moderndayndnprincess:

Crow. Frog. Wolf. Bear.

Artist: Richard Shorty

#YukonRepresent

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indigenousrev:

Does “Indian Blood” still matter?

Watch the panel discuss the history, scientific meanings as well as the issues regarding blood quantum and Indigenous peoples. 

ayiman:

This is Cree actress Michelle Thrush. 

She won the Gemini for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role as Gail Stoney in the series Blackstone.

She’s been in a bunch of stuff you might be familiar with, like North of 60 and the Jim Jarmusch film Deadman.  If you haven’t seen Deadman, see it because Gary Farmer (Philbert!) is in it, and Johnny Depp dies.

yarr-metis:

Fracking Blockade: Blood Reserve

So proud of these Blood women for protecing their land, and standing up against fracking and its consequences.

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highwaysunset:

Alright, so here is a starter tutorial for anyone interested in learning how to make frybread :D

There are lots of different styles, and everyone has their own secret ingredient and modifications to their recipes, which I’ll leave up to you guys to go out and experience ;p

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ayiman:

To those of us who have or had family members who grew up in the res schools, my thoughts, condolences and sympathies.

There’s a wealth of information on the res schools here.

The residential school system came with the famous tagline; “kill the indian, save the child.”  The governments of Canada and the USA couldn’t beat our ancestors in battle, so they instead fooled our people into accepting untenable treaties that were never meant to be honoured, and they had our children stolen from us in a bid to whitewash our people.

My grandfather and all of his brothers were stolen from their home, separated and raised in the residential school system.  My grandfather’s generation, my father’s generation and my generation are still dealing with the after-effects of the racist Gradual Civilization Act and the Indian Act.  No amount of money could alleviate the disruption in our family and the destruction of our community, so my grandfather and his brothers refused the restitution offered by the government.  The alleviation of white guilt cannot be purchased with 10 grand and a few platitudes about racism.

So, fuck you Canada, and fuck you, America.

You didn’t kill the indian.  The indian just laid low for a while.

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ayiman:

Today I think about all my people who have died.  It’s just like cutting my own flesh.  I think of how they have ruined our land and we didn’t even know about it.  Maybe it’s because of the mine that so many of our people have died.  When I think about it, I am sad.

-Mary Ann Clement

A friend of mine gave me this book, produced by the Deline community in Northwest Territories.  It is a collection of experiences and stories regarding the community’s involvement with one of the most significant events in human history.  

The Manhattan Project was the joint effort by the U.S.A. the United Kingdom and Canada that produced the atomic weapons used against the Japanese on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Deline Elders Recall Pt. Radium memories

The uranium used in the project was mined in a remote area inhabited by the Dene (Sahtu) people.  The locals were used by Eldorado Inc and later the Canadian government to transport the uranium ore from the Eldorado and Echo Bay uranium mines near Port Radium across Great Bear Lake and eventually south to Chalk River in Ontario and Oak Ridge in the States.

For $3 a day, Dene men transported an element that prior to the establishment of Eldorado Inc, radium salts were priced at $70000 per gram.  

velocicrafter:

rpmfm: spearin:

Grand Entry at the 5th Annual Dakota Dunes Casino Pow Wow, Whitecap Dakota First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo by Andrew Spearin / The StarPhoenix

More photos seen on The StarPhoenix website.

Fantastic pow wow portraits.

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ayiman:

In case anyone was wondering, this is a former Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine, wearing the real deal.

yarr-metis:

Ten-year-old Ta’Kaiya Blaney stood outside Enbridge Northern Gateway’s office today waiting for officials to grant her access to the building. She thought she could hand deliver an envelope containing an important message about the company’s pipeline construction. But the doors remained locked.

“I don’t know what they find so scary about me,” she said, as she was ushered off the property by security guards. “I just want them to hear what I have to say”.

The Sliammon First Nation youth and North Vancouver resident put in a great effort learning about environmental issues and the pipeline in particular, and hoped to share her knowledge  and carefully crafted words about the pertinent topic.

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rpmfm:

spearin:

Grand Entry at the 5th Annual Dakota Dunes Casino Pow Wow, Whitecap Dakota First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo by Andrew Spearin / The StarPhoenix

More photos seen on The StarPhoenix website.

Fantastic pow wow portraits.