#indigenous canada

[kneesnipplesandnonsense]

I don’t think basing the salmon run graffiti off of Northwest indigenious art is random when you consider just how important salmon are culturally to Coast Salish people, historically being a main staple of their diet.

Of course, you’re probably thinking that’s obvious given that they refer to themselves as “Salmon people”... but I want to draw attention specifically to their beliefs about salmon and what they symbolize:

Source

This directly coincides with the salmonids in Splatoon striving to be “tasty” and believing that being eaten is honorable. SO I think it’s possible that the salmonids are somehow aware of how important they were to indigenious people and incorperated these human beliefs into their own belief system......Or this bit of salmonid lore is just a referance to how salmon runs in real life work. Either way it’s a very cool detail.

#splatoon #indigenous canada #as a british columbian these just looked too familiar #i've connected the dots.jpg

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

#indigenous #not Indigenous myself but I wanted to share a link to this for any of my Indigenous followers who are interested! #indigenous heritage month #trans awareness week #two spirit #queer #queer indigenous #queer community #2slgbtqia+ #kanyen’kehá:ka #mohawk #indigenous canada #canada #cree #anishinaabe #ojibwe #trans #trans pride #transgender #transgender pride #indigenous issues #indigenous writers #indigenous art #indigenous writing #first nations #haudenosaunee #two spirit writers #métis #nonbinary #nonbinary pride

[handforthstudy]

My students' textbook described trade between indigenous communities on the Pacific coast but lacked a graphic, so I went ahead and made one.

I'm releasing this graphic into the public domain under CC0 1.0, so feel free to use it wherever and however.

Know the history of the land you live on and work to right historical and present wrongs.

#Indigenous history #Indigenous Canada #Maps #Social Studies #Trade #Public Domain #Creative Commons

[jadeseadragon]

Memorial Pole To Be Returned To The Nisga’a Nation After 93 years.

The pole "was acquired in 1929 by Canadian curator and ethnographer, Marius Barbeau, on behalf of the Royal Museum of Scotland, which later became the National Museum of Scotland (NMS), and went on display the following year.

"However, NMS said that while the museum acted in good faith in its acquisition of the pole, it now understands that the individual(s) who 'sold' it to Mr Barbeau did so without the cultural, spiritual, or political authority to do so on behalf of the Nisga’a Nation."

"Carved from red cedar in the 1860s, the pole [37 feet] includes family crests and animal and human figures. It commemorates the Nisga’a warrior Ts’aawit and stood outside his relatives’ home for 70 years before being removed while villagers were away for the annual hunting season."

"The museum agreed last year to return the pole, which has been on display since 1930."

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#first nations #indigenous canada #nisga'a #british columbia #national museum of scotland

[realjaysumlin]

Confronting genocide in Canada | CMHR

"Confronting genocide in Canada | CMHR" https://humanrights.ca/news/confronting-genocide-canada

It's the same repeated story told by the Black Indigenous People worldwide and make no mistake of saying that the entire Indigenous Nations are other than Black People because our African Ancestors populated earth.

Our skin complexions changed but race is not based on skin colors as the Europeans themselves invented race and later became a symbol of the world to divide everyone who isn't considered as white.

This horrid history is a trademark of the European colonizers no matter where they went. They demeaned the Indigenous People worldwide and made themselves appear as heroes who believe in their sick minds that they did the world a good service when in fact all they did was to create a system for their own benefits.

This is the history they want us all to forget and yet we still have to deal with their arrogance and whiteness. Not one is any good for our planet and we must call them out for their own doing.

#black love #black positivity #black africans #black history #canada genocides #indigenous people #indigenous canada #black on black love #global indigenous solidarity

[virtue-boy]

#indigenous canada #indigenous news #land defence #Wet'suwet'en #fuck canada

[ex-foster]

#Birth alert #foster care #foster kids #intergenerational trauma #Intergenerational foster care #Sixties Scoop #Indigenous Canada #Indigenous peoples of Canada #Native #Children's Aid Society #Indigenous children

[jrphotographybc]

I have binged listened to three episodes of the LandBack podcast by Angela Sterritt at #CBC and I am not ok; but I also cannot stop listening to the podcast either, and highly recommend you give it a listen as well, as someone who is indigenous, but was not raised with the culture or language, and only in the past year or so has started that journey of learning, starting with my ancestral language of Sm’algya̱x, this podcast is very interesting, I have shed tears, I have had a few chuckles, and I have learned a lot!

#CBC #Indigenous #Indigenous Canada #LandBackPodcast #LandBack

[mulberrytea]

Marking 1st-ever national Ribbon Skirt Day in northern Ontario

Canadian Senator Mary Jane McCallum introduced a bill in March 2021 to have the day formally recognized.

At the time, she said she was inspired by 10-year-old Isabella Kulak. The young Saskatchewan girl had been shamed for wearing her ribbon skirt at school, just a few months earlier.

Bill S-219 received royal assent and passed in Parliament in December. National Ribbon Skirt Day will be held every Jan. 4.

In Indigenous culture, ribbon skirts can be worn in ceremonies or special events, but Lewis said they can also be worn every day. Each skirt is different and reflects the identity and personality of the owner.

Isabella Kulak, a member of the Cote First Nation, Sask., wears a skirt she made herself. In 2021, she was told her ribbon skirt was not dressy enough for a formal event at school, and shamed for wearing it. (Submitted by Lana Kulak)

January 04, 2023

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#important #indigenous #indigenous canada #ndn #native pride #ndn art #ndn pride #indigenous resistance #ribbon skirts #ribbon skirt day #ontario #canada #i really wanted to post abt this cuz i didn't know about it until way late in the day #idk if this will mean anything to anyone but it made me really happy #m #7️⃣

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

#orange shirt day #genocide mention #genocide #anti genocide #child abuse mention #racism #residential schools #residential school denialism #indigenous canada #child abuse #abuse mention #kidnapping mention #kidnapping #csa mention #anti csa #indigenous issues #child neglect #sa mention #death mention #child death #child death mention #culture genocide #indigenous #youtube #I hope Lynn Beak sees those kids every time she tries to sleep #indigenous writers #canada #anti colonialism #decolonization #decolonialism

[dan-levy-is-my-life-coach]

What is success?  We talk about it a lot, the concept that money and fame and power and things, seemingly, through culture, through pop culture have come to define success.

And the only way that you can do that in a lot of cases is to just ‘get out of my way i'm gonna get what i need to get’.

-Dan Levy, Indigenous Canada Module 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trjmVd35DWA&t=1953s

Photo: Matt Martin

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What is success for you?  At what cost does success come?  Is it worth it?  Or is it time to redefine success as something other than money and fame and power and stuff? 

#danlevyismylifecoach #dan levy #indigenous canada #success #money #fame #power #or something else

[admireddisorder]

#Indigenous Canada #Canada #Indigenous #music #spotify

[phoenixofthestars]

Petition to change the Canadian anthem in respect of Canadian Indigenous Peoples.

#canada #indigenous canada #indigenous #blackfoot #siksika #pikaani #kainai #i can’t remember any more tribes lol #i live in treaty 7 #canadian #canadian anthem #my posts

[reasonsforhope]

"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

#canada #indigenous #first nations #haida #british columbia #canadian politics #land back #indigenous peoples #indigenous rights #indigenous land

[ex-foster]

#foster care #feminism #foster kids #aging out #liberal feminism #social work #indigenous canada #crown wards #Youth in care #Youtube

[virtue-boy]

APTN links Feb 3rd

#linksave #indigenous #indigenous canada