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⚠️URGENT! :boost_request: $879/2500 DUE IN 2 DAYS

please help my very #disabled #Indigenous friend & her family survive. she is exhausted after helping her daughter & grandson escape domestic violence. she needs to pay for transportation to get to her pharmacy. you can help her cover rent & utilities by buying her #jewelry below!

- PayPal.me/kiagbear
- Cashapp/Venmo: kiagbear
- ko-fi.com/mahtheyzhawey/goal?g
- etsy.com/shop/MahtheyzhaweyArt

⭐ you can get handmade #art or a short story collection or an email with file storage space for donating to her here:
- riveraerica.itch.io/pasadena
- social.acab.fans/@durian/statu
- weirder.earth/@june/1138898143
- terror.black/@sayyid_qishta/11
- flipping.rocks/@inherentlee/11

@mutualaid #MutualAid #native #nativeArt #MutualAidRequest #beads #beading #design #creativeNatives #beadwork #parent #mom #onlineShop #SmallBusiness #cute #handmade #MastoArt #creativeToots #FediGiftShop #FediArt #OriginalArt #specFic #fiction #artist #LGBTQIA #photography #shortStory #queerMutualAid #beautiful #design #spring #flowers

a pair of nature themed, teardrop shaped, beaded earrings made by kiamichi. the centerpiece is a pink enamel with roses, flowers, and monarch butterflies painted on with a metal violet rose at the top. underneath are pink and purple beaded flowers with two rows of light blue and one row or purple beads. all surrounded by translucent vibrant light green beads
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SnowshadowII :maple:

Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to release names of residential school priests

OTTAWA – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it will soon release the names of 140 priests or brothers who worked in residential schools.

#FirstNations #Canada #Indigenous

winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2

Winnipeg Free Press · Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to release names of residential school priestsBy Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press
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Jamez Barrett 🜃 ॐ Ⓐ

Environmentalism without #Indigenous sovereignty is just #greenwashing. Climate justice requires confrontation of the violence of colonization, extractivism, and corporate "conservation".

Reminder: Indigenous peoples make up less than 5% of the world's population, but protect 80% of global #biodiversity (UN FAO, 2021).

In 2022, 177 environmental defenders were killed, 88 of them in Latin America - the most dangerous region in the world for Indigenous land protectors (Global Witness report, 2023).

Over 1000 Indigenous groups live in the #Amazon Basin, many of whom have faced forced displacement, criminalization, and violence due to profit-driven deforestation in the region.

The largest single driver of this #deforestation (accounting for about 80%), is the expansion of grazing land for cattle, primarily for beef production, both domestically and for export.

"There is no #climate justice without Indigenous sovereignty. The guardians of the forests, deserts, and coasts are not 'impacted communities' - they are leaders. Every environmental policy that excludes Indigenous voices is built on theft." - Julian Aguon
Video via @aljazeera

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SnowshadowII :maple:

Smarten Up Canada!

Indigenous leaders again left out of first ministers meeting as tensions grow
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief David Pratt says governments should “smarten up” and warns that it’s “not good business to offend and disrespect us so that we have to blockade.”
👉 He says governments should view First Nations as “equal partners around the table,” adding that if First Nations were in decision-making positions and proposed developments in their cities, “MPs would be up in arms.”

#FirstNations #Indigenous #Canada #Treaty

ctvnews.ca/politics/article/in

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak speaks during a new conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
CTVNews · Indigenous leaders again left out of first ministers meeting as tensions growThe national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is warning the provinces and Ottawa it “may not end well” if they make decisions about major infrastructure projects at the upcoming first ministers meeting without First Nations involvement.
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Calishat

#Indigenous #Canada #FirstNations #CulturalHeritage #datacenters #DataManagement

"The Ogimaa (or chief) of Wiikwemkoong, Tim Ominika, said the community will be using the data centre to store information about programs and services, including the community's education department, health centre and services offered through the band office. It will also allow the First Nation to preserve its cultural heritage locally."

cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/wii

CBCIndigenous community on Manitoulin Island gets a data centre to help preserve its cultural heritage | CBC NewsAn Indigenous community on Manitoulin Island in northeastern Ontario says its new data centre will help it secure its data sovereignty.
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Politics Canada

Indigenous groups prepare to fight against Doug Ford's anti-Indigenous, environmentally catastrophic Bill 5. No details of alleged improvements to this bill have been released. “We're looking at Idle No More 2.0. There will be fierce resistance from our side" Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation #indigenous #treaty #rights #environment #bill5 #ontario cp24.com/politics/queens-park/

A stream runs along the outskirts of Neskantaga First Nation, part of northern Ontario's mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
CP24 · Last-minute changes to Ontario mining bill are not good enough, First Nations sayBy The Canadian Press
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SnowshadowII :maple:

Heiltsuk Nation ratification feast brings written constitution into force

"It's a pathway for our community to move beyond the Indian Act and move forward and grow and reach our full capacity that our ancestors always dreamed of," Slett said in an interview ahead of the event."

#FirstNations #Canada #Indigenous
#BC #Legal

thecanadianpressnews.ca/nation

thecanadianpressnews.caHeiltsuk Nation ratification feast brings written constitution into forceFirst Nations leaders and delegates from around British Columbia are slated to attend a ratification feast on Friday that will officially bring the Heiltsuk Nation's written constitution into effect.
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Trina Corey

from wildlifeforall.us

"The border wall was just the beginning."

"In January, 170 square miles of public land in southern New Mexico were handed over to the military—no environmental review, no public process, no accountability."

"Under Trump’s NSPM-4 designation, wildlife protections and democratic safeguards were stripped away in the name of “national security.”

"The lands in question include sacred Indigenous sites, fragile desert ecosystems, and migration corridors that have already been fragmented by the wall."

"This is an environmental crisis. A democratic crisis. A human rights crisis. Migrants seeking safety are funneled into deadly terrain. Communities are silenced. Wildlife is vanishing."

"The border wall was never just about immigration. It was about setting the stage for this kind of unchecked executive power—power that threatens ecosystems, communities, and the very principles of democracy."

wildlifeforall.us/nspm-4-the-b

Wildlife for All · NSPM-4: The Border Wall Was Just the Beginning | Wildlife for AllNSPM-4 has militarized 170 square miles of the Chihuahuan Desert, threatening wildlife, Indigenous lands, and the human rights of migrants.
#border#PublicLands#Indigenous
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Jamez Barrett 🜃 ॐ Ⓐ

In an emotional vigil in Alice Springs, Warlpiri elders say now is the time for truth, encouraging witnesses of a young man's death in custody at a local supermarket to come forward.

An eyewitness told the ABC the restraint "looked pretty violent".

Another, who didn't want to be identified, said they saw a plain-clothed officer tackle the man and pin him to the ground with his knee on his neck.

"He was pinned down and he was told to stop resisting," the witness said.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-30/nt-

#indigenous#Australia#DeathsinCustody
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Toadlyturtle

It speaks to the systemic marginalization faced by this #Indigenous #Latina family, #Homeless for over a year

Marginalization that has not been created by the election, only emboldened

Even now, as the privileged hunker down, awaiting a differing administration

If you can think a differing politician will be help matters, you may be privileged

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Yehuda TurtleIsland.social

“We will never stop fighting — nothing will deter us from protecting Oak Flat from destruction,” Nosie said in the release from The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which has been part of the legal team defending Oak Flat.

“While this decision is a heavy blow, our struggle is far from over,” Nosie asserted. “We urge Congress to take decisive action to stop this injustice while we press forward in the the courts.”

#OakFlat #Mining #Native #Indigenous
indianz.com/News/2025/05/28/we

Indianz.Com · ‘We will never stop fighting’: Sacred site movement continues amid high-profile setbackThe long-running movement to protect Oak Flat from a massive copper mine is gaining renewed attention following a stinging rebuke from a key member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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