there is such a magic to sitting on a tiny island in the boundary waters, seeing more stars than you could have imagined were up there, hearing the loons
i hope we do not rob future generations of experiencing it
Instead of adoptees hearing how brave our first moms were, I'd rather hear this:
These are your godparents. They were planning on adopting you, but chose to give us the money they raised for #adoption. Because of their bravery and love, we were able to stay together. We're forever grateful to them
The 9th Circuit has given this to mining companies.
About Cherokee Nation citizen Patti Jo King, pictured:
“Taking out the reproductive organs of a 19- to 20-year-old is a big deal...She was not in danger and this was not a surgical emergency. But her fertility was taken away by what could have been treated with antibiotics — even at that time.”
A system that allows people to buy children in a market that prices them by race and other attributes, and that allows other people to decide if a person gets access to their own vital records, is a system that treats children as property. 🥚
thanks for attending my etc.
Saving the children through white f*ckin' jesusness. You know. Like through Bethany Services...
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He’s disgusting.
In 2014, 4 tribes raised $9M to purchase back Pe’sla & worked with the federal gov to get the central prayer site & a 2-mile buffer zone into federal trust. This was to recognize the religious and cultural significance of the area and therefore protect it from harmful mining activity like PLS.
Jay Treaty Border Alliance says guidance from Canada advising First Nations peoples to use Canadian passports when crossing the US-Canada border undermines their inherent right to cross as citizens of FN and the principle of Indigenous self-determination. www.jaytreatyborderalliance.com
In this article Lucy Foulkes misses the mark. It's not that we're "over-diagnosing mental illness", as she suggests, it's that we're over-medicalising & over-depoliticising widespread social suffering as requiring psych rather than structural solutions.
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ICE has been targeting Indigenous business, resource centers, community hubs, etc in Minneapolis. They even targeted Little Earth of United Tribes, a residential housing community that has at least 98% Indigenous residents. It is where the four Oglala Lakota men they took were living.
Image of George Washington and flames. He was and is called "Town Destroyer" ( Hanödaga꞉nyas) by the Haudenosaunee due to the destruction of more than 40 of their communities and their crops by American soldiers at his command.
There are at least 45 reasons for not celebrating #PresidentsDay starting with number 1: Town Destroyer.
Valerie and her siblings were taken from their mother and placed in institutions during Australia’s Stolen Generations. Two didn’t survive
Adoption -- adoptees get a *different* life, not necessarily a Better one
Stitt’s White ancestor bribed their way onto the roll that allows his CN citizenship. He seems to be honoring his own ancestors.
Brother Black Fox
Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota.
I will share my spiritual paintings and works on this account, likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼
#art #indigenousart #blueskyart #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic
The Oglala have banned ICE and the u.s. border patrol from Pine Ridge Reservation
Six. Six Indigenous people have been kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis in less than 3 weeks. And that's just the ones we know about. Three of them have not been released.
January 26, Australia Day, or more accurately Invasion Day, is a celebration of colonization, the theft of Indigenous land, and centuries of violence and oppression against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
My friend who lives in Minneapolis posted this touching remembrance of Alex Pretti, who was her mom's nurse.
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STATEMENT REGARDING DETENTION OF STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE MEMBER IN MINNESOTA JANUARY 24, 2026 I was notified today, January 24, 2026, that a Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member has been detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state of Minnesota. Tribal leadership is actively working to locate the individual, gather accurate information, and coordinate with the appropriate authorities to secure their release. At this time, details surrounding the detention remain limited. I urge the public to refrain from spreading unverified information while this matter is being reviewed. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue to advocate for the protection of our citizen's rights and will provide updates as appropriate.
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Indigenous peoples have always moved freely across our lands, and that "medicine line," as some Indians call it, never was nor ever will be our border. Our territories, hunting grounds, fishing spots, blood relations, trading partners, and diplomatic ties long antedate the United States and Canada. And for the most part, being colonized by one settler state or the other is a distinction without a difference. Canada and America are both equally dangerous places to be Indigenous. Some might call it a mountain lion, others a cougar, still others a puma. But if you're prey, it's all the same. We Survived the Night, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Dozens of Nunavummiut braved the cold to stand in solidarity with Greenland and against threats of annexation by the United States.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
"LET'S SELL THIS ENTIRE RED STATE TO A EUROPEAN NATION"
or!!!!! Look up what #Landback is and sell your land back to your state's Tribal Nations. Your racist relatives will still hate it and you won't be contributing to continued land theft!
Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen on the sovereignty of Greenlanders, the greed in the US, and how they view their land. Also comments on how the US treated Natives, as a very good reason to not want to be a part of the US.
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Indigenous people, especially Kalaallit Inuit are allowed to speak about the damage that the state of Denmark has and continues to do. They were talking about this before Jan 2025. This was just over a year ago, not "70 years ago"
Please watch the whole video:
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Hau Relatives, By resolution at the January 16, 2026 Special Session Council approved to ban ICE from entering the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. We will defend our sovereignty and protect our community always. Lakota oyate have always been here. Stay warm, stay safe. Anpetu washte yuha po. Hechetu.
Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Ryman LeBeau has announced that in a special session on January 16, 2026 council passed a resolution to ban ICE from entering their reservation.
