Aanii good people!

Please see this important message from @Yehuda about an #IndigenousInstance being created for and by #Indigenous people

I am writing this new toot only so that I can pin this on my profile for it to be easily found when I share. Please see #Yehuda directly for all inquiries and needs related to this instance.

And by all means, please help get the word out! #Miigwech!

#Native
#NDN
#LandBack
#NativeMastodon
#IndigenousMastodon
#IndigenousAlly

Wari' indigenous leader inspires an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river

"designates the Komi Memem & its tributaries as living entities with rights, ranging from maintaining their natural flow to having the forest around them protected. […] a new legislative approach to protect nature that has made inroads in many parts of the world, from New Zealand to Chile."

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-wari-indigenous-nature-rights-deforestation-68af65663fb7bd1b9d2051ce10c17a46
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wari%CA%BC
#Wari #Brazil #AmazonRainforest #Deforestation #IndigenousAlly

I am looking for friends in Australia, specifically Sydney and Melbourne, who are some combination of:
- queer
- trans
- not white
- connected to indigenous justice
- doing COVID mitigations still
- down to hang in person
- neurodivergent
- leftist
- anarchist

(don't have to be ALL of these things, but have to be some)

I just moved here and would love new connections :-)

boosts welcome!

#Australia #Sydney #Melbourne #IndigenousAlly #CovidIsNotOver

From my blog:
Protecting #Maine’s Life-Giving Rivers
December 21, 2022

"This was a published news story that I wrote after interviewing leaders of Maine's First Nations and doing some research on the Maine Settlement Act. Even though it's from 2001, it gives background of what went wrong in 1980 (and before), and why Senator Angus King's betrayal of Maine's First Nations is just another BETRAYAL by white men in power! I still stand behind this piece, and so wish Senator King would have EVOLVED! Maybe he needs to attend a #Wabanaki REACH workshop and watch #Dawnland. Even allies like myself should watch Dawnland! Anyhow, here it is. And yes, there is a LOT more work to be done!"

#WaterIsLife #MaineRivers #NativeAmericans #IndigenousAlly

https://doomsdayscw.blogspot.com/2022/12/protecting-maines-life-giving-rivers.html

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

"Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance
When our earth is turning?
How do we sleep
While our beds are burning?

How can we dance
When our earth is turning?
How do we sleep
While our beds are burning?

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent now
To pay our share

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendumu
The Western Desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance
When our earth is turning?
How do we sleep
While our beds are burning?

How can we dance
When our earth is turning?
How do we sleep
While our beds are burning?

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent now
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
We're gonna give it back

How can we dance
When our earth is turning?
How do we sleep
While our beds are burning?"
#LandBack #IndigenousRights #IndigenousAlly #Australia #Aborigines #BedsAreBurning #EightiesMusic #80s #TheTimeHasCome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E

Tell Biden: #FreeLeonardPeltier! For nearly a half century, American Indian Movement warrior Leonard Peltier has been falsely imprisoned in a federal penitentiary. Tell the president to do the right thing and free our brother now.

https://action.lakotalaw.org/action/free-leonard?ms=tw_share&snw=2&ref=ffab756c-2f35-4424-bd55-17d59f88c185

#LakotaLaw
#Indigenous
#native
#indigenousally
#nativeally

Please keep the assistance going to this Stage3 #BreastCancer Grandma who needs immediate help.

#waterprotectors
#elder
#Indigenous
#gofundme
#cancer
#native
#indigenousally
#nativeally

https://gofund.me/b784fe0a

And look, there's more good you can do!

#LakotaLaw
#LakotaPeoplesLawProject
#Lakota
#Indigenous
#IndigenousAlly
#Native
#NativeAlly

https://action.lakotalaw.org/

Wonderful people have helped out with this. Was it you? For those who want to pitch in and help this family of #waterprotectors create a safe home for an #elder, you still have the opportunity. Please help get this #GoFundMe fully funded.

#Indigenous
#gofundme
#cancer
#indigenousally
#native
#nativeally

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stage3-breast-cancer-grandma-needs-immediate-help?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

More from the family.

#waterprotectors
#elder
#Indigenous
#gofundme
#cancer
#native
#indigenousally
#nativeally

https://www.tiktok.com/@cherrifoytlin/video/7199264531057577262?_r=1&_t=8ZouyG3k5UM

Please help this family of #waterprotectors create a safe home for an #elder.

#Indigenous
#gofundme
#cancer
#indigenousally
#native
#nativeally

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stage3-breast-cancer-grandma-needs-immediate-help?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

It would be great if all Native and Indigenous people would use the #Native and #Indigenous hashtags for all their posts.

*It builds community*

Yes allies need to use their own hashtags, #NativeAlly and #IndigenousAlly ???

And plant and animal people too... #NativePlant #NativeAnimal #IndigenousPlant #IndigenousAnimal ???

And people that that are not Native and were just born somewhere need to stop using the #native hashtag etc. etc.

#BeRespectful

#NativeMastodon #IndigenousMastodon

@KarenWyld

Thanks for explaining the problem and also suggesting an alternative!
#IndigenousAlly

@jtmoehart7 I've been hearing from indigenous people on mastodon that they want the "nativeamerican" and "indigenousmastodon" etc. tags to only be reserved for people who are actually indigenous, because that's how they can connect with each other. If you are not native, it's messing with that system.

please use the hashtag #indigenousally or #nativeally or something like that instead.

EDIT: I'm an idiot, I thought that you were not indigenous, and I ended up whitespaining to you. (1/2)

I teach a student who consistently uses the word "#colonizer" when referring to Europeans in early U.S. #History. It's subtle, but consistent and definitely intentional.

It only just occurred to me today that I often use "settlers" to refer to the same, even though I try to present a critical version of history in my classes.

Colonized language is insidious. Also, teaching #GenZ rocks.

#edutooters #BlackAlly #IndigenousAlly #justice

#introduction time!

🏢 At MSFT going on ~10 years. #golang #sre #azure #linux. Doing tech for 💵 since the late 90's.

- Irish tune 🎻 #fiddle
- Aspiring #gaeilgeoir
- pets🐈‍⬛🐈
- 1 kiddo👦🏻who's my best #hiking and #backpacking buddy.
- 🌲are my ⛪
- ❤️baking 🥖
- Married👩🏻she helps me be my best everyday
- Naturalized Cascadian, here since '99
- Music keeps me going #itm #folkrock #acousticneofolk #synthwave #idm #ambient
- :weed: > 🍸
- #blm #loveislove #indigenousally

🙏🏻thank you @nova for this space 🙏🏻