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troythecatfish · 5 months
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konmari-dogs · 6 months
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Upcoming Australian referendum on 14 October 2023
True division
I too am appalled by the public discourse leading to the Voice (John Hewson, "Missed Voice messages", August 12-18), but fear the biggest , message is being lost. The most common | complaint I hear, as a campaigner for the "Yes" vote, is the Voice is "divisive". I'll tell you what will be divisive. If the nation wakes after a "No" vote and it sinks in that we, the settlers who have been here at most 10 generations, have said to Australia's First Nations, who have had connection here for 2600 generations, that:
"No", we won't hear you, we don't want to listen to your advice on how to better your lives;
"No", we won't even see you, you will not be recognised in the constitution; "No", we reject your longstanding efforts for constitutional recognition and we decline your open-hearted invitation to "walk with us.. for a better future".
"No", we don't want that, for you or us. Now that will be divisive. Not all "No" voters would intend to deliver such a brutal, ugly message to First Nations people, but all "No" voters must realise that this will be the actual meaning and impact of their vote.
- Gillian Upton, Balaclava, Vic
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tlatollotl · 11 months
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Cultures/periods: Nasca
Production date: 100-400
Made in: Peru
Provenience unknown, possibly looted
Funerary mantle fragments; cross knit loop stitch; camelid fibre; row of knitted birds alternating with flower motifs along the centre with flower motifs along each edge; mutli-coloured: reds, greens, blues, browns.
British Museum
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kp777 · 6 months
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Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution
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vinylluver · 6 months
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Vote YES and lets recognise the first Peoples of Australia 💛🖤❤️
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audreycritter · 2 years
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hello dear followers and friends,
some of you may be aware that i homeschool. this year, we're studying American history. we're currently reading historic fiction about a Mayan boy in the Yucatán peninsula, and one about an Iroquois boy in what is now New York. one of my sons told me tonight that the cultural stories and myths that keep being mentioned sound really interesting, and so I'm reaching out to tumblr (feel free to signal boost).
do you know of single short stories, anthologies, novels, etc. written by Native Americans/First People groups? I'm specifically looking for recorded oral traditions and myths that each specific group is comfortable sharing outside of their tribes or communities. any websites, books, or magazines would be helpful! i'd also love for any articles or essays on why some myths or stories AREN'T shared with outsiders and how to be respectful when asking for someone else's stories.
right now, we're reading about Iroquois and Mayan, but one of my kids is also working on reading a book about a Nez Perce girl, and we'll be covering many others this year!
(and please feel free to ignore if you don't have spoons for this. if you do have energy and time to respond, thank you SO much for that! 💜)
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Nona Aquan, Carib Trinidadian
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ashbur · 2 years
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how abortion bans will/do disproportionately impact indigenous people, by a Menominee person with a uterus.
Abortion bans are oppressive and dehumanizing and dangerous to anyone who can become pregnant. And the people who are the most highly impacted by these laws are certain minorities. This post is focused on how reproductive rights violations impact Indigenous First Nations communities in particular, please do not derail this post or make post additions unless you are Indigenous American. 
(note: many of my sources use gendered language that excludes non-women who can become pregnant. i am aware of this and am unhappy about it, but i will still be using reliable data and quotes from these sources.)
Based off of United States statistics, Native American people are the most likely to be sexually assaulted out of any racial demographic in the US by a large margin. 
- On average, American Indians ages 12 and older experience 5,900 sexual assaults per year. - American Indians are twice as likely to experience a rape/sexual assault compared to all races. - 41% of sexual assaults against American Indians are committed by a stranger; 34% by an acquaintance; and 25% by an intimate or family member.
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A nationally representative survey indicates that while almost 18% of white women and 7% of Asian/Pacific Islander women will be raped in their lifetimes, almost 19% of black women, 24% of mixed race women, and 34% of American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped during their lifetimes.
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Sexual assault and rape are indescribably traumatic experiences in and of themselves, even without the layer of potential for unwanted pregnancy. But pregnancy after being raped does occur. Almost 3 million people in the U.S. have experienced rape-related pregnancy. (source [x])
94% of rape victims experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following their assault. (source [x]) People who suffer from PTSD are caused extreme psychological distress by things and experiences and people that remind them of the traumatic event(s) that they suffered through. Finding out that you are carrying your rapist’s fetus can and does majorly inhibit and set back the ability to heal and recover from PTSD. 
And even without this factor, many people who experience rape-related pregnancy are children, disabled in ways that would make it dangerous or even fatal to carry out a pregnancy/childbirth, unable to access the resources required during pregnancy/childbirth, or otherwise unfit or unwilling to go through a full pregnancy and childbirth. 
Native Americans have the highest teen pregnancy rates in the U.S.
According to a 2018/2019 study, Indigenous populations in the U.S. have the highest percentage of teen births out of any racial demographic.
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Teen pregnancy and birth is often incredibly damaging to the victim’s psyche. Teen birthing parents are twice as likely to experience post-partum depression than birthing parents of an appropriate age, have higher rates of other depressive disorders, have higher rates of suicidal ideation, and have higher rates of PTSD. (source [x])
Not only are there often grievous mental health consequences to teen pregnancy, more than 50% of teen birthing parents will receive a high school diploma, and only 2% will receive a degree before the age of 30. (source [x])
Teen birth rates will only go up if abortion is outlawed. This will disproportionately impact Indigenous communities, who already suffer from low graduation rates and high mental illness rates. 
Native Americans have higher pregnancy and abortion rates in general.
-Urban AI/AN [American Indian/Alaska Native] were more likely to have had three or more pregnancies and births than NH-whites [Non-Hispanic Whites]. High fertility rates were also seen among young urban AI/AN women age 15-24 years. - Urban AI/AN reports of 2 or more abortions was twice that of NH-whites (10% vs. 5%).
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This one is fairly self-explanatory. If a certain demographic is receiving more reproductive care, they will be more impacted by legislation making it difficult/impossible to access that reproductive care. 
Native Americans have the highest poverty rate out of any racial demographic in the U.S.
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Carrying out a pregnancy, going through childbirth, and raising a child are all things that are made much more difficult by economic disprivilege, especially in the US, where healthcare is very expensive, especially without insurance. 
The estimated cost of a pregnancy and birth in the United States is $30,000 for a vaginal birth and $50,000 for a c-section. (source [x]) Many impoverished people just simply do not have that kind of money, and are forced to take on pregnancy and childbirth without appropriate healthcare, or go into medical debt. 
Additionally, pregnant people require more food, which they might not be able to afford. Pregnant people often experience side effects that would make it impossible or simply unsafe to work, especially in late stage pregnancy, and people living in poverty cannot afford to lose their jobs or even to miss shifts. 
Native Americans have the highest rates of death due to pregnancy/childbirth complications, second only to Black people. 
Black and AIAN women have pregnancy-related mortality rates that are over three and two times higher, respectively, compared to the rate for White women (40.8 and 29.7 vs. 12.7 per 100,000 live births)
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With a pregnancy mortality rate more than double that of white people, if more Indigenous people are forced to endure a pregnancy, more Indigenous people will die at disproportionate rates. 
Racial disparity in pregnancy mortality rates is due in part to inability to access healthcare, as well as systematic racism within healthcare resources themselves.
Native Americans have the highest incarceration rates in the U.S. out of any racial demographic in many states, and the second highest incarceration rates overall. 
Native Americans are incarcerated at a rate 38% higher than the national average, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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My final point that I’m going to be discussing is about how American Indigenous people will be treated under abortion bans. 
Native Americans face much higher incarceration rates out of almost any ethnic demographic, and very often face more severe punishments than non-native (particularly white) people who were charged with the same crime. If abortion is criminalized and can be punished with incarceration, Native Americans will be disproportionately impacted. 
Additionally, people who miscarry can be legally punished under anti-abortion laws, because there is simply no way to prove that miscarriages weren’t intentionally induced in many cases. We are living under a justice system that is biased against Indigenous people, and with the way things are right now, the only logical conclusion that one can draw based on evidence is that Native people who are falsely accused of abortion will be more likely to face criminal charges. Because it’s already happening. 
Prosecutors argued methamphetamine use caused Poolaw’s miscarriage between 15 and 17 weeks gestation. But a state medical examiner who testified for the prosecution during the one-day trial in October said there was a complication with the placenta and the fetus had a congenital abnormality. He couldn’t say for certain whether drug use caused the pregnancy loss.
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Brittney Poolaw, a 19 year old woman from the Comanche Nation, was sentenced to four years in prison after a miscarriage. The prosecution insisted that she was guilty of self-induced abortion by using meth, as she was an addict, even though medical evidence proved that there were other factors that could very well have caused miscarriage. 
Abortion bans are aggressions against anyone who can become pregnant, but AI/AN communities will be impacted disproportionately. Our voices are incredibly important in matters like these, but are often talked over. Allow us to have a platform. Consider how your activism may exclude us. Thank you. 
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cm32maker · 8 days
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This is your friendly reminder that the US state Oklahoma was named after a slur. I'm not kidding. You know how white people in westerns always called Natives "redskin," in a way that makes it obvious it's a slur in hindsight? Well the literal translation for Oklahoma's name is "Red People".
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troythecatfish · 6 months
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reasonandempathy · 2 years
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There is nothing more American than stealing land and sovereignty from First Peoples.
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tlatollotl · 11 months
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Cultures/periods: Tiahuanaco (?)
Production date: 600-900
Made in: Peru
Provenience unknown, possibly looted
Textile fragment; cotton warps with camelid fibre wefts; tapestry (?); segemented design; row of bird (or llama?) figures on coloured rectangular backgrounds, each dangling a trophy head from the mouth; red, green, indigo, browns and white.
British Museum
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ancientorigins · 2 years
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The bizarre accidental discovery of butchered 37,000-year-old New Mexico mammoth bones on a Texas professor’s land has upended the once prevailing Clovis First theory.
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pennaddict · 5 months
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Slay the "Dragon"
Its at the point where I just don't have the energy to make art that hints at what's on my mind slowly. Hear me.
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ancestorsalive · 1 year
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The Msecke Zebrovice Celtic head is the most famous artifact found in Bohemia .
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stone-cold-groove · 8 months
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Romanticized scenes from the American West.
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