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1/this taken an article I wrote for @womensjusticem1 @davtw2 which the media didn't pick up, but sharing as it's important. The fact #justicelerve thought #rianrosstoyer deserved a noncustodial sentence for manslaughter is part of a bigger issue-
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2/violent men are using "consensual rough sex" as a defence and are avoiding scrutiny and punishment. This devalues the life of the woman, particularly transgender women. What was the value of Mhelody's life? #TransRightsAreHumanRights
3/We may consent to rough sex, but no-one consents to serious injury or death. No-one. Like the UK, Australia must move to remove this as an option. @Wecantconsentto #TransRightsAreHumanRights #coercivecontrol
During the time of World War II, Navajo was virtually unknown outside the reservation. And the code proved uncrackable.
Kenji Kawano's striking photographs capture the quiet dignity of the Navajo Code Talkers as they recall their heroic actions. #VeteransDay
Kenji Kawano's striking photographs capture the quiet dignity of the Navajo Code Talkers as they recall their heroic actions. #VeteransDay
"When I was going to boarding school, the U.S. government told us not to speak Navajo, but during the war, they wanted us to speak it!"
Pictured in 2014: George James Sr, Window Rock, AZ.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WeAreStillHere @USMC
Pictured in 2014: George James Sr, Window Rock, AZ.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WeAreStillHere @USMC
Around 400 young Navajo men, who had never been away from the reservation, served in the South Pacific and are credited with helping win the battle of Iwo Jima.
Pictured: Code Talkers in Washington, D.C. – 1983.
Pictured: Code Talkers in Washington, D.C. – 1983.
Please join me & @khloekardashian in continuing to share truth about the unprovoked attacks - by Azerbaijan - against civilian #Armenians in #Artsakh. #Armenia and Artsakh are defending themselves but seek assistance from the international community to condemn these attacks &
restore peace to the region. Share the news with your global networks & call on your U.S. representatives to get engaged to prevent further escalation via: anca.org/alert ... You can also get involved in the We Are Our Borders/All For Artsakh #ArstakhStrong campaign to
provide charitable support via: himnadram.org 🙏🏼🇦🇲✊🏼 #wearestillhere
Facts: Did you know #Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity in 301 AD? This photo is from my last visit to Etchmiadzin in 2019. Armenia also celebrates its Independence Day today. In the Bay Area, there has sadly been a dark cloud of hate over the last few weeks.
The Armenian school I attended for Saturday school was vandalized in a hate crime & an arson attack charred my childhood church complex in San Francisco. I have been in touch with the proper leadership & will make sure that all of the damage is repaired...and then some. While
that community is small, who I am & the successes I have in my life are, in large part, due to those formative years amongst such kind & supportive people. You are definitely doing to laugh, sing & pray again 🙏🏼💪🏼✊🏼🧿#wearestillhere
Thank you to my 🇦🇲 sister @KimKardashian & your family for your enduring friendship w/me ✊🏼 We have also done it thanks to the masses of amazing people out there—from all backgrounds—who support us & our work together 🙏🏼 Haters should not mistake our kindness for weakness 💪🏼🔥
We brush our shoulders off because the things we are working on to help people are too big & too important. They don’t deserve our time or attention 🧿 Now, most importantly, I hope people join me & send support to #Armenia #Artsakh & #Beirut. Here are some trusted relief efforts
@agbu: donate.agbu.org/lebanonrelief + Pan Armenian Council of Western United States of America member organizations: givebutter.com/hyeaid + @RedCrossLebanon: supportlrc.app ... #wearestillhere 🇦🇲 🇱🇧
Please share. We are thrilled to announce The Promise was acquired by Netflix for streaming starting 8/8. Thank you ALL for your support & we know it will now raise even more awareness. Thanks to the unparalleled generosity of our dear friend & mentor Kirk Kerkorian, our team
specifically made this film & our historical documentary counterpart, Intent To Destroy, to get US legislators to recognize the Armenian Genocide once & for all. We accomplished that mission thanks to all of you & our social impact campaign. No amount of denial by human rights
abusers or minions will undo that fact. We donated all of the downstream revenue from the films - & ongoing/unpublicized orders of magnitude beyond that - to charitable organizations in education, healthcare, science, human rights, social services, culture & more in the US,
Please retweet & share the news! We cannot allow news cycles & disinformation campaigns to cloud the issue. Please continue to raise awareness regarding hostilities against #Armenia & #Armenians around the world. The 🌎 is calling for Azerbaijan to agree to the UN’s call for a
pandemic ceasefire (Armenia has) & international monitoring to ensure compliance. Once again, for the oppressor, this is a battle without honor or humanity. I am proud of the leadership & scholars from The Promise Institute for Human Rights & The Promise Armenian Institute
at UCLA for their thoughtful statement & links to more information: international.ucla.edu/armenia/articl… ... I am honored that we were able to create these 2 transformational academic institutes at one of the top universities in the world...& we are just getting started. Both institutes will
Please repost & share the news! Hostilities against #Armenia continues. Sadly, fueled by a disinformation campaign & anti-Armenian rhetoric, there have been recent hate crimes against #Armenians & Armenian institutions around the world...& now in the US. Look it up! I form my own
opinions & do not see a moral equivalence argument to be made for these attacks. Based on my discussions w/leadership in Armenia, I trust the sincere desire to pursue peace, a ceasefire & international monitoring. I have also been reaching out to influential friends & leaders in
this country to draw more attention to these unprovoked attacks against Armenia. When I see people advocating for the destruction of Armenia, #Artsakh, & Armenians, one of the things I think about is this genealogy chart from the original 1611 King James Bible. Regardless of
Please share the news! Thank you @MayorOfLA for your support. LA is the 2nd largest city in the US, we will host the 2028 Olympics & I am proud to be a part of our community. Do you see anyone — who is not complicit in the disinformation campaign — questioning the facts we
have laid out regarding unprovoked attacks against Armenia? Contact your representatives to #ProtectArmenia & #ProtectArtsakh with their votes today! Click on @ANCA_DC & @ARAMAC_DC & follow their links to help with your legislative outreach. Other than
from unknown/obscure accounts (& bots), do you see any objective/rational person taking a contrary position? Why is that? Landmines kill everyone & cannot discriminate between victims...Why would anyone oppose the removal of landmines from #Artsakh?
Please share the news! #Armenia & #Artsakh have been trying to move forward & improve life for Armenians despite generations of oppression & persecution. The attacks on Armenia have been unprovoked. We need international attention & diplomatic intervention now! Because of
nefarious intentions, the smokescreen of the pandemic & global distractions are being used against Armenia. Please call on your U.S. Representative and ask them to #SupportArmenia. You can use: anca.org/alert. Armenian leadership WANTS international monitoring for
ceasefire compliance. What does that tell you? The brave Armenian men & women standing sentry have incredible courage, but I do not want to see any loss of life for any nation. Once again, for oppressors, this is a battle without honor or humanity. Look it up! ANY social media
Please read & share the news! My ❤️ is with the brave men & women risking their lives to protect #Armenia & #Artsakh. I am grateful to my Armenian and non-Armenian friends for listening to my pleas, sharing our words, & using your platforms to raise awareness about the situation
in Armenia. Although Armenia endorsed the UN’s pandemic appeal for a global ceasefire, #Azerbaijan did not, & Armenia has been the victim of unprovoked attacks & the predictable disinformation campaign that accompanies them. These are irrefutable facts.
We need international observers to investigate! Villages, schools, a PPE factory & other civilian structures in Armenia have been targeted & Azerbaijan has threatened to bomb the nuclear power plant in Armenia. Up until last week, I have personally been deeply involved in
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You cannot be anti-racist and still Anti-Native. Period.
And Erasure is not only Anti-Native, it's the last stage of genocide.
Natives have the lowest life expectancy, Native men from my tribe have a life expectancy of 48! #WeAreStillHere
You cannot be anti-racist and still Anti-Native. Period.
And Erasure is not only Anti-Native, it's the last stage of genocide.
Natives have the lowest life expectancy, Native men from my tribe have a life expectancy of 48! #WeAreStillHere
Native communities are dying from coronavirus at the HIGHEST rates. In rural areas! That's systemic.
The Trump admin withheld relief- No one cared. No news put pressure on it. Natives had to sue to get some of it. We're dying because of this delay, 1000s of lives... gone
The Trump admin withheld relief- No one cared. No news put pressure on it. Natives had to sue to get some of it. We're dying because of this delay, 1000s of lives... gone
Native Women are facing sexual assault at the highest rates. They are being murdered at the highest rates. On some reservations, it's 10 TIMES HIGHER.
Where is the pressure? Where is the front page news? Where is the reform?
Natives face violent victimization at the highest rates
Where is the pressure? Where is the front page news? Where is the reform?
Natives face violent victimization at the highest rates
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a little lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
Today's lesson is about US policy towards Indians post 1900.
Today's lesson is about US policy towards Indians post 1900.
87% percent of state history curriculum standards about Native Americans cover events BEFORE the year 1900. I always tell ppl talking about Native issues would be like if anytime I told some one I was a feminist they responded by saying “Its so messed up you can’t vote.”
People's understanding of Native history drops off a cliff circa 1900. So here are some US policies towards Native Americans passed AFTER 1900 every one should know about.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a little lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
This week's theme is Cherokee history and today’s lesson is about our PRETENDIANS aka why your g-g-g-grandma was not a Cherokee princess.
This week's theme is Cherokee history and today’s lesson is about our PRETENDIANS aka why your g-g-g-grandma was not a Cherokee princess.
Usually ethnic fraud is not socially acceptable. However Native identity, Cherokee in particular, is a cruel exception to this societal rule. Claiming to be Cherokee without any evidence, any connection to a tribe or any documented Cherokee ancestry is widely socially acceptable.
Pretendians perpetuate the myth that Native identity is determined by the individual, not the tribe or community, directly undermining tribal sovereignty and Native self-determination.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a little lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
This week's theme is Cherokee history and today’s lesson is about the CHEROKEE FREEDMEN!
This week's theme is Cherokee history and today’s lesson is about the CHEROKEE FREEDMEN!
Descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen are citizens of Cherokee Nation based on their rights as granted by a treaty signed by both Cherokee Nation and the United States in 1866.
Starting in the early 1800’s, Cherokees adopted the institution of slavery from the American south. And no, it wasn’t “kinder” because we’re Indians. There is no kind way to treat a person like property.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a little lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
This week's theme is Cherokee history and today’s lesson is the CHEROKEE PHOENIX!
This week's theme is Cherokee history and today’s lesson is the CHEROKEE PHOENIX!
The Cherokee Phoenix is the first newspaper created by Native Americans in the United States. In 1828 my g-g-g-uncle Elias Boudinot was appointed by Cherokee Nation Council to be the first editor.
The paper was printed in both Cherokee and English.
The paper printed in Cherokee was free. If you needed the English translation an annual subscription was $2.50
The paper printed in Cherokee was free. If you needed the English translation an annual subscription was $2.50
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a history lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
Today’s lesson is LANGUAGE.
Today’s lesson is LANGUAGE.
Language is a core part of our identity as Indigenous people. When I talk to our Cherokee speakers they always say that if we lose our language we will lose what it means to be Cherokee.
Today, of the 115 Indigenous languages spoken in the US, two are healthy, 34 are in danger, and 79 will go extinct within a generation without serious intervention according to Ethnologue. In other words, 99% of the Native American languages spoken today are in danger.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a little lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
This week's theme is US Federal Indian policy and today’s lesson is the Indian Child Welfare Act.
This week's theme is US Federal Indian policy and today’s lesson is the Indian Child Welfare Act.
When the Indian Childhood welfare Act passed in 1978, Congress recognized that 25-35% of Native children had been adopted out of their homes, families and tribes by White and non-Native families. Native communities lost a full third of that generation.
ICWA was created to keep Native kids with Native families. When a Native kid is up for adoption the law prioritizes a family member, another tribal member, or a Native home for placement.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
This week's theme is Federal Indian policy and today’s lesson is ALLOTMENT aka how tribes lost ⅔ of our land through a scheme that was supposed to "help" us.
This week's theme is Federal Indian policy and today’s lesson is ALLOTMENT aka how tribes lost ⅔ of our land through a scheme that was supposed to "help" us.
Usually when people think about Native American land loss they think about Indian Wars. But in the late 1800s, Congress created a scheme to transfer the majority of Native land to White ownership--not by sword or gun but by pen and paper.
In the late 1800s a Senator named Henry Dawes theorized that Native Americans were poor because they didn't own private property. He recommended that communally owned tribal lands be divided up, privatized and plots assigned to individual tribal citizens.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a history lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
This week is on US Federal Indian policy and today is about OLIPHANT, AKA how non-Natives can commit crimes on Native land with almost zero consequences.
This week is on US Federal Indian policy and today is about OLIPHANT, AKA how non-Natives can commit crimes on Native land with almost zero consequences.
In 1978, the SCOTUS ruled that tribes cannot prosecute non-Natives who commit crimes on their land. The case originated when a drunk man named Mark Oliphant assaulted a tribal police officer. He argued the tribe shouldn't have been able to prosecute him because he was not Indian
And he won.
Today, if you are not enrolled in a federally recognized tribe, you can walk onto any reservation and commit murder, theft, sex trafficking, rape, you can even break the speed limit, and the tribe is prohibited from doing anything about it.
Today, if you are not enrolled in a federally recognized tribe, you can walk onto any reservation and commit murder, theft, sex trafficking, rape, you can even break the speed limit, and the tribe is prohibited from doing anything about it.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a history lesson. #WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
This week's theme is US Federal Indian policy and we are starting at the very, very, VERY beginning with the DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY.
This week's theme is US Federal Indian policy and we are starting at the very, very, VERY beginning with the DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY.
While the international Indigenous community has been calling for the denouncement of the Doctrine of Discovery for decades, most ppl don’t know what it is. It first appeared in 1455 as a papal bull (a decree from the pope) giving Portugal permission to colonize West Africa.
After Columbus’s infamous voyage in 1492, a similar papal bull was extended to Spain's right to colonize the Americas.
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery asserted simply that Christian Nations became the rightful owner of any land they found occupied by non-Christian people.
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery asserted simply that Christian Nations became the rightful owner of any land they found occupied by non-Christian people.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a history lesson.
Today’s lesson is about the proposed STATE OF SEQUOYAH.
#WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
How we teach history often buries resistance, especially if efforts didn’t come to fruition.
Today’s lesson is about the proposed STATE OF SEQUOYAH.
#WeAreStillHere #NativeIn2019
How we teach history often buries resistance, especially if efforts didn’t come to fruition.
In the early 1900’s, with Oklahoma statehood looming, Native tribes were set to lose land and political autonomy. Leaders from the Muscogee, Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole and Chickasaw tribes organized to try and create a Native-led and controlled state.
They named the proposed state Sequoyah, after the Cherokee leader who invented our syllabary. The organizers held a constitutional convention in Muscogee in 1905. At the convention, leaders drafted a constitution, mapped out counties, and elected delegates to petition Congress.
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. Everyday this month I am sharing a history lesson with the hashtag #WeAreStillHere.
Today’s lesson is BLOOD QUANTUM.
Today’s lesson is BLOOD QUANTUM.
As a mixed, Native woman I am constantly asked “What part Native are you?”. As someone who passes as white, I get some version of that question I would estimate about 95% of the time a non-Native person “finds out” I’m Native American.
As a card-carrying Indian, I have a piece of paper from the US Department of Interior called a “Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood”. It’s kind of like the paperwork that comes with poodles & German Shepherds. It’s the governments measurement of my pedigree, of how native I am
THREAD:
Following Friday’s racist harassment of a Native elder and the subsequent National outcry, now is the time to center Native voices. Here are some ppl & outlets to follow. Pls add and share.
#Magateens #CovingtonCatholic #Nativetwitter #IPMDC19 #WeAreStillHere
Following Friday’s racist harassment of a Native elder and the subsequent National outcry, now is the time to center Native voices. Here are some ppl & outlets to follow. Pls add and share.
#Magateens #CovingtonCatholic #Nativetwitter #IPMDC19 #WeAreStillHere
