Michael P C Fabris. B.A., Simon Fraser University, 2014
by Michael P C Fabris. B.A., Simon Fraser University, 2014
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Environmental Ethics through Changing Landscapes: Indigenous Activism and Literary Arts. Warren Cariou and Isabelle St-Amand.University of Manitoba
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The Revitalization of Indigenous Resistance
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Idle No More
A Direct Act of Resurgence, a Direct Act of Sovereignty’: Reflections on Idle No More, Indigenous Activism, and Canadian Settler Colonialism. ADAM J. BARKER, Independent Researcher
A Direct Act of Resurgence, a Direct Act of Sovereignty’: Reflections on Idle No More, Indigenous Activism, and Canadian Settler Colonialism. ADAM J. BARKER, Independent Researcher
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Decolonize
Radicalizing Relationships To and Through Shared Geographies: Why Anarchists Need to Understand Indigenous Connections to Land and Place. Adam J. Barker and Jenny Pickerill. (PDF Available.) Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; (ajb123@le.ac.uk). c2012 Antipode Foundation Ltd. Placed here 12/13/2019. Abstract: Indigenous activists and anarchist Settler people are articulating common ground in opposition to imperialism and colonialism. However, many anarchists have faced difficulties in Indigenous solidarity work through unintentional (often unwitting) transgressions and appropriations. Through the introduction of settler colonialism as a complicating power dynamic, we observe that anarchists bring unconscious spatial perceptions into their solidarity work. Further, Indigenous activists often perceive anarchists as Settler people first and foremost, which carries another set of spatial implications. We examine a number of examples of anarchist and Indigenous activism, at times empowering and at times conflictual, in order to reveal some general trends. Through an intensive synthesis of Indigenous peoples’ theories and articulations of place- based relationships, we suggest that deeper understandings of these relationships can be of great importance in approaching solidarity work in place and with respect.
Radicalizing Relationships To and Through Shared Geographies: Why Anarchists Need to Understand Indigenous Connections to Land and Place. Adam J. Barker and Jenny Pickerill. (PDF Available.) Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; (ajb123@le.ac.uk). c2012 Antipode Foundation Ltd. Placed here 12/13/2019. Abstract: Indigenous activists and anarchist Settler people are articulating common ground in opposition to imperialism and colonialism. However, many anarchists have faced difficulties in Indigenous solidarity work through unintentional (often unwitting) transgressions and appropriations. Through the introduction of settler colonialism as a complicating power dynamic, we observe that anarchists bring unconscious spatial perceptions into their solidarity work. Further, Indigenous activists often perceive anarchists as Settler people first and foremost, which carries another set of spatial implications. We examine a number of examples of anarchist and Indigenous activism, at times empowering and at times conflictual, in order to reveal some general trends. Through an intensive synthesis of Indigenous peoples’ theories and articulations of place- based relationships, we suggest that deeper understandings of these relationships can be of great importance in approaching solidarity work in place and with respect.
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Foodways Food Sovereignty
Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasons. Farmers around the world rely on millennia-old wisdom to guide their planting. Scrambled weather and seasons are forcing them into uncharted territory.https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/climate-change-killing-thousands-of-years-indigenous-wisdom/
Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasons. Farmers around the world rely on millennia-old wisdom to guide their planting. Scrambled weather and seasons are forcing them into uncharted territory.https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/climate-change-killing-thousands-of-years-indigenous-wisdom/
Indigenous Environmental Network https://www.ienearth.org/justtransition/
CONSERVE AND PROTECT
ISSUES AND RESOURCES
PATHWAYS
Wisdom Keepers and Warriors
archaeoastronomy
From An Interview with Tribal Sovereignty Lawyer, Playwright, and Activist Mary Kathryn Nagle in Artists and Climate Change blog 9/3/20:
"I think that part of our environmental crisis in the United States today is the reality that we had sovereign nations here that existed before the United States, that valued the land as something other than a commodity. Tribes certainly engaged in commerce and built structures, tore down trees and burnt land – it’s not the case that Indians were sitting around and not using land for strategic purposes – but in terms of the way in which we had a connection to the land, it wasn’t a straight up capitalistic understanding or relationship.
It also wasn’t 100% “anti-capitalist” because we took from the land and traded in exchange for other things, which is commerce. Now, there’s nothing inherently evil about commerce; we’ve always engaged in it as Native people. The problem was that we weren’t engaging in it in a way that was as exploitative or profitable, I suppose, as those who wanted to use land just to make a profit. That became the basis for the Supreme Court to strip tribal nations of their inherent sovereignty and title over their land." Mary Katherine Nagle https://wp.me/p2ZJ8Z-57X
"I think that part of our environmental crisis in the United States today is the reality that we had sovereign nations here that existed before the United States, that valued the land as something other than a commodity. Tribes certainly engaged in commerce and built structures, tore down trees and burnt land – it’s not the case that Indians were sitting around and not using land for strategic purposes – but in terms of the way in which we had a connection to the land, it wasn’t a straight up capitalistic understanding or relationship.
It also wasn’t 100% “anti-capitalist” because we took from the land and traded in exchange for other things, which is commerce. Now, there’s nothing inherently evil about commerce; we’ve always engaged in it as Native people. The problem was that we weren’t engaging in it in a way that was as exploitative or profitable, I suppose, as those who wanted to use land just to make a profit. That became the basis for the Supreme Court to strip tribal nations of their inherent sovereignty and title over their land." Mary Katherine Nagle https://wp.me/p2ZJ8Z-57X
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/wanbdi-wakita-dakota-language-hamster-toy-1.4993752
https://www.cbc.ca/originalvoices/language/dakota/?maplang=dakota
This, posted to Amplifying Indigenous Voices Action Team by Kathleen Masis. I thought you might like. From An Interview with Tribal Sovereignty Lawyer, Playwright, and Activist Mary Kathryn Nagle in Artists and Climate Change blog 9/3/20.
The Indigenous Leadership Initiative is dedicated to facilitating the strengthening of Indigenous nationhood for the fulfillment of the Indigenous cultural responsibility to our lands, the emergence of new generations of Indigenous leaders, and helping communities develop the skills and capacity that they will need as they continue to become fully respected and equally treated partners in Canada’s system of governance and its economic and social growth. https://www.ilinationhood.ca
The mission of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is to empower present and future generations by making the human past accessible and relevant through archaeological research, experiential education, and American Indian knowledge.
Our Land - New Mexico PBS
Environmental Justice Issues in New Mexico
https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus/our-land/?fbclid=IwAR2c5hnCJeq60KHz1ihca6YW-z63K_k1mRFBFHPYqO_UZ9UQi7AQkwSLAg4
Environmental Justice Issues in New Mexico
https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus/our-land/?fbclid=IwAR2c5hnCJeq60KHz1ihca6YW-z63K_k1mRFBFHPYqO_UZ9UQi7AQkwSLAg4
Languages and The Storytellers
Current Issues and Actions
Environmental Justice / Environmental Racism http://www.ejnet.org/ej/
Acknowledge, honor, and celebrate cultures, foodways/food sovereignty, waterways/water is life, the arts, music, languages, literature and storytelling, science and education, Wisdom Keepers and Warriors and their People's Sacred Places, community care, tradition, health, wellness, Indigenous Sovereignty and economic sustainability.
Indigenous Led Conservation and Guardianship
How to Be an Ally of Indigenous-led Conservation. From Indigenous Leadership Initiative.
The Indigenous Leadership Initiative is proud to share these guidelines created by the Land Needs Guardians Campaign (landneedsguardians.ca), as a resource for allies of Indigenous communities everywhere. The Indigenous Leadership Initiative is a lead partner.
https://www.ilinationhood.ca/our-stories/how-to-be-an-ally-of-indigenous-led-conservation/
The Indigenous Leadership Initiative is proud to share these guidelines created by the Land Needs Guardians Campaign (landneedsguardians.ca), as a resource for allies of Indigenous communities everywhere. The Indigenous Leadership Initiative is a lead partner.
https://www.ilinationhood.ca/our-stories/how-to-be-an-ally-of-indigenous-led-conservation/
I Saw A Bird: Audubon's Spring Migration Show (Episode 7) May 21, 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOSJEKmt84c
and SEE Indigenous Guardians included in this show:
https://www.ilinationhood.ca/our-work/guardians/
and SEE Indigenous Guardians included in this show:
https://www.ilinationhood.ca/our-work/guardians/
Wisdom Keepers and Sacred Places
How Navajo Nation curbed one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country
https://www.abc4.com/coronavirus/how-navajo-nation-curbed-one-of-the-worst-covid-19-outbreaks-in-the-country/?fbclid=IwAR0nNIMAwE-foOsa17sFlg7sPyTO7p_FSDmL2nDKBuVOPE0uzNWuN5aquZ4
https://www.abc4.com/coronavirus/how-navajo-nation-curbed-one-of-the-worst-covid-19-outbreaks-in-the-country/?fbclid=IwAR0nNIMAwE-foOsa17sFlg7sPyTO7p_FSDmL2nDKBuVOPE0uzNWuN5aquZ4
https://www.facebook.com/NATIVESTASKFORCENOW/
Navajo Nation, New Mexico
Meet Reggie: Jewelry-maker, father, and climate advocate in New Mexico. Growing up in the Navajo Nation gave Reggie a strong connection to nature. He's also a CCL volunteer, where he works to save his own little corner of the earth from climate change. He wants his children to be able to eat clean, to have good water, to be healthy and to be safe. Reggie says “I think it’s good for all of us to feel a sense of pride that we’re doing our part to make living better for us all. I want that for everyone.”
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=548792332366301
foodways, food sovereignty . waterways
Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasonsFarmers around the world rely on millennia-old wisdom to guide their planting. Scrambled weather and seasons are forcing them into uncharted territory.https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/climate-change-killing-thousands-of-years-indigenous-wisdom/ climate crisis, environmental justice
celebrations . music . art . dance. literature . languages . education . history . archaeology
Explore the many diverse Indigenous languages that exist across the country.
Meet Reggie: Jewelry-maker, father, and climate advocate in New Mexico. Growing up in the Navajo Nation gave Reggie a strong connection to nature. He's also a CCL volunteer, where he works to save his own little corner of the earth from climate change. He wants his children to be able to eat clean, to have good water, to be healthy and to be safe. Reggie says “I think it’s good for all of us to feel a sense of pride that we’re doing our part to make living better for us all. I want that for everyone.”
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=548792332366301
foodways, food sovereignty . waterways
Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasonsFarmers around the world rely on millennia-old wisdom to guide their planting. Scrambled weather and seasons are forcing them into uncharted territory.https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/climate-change-killing-thousands-of-years-indigenous-wisdom/ climate crisis, environmental justice
celebrations . music . art . dance. literature . languages . education . history . archaeology
- Peter j powell https://thebrintonmuseum.org/1540-2/. Sweet Medicine
- SEE ONEGREEN SOCIETY PAGE
- IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA). The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) is the country’s only museum for exhibiting, collecting and interpreting the most progressive work of contemporary Native artists. MoCNA is dedicated solely to advancing the scholarship, discourse and interpretation of contemporary Native art for regional, national and international audiences. As such, it stewards the National Collection of Contemporary Native Art, 7,500 artworks in all media created in 1962 or later. MoCNA is at the forefront of contemporary Native art presentation and strives to be flexible, foresighted and risk-taking in its exhibitions and programs. MoCNA is located in the heart of downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Indigenous Langages Why Indigenous Languages Matter and What We Can Do to Save Them | Lindsay Morcom | TEDxQueensU
- The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. #1397 S.C. Gwinn http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/s-c-gwynne
- ORIGINAL VOICES CBC Indigenous. Language is more than what we use to communicate. It is our identity. It is our ancestry. It is our legacy.
- Native Languages
- Bureau of Indian Education Federally Operated Colleges and Universities
Explore the many diverse Indigenous languages that exist across the country.
https://www.facebook.com/JimGraywolfPetruzzi/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARB46V1GmXSbFEud-8reHNTrODb9dlp8aa4wfRpAj2rJ9ReiA5xj2GJMUAGrkujEOLHLax1-aU3TMc9-&hc_ref=ARQzITg8jHiwHUQeVp1s-3AlAbnlE0eRZr9hx1IRuhBYntDEy1NKZfy7PZhXSgpM0Hw&__xts__[0]=68.ARDTbSZBVsoO6UXAFku2hykMTJlDctMwfUTgikTYGqfctZDdmWRNXz178LJOJGerQUHhDfJlwJfbmQMg9tqRT3-i4M-ANo4kRlTFmsJ6g1uFQ9au7C4diOlMyOooe74ynTV4UY75fxexypVziS-gmRDswm9HqD6DJvLNf3b84R00kkqWtRZYjqDbb4_FJpgWbUimcDCgIblOL2XHdnOEyJaW4Zy4cm0if-oQ_dAsZ2w0zsjDS2yAjsxE0rS9TjAuCI0PK3_r5RMuwoFWDH5Lr9GrcRYG4eOjXBdOR64an_riIZ-qFdrqIgfkpVes5MWzsMKE83KcV3wAG8oKb-nVEBz51YQQpzT0WBwTGtDRCNajg1ZyXoV_Aucb “A List of the 2019 National Sacred Places Prayers Days across the Country.” IndianCountryToday.com,
newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/the-press-pool/a-list-of-the-2019-national-sacred-places-prayers-days-across-the-
country-KtPTIAfSskiXLwsPm0h9zg/?fbclid=IwAR0_xWcZhroJIZ0vlSK1t5mz737ut4XKRGZoCSMgDDxdQ_fQV-
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| Getting to Know Native Land Teachers Guide.pdf |
| radicalizing_relationships_to_and_throug.pdf |
- IllumiNative
- Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vin Deloria, Jr. Deloria observes, "The Indian world has changed so substantially since the first publication of this book that some things contained in it seem new again." Indeed, it seems that each generation of whites and Indians will have to read and reread Vine Deloria’s Manifesto for some time to come, before we absorb his special, ironic Indian point of view and what he tells us, with a great deal of humor, about U.S. race relations, federal bureaucracies, Christian churches, and social scientists. This book continues to be required reading for all Americans, whatever their special interest.
Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up on project to revive purebred bison population
CARRIE TAIT
CALGARY
PUBLISHED 1 DAY AGO https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-scientists-and-indigenous-leaders-team-up-on-project-to-revive/?fbclid=IwAR0B3PaSHiH-Ym-zq3gwU0BbZ07cASM3wSyto41KkJZMEG7bIPihT-L6Pz4
CARRIE TAIT
CALGARY
PUBLISHED 1 DAY AGO https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-scientists-and-indigenous-leaders-team-up-on-project-to-revive/?fbclid=IwAR0B3PaSHiH-Ym-zq3gwU0BbZ07cASM3wSyto41KkJZMEG7bIPihT-L6Pz4
- co2colonialism.org Building Solidarity Against False Solutions! This digital toolkit will help you analyze, interrogate & resist market-based carbon pricing initiatives in all its forms. The majority of climate policies continue to include false solutions, the key purpose of this toolkit is to analyze and interrogate market-based carbon pricing initiatives in all of their forms. This toolkit is part of a wider education initiative that aims to build popular education and resistance to carbon pricing from the ground up! - Tom Goldtooth Indigenous Environmental Network, Angela Adrar Climate Justice Alliance, Author Tamra Gilbertson, Cynthia Mellon, Editor. Climate Justice Alliance, Aurora Conley Anishinaabe Environmental Protection Alliance July 6th, 2019, Chicago Pilot Training
- Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) is a national alliance of US-based grassroots organizing (GRO) groups organizing to build an agenda for power for working and poor people and communities of color. We understand that there are important connections between the local issues we work on and the global context, and we see ourselves as part of an international movement for global justice. http://ggjalliance.org
- Indigenous Environmental Network https://www.ienearth.org/contact-us/
- Climate Justice Alliance
- Endorsers of HR763
- Cameron Chapter. Cameron AZ. The Cameron Chapter was recognized in 1955 by the Navajo Tribal Council. Cameron Chapter abides by Title 26 of the Navajo Nation Code and other applicable laws, found under subtitle "Navajo Nation Code". Here. https://cameron.navajochapters.org
- Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. In 2000, the sovereign nations of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians entered into an agreement with the State of Michigan titled the “Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Act.” This act served as an inter-tribal management body for the 1836 Treaty Fishery and the Inland Lands and Waters Resources Committee to oversee inland resource matters.
- To'Nanees'Dizi Local Government, Navajo Nation To this day, Tuba City serves an administrative center for Navajo Nation government program services, the Indian Health Service, BIA, and other organizations. This concentration of government services has created a hub for commercial establishment and activities. https://tonaneesdizi.navajochapters.org
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The Red Cliff Reservation was created through a series of treaties between the U.S. Government and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Red Cliff Band), the most recent being the treaty of 1854. The reservation is approximately one mile wide and 14 miles long, located at the top of the Bayfield Peninsula, on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin. The village of Red Cliff, the location of tribal offices and businesses, is three miles north of Bayfield Wisconsin, a popular tourist community adjacent to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. http://www.redcliff-nsn.gov
- CCL Social Media Action Team
- SEE "Pipelines," below.
Traditional Mvskoke Song
Cehotosakvtes
Chenaorakvtes Momis komet
Awatchken ohapeyakares hvlwen
Do not get tired.
Don’t be discouraged. Be determined.
Come. Together let’s go toward the highest place.
- Translated by Rosemary McCombs Maxey
It is said that two beloved women sang this song as their band came over on the Trail of Tears. One woman walked near the front of the people, and the other walked near the back with the small children. When anyone faltered, they would sing this song to hold them up.
Cehotosakvtes
Chenaorakvtes Momis komet
Awatchken ohapeyakares hvlwen
Do not get tired.
Don’t be discouraged. Be determined.
Come. Together let’s go toward the highest place.
- Translated by Rosemary McCombs Maxey
It is said that two beloved women sang this song as their band came over on the Trail of Tears. One woman walked near the front of the people, and the other walked near the back with the small children. When anyone faltered, they would sing this song to hold them up.
- Indigenous Green New Deal
Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution
| indigenous_green_new_deal.pdf |
First Nations
CLIMATE | OPINIONDon’t Downplay the Role of Indigenous People in Molding the Ecological LandscapeClimate has been a major driver of changes in vegetation over thousands of years—but not the only one. By Marc D. Abrams. August 5. Scientific American.
2020https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-downplay-the-role-of-indigenous-people-in-molding-the-ecological-landscape/?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_5_12_2020_12_48_COPY_01)&mc_cid=65e1bac40a&mc_eid=35055c4faf
2020https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-downplay-the-role-of-indigenous-people-in-molding-the-ecological-landscape/?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_5_12_2020_12_48_COPY_01)&mc_cid=65e1bac40a&mc_eid=35055c4faf
'They Were Always There': The Power Of Including Indigenous Perspectives. July 27, 2020
Carrie Jung
https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/07/27/lessons-learned-indigenous-history?utm_content=buffere8c98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR0IrhUotmk1LP4vDTtvlktClHaDf3fS2Qv9u86HNg2vnb_MeF6JmTDLi5M
Carrie Jung
https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/07/27/lessons-learned-indigenous-history?utm_content=buffere8c98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR0IrhUotmk1LP4vDTtvlktClHaDf3fS2Qv9u86HNg2vnb_MeF6JmTDLi5M
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker (2019). I find that Gilio-Whitaker is a great researcher and her writing lends strong voice to “why EJ - Diversity - Decolonization?” I call your attention especially to “Chapter One, Environmental Justice Theory and Its Limitations for Indigenous Peoples.” This chapter contains quintessential history of EJ, governmental deference to and legal issues in EJ. From Gilio-Whitaker’s references in this chapter. EJPN Webinar – A Conversation with Dina Gilio-Whitaker https://www.uumfe.org/2019/05/07/as-long-as-grass-grows-the-indigenous-fight-for-environmental-justice-from-colonization-to-standing-rock/
Native American Netroots A forum for the discussion of political, social and economic issues affecting the indigenous peoples of the United States, including their lack of political representation, economic deprivation, health care issues, and the on-going struggle for preservation of identity and cultural history.
- Native Land Digital Territory Acknowledgement Territory acknowledgement is a way that people insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life. This is often done at the beginning of ceremonies, lectures, or any public event. It can be a subtle way to recognize the history of colonialism and a need for change in settler colonial societies. SEE Getting to Know Native Land Teachers Guide.pdf, below. Board of Directors biographies Advisory Council biographies How Native Land works Partners and Contributors Media
- Aaron Carapella's Tribal Nations Maps
- Aaron Capella discusses the reasons for reinforcing First Nations cultures with maps.
Episode # 507 of Native News Today, air date 4/23/16, featuring an interview with Aaron Carapella, creator of tribalnationsmaps.com.
- Aaron Capella discusses the reasons for reinforcing First Nations cultures with maps.
Wisdom Keepers . Sacred Places.
A list of the 2019 National Sacred Places Prayers Days across the country Indian Country Today - Digital Indigenous News Washington, DC (6/20/19) Observances and ceremonies will be held across the land on the Summer Solstice, which is June 21 this year -- The Morningstar Institute. The Solstice and the days before and after it mark the 2018 National Days of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/430354061039259/
Jim Graywolf Petruzzi - Shamanic Teachings
Red Road Nation
decolonization . indigenation . acknowledgment . politics . health . education
A list of the 2019 National Sacred Places Prayers Days across the country Indian Country Today - Digital Indigenous News Washington, DC (6/20/19) Observances and ceremonies will be held across the land on the Summer Solstice, which is June 21 this year -- The Morningstar Institute. The Solstice and the days before and after it mark the 2018 National Days of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/430354061039259/
Jim Graywolf Petruzzi - Shamanic Teachings
Red Road Nation
decolonization . indigenation . acknowledgment . politics . health . education
- US Senate Committee - Indian Affairs
- Native American Rehabilitation Association
- Indigenous America Sometimes Culture is all you need to make you feel better.
- Photographs of Native Americans
https://www.facebook.com/groups/430354061039259/?multi_permalinks=599947974079866¬if_id=1575212641788231¬if_t=group_highlights - http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/s-c-gwynne
- November-Native American History Month
- Native Spirits
- America's First People
- BHSU Center for American Indian Studies
- Choctaw Trail of Tears - First Removal. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=SBgWTjsuhbA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3WxsJSpPenp5bWKhDdiztu1SP1zydr019Y9dw6wdvLt94LA9SZhumaP-A
Radicalizing Relationships To and Through Shared Geographies: Why Anarchists Need to Understand Indigenous Connections to Land and Place
Adam J. Barker and Jenny Pickerill
Indigenous activists and anarchist Settler people are articulating common ground in opposition to imperialism and colonialism. However, many anarchists have faced difficulties in Indigenous solidarity work through unintentional (often unwitting) transgressions and appropriations. Through the introduction of settler colonialism as a complicating power dynamic, we observe that anarchists bring unconscious spatial perceptions into their solidarity work. Further, Indigenous activists often perceive anarchists as Settler people first and foremost, which carries another set of spatial implications. We examine a number of examples of anarchist and Indigenous activism, at times empowering and at times conflictual, in order to reveal some general trends. Through an intensive synthesis of Indigenous peoples’ theories and articulations of place- based relationships, we suggest that deeper understandings of these relationships can be of great importance in approaching solidarity work in place and with respect.
Keywords: anarchism, indigeneity, relationships, place, settler colonialism
Adam J. Barker and Jenny Pickerill
Indigenous activists and anarchist Settler people are articulating common ground in opposition to imperialism and colonialism. However, many anarchists have faced difficulties in Indigenous solidarity work through unintentional (often unwitting) transgressions and appropriations. Through the introduction of settler colonialism as a complicating power dynamic, we observe that anarchists bring unconscious spatial perceptions into their solidarity work. Further, Indigenous activists often perceive anarchists as Settler people first and foremost, which carries another set of spatial implications. We examine a number of examples of anarchist and Indigenous activism, at times empowering and at times conflictual, in order to reveal some general trends. Through an intensive synthesis of Indigenous peoples’ theories and articulations of place- based relationships, we suggest that deeper understandings of these relationships can be of great importance in approaching solidarity work in place and with respect.
Keywords: anarchism, indigeneity, relationships, place, settler colonialism
| radicalizing_relationships_to_and_throug.pdf |
decolonization
- co2colonialism.org Building Solidarity Against False Solutions! This digital toolkit will help you analyze, interrogate & resist market-based carbon pricing initiatives in all its forms. The majority of climate policies continue to include false solutions, the key purpose of this toolkit is to analyze and interrogate market-based carbon pricing initiatives in all of their forms. This toolkit is part of a wider education initiative that aims to build popular education and resistance to carbon pricing from the ground up! - Tom Goldtooth Indigenous Environmental Network, Angela Adrar Climate Justice Alliance, Author Tamra Gilbertson, Cynthia Mellon, Editor. Climate Justice Alliance, Aurora Conley Anishinaabe Environmental Protection Alliance July 6th, 2019, Chicago Pilot Training
- Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) is a national alliance of US-based grassroots organizing (GRO) groups organizing to build an agenda for power for working and poor people and communities of color. We understand that there are important connections between the local issues we work on and the global context, and we see ourselves as part of an international movement for global justice. http://ggjalliance.org
- Indigenous Environmental Network https://www.ienearth.org/contact-us/
- Climate Justice Alliance
- Endorsers of HR763
- Cameron Chapter. Cameron AZ. The Cameron Chapter was recognized in 1955 by the Navajo Tribal Council. Cameron Chapter abides by Title 26 of the Navajo Nation Code and other applicable laws, found under subtitle "Navajo Nation Code". Here. https://cameron.navajochapters.org
- Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. In 2000, the sovereign nations of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians entered into an agreement with the State of Michigan titled the “Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Act.” This act served as an inter-tribal management body for the 1836 Treaty Fishery and the Inland Lands and Waters Resources Committee to oversee inland resource matters.
- To'Nanees'Dizi Local Government, Navajo Nation To this day, Tuba City serves an administrative center for Navajo Nation government program services, the Indian Health Service, BIA, and other organizations. This concentration of government services has created a hub for commercial establishment and activities. https://tonaneesdizi.navajochapters.org
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The Red Cliff Reservation was created through a series of treaties between the U.S. Government and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Red Cliff Band), the most recent being the treaty of 1854. The reservation is approximately one mile wide and 14 miles long, located at the top of the Bayfield Peninsula, on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin. The village of Red Cliff, the location of tribal offices and businesses, is three miles north of Bayfield Wisconsin, a popular tourist community adjacent to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. http://www.redcliff-nsn.gov
- CCL Social Media Action Team
- SEE "Pipelines," below.
- Radicalizing Relationships To and Through Shared Geographies: Why Anarchists Need to Understand Indigenous Connections to Land and Place. Adam J. Barker and Jenny Pickerill. Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; (ajb123@le.ac.uk). c2012 Antipode Foundation Ltd. Placed here 12/13/2019. Abstract: Indigenous activists and anarchist Settler people are articulating common ground in opposition to imperialism and colonialism. However, many anarchists have faced difficulties in Indigenous solidarity work through unintentional (often unwitting) transgressions and appropriations. Through the introduction of settler colonialism as a complicating power dynamic, we observe that anarchists bring unconscious spatial perceptions into their solidarity work. Further, Indigenous activists often perceive anarchists as Settler people first and foremost, which carries another set of spatial implications. We examine a number of examples of anarchist and Indigenous activism, at times empowering and at times conflictual, in order to reveal some general trends. Through an intensive synthesis of Indigenous peoples’ theories and articulations of place- based relationships, we suggest that deeper understandings of these relationships can be of great importance in approaching solidarity work in place and with respect.
Education and Climate Science
- Addressing the Climate Crisis: Infusing Tribal Culture into Climate Science education. David Rockwell, Germain White, and Adrian Leighton Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. https://tribalcollegejournal.org/addressing-the-climate-crisis-infusing-tribal-culture-into-climate-science-education/ "“The impacts of climate change have rippled through tribal communities, affecting them in profound and often unpredictable ways. Indeed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that Native Americans from Alaska to Florida are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change because their lives, cultures, and economies are so closely linked with climate-sensitive resources…But that vulnerability is also a strength. Living close to the land with the collective knowledge that comes from living in a place for thousands of years provides tribal people with perspectives, insights, and approaches that can help both tribal and non-tribal communities as they try to cope with and adapt to the climate crisis.”
- Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. https://tribalcollegejournal.org/challenge-accepted-doing-stem-the-spirit-lake-dakota-way/
- Bureau of Indian Education Federally Operated Colleges and Universities
- Indigenomics. Supporting growth of the indigenous economy. https://saymag.com/indigenomics-supporting-growth-of-the-indigenous-economy/
- Indigenous Green New Deal NDN Collective Facebook. NDN Resources
- “We’re Still Here”: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration Reflects Ongoing Resistance to Colonization. Democracy Now, OCTOBER 14, 2019. Online visit, October 15, 2019. <<https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/14/indigenous_peoples_day_columbus_day?fbclid=IwAR3caHqekLbp4W95-eP7iuI7ylELs25j77kMnlpY0tAMRkY0l2ZsiZTB7A4>>
Lakota and Cheyenne
Traveler's Guide to the Great Sioux War by Paul L. Hedron
Wisdom Keepers
Powder River
Sweet Medicine
Reinventing the Enemy's Language
Plains Indians Ledger Art
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker (2019). I find that Gilio-Whitaker is a great researcher and her writing lends strong voice to “why EJ - Diversity - Decolonization?” I call your attention especially to “Chapter One, Environmental Justice Theory and Its Limitations for Indigenous Peoples.” This chapter contains quintessential history of EJ, governmental deference to and legal issues in EJ. From Gilio-Whitaker’s references in this chapter, SEE
Current Issues
| ej-principles.pdf |
The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community
https://digitalsmokesignals.com/virtual-event-world-peace-prayer-day/world-peace-and-prayer-day-2020-virtual-event
Cottonwood Full Moon Walk at Sacred Coldwater Springs
https://mendotadakota.com/mn/cottonwood-full-moon-walk-at-sacred-coldwater-springs-friday-june-5-2020-gather-at-the-park-entrance-7pm/
https://digitalsmokesignals.com/virtual-event-world-peace-prayer-day/world-peace-and-prayer-day-2020-virtual-event
Cottonwood Full Moon Walk at Sacred Coldwater Springs
https://mendotadakota.com/mn/cottonwood-full-moon-walk-at-sacred-coldwater-springs-friday-june-5-2020-gather-at-the-park-entrance-7pm/
Good Feather, Doug (spiritual leader of Spirit Horse Nation). Spirit Horse Nation.
<<https://www.spirithorsenation.org>>. Sep. 30, 2019.
<<https://www.spirithorsenation.org>>. Sep. 30, 2019.
The Sioux and the Great Plains
One of the most recognizable of all Indian tribal names is the Sioux. Although numerous tribes spoke a Siouan dialect, the tribal name Sioux only applied to the largest of those tribes. The name originated with the Chippewa Indians who modified the French term nadouessioux meaning “little snakes” and applied it to their enemy—the Sioux.
The Sioux originally lived as Woodland Indians along the upper Mississippi River and dominated portions of present-day Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. In the early 1700s, the Chippewa, armed with French guns, gradually pushed the Sioux further West. By the mid-18th century, many of the Sioux had migrated across the Missouri River both to avoid the Chippewa and to seek areas richer in fur and game. In their migration to the West, the Sioux separated into three major divisions: the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota establishing three principal Sioux dialects, respectively: Santee, Yankton, and Teton. Each division name translated to mean “ally” in its own dialect. SEE:
The Sioux originally lived as Woodland Indians along the upper Mississippi River and dominated portions of present-day Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. In the early 1700s, the Chippewa, armed with French guns, gradually pushed the Sioux further West. By the mid-18th century, many of the Sioux had migrated across the Missouri River both to avoid the Chippewa and to seek areas richer in fur and game. In their migration to the West, the Sioux separated into three major divisions: the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota establishing three principal Sioux dialects, respectively: Santee, Yankton, and Teton. Each division name translated to mean “ally” in its own dialect. SEE:
Sioux Wars 1860-1890
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- Custer Trail to The Little Bighorn https://www.ndtourism.com/best-places/7-places-follow-trail-custer
- Dog Soldiers http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/one/dog_soldiers.htm
- Big Horn Medicine Wheel http://solar-center.stanford.edu/AO/bighorn.html
A Possible Origin for the Cheyenne Sacred Arrow Complex. This treatise is an excellent as model of the anthropological complex.
| a_possible_origin_for_the_cheyenne_sacred_arrow_complex.pdf |
(Walker). Lakota Belief and Ritual. University of Nebraska Press; Revised ed. edition (May 1, 1991)
- The Zinn Education Project - Dec. 26, 1862: Mass Execution of Dakota Indians
- Candy Christianson Facebook Dakota 38+2 2019 Blessings to all.
- Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West. https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_a-history-of-the-united-states-vol-2/s05-01-native-americans-and-the-trans.html
- The Battle of Little Bighorn
- Rubbing Out Long Hair (Pehin Hanska Kasota). The American Indian Story of the Little Big Horn in Art by Col. Rodney Thomas. The art is most compelling and helps put to rest some of the most enduring myths about this battle. This is not another book about Custer but instead a more detailed study of the battle from the winners' point of view. It will serve as a guide for researching and exploring collections, both private and public, for additional art and narratives about the event. Extensively researched and documented, Rubbing Out Long Hair is a major art and battle history reference.
- 45.570099, -107.432434 Crow Agency, MT June 25 and 26 of 1876. The last great battle of the American West was not an isolated soldier versus warrior confrontation, but part of a much larger strategic campaign designed to force the capitulation of the nonreservation Lakota and Cheyenne.
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument This area memorializes the US Army's 7th Cavalry and the Lakotas and Cheyennes in one of the Indian's last armed efforts to preserve their way of life. Here on June 25 and 26 of 1876, 263 soldiers, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer and attached personnel of the US Army, died fighting several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors.
- The Treaty of Fort Laramie created a large reservation in the western half of present-day South Dakota. The United States wanted tribes to give up their nomadic life which brought them into conflict with other Indians, white settlers and railroads. Agreeing to the treaty meant accepting a more stationary life and relying on government-supplied subsidies. Lakota leaders such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse rejected the reservation system. Likewise, many roving bands of hunters and warriors did not sign the 1868 treaty. They felt no obligation to conform to its restrictions, or to limit their hunting to the unceded hunting land assigned by the treaty. Their forays off the set aside lands brought them into conflict with settlers and enemy tribes outside the treaty boundaries.
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site
- The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 The original document in photo-facsimile at the National Archives.
- Crow Agency Bureau Of Indian Affairs Rocky Mountain Region
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site
- Conscious Living, Mindful Consumption, and Collective Impact - Spirit Horse Nation (Doug Goodfeather) Standing Rock, Lakota Nation Doug Goodfeather, Executive Director of the Lakota Healing Center
- Curly Died. Shuh-shee-ahsh, 68, also known as Curley, a Crow Indian scout, the sole survivor of ... His great-grandmother was Woman Who Walked into the Clouds. https://www.historynet.com/curley-custer-not-end.htm https://spartacus-educational.com/WWcurly.htm
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Environmental Justice
- Montana: Supreme Court: EPA must OK cleanup claims. Pamela King, E&E News reporter, April 20, 2020. https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062925039
- Pipelines Cross Tribal Homelands. https://www.nhonews.com/news/2016/dec/13/maze-pipelines-cross-tribal-homelands/
- South Dakota History pre-1910 This is a forum for photos and discussion of South Dakota history prior to the year 1910, which includes Dakota Territory. South Dakota has had many sad episodes of the treatment of Native Americans, but it is our hope that we will be respectful to all, as none of us today participated in the events before 1910. Intelligent conversation about historical events.
- Our Generation BlackHills- He Sapa Wicouncage Okolakiciye
The Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana November 2019 Battle of Little Bighorn Photos
A Clash of Cultures (Context and Story of the Battle). The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana on June 25-26, 1876. The combatants were warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, battling men of the 7th Regiment of the US Cavalry. The Battle of the Little Bighorn has come to symbolize the clash of two vastly dissimilar cultures: the buffalo/horse culture of the northern plains tribes, and the highly industrial/agricultural based culture of the United States.
A Clash of Cultures (Context and Story of the Battle). The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana on June 25-26, 1876. The combatants were warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, battling men of the 7th Regiment of the US Cavalry. The Battle of the Little Bighorn has come to symbolize the clash of two vastly dissimilar cultures: the buffalo/horse culture of the northern plains tribes, and the highly industrial/agricultural based culture of the United States.
The Indian Memorial at the Little Bighorn Battlefield
NPS Photo/S. Winters. Sculpture, photographs and all derivatives: © Cathleen Cutschall.
Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield NPS
"If this memorial is to serve its total purpose, it must not only be a tribute to the dead; it must contain a message for the living...power through unity..." Enos Poor Bear, Sr., Oglala Lakota Elder
Little Bighorn, A Place of Reflection
Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Her seven books of poetry, which includes such well-known titles as How We Became Human- New and Selected Poems, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and She Had Some Horseshave garnered many awards. These include the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas; and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. For A Girl Becoming, a young adult/coming of age book, was released in 2009 and is Harjo’s most recent publication.
"If this memorial is to serve its total purpose, it must not only be a tribute to the dead; it must contain a message for the living...power through unity..." Enos Poor Bear, Sr., Oglala Lakota Elder
Little Bighorn, A Place of Reflection
- The Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument The "Peace Through Unity" Indian Memorial honors the Native Americans who died on this sacred ground on June 25 and June 26, 1876. The Indians who fought in this battle, while fighting to preserve their land and culture, are remembered and recognized. The Spirit Gate welcomes the fallen soldiers to enter the Memorial and join the fallen warriors in friendship; “peace through unity.” It is peaceful in this place, within this circle....
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- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument NPS
Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Her seven books of poetry, which includes such well-known titles as How We Became Human- New and Selected Poems, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and She Had Some Horseshave garnered many awards. These include the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas; and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. For A Girl Becoming, a young adult/coming of age book, was released in 2009 and is Harjo’s most recent publication.
- Poetry Foundation joyharjo.com
- Mvskoke Media Presents Mvskoke VisionA Big Read: A Reading by Joy Harjo
- https://www.facebook.com/JoyHarjo/
- https://livelytimes.com/event/big-read-a-reading-by-joy-harjo-billings/ The Writer’s Voice’s Big Read program culminates in a reading by Joy Harjo, recently named the United States’ Poet Laureate. The Big Read program focuses on Harjo’s collection, How We Became Human, and also celebrates the work of other indigenous writers. “A lot of my poetry is inspired by injustice, love, the move for balance and compassion,” says Harjo. “This debris of historical trauma, family trauma stuff that can kill your spirit is actually raw material to make things with and to build bridges over that which would destroy you.”
- Yellowstone National Park https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
- Missouri Headwaters
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/where-does-the-missouri-river-start-and-end.html - Montana Wildlife Field Guide
http://fieldguide.mt.gov/displayFamily.aspx?class=Aves - Pompey's Pillar
http://www.pompeyspillar.org
The Ghost Dance
- Waiting for the Earth to Move: The 1890 Ghost Dance exhibit at the Yellowstone County Museum "The Ghost Dance was a religious movement inspired by a Northern Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka. The Ghost Dance spread rapidly, reaching many Northwest Plains groups within two years. Ghost Dances take place for five or six nights in a row with dancers adorned in elaborate painted designs on their faces and bodies. The spiritual dance had no restrictions of age or sex. All danced in a big circle, holding hands or draping their arms over each other’s shoulders, shuffling from side to side in a circle. The dance followed the pace set by the slowest participant, often a young child or elder. Our exhibit displays Ghost Dance shirts, dresses, drums, shields, pipes, a mink rattle, prayer staff, and bags. The objects are on loan from Billings native Larry Williams. Nowhere else in the world has a Ghost Dance collection of this size on public display."
- The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee Khan Academy
- Arts and humanities US history The Gilded Age (1865-1898) The American West https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-gilded-age/american-west/a/ghost-dance-and-wounded-knee
- Wounded Knee and the Ghost Dance, National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/upload/Wounded-Knee-Bulletin.pdf
Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre Took Place More Than 150 Years Ago. It Still Matters
https://time.com/4584022/sand-creek-massacre-anniversary/
Wyoming
- Northern Arapahoe Tribe
- The Treaty of Fort Laramie because it was one of the last great treaties to be signed between the American Government and the Plains Indians. What it proposed and how it played out were two different things.
Wounded Knee
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Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
- ABOUT THE SHOSHONE TRIBE The Eastern Shoshone Tribe, now living on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, has been living, some say, in the Wind River mountain range and its environs for some 12,000 years. Recently discovered ancient cliff dwellings, attributed to Eastern Shoshone builders, in the Wind River Mountains are evidence of just how long the Shoshone Tribe has dwelled and hunted in these lands. By the early 1800s, the Eastern Shoshone band ranged along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains from southwestern Wyoming to southwestern Montana. In the 1860s, the band camped for most of the year in the Wind River Valley, which the Shoshones call "Warm Valley", moving to the Fort Bridger area in Wyoming for the summer months.
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