Tag: native americans

lj-writes:

I don’t care who you are, if you complain about the amount of attention Black Lives Matter and Black issues get you are antiblack. “But Native Americans!” “But Asians!” Shut up. Tearing down Black people does not help any other community. Yes it can be frustrating when issues you care about don’t get enough focus, but I promise it’s not Black people’s activism that’s getting in your way. Do your own work and don’t act entitled to what gains Black activists have achieved. You’re not as progressive or nice as you think you are if you’re willing to use Black people as a scapegoat.

@gamrlinafrye How so? Because I call out people who use anti-Asian racism and Native rights as an antiblack talking point? And here I thought both causes deserved so much better than be used to tear down Black people’s efforts to, uhhh, not be murdered. Pitting Black and Native peoples against each other is actual white supremacist rhetoric, btw, espoused by Klansman Asa Earl Carter (better known as the author of The Education of Little Tree). The model minority myth about Asian Americans is another antiblack construct. Our different communities have been used against each other in a classic divide and conquer tactic, and it serves no one except white supremacists to play into it.

nativeskins:

For the Mescalero Apache Tribe, girls are not recognized as women until they have undergone the Sunrise Ceremony- an ancient, coming-of-age ceremony that lasts for four days. Last May, VICE got rare access to the ceremony for Julene Geronimo – the great, great grand-daughter of the renowned Apache leader, Geronimo. We followed Julene through each day of her arduous rite-of-passage to better understand what womanhood means for the Apache tribe, and how these ceremonies play a significant role in preserving a way of life that almost became extinct.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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lehaaz:

GOFUNDME: SAVE OUR NAVAJO LANGUAGE

“I never learned my Navajo language and I was never inspired to learn it.  As I got older, I realized how valuable our language is to the livelihood of our Navajo Nation. ” -Dr. Shawna L. Begay

Our Navajo or Diné language is in danger of becoming extinct.  Help us create and develop the first Navajo-English educational media TV puppet show, “Diné Bí Ná’álkid Time” which means ‘The Navajo Movie Time.’  It will inspire and teach our youth basic language skills using media as a technology tool. Parents, grandparents, children and grandkids can learn to speak Navajo  fluently together within their own homes.

Long-time friends and educators, Dr. Shawna L. Begay and Charmaine Jackson have teamed up to create this new TV pilot for an all-ages audience or for anyone who wants to learn the Navajo language.  

With your support, it’ll be the first educational Navajo and English puppet show that will teach and preserve the Navajo language and culture through digital media.

After several years of extensive research on the Navajo Nation, Dr. Begay recently completed her PhD from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas with her doctorate thesis, ‘Developing A Navajo Media Guide: A Community Perspective.’ As project director, she quickly realized she was a pioneer on the topic.

“When I decided what topic to study I realized there existed very little research in Indigenous educational media, especially with our Navajo people,” stated Dr. Begay.  “As Navajo people, we have our own learning objectives and Navajo way of knowing is completely different for Euro-Western schooling.  I decided that I had to research and develop our own curriculum guide that is meant to teach Navajo through media.”

Dr. Begay and Jackson, co-writers of the show, developed the first 3-puppet characters and plan for many more. The pilot features Nanabah-a young Navajo girl, Gáh (Rabbit) and Dlǫ̀ǫ̀ (Prairie Dog) who will go on endless adventures learning about language, gardening, the environment and the importance of family values. Nanabah is fluent in Navajo and likes to teach children about life on the reservation with her animal friends and special guests.  Children who want to learn Navajo will also be an important part of the show by interacting with Nanabah, her friends and storyline.

Dr. Begay’s research concluded there exists very little research in the area of Indigenous educational media. Currently media is a very powerful tool that can be used to teach. She is cognizant of the digital age we live in and the opportunities to utilize media to revitalize the Navajo language.  

“Star Wars and Finding Nemo,” dubbed in Navajo, was a great place to start and it has garnered national exposure of our language. However, we need a show based on our own Navajo learning principals our ancestors set out for us to learn and live by. I don’t think a non-Navajo, non-Native or non-Indigenous person can do that for us, nor should they.  We, as Navajo, need to produce this show ourselves, if we are to be truly sovereign,” added Dr. Begay.

Both educators, Dr. Begay and Jackson, of Naalkid Productions have been talking about this educational language project for about the past four years and still have a long way to go to finance their dream.

“With the support of Navajo TV Anchor Colton Shone, our team of Navajo artists, filmmakers, family and friends, this video pilot is a huge step forward,” said Jackson.  “Our journey has just begun and the big next step is finding financial support to create a whole new puppet TV series.”

We aim to raise $50,000 with this project which will allow us to continue with pre-production and production aspects of making this digital media project become a reality.  We need your help to save our language by teaching Navajo to our future generations.

Pre-Production:
-Script writing for the pilot show
-Puppet Development/Creation
-Casting for puppeteers and other talent that will be on screen
-Hiring of all key cast and crew

Production:
-Locations and permits
-Rental of Studio space
-Equipment: cameras, sound, lights, etc.
-Cast and Crew budget

Despite all the notes on this post, they’re still at $13,155 of their $50,000 goal. 

Please keeping sharing and donate if you can! 

Truth vs. Twilight

painted-starlight:

curiouschiroptera:

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In collaboration with the Quileute Tribe, this site seeks to inform Twilight fans, parents, teachers, and others about the real Quileute culture, which indeed has a wolf origin story, a historic relationship with the wolf as demonstrated in songs, stories, and various art forms, as well as a modern, multi-dimensional community with a sophisticated governance system. We also hope to offer a counter narrative to The Twilight Saga’s stereotypical representations of race, class, and gender, and offer resources for a more meaningful understanding of Native American life and cultures.

More from this website: 

Misconceptions and Appropriations from Twilight: Their community gets fucking NOTHING from the Twilight Franchise, despite Stephenie Meyer using their name to abandon as one of the major plot points.

Racial and Class Stereotypes in Twilight: How Stephenie Meyer reinforces racist and classcist dynamics in her stereotypical depictions

Cultural Theft in Twilight: Wherein a white woman profits from a Native American community and STILL can’t be bothered to do basic research. 

costumersupportdept:

sebastianstanchrisevansuniverses:

ribbonsflyingoutthewindow:

chicklette:

threehoursfromtroy:

copperbadge:

frontierfantasy:

#frontierfantasy #captainamerica

I would buy this book in a heartbeat. 

Man, if that was written with sensitivity, I’d be totally down. This is a WAY more interesting ‘alternate timeline’ than ‘What if Cap was Hydra?’

GUH!  

I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND I AM GLAD TO SEE MY THOUGHTS HAVE MANIFESTED.

I’ve been feeling like shit all day but this incredible artwork has given me a reason to smile.

I, at one point, had designed a revolutionary war era Captain America where the winter soldier was part of one of the Iroquois Confederacy tribes and the metal arm was covered in traditional paint. 

rooby-the-rapscallion:

checkyourracismtmblr:

lj-writes:

I don’t care who you are, if you complain about the amount of attention Black Lives Matter and Black issues get you are antiblack. “But Native Americans!” “But Asians!” Shut up. Tearing down Black people does not help any other community. Yes it can be frustrating when issues you care about don’t get enough focus, but I promise it’s not Black people’s activism that’s getting in your way. Do your own work and don’t act entitled to what gains Black activists have achieved. You’re not as progressive or nice as you think you are if you’re willing to use Black people as a scapegoat.

Black sjws have to have the whole world revolving around themselves even as they half heartedly insist they support all poc… what else is new?

Even with all the bad stuff Natives especially have gone through and today still may deal with y’all need to be the main victims in the spotlight 200% of the time and ignore that privilege.

This ^^

@checkyourracismtmblr congratulations for being the EXACT embodiment of the attitude I was criticizing in the op.

  • Calls Black people spoiled and privileged? Check.
  • Deliberately conflates hypervisibility and privilege? Check.
  • Erases and ignores Black people’s support for and solidarity with other poc? Check.
  • Expects Black people to serve everyone but themselves? Check.
  • Uses Native people’s suffering to tear Black people down? Check.

This last one, by the way, is a rhetorical tactic used by actual KKK members like Asa Earl Carter. “Blacks, [Carter] said, were undeserving compared with the patient and brave Indians, who had suffered terrible wrongs inflicted by the Yankees. ‘I heard him say many times that blacks don’t know what it is to be mistreated… . The Indians have suffered more.’”