Lakota Nation vs. United States (Jesse Short Bull & Laura Tomaselli, 2022)

As Biden visited Israel to fund and support a genocidal Settler colonial government, he also took moves to increase genocidal acts against Native people in the US by legalizing the destruction of graveyards and holy sites in order to put up a wall in the middle of some tribes historical lands. Border Patrol routinely engage in violence against Native people while searching for "illegal immigrants" of the same tribe.

The US ruling class backs Israel for the same reason it funded a coup against Evo Morales, because as a violent, genocidal Settler colony they back other Settlers and destroy examples of moves towards Indigenous rule in order to maintain their own position as a violent, genocidal Settler colony.

An end to US imperialism and end to Settler colonialism are necessary for the good of the world.

hey!!!! remember standing rock water protectors and the dakota access pipeline?

the massive, poorly constructed environmental risk that spat all over the Standing Rock Sioux people's treaty rights? that dug up their sacred burial sites? the one where the oil corporation who owned it bought out a private company to do a sham of an "environmental analysis" and never consulted the tribe and STILL didn't actually get approval? the one that's literally operating illegally and without proper permits right fucking now?

yeah, that.

you remember that.

surprising absolutely no one, the army corps of engineers this week (September 8, 2023) released an EIS (environmental impact statement) draft for public comment that takes into account absolutely 0 of the tribe's concerns, and in fact did not consult with them once in the process!

they're going to officially approve the pipeline.

what's the good news?

IT'S A DRAFT. YOU CAN SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 13!!!

This link RIGHT HERE (https://action.lakotalaw.org/action/dapl-eis-2023) will take you to a Lakota Law Project page where they've set up a form to make it easy to submit a comment.

All you have to do is add your name, email, and zip code, and it pulls up a form with a pre-written message you can just click and submit, listing the most pressing concerns. You can also personalize it if you want, but you don't have to. This will take you two minutes. Please.

you can also access the comment information on the USACE website here, email [email protected] yourself, or call Brent Cossette, the contact for the draft, at 402-995-2716!!!

you can also donate directly to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe here.

[ID: First image is of protesters holding banners and signs reading "defend the sacred" and "we are here to protect; water is life." Second image shows protesters behind a barbed wire fence being sprayed with a jet of water by a piece of heavy machinery labelled "Stutsman County Sheriff"; on the other side of the fence are cops in riot gear with shields. In the third image, a person holds up a feather to armored vehicles labelled "police" and cops in camouflage holding guns. The fourth image shows protesters holding signs reading "oil, coal, gas = climate chaos" and "water is life." End ID]

Anyway.

For those of you aren't aware and aren't involved in NDN circles, the Supreme Court just declared that tribal territories and reservations are part of states and are under state jurisdiction, including in regards to charging someone and putting them on trial in state courts for crimes related to the tribe (as opposed to this being left up to tribal courts), undoing decades of precedent for the separation of tribal and state governments.

In a few months, the Supreme Court is also going to be giving a verdict on whether or not the Indian Child Welfare Act, the only thing keeping indigenous children with their families and communities instead of being "adopted" (trafficked) to white Christian families at every chance, is unconstitutional. This act is also dependent on the belief that tribes are sovereign nations and that giving our children to people outside of our tribes is akin to the US government taking Canadian children in the Canadian foster system and trying to adopt them out to American families.

If the ICWA falls, we're going to see a modern Sixties Scoop, with Native children being stolen from their tribes and families and cultures and assimilated into white Christian society. This is not only traumatizing for the children and their families, it's also a form of cultural genocide that has been used against us before and has devastating effects.

There are family members I never knew because they disappeared into the foster system as children.

This is the beginning of what's going to be wave after wave of attacks on indigenous sovereignty and tribal governance. The Supreme Court, even with a Democratic majority, has historically decided against upholding indigenous sovereignty and tribal protection. We're seeing genocide and forced assimilation become federal policy again.

Just to reinforce the reality of this, this isn't some small potatoes, only once in a while relevant ruling. This affects the sovereignty of Native lands.

Not sure what I can say aside from the fact that this shit is disgusting.

hey, did yall know the quileute nation’s still (it is april 2021 as i write) trying to raise money to move out of that potential tsunami hazard zone and onto higher ground? i remember it was trending for a little while on tumblr when the twilight book came out but my corner of the web’s been quiet on it since.

there’s a lot going on all over the world right now but if you can spare them even 5 bucks, thats 5 bucks they wouldnt have had without you! please help them if you can.

https://mthg.org/

hey folks would you mind passing this around please!!

Every time i see a post or tweet about twilight being gay culture or hilarious I just think about how the Quileute tribe of Washington had to set up a website specifically to combat racist misinformation that was being spread about their history and customs by stephenie meyer. Like she really just took an existing group of people with millennia of actual history and an actual mythos and culture and then just made shit up to fit her sexy mormon abstinence only tract

Donate to help the Quileute Nation move their culture and community center to higher ground now that climate change is threatening their current infrastructure.

Let’s be clear, also, Meyer’s racism towards the Quileute tribe isn’t just an accident/ the result of generic white and settler ignorance about Indigenous people in America.

Mormon teaching is that the Indigenous peoples of the world (and potentially all non-white people) are the descendants of Cain, marked for Hell by birth. The Church teaches that the only way to “redeem” Indigenous peoples (and bipoc) in general is by colonizing them and their land, converting them to be second-class members of the church, and then committing genocide by diluting their blood lines by intermarrying them with white people.

In the Twilight books, Edward and Bella are supposed to represent the perfect mormon couple. They don’t have sex before marriage and when Bella gets pregnant she refuses to abort her baby even though having the child will literally kill her.

It’s no mistake that the main Quilleute character in the book marries the child of the idealized virtuous mormon couple.

The books are explicitly genocidal in nature. Repeatedly the Cullen’s demand that the Quilleutes/ wolves compromise their culture and their values/ the treaty they signed. By the end of the books Jacob and his closest friends leave their people/ their pack to become part of the Cullen’s family.

Twilight is fundamentally white supremacist and pro-genocide, because Mormonism is fundamentally white supremacist and genocidal.

because Mormonism is fundamentally white supremacist and genocidal.

Twitter: LOOK AT HIM

Me:

all his other pics here

There’s nothing wrong with appreciating how beautiful he is (because he is gorgeous) but please also listen to what he has to say. Haatepah is an activist fighting for really important causes, like environmental issues, returning land to Indigenous peoples, and raising awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. He’s protested against the Dakota Access Pipeline and the concentration camps onthe US/Mexico border. You can read interviews with him here: https://fashionista.com/2019/11/haatepah-model-interview and here: https://www.youthtothepeople.com/blogs/to-the-people/meet-the-people-haatepah-clearbear. He’s doing a really admirable thing, using his visibility as a model to bring attention to these causes.

Photo source: https://www.vogue.com/article/unthanksgiving-day-alcatraz-50th-anniversary-2019

People commenting on that post about how “some traditions aren’t sustainable anymore” as if indigenous people are dumb savages ignorant about modern ecosystems and how human actions affect the world around us, good and bad.

Spoiler alert: indigenous groups are more than aware of how their traditions need to change to fit this ever changing world. They lead movements to reintroduce species to their natural ecosystems. They use invasive animal species for food sources, hunting them excessively to try to get control over the populations. They fight to revive land destroyed by deforestation and climate change.

If you can’t acknowledge how indigenous people are at the forefront of pretty much every environmentalist movement, then uh. You’re a fucking racist lmao

Natives protect 80% of the world’s biodiversity despite only being less than 5% of the world’s population.

If you're celebrating Biden's win, consider celebrating by donating to a bail fund, planned parenthood, or the Navajo Water project.

Your action to help the marginalized shouldnt end at presidential candidates and voting.

Hey I'm happy that Twilight is coming back but I can never get over the fact that Stephanie Meyer thought it was a good idea to write in that the werewolves have to cut their hair or else their fur would be long & shaggy to maintain.

As if most Native Americans literally don't cut our hair for spiritual reason. We literally believe it's an extension of our spirit. Its painful to cut, it's the evaqulant to cutting out your soul.

That's why we literally only do it when someone dies. Because its to show your mourning. Only to show your love and how much pain you're in.

Not all tribes do this but enough do. I literally went 3 years without cutting my hair once. Some have gone decades.

But naw turn to doggy cut hair regularly. The first set of Native actors they had literally got recasted because they refused to cut their hair. What did you THINK was gonna happen Meyer?

Notice how Booboo Stewart has always had long hair since his Twilight days?

Anyway heres a little clip about braids.

this is the official navajo covid relief fund, please donate, it’ll go towards desperately needed medical supplies, as well as daily necessities for the community like canned food, drinkable water, disinfectants, and baby formula

http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

If you haven’t already, please take a moment to read about the Quileute people’s Move to Higher Ground and donate if you are able to do so.

new post! respect indigenous people you morons.

Rez Natives deserve basic amenities

and they honestly deserve it WITHOUT having to relocate themselves, their family, and their WHOLE community. 

Or neglecting part of their identity or culture

Or being judged for taking money or resources they are already owed.

from a friend in northern ontario. $43 for shitty mass produced muffins that cost $6 down south/in the city

here, have some wilted asparagus at the cheapest low quality grocery story

THIS is why i get so angry when non-natives say, “just go to the grocery store! you don’t need to hunt such and such animal bc of _______ bullshit reason!” Like NO. it’s not as simple as that. going to the store ? this is what you see ^^^^ please educate yourself. I am so very tired of the ignorance and assumptions that all people in america have the same basic amenities. Also stop ridiculing NDN people who hunt their traditional way on THEIR traditional hunting grounds. whatever the “problematic” animal may be. Those animals were put here by the creator FOR indigenous peoples, to live belong side us in harmony and good health, and to feed the people when the time comes. ALL ndn people of the “americas” are hunter/fathered people traditionally. respect our ways of life or GTFO.

I feel like this article is relevant here, especially with that last comment:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4787000/Alaskan-boy-bullied-social-media-whale-killing.html

Be aware that price-gouging is enourmously prevalent in Alaskan Native villages too, so here comes this young adult who goes out and kills a whale the traditional way, all to feed his village!!! ONE SINGLE WHALE.

Which by the way isn’t even endangered.

And you know what the animal rights’ activists do?

They sent him death threats.

All over a fucking NON-ENDANGERED whale.

This man is a hero in his village, he fed everyone there for days. Below-working class Alsaskan Natives who otherwise would’ve had to travel hours to get to the nearest grocery store.

Entitled vegans always say “well why don’t you just go to the store and buy fresh produce?”

Because there aren’t stores where Rez Natives live.

And if you’re lucky, you’ll find shit like the images above, you wanna pay $30 CA for some fucking asparagus???

Unless you’ve seen the Rez life and how shit is, then you need to shut the fuck up and keep your entitled shit to yourself.

And not only food. Basic amenities like properly insulated/ventilated houses. Reliable water and electric. Postal addresses that don’t require a P.O. box. And in this age I’d say internet can be considered a basic amenity that a LOT of rez native houses don’t have. Don’t get me wrong, I love talking about food. But I feel like most posts like this get bombarded with food-based discussions and miss other equally important points.

This is pure art.

For those curious, this was taken at the Oceti Sakowin camp during the No DAPL protests in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The photograph is titled "Defend the Sacred" by Ryan Vizzions. I did not find the name of the subject on horseback.

On September 21, the House of Representatives passed Savanna’s Act, a bill designed to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the country. The bill was named for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old pregnant woman who was killed in 2017. The bill requires the creation of protocols to address missing or murdered Native American women, with the goal of improving coordination and data collection between federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies. It also increases federal support from the Department of Justice in local cases. LaFontaine-Greywind is one of more than 500 Indigenous women who have been classified as missing or murdered in recent years, according to a 2018 report by the Urban Indian Health Institute. Researchers say the numbers are likely much higher. The bill was originally passed by the Senate in March. It will now head to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.