Today is Red Dress Day, in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous people. In Canada, Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people are six times more likely to be murdered than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
“However, nearly four years after the release of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and two years following the release of the National Action Plan, only two of the 231 Calls for Justice have been implemented, while an implementation timeline has yet to be released.”
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-greg-younging-conversation-virtual-registration-tickets-887795368847 Wed, May 8, 2024 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM EDT “2024 marks the fifth anniversary of the passing of Greg Younging. We are very pleased to host this year's guest Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, Head of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba and cousin to Greg who will be in conversation with SFU Indigenous scholar, Deanna Reder at this year's Conversation. Join us in person or online as Lorena talks about her ongoing work on the new edition of Greg's seminal work The Elements of Indigenous Style.”
There are more than 6,300 Dene people in the province, with a est. 80 per cert of them being able to speak the #DeneLanguage, according to the University of Saskatchewan's #Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia. Dene communities are more northern, which has slowed the encroachment of English, according to the encyclopedia.
Even while it gives land acknowledgments and takes Truth and Reconciliation Day off with pay, the Canadian government is actively invading foreign nations on the regular. The RCMP has always been used to terrorize Indigenous Peoples. It’s why the RCMP were formed in the first place. Reconciliation is not paramilitary occupation. #Reconciliation#Wetsuweten#Canada#IndigenousMastodon#RCMP#NativeMastodon#LandDefenders#Apartheid
Need #AltText help on 2 images of exposed #Pretendians - one who tried doing smear campaign, when I spoke out about how she abused me, my family & using social media to con/manipulate ppl. She's dangerous & recruits naive young POC, vulnerable older POC, vulnerable white gals into sex work. 2 of my friends experienced this with her & they didn't believe my early warnings, til they were abused by her & abandoned in a town they knew no one.
If you can help me, let me know. Dangerous person.
#RedAlert for #NativeMastodon#Indigenous communities ACROSS #Canada. She usually travels with a dog & cat. Picks up random new friends & those relationships never last because she's abusive & a pathological liar. Refuses to get serious treatments for self admitted, professional diagnosed BP disorder & self medicates because - her words here: "Ppl who need meds for BP are weak & I'm not weak!"
I want to say - Ppl who need meds ARE NOT WEAK! They're strong to ask & accept help when needed 💗
Charles Norman Shay is believed to be the last living #NativeAmerican who stormed the beaches of #Normandy according to the Maine Department of Transportation.
The #Winnebago#Tribe of #Nebraska stands to receive 1,600 acres of land that was taken a half century ago for a recreation area that never materialized.
The land, on the Iowa side of the #MissouriRiver would be returned under a bill introduced recently in the #USSenate by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer & her fellow #Iowa & Nebraska senators — Pete Ricketts, Chuck Grassley & Joni Ernst.
“Indigenous rights are yet again being subjected to the need for ‘debate’ by politicians and columnists who see Māori rights as a threat to democracy, while never questioning how this is all spawned by the undemocratic act of colonisation.” — Jamie Tahana #IndigenousMastodon#Indigedon#NativeMastodon#Indigenous#Māori
Eighth Generation also has this authentic Native designed and produced #RezCat and #Orca Throw Blanket. I bought two for my youngest gkids a while back. Pretty cool!