This Saturday is Earth Day, and there is no shortage of ways to celebrate and contribute this year in and around Corvallis, Oregon. Help restore a meadow of Indigenous first foods, clear invasive trees, take down old fences, or join a nature parade. And afterward, let's all together to raise a glass at the after party.

#EarthDay #Corvallis #Oregon #PNW #OregonStateUniversity #FirstFoods

https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-your-guide-to-earth-day-in-corvallis/

@ProPublica

Got some good news about #decolonization: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/14/cambridge-university-to-return-over-100-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria

Some bad news about #FirstFoods: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

Remembered a powerful #Indigenous leader: https://journa.host/@Toastie/109520028988852190

And published a fun review of a TV show: https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-arts-culture-an-indigenous-affairs-reporter-reviews-alaska-daily

💅 Hbu?

Seems like the etiquette here is to do an #introduction post. So halito, ankana! Sv hochiffo yvt Toastie. #Chahta sia hoke. Hello my friends, my name's Toastie. I'm #Choctaw.

I write for High Country News about #Indigenous affairs in the Western U.S., especially the #PacificNorthwest, and I host a video headline roundup called Halito.

Follow me for #PacificLamprey, the #KlamathRiver and #ColumbiaRiver Basins, #Tribal #Wildlife #Conservation, #FirstFoods, #LandBack, and other cool #NDN shit.