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The Remains of Thousands of #Native Americans Were Returned to #Tribes This Year
Following decades of #Indigenous activism and the 2023 publication of ProPublica’s “Repatriation Project,” federal officials have seen more activity leading to the return of ancestral remains to tribal nations than any other year since 1990.
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These White cosplayers stole an Indigenous language, copywrite it, & are now selling it back to the Indigenous community at exorbitant rates.
They recorded his grandmother speaking & now they are taking legal action to prevent him from accessing the language & speaking his own language. He is a language instructor.
How Long Delays in Repatriation Let Scientists Damage #Native Remains With #Government Funds
Federal agencies have awarded millions of dollars to scientific studies on #NativeAmerican human remains, undermining the goals of #NAGPRA as tribes fight for #repatriation.
Gahela Cari is a trans Afro-Andean woman from #quechua parents. She's the most visisble trans leader in #peru, appearing prominently against Manuel Merino’s failed legislative takeover in 2020. She’s also a leader of the party Nuevo Peru and attempted a campaign as the 1st #Native trans woman for congress. Her proposals were to expand trans & cis women’s rights and local agriculture. And, she continues her work today #indigenous#trans#lgbtq
Decolonization is not a metaphor
By Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang
“Our goal in this article is to remind readers what is unsettling about decolonization. Decolonization brings about the repatriation of Indigenous land and life; it is not a metaphor for other things we want to do to improve our societies and schools.”
Library Official Resigns After Publication of Her Secretly Recorded Inflammatory Comments
Judy Eledge, deputy director of the #Anchorage Public #Library, is leaving her post after ProPublica and @anchoragedailynews documented her history of offensive comments and social media posts about #Native Alaskans and the #LGBTQ+ community.
5 Years After Standing Rock, Native Tribes Still Fight Dakota Access Pipeline
"The Standing Rock Sioux continue to see the pipeline’s operation as an existential and critical threat to their safety and livelihood, according to Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney for the Lakota People’s Law Project who was raised on the Standing Rock Nation and now lives on the Oglala Lakota Nation. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have an emergency management department, but they do not have the financial capacity to handle a catastrophic spill, he told Truthout. “So our lives are not the same anymore. We’re worrying about that every single day. Every single day, people are, in the back of their minds, wondering if they’re gonna get a call saying the oil is leaking underneath the water.”"
A MUST READ for reconnecting Natives and non-Natives by #Mvskoke TEK academic and researcher Lara A. Jacobs, currently working on her Forest Ecosystems and Society PhD.
The American Museum of Natural History to Close Exhibits Displaying #Native American Belongings
The change is in response to new federal regulations that went into effect this month following reporting by ProPublica on institutional failures to return #NativeAmerican remains and sacred objects to tribes.
This is my biggest peyote project yet, and my first time using odd-count! Made with high-quality glass beads and a silver plated slide clasp. It's 23 beads wide(!) so lots of time and love went into it 💗 Check it out: