#american indian

nereb-and-dungalef:

leescoresbies:

so in case you’re about to watch a cw television show based in the southwest that’s featuring an episode based on some supposed reservation – or you’ve read anything about the situation on the navajo nation recently – i wanted to share some ways that we all can help the diné(navajo) community beyond kind-of depicting them on television. 

today the navajo nation surpassed new york state and new jersey for the highest per-capita coronavirus infection rate in the country. that’s 2,304 cases per 100,000 people. 173,600 people live on the navajo nation, roughly. below are a number of organizations & community groups raising money & resources. it would mean so much to me if you’d consider supporting these communities right now - & continue to think about how you can support the indigenous communities near you, & understand the indigenous land you might currently occupy. 

the navajo water project helps bring running water to navajo families without, and also helps families pay their water & electricity bills 

the adopt an elder project helps feed navajo elders during the pandemic

the navajo health command operations centeris the navajo nation’s only official fundraising and donation effort

rez rising is a database of native american small businesses across the southwest

the kinlani mutual aid groupis a flagstaff, az based volunteer group collecting supplies

the native american relief fund operated by the native american community foundation provides emergency grants to communities for supplies & more

and a number of community-run fundraising efforts:

• northern diné covid relief effort
• navajo & hopi families relief fund
• native student emergency fund
• bluff area mutual aid - supply delivery in utah
• navajo nation relief project

if you’re aware of any other legitimate fundraising efforts to help these communities, or the indigenous communities near you, please add them. 

the Navajo Water Project also sells blankets and jewelry, and the Adopt an Elder Project sells rugs hand made by Navajo Elders if that appeals to any of you!

I seriously hate Christians, they’re all so out of touch and racist. Imagine knowing that your ancestors were responsible for killing off 90% of a population and destroying their religion and culture, but then you try to make their ancestors OK with said genocide by making churches and religious iconography just to pander to what’s left of their community.

So, seriously, I don’t want Christian angels that look like racist depictions of natives wearing peacock feathers and crosses, which were never part of any native culture. I want Christians to help rebuild the schools, restore the communities, and revive the native religions that they took from us. Until that happens, all Christians are just racist, thieving, dirty, genocidal douchebags to me.

Christians or other groups that are pro-genocide and racist, don’t interact. And if you disagree with this, you should educate yourself and see the reality of things before you say anything defending your cult/hate group to someone who actually lives with the consequences. Only racists argue they’re not racist when presented with these kinds of scenarios.

Also a reminder that religion (unlike sexual orientation, race, gender, skin color, disability, pretty much everything else that Christians hate being unlike their own) can be changed. If you’re in a racist, bigoted religion that has committed genocide, you can either convert out or admit you’re just as bad as the people who believe that.

There are NO GOOD CHRISTIANS. If you are a good person, you’re not Christian. Convert or act like every other bigot. Stop lying to yourselves that good Christians exist. It’s like saying you’re a good nazi. You’re not.