Ethical #microbiome research with #Indigenous communities.

This is an important and timely article on conducting research ethically and collaboratively with Indigenous peoples, in the context of microbiome research but relevant in much wider contexts.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01116-w

Pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/137p3P1ouImWAQhgb9EWmwMutnH1ZCgTh/view?usp=drive_link

#ResearchEthics #BioSciences #Anthropology #Hadza #Hadzabe #Diné #DecolonisingResearch #DecolonizingResearch

Junction Ruin & Canyon Wall
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, AZ
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Last Thursday I posted a close up photo of this ancient puebloan ruin. See the post here: https://techhub.social/@bosquebill/110786619532243689

Today I show the entire facade of the canyon which barely fit in the picture. The white sandstone at the top of the image is the floor of the mesa top. You can see autumn cottonwoods on the canyon floor.

https://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm

#ThrowbackThursday #history #AncientPuebloan #Diné #NavajoNation #photo #Arizona

Hey Felicia! A #Drag and #Dine #Musical 2.0 at Cloudland Fortitude Valley.

Starring not 1, not 2, but SIX iconic #Brisbane #DragQueens who bring to life songs from the greatest musicals ever produced. But there’s more – get set to see, hear and feel all the iconic #gay #anthems that have created the ultimate playlist for our generation.

Tickets selling fast! Available from 4th Aug - $109...

#wearebrisbane

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/hey-felicia-a-drag-and-dine-musical-20-tickets-153608722825

I recently saw some folks confuse the #Dine peoples (Navajo; Southwestern US area) with the #Dene peoples in Western sub-Arctic Canada. I can understand the confusion if you just look at spelling or if you've heard them both pronounced the same way.

They're vastly different first peoples.

Learn more about both of these First Nations.

https://sentientmedia.org/plant-based-history-dine-people

https://denetha.ca/history/

#Indigenous #FirstNations #NativeNations #TurtleIsland #LearnMore

Junction Ruin
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, AZ

The ruin is named (by us bilagáana at any rate) because it is located at the junction between the main canyon, Canyon de Chelly, and Canyon del Muerto. It is closer to the canyon mouth than White House Ruins that I've featured previously. View point is on the main southern road.

https://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm

#ThrowbackThursday #history #AncientPuebloan #Diné #NavajoNation #photo #Arizona

Big Water, Utah - Elevation 4,092’ (color alt)

A storm beginning to roll through. ⛈️🏜️🧡

#Diné #Photography #AltText #Desert

Cedar City, Utah - Elevation 5,714’

No, not a joke.

#Diné #Photography #AltText

Getting ready to read:
"Trail of Lightning" by Rebecca Roanhorse

#books #PostApocalyptic #NativeAmerican #Navajo #Diné

…and when they *really* like you, an offer to stay the night, and be fed mutton scramble in the morning before you head out. 🤤😋💜

#Indigenous #Diné #Food #Photography #Travel #Love

When you help the Diné people with water deliveries, etc. they always show their appreciation with some form of mutton lol.

This is grilled mutton on Navajo fry bread 😋

#Indigenous #Diné #Food #Photography #Travel #Love

Navajo Nation - Elevation 7,216’ - about an hour from Mile Post 531, US Highway 89, Arizona

The last time I was on Navajo Nation I delivered, and help install solar panels so an elderly Diné couple would be able to escape the 115°+ temps in the summer time. Between no power for most, and no running water for 12,000 homes it is an experience that will humble you in terms of first world problems you feel are inhuman.

#Diné #Photography #AltText #Love #Indigenous

My community of #FortDefiance is a tiny community but there is a wall with beautiful #murals. This #Diné mural is a brand new one painted on by the local high school’s #art teacher.

#NavajoNation #Arizona #Indigenous #MuralArt

Navajo Nation - Elevation 7,041’

When a water delivery comes in those chickens know what’s up.

#Diné #Navajo #Arizona #Photography

Navajo Nation - Elevation 7,041’

Diné dogs protecting diné chickens from coyotes. 🐕🐓

About an hour from the border with Mile Post 531, US Highway 89, Arizona.

#Diné #Navajo #Arizona #Photography #Travel

#Navajo Nation officials, activists feel cut out as company advances #uranium #mining plans

By Hannah Grover, May 1, 2023

"When a foreign company started exploratory drilling for the possible return of uranium mining near #ChurchRock, community members say they were not informed in advance.

“It was a complete shock,” Jonathan Perry, the director of Eastern Navajo #Diné Against Uranium Mining, said of the process that started this winter.

"The eastern Navajo Nation communities have stood largely in opposition to future uranium mining for decades.

"'The majority of Diné people have been personally impacted by (uranium),' Leona Morgan, an activist and member of Navajo Nation, said.

"The Navajo Nation has a moratorium dating back nearly two decades that prohibits uranium extraction, but the Eastern Agency consists of what is known as checkerboard. That means federal and state lands are intermixed with Navajo, or Diné, lands and allotment lands.

"#LaramideResources, a Canada-based company, plans on extracting uranium from an area within the checkerboard that is not tribal land.

"The work would occur near the same location where, in 1979, a dam breach released 1,100 tons of uranium waste and 94 million gallons of #RadioactiveWater into the #RioPuerco, which the nearby Navajo communities relied upon for water.

"Decades later, the spill, along with mine and mill sites in the area, remain unremediated. Earlier this year, the U.S. NRC issued a record of decision as well as a license amendment that will allow the #UnitedNuclearCorporation—which owned the site where the spill occurred—to dispose of mine #waste from the old uranium mine at the old mill site.

"Morgan said there are concerns that this disposal method in an unlined pit could lead to a second spill happening, especially as climate change increases the risks of extreme weather events like monsoon floods."

#IndigenousNews #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalRacism

Source: https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2023/05/01/navajo-nation-officials-activists-feel-cut-out-as-company-advances-uranium-mining-plans/

@CaramelizedShallots I hope the American Museum of Natural History returns those historical pieces. 😔

#Indigenous #Diné

Heard about this through Lyla June: https://givebutter.com/hoghanbuild

From her post describing the project:

"We are #Diné youth, trying to build a hoghan to revitalize our language, culture, and lifeways. We also hope this traditional architectural space will be a meeting place for all races and cultures to do learning exchanges with our sciences of #sustainability."

#CrowdFunding #IndigenousKnowledge

Moseley Old Hall
@nationaltrust

#nikon #z6ii #nikkor #14-30Z

#topiary #kitchen #food #table #eat #heritage #cutlery #plates #cook #nationaltrust #formalgarden #pie #moseleyoldhall #moseley #foodphotography #foodphotographer #manchesterphotographer #dine #dining #meal #mealphotography #FoodAndDrink

https://archive.org/details/dzani-yazhi-naazbaa

Dzání Yázhí Naazbaa’: Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home, A Story of the Navajo Long Walk by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie; Irving Toddy

Topics
#Dinébizaad, #genocide, #Hwéeldi, #forcedmarch, #deportation, #forcedmarches, #colonialism, #whitesupremacy, #Naabeehó, #Diné, #bahaneʼ, #naaltsooswoltaí

Dzáníbaa’ is alone when U.S. troops swoop down on her family’s hogan. Before she can run to safety, a soldier grabs her and puts her on his horse. She is taken to Fort Sumner, and from there is forced to walk to Bosque Redondo. For four long years, Dzáníbaa’ and her family endure incredible hardship and sacrifice. Crops wither. Food is scarce or so tainted that it poisons. Illness strikes. At times there seems no hope of a better future.

Nevertheless, this time of trial gives Dzáníbaa’ a profound sense of herself as a Navajo and of the importance of her culture. As never before, Dzáníbaa’ realizes the significance of the clan system, of the prayers and songs of her people, and of exerting herself to help her family.

Hear Dzáníbaa’’s story, and discover why she is the Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home.

Moseley Old Hall
@nationaltrust

#nikon #z6ii #nikkor #14-30Z

#topiary #kitchen #food #table #eat #heritage #cutlery #plates #cook #nationaltrust #formalgarden #pie #moseleyoldhall #moseley #foodphotography #foodphotographer #manchesterphotographer #dine #dining #meal #mealphotography #FoodAndDrink