#native american

indigenoustiktok:

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A person in a grey hoodie and glasses comes into view, messing with and brushing their hair as white text appears above them.

“As of February of this year-“ (last year, 2020), “61 reserves across Canada dont have access to clean water, or are on boil advisories.“

“Neskantaga First Nation in northwestern Ontario has been on boil water advisory for 25 years. And recently had to but 300 band members in a hotel in Thunder Bay over the holidays during a pandemic. Due to the governments neglect of their crisis.”

The person starts taking three strands of their hair and braided it.

“My reserve, Chapleau Cree Dirst Nation has been living off bottled water for years and i cannot remember the last time i was able to drink from the tap on the rez. But if you drive 5 minutes to the nearby town, their waters fine.”

They start braiding the right side.

“This is a reality hundreds of Indigenous people in Canada still have to face.”

Screen switches to the Tik Toker’s name and username, Lauryn / @rezdog99

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American Airlines

Boeing 737-800

Dear non-Natives

Stop coming into my inbox asking how you can be a better ally. Natives have already expressed their needs, as an ally it’s up to you to find this information. If you’re expecting me to have this all neatly complied so your job is easier, you’re doing it wrong.

I will never get over the fact that non-Natives love the idea of “dead Indians” so much that they’ll permanently attach the stereotyped images of them to their bodies.

Spent the night emailing Elementary schools because I’m tired of this.

theiconicmeghanmarkle:

John Wayne tried to assault Sacheen Littlefeather at the 1973 Oscars. But let’s keep talking about how the “slapping incident” was the award show’s darkest moment ever.

“As she delivered the speech John Wayne was furious. She later said, “During my presentation, he was coming towards me to forcibly take me off the stage, and he had to be restrained by six security men to prevent him from doing so.”

Besides John Wayne’s abhorrent behavior other celebrities like Clint Eastwood, Raquel Welch and Michael Caine also piled on.

John Wayne quote is taken right from a Playboy interview.

hopepunk-humanity:

So I went to an art exhibit recently, a collection of Native American art from pre-colonial times to the present. As you might guess, there were a few pieces whose artist was lost to time or erased. But instead of the usual “artist unknown” credit, the curators instead chose to label the artists as “Name Once Known”.

I think that’s amazing. It says, “we don’t know your name any longer; we’ll never know who you were, exactly. But you were a person once, and you mattered. You had a name, and you were loved, you had a life, and you made this art. And that means something. Your name was once known.”

impling:

thehardveneer:

utopians:

utopians:

saw a pic of a maria martinez vase on the dash and had to physically hold myself back from reblogging it to tell everyone abt her burnishing technique

that’s not even glaze do you understand that’s not glaze that’s burnished slip!! she was just that fucking good!! some of the most beautiful pottery on earth imho

Martinez is from San Ildefonso Pueblo in northern New Mexico.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Martinez

Artist Maria Martinez shown with physicist Enrico Fermi, winter 1945.

Tewa name: Po-Ve-Ka (Water Lily)