#indigenous continent

[bones-n-bookles]

Books from a lil bookstore! Went with @petrichorpaws and our friend who owns Nike, the Leonberger pictured <3

I bought;

The Beast You Are, by Paul Tremblay

> I want more fiction to read, and like. Look at it. Look at that title. I had to.

Soil: The Story of A Black Mother's Garden, by Camille T Dungy

> gardening, connecting with nature, diversity in nature, diversity in people, and learning more about POC are all things I love adding to my library and skill set. I'm slowly working on adding more non-animal focused books to my collection, currently primarily stuff on race and trans people

Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, The Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West, by Michael Punke

> conservation and American history book! While bison specifically aren't my interest, their history is incredibly worth studying and something I want to learn more about, and conservation books in general I always find something worthwhile and important in, even in animals and plants I have no particular interest in. History is another topic I'm slowly adding to my library, primarily focused on the Americas and Russia

Indigenous Continent, by Pekka Hämäläinen

> INCREDIBLY relatedly, looking at American history through a very different lens, focusing on indigenous perspective instead. Incredibly excited to read this one in particular

Fen, Bog, and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis, by Annie Proulx

> more conservation and history! I know very little about peatland, it's not something I've got much experience with being from central California, so eager to learn more

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

> petrichorpaws suggested this one and the blurb on the back immediately had my attention! I don't read much fiction, much less non-animal related fiction, but I want to make an effort to branch out to it, and a friend's suggestion is one of my favorite places to start <3

Nike's owner also insisted on buying us some candles, I got three of them (The Writer, Enemies to Lovers, and Book Boyfriend), and surprised me with getting a book me and petrichorpaws were both ogling but didn't buy;

Stories from Bird Banding; Comics and photographs from the field, by Aya Rothwell

#stories from bird banding #aya rothwell #birds #bird book #conservation #the name of the wind #patrick rothfuss #fiction #fen bog and swamp #annie proulx #conservation book #indigenous continent #pekka hamalainen #history #american history #native american history #last stand #michael punke #bison #soil: the story of a black mother's garden #camille t dungy #the beast you are #paul tremblay #gardening #diversity #tumblrs yelling at me about tags and im too fried to think of better tags okay fine #leonberger #nike dog #my library

[aurosoulart]

hello! i wanted to say i absolutely ADORE your art style, and in regards to your 'the world has been changed' piece - if it's okay to ask - i'm so curious about how you did those small rainbow lights at the bottom! is there a method or any advice/tricks you could spare? it's a small detail but i'm absolutely captivated by it

thank you so much!! 💖💖😭 it's a Clip Studio brush called Real Prism! I think I also used Prism Pens as well

for non Clip Studio users, similar light prism effects could probably be found in other brush packs or in stock texture images. brush effects and textures are your friends! just make sure to check usage rights when using any outside assets. 👍

#auropost #clip studio #clip studio paint #clip studio brush #this is your semi-regular reminder from an industry artist that using tools and art resources is not cheating #i used a creative commons image of the earth and traced that for the outline of the continents too #work smarter not harder! #if you want to at least #i'm optimized for speed with my work #but for someone just doing art for fun and as a hobby then there's less pressure to learn time-saving techniques #the patterns on the continents are not traced #but i did reference indigenous artwork from each geographical area for inspiration for the pattern designs #it would be fun to do a more detailed world artwork in the future that shows more specific pattern designs from more cultures #it was fascinating to research and to see the different shapes and motifs used around the world 💖 and to see their similarities!

[muirneach]

it is fascinating to me that the majority of people it seems have never considered that borders are just lines on a map? its just a piece of paper? not to have anarchic tendencies but like. it’s just words

#tried to type and retype this sentiment in prev but it kind of negates the premise of the post (which i agree with) #because like. yeah borders are just lines #but like re prev jannik IS italian since thats what he identifies with #even though people call him german/austrian because of his background #which is weird to say right? its weird. like idk man he plays for team italy sooo #so i didnt want to be like well borders are fake. true but not the point #and now unrelated to prev post but back to the topic of borders #they do fascinate me. guy who’s obsessed with colonial history #something i think about a lot is like. ppl r always talking about how tiny european countries are etc #and its like yeah. due to the diversity of ethnic groups in the continent (yeah yeah multiple cultures in a country too) #and then comparing that to north america like if we considered indigenous bands and nations in the same way its the same thing #but no one ever talks about it. like damn theres a great diversity of people groups worldwide and only europe gets to carve out areas #<- although like again. not that im pro ethnicstate or pro border but like theres a reason why europe is small and other countries arent #idk. i heart political science and history and anthropology and culture god bless

[postillfastill]

Not supporting a two state solution to the palestinian genocide is not somehow fucking hateful. Wanting the israel state to not exist is not hateful no more than it is for an indigenous person to wish any other colonial state not exist. I don't want america or canada to exist because their existence was founded on the mass slaughter displacement and hundreds of years of subjugation of the othered population, and would not be ABLE to exist without that subjugation, not because it made white people move here. Wishing the state body that enabled the slaughter of ones people didn't exist isn't hateful to the settler population, it's a fucking pipe dream coping mechanism of indigenous peoples all over the world. I wish my people in mexico weren't wholebody erased! I wish my people in the states weren't forced from their homes into pathetic reservations! Hell, I wish my people in ireland weren't fucked by britain at every turn!

I wish the united states didnt exist! I wish new zealand didn't exist, i wish australia and south africa and rhodesia and brazil and any other state thats formation relied on the murder and subjugation of an othered population didn't exist! Because 'state' is not synonymous with 'people' you FUCKING moron! When people clutch at their pearls because palestinians and other indigenous activists wish israel et al didn't exist, they are seeing it from their skewed, racist perspective. To them, a state not existing means the physical land and the people plants and animals on it be razed to the ground, because that's what they're used to doing to others to maintain this 'state'. To indigenous populations who have lived on land for thousands of years without this 'state', we know what a state actually is; a government body of legislation and control that didnt just come from nowhere. That is what we mean by Land Back, what we mean by calling for a nation to not exist. Dismantle the states, return land taken to surviving peoples displaced from it, relinquish legislative control over the othered people. It doesn't mean fucking settler genocide, you sound like fucking rhodesians or those racist afrikaaners trying to convince ppl theyre getting white genocided bc apartheid ended.

You assume an end to your state means an end to your life because you're projecting as a racist, fascist nationalist. Sorreee.

#wypeepoo listen to indigenous ppl for once in your life #we dont care about what you think ending a state means #bc youre wrong. and we arent gonna coddle ur feelings or prioritize them over dealin w the actual violence perpetuated #by ur precious state #i hate america i hate america i hate america #i am native to this fucking continent america is sat on and i wish america didnt exist #that doesnt mean i wish the continent sank into the ocean you MORON #learn theory!!! fucking idiot!!! if you cant define a state for what it is you dont get a seat at the table talking about how to handle its #fucking war crimes

[octopath-archivist]

Okay does anyone else get like a weird potentially racist vibe from the Beastlings? Or am I just being uptight?

#Octopath Traveler #like… Ochette being the one dark skinned protag coming from a race of dark-skinned half-animals #Which indigenous people were often compared to #Combined with how their struggles with colonizers are VERY similar to those of indigenous people #And then the fact they’re seen as ‘being primitive’ by nearly everyone on the continent #AND TEMENOS’S TRAVEL BANTER AT THE END OF OCHETTE’S CH4 #Talking about how he can’t wait to teach them to speak as if they don’t CANONICALLY have a language #yeah! That little thing left off as just a side quest #the beastlings do have an actual language #but instead we’re subject to seeing the beastlings as only able to string few words together for the ENTIRETY of the game #yeah… just a little suspish is all. #Octopath Traveler 2 #Ochette

[dykefaggotry]

idk what the answer is but tbh the use of "turtle island" by so many white people who aren't indigenous always just... idk. it's not a myth that's common to all or even most indigenous tribes and it's presented as this Universal Thing. but it certainly wasn't what my people called their land. or most people. and it's like. I really don't know what the answer here is. but it always rings a little hollow :/

#like I genuinely don't think I've seen anyone that's not a white person doing land acknowledgement use it #and like. that's fine and I'm not even saying No native people use it im sure they do #but idk man it just rings as a very shallow gesture to me that generalizes #like indigenous american tribes are so varied and different and it follows along w this idea that like #they're all the exact same w the same beliefs and same culture and that's just not true in the slightest #so maybe I'm an outlier opinion but 😭 #and again idk the answer! bc there is no One Word that every single tribe here has for the continent

[blackfilmmakers]

I haven't watched su, so I don't know why the map is like that, but that hole in russia region basically means that a good portion of indigenous peoples and minority ethnicities from those territories would also straight up not exist in su world? Like, why.

The intervention of the gems and the kindergarten stuff supposedly shaped the planet differently. At least that’s my reasoning with it because they don’t go into it really

But honestly they probably did it “because Russia is homophobic” or some superficial fake progressive reasoning like that I’m sure. They also took off Florida from the US. It’s still there but no longer part of the US, and I can’t help but feel weird as to why they did that

#aside from all the global disasters changing the planet to this extent would cost #this show just says certain indigenous groups just don’t exist #because if you do then you would have to mention colonization and the reasons they would move to a whole different continent etc #anon #su critical

[late-sundown]

Me looking at people go against the Avatar Way of Water boycott: Well that's embarrassing.

Besties listen, I Loved the Avatar Na'vi world building since I was young. I still like to know lore about it etc*. But it's also easy to Not watch a movie in theaters, paying money. It's easy to try to minimize views and likes and sharing the media.

It's easy to not give it any positive feedback. You want a game? You can buy it second hand. You want the movie? Say hi to pirating. You want to make art? Show it to your friends, don't post it publicly. Make a life of yourself disconnecting from consumerism. Save money. You don't want to wait? Practice some patience. I think it's a capitalism tm problem to want things (entertainment wise) instantly or fast enough. That's how they also rob us of our time.

#asterisk. Since I've grown and all. I wish it was done with American Indigenous scholars and actors. Into solidarity not appropiation #Nor white saviors. And by american I mean the continent lol. The caribbean is America too #james cameron's avatar #avatar: the way of water #avatar way of the water #AWOW #na'vi

[bogreader]

my ex did some pretty shitty things to me but i’m more mad about her starting to pass herself off as native american in college when she wasn’t

#like girl i’ve known you for 17 years your family is chinese immigrants #‘indigenous’ my ass your family hasn’t been on this continent for more than 3 generations

[constantvariations]

Probably one of the most unfortunate things about RWBY is, for all it's inclusion of characters of color, there's no real cultural identity behind any of it

Outside of names, what is there to identify Yang or Ren or Sun as Asian? Other than skin tone, what marks Emerald as a Black woman? What marks Maria as hispanic besides her surname and clothes loosely inspired by Dio de los Muertos?

The few times crwby genuinely tried to tie these things together have ended in total failure. Flynt Coal is so unambiguously Black that his weapon and design are just Jazz... and that's his entire character. The Black One to counter our White Hero for 4.2 minutes, then claim he digs her style, thus negating every relevant real-world implication of a large, wealthy white family driving small time entrepreneurs of color out of business

Every single attempt at inclusion is through such a glaringly White lens that it's no wonder that people often mistake Sun or Ironwood as white despite being named after a Chinese deity or being modeled after their Asian VA. And that's so disappointing in ways I don't think I could ever truly put into words

#rwde #idk man #im thinking abt how all my ancestors cultures have been boiled down to nothing but White and im fucking mad #i cant even imagine how it must be on the other side #my cultures were erased to appease a power structure my ancestors wanted an in to but other folks had theirs STOLEN #to have your identity stolen then repackaged to you in the most insincere way possible by idiots who think they know best #its a disgrace unlike any other #anyway this is a v long winded way of saying please let other cultures have a chance in fantasy/sci fi settings #let black characters have kinky hair and cornrows and african specific jewelry like the lip gauges and gold neck rings #let asian characters be more than aesthetics and ramen and wisdom spouting gurus #and also remember asia is a big fucking continent so theres a myriad of cultures under the Asian name w lots of history and conflict #we are well beyond the point of pinning all Asian rep on one character a la Hikari Sulu #also also remember that indigenous people EXIST #and they exist beyond bandit stereotypes or as nObLe SaVaGeS #also middle eastern folks could def use some rep beyond evil terrorists and helpless victims in need of rescue (by americans!!1!) #this doesnt even cover shit like religious or disabled or queer cultures- all of which have rich complicated histories that affect today #there are so many things to consider when building a world from scratch and they did absolutely NOTHING AHHHHHHHHH

[piplupod]

there is a very specific inescapable grief that comes from being indigenous and hearing about yet another group of children's bodies being discovered under yet another church/residential school

#another 12 bodies were found a couple days ago in the US #who knows how many more are out there across the continent. just fucking thousands upon thousands #theres been so many found in canada and we've barely scratched the surface #i just get tired. like... what do i do with this grief #and yet people still dont take indigenous issues or anti-indigenous racism seriously !! i am so tired #pippen needs 2nd breakfast #residential school tw #death tw #ask to tag

[uniteds]

today a man from Denmark told me I should go back home to Europe often so that I can remain cultured, stay sharp and not become “dumb” in America. The absolute urge I had to tell him that 8 of the world’s 10 best universities (and 38 out of the top 100) are in the United States would shame my ancestors. I’m not even american but white, mainland europeans have such a superiority complex and for what?

#tp #calm down you know 4 languages bc you need to #you traveled to 18 countries because the entire continent minus russia can fit inside the states #the Nordic model only works because it’s built on exclusionary principles meant to keep our immigrants and refugees #almost every problem with America’s colonial #and imperial history is from Europe #the literal constitution is based off English common law #the slave trade and the colonization of indigenous tribes are European #American stupidity is a result of white supremacy and classism and the failure to acknowledge that in common discourse is by nature that #job opportunities for women of color are far greater in New York and California are greater than anywhere in Europe besides London

[waitinqroom]

me when i learn more about korean history from doing a wikipedia speedrun than i have in all my 12 years of public education

#same could probably go for. literally any nonwhite country #at least in terms of the states they need to introduce more curriculum based off of the histories of other continents than. well #europe. and the americas #like there are soooo many people here now of all different background #s #and our educations need to accomodate that!!! #like bro why is there is ap world history apush and ap european history #but no ap african history? ap asian history? fucking ap indigenous peoples history??????? #like. hello #r

[werewolfetone]

do you perhaps know anything about Canada when it was a French/British colony? (or its colony name, I don't really know)

I mean, feel free to just ignore this ask, maybe it is out of tune with your blog's theme, or your knowledge, idk

It's alright, I just got curious because I don't know anything about it, it's like no one cares to explain? But it sure has something, doesn't it? And even if you don't know, maybe you know where I can begin to research about it?

Yeah I know very little about Canadian history :( sorry. if anyone who follows me does please speak up

#the one thing that i do know a little about is that like... lord edward fitzgerald was stationed there for a bit #until he suddenly went awol to cross the entire fucking continent on foot with like 10 people seemingly just for funsies #and everyone died except for him & tony small because they were the only ones to do what the indigenous people said to do #& then tony small was like edward if we do this again i will literally kill you & lord edward was like ok fair. let's be off to france now #asks #anon #jory.txt

[somethingaboutnoodles]

only americans are real people. a not american picked foods that, yes are historically black and historically poor people food, that has been modified into comfort food, but, I need to point out, ARE STILL WEIRD if you haven't grown up with them, same as LITERALLY ALL OTHER COUNTRIES AND FOOD TRADITIONS ON EARTH. americans are having a fucking shitfit about it, as if americans don't immediately reach for poor people food and ethnic minority foods when making fun of other people's food traditions. it's fine when you fuckers replicate classism at people living in a society where class is real and tangible in ways you guys don't even understand that's just a joke bro calm down, but god forbid anyone do it back at you. get over youselves, if you gonna dish you gotta take it.

I'm well aware of classism in England, since it's one of the primary reasons my dad moved to the US and had me, a dual citizen who is uniquely positioned to see through your complete and utter bullshit.

Classism and racism exist in both countries. Stop acting like Americans, who live under greater wealth inequality than Brits do and in the country with the most billionaires, don't know what classism is. Stop acting like Brits don't know what anti-Black racism is when Black people are the third-most impoverished ethnic group in the UK and are so marginalised the UN filed a report on it in January.

Making fun of beans on toast is not the same as making fun of grits. Both sustain people through poverty, but only one sustained enslaved people through being bought and sold like livestock.

I did not expect the OP to know that when they made the post because I do not expect people to know everything about American culture or history. But you (and the OP) should have backed off once people tried to educate you about the importance of many of the foods on the list. My 80-year-old English grandmother would tell you the same.

Sending me a pissy ask like this tells me everything I need to know about you. Your behavior has nothing to do with your country of origin.

You're just a racist twat.

#tw slavery #tw racism #the OP made the poll in response to one that listed English foods. none were ethnic. #this was specifically a white Brit refusing to back down from making fun of Black American foods after being educated #i'm not 100% sure that people brought up the origin of grits to the OP #but i'll say it here in the tags: grits are a Native American food. #that's why they were an accessible 'slavery food'. #grits are credited to the Muscogee but there's lots of variations on hominy all over the continent #grits were probably eaten on the fucking Trail of Tears #and in the modern day we associate them with soul food and Black people #so it's just doubly fucked up to go EWWW GROSS INDIGENOUS FOOD THAT SUSTAINED ENSLAVED PEOPLE #AFTER that's been fucking explained to you #sorry for bringing up months old discourse #this appeared in my askbox TODAY

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i want to learn about the indigenous people of america

#and i mean 'america' as like the continent #the whole of it #i focused too much in the mediterranean cultures which makes sense cause they're the closest to me #but every time i learn something about indigenous peoples in america i'm like #that's so cool!!! i wanna know more!!!! #so maybe i'll pick up a book on the topic or something idk #do y'all know of any educational podcast or youtube channel or something like that??