I’m dedicating my new cycle of costal paintings to the memory of Ruth West Coombs and all ‘other’ islanders whose stories & histories yet remain to be told. I’ve spent most summers and many winters on Nantucket, over the past 27 years, and until very recently knew little if anything about these others’ histories. Hats off to @ACKhistory & @MAAHmuseum for attempting to re-integrate their stories back into the psyche of a culture that resides on their native land. Untitled (Ruth West Coombs), ink and acrylic on canvas, 12x12 ins, 2022, #HomaTaj. Nantucket-born Ruth West (1895–1964) was an artists - a singer and a concert pianist - who was descended from Martha’s Vineyard #Wampanoags at both Aquinnah and Chapaquiddick. “She was a member of the Federation of American Indians and performed around New England as Princess Red Feather, ‘the singing princess.’ According to her obituary, ‘She was a descendant of the Indian Chief Massasoit and was a pianist as well as a noted singer. She started piano lessons at the age of nine and when a young lady studied voice in New Bedford.’ She married Mashpee Wampanoag Darius Coombs, who moved to Nantucket with his brother Otis. They are all interred in a family plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery (text courtesy @ACK history).” More about Wapanoag First Nation Americans https://wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/wampanoag-history #Nantucket #FirstNations #NativeAmericans #FirstPeople #IndianCountry (at Nantucket, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf_sEXyuRXD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

According to Income Tax Act, Permanent Establishment is defined as a fixed place of business where the business of the enterprise is wholly or partly carried on that indicates a business connection between the foreign country and Indian country.

Nothing is ever funnier to me than well-intentioned white people who go to r/indigenous for help, and then watch as the proceed to *ignore* all the ndns who tell them to go to r/indiancountry bc that sub won't center white voices (they have an option under report that's smth along the lines of undermining ndn voices)

This specific person also had to be told off for agreeing w someone that said anyone who uses 'Indian' is ignorant and uneducated =|

like ma'am do you want help from ndns or white ppl bc that's plain out and out racism you're cosigning

read something in indiancountry subreddit that made me feel better abt my worldbuilding headcanon.

"if a fantasy [media] has potatoes, tomatoes or corn in it, it probably should have some Natives." -source

shouldn't second guess myself for adding Natives when i can. not like there's a lot of us in fiction anyway, so might as well

this seems to be the creator of the 16th century map! https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCountry/comments/svz9gy/map_of_indigenous_american_nations_c1500s_public/

Oh thank you! The tumblr-compressed version is literally useless since all the text is blurry.

marginalized indigenous people have insightful things to say about the Avatar movies. some feel very positive, others feel super negative. the reddit r/indiancountry is a great read related to this

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How Does an Indigenous Indie-Film about Indigenous Hunters Sound?

I want #indiancountry to know there is a #kickstarter by an #indigenousfilmmaker

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Interesting discussion in r/Indiancountry about Buffy Sainte-Marie and record keeping.

NEVER A TRUER PHRASE UTTERED...

Mark Twain got this so right, so long ago. These words have lost none of their potency or power with the passage of time. I cannot better them, simply because they can not 'be' bettered, let alone contested.

You have to remember the world of travel as pioneers like Twain would have experienced it. There was no commercial air travel of any kind. The big ocean steamship was more of an interesting, intriguing possibity than a proven globe shrinker.

His was a world of paddle wheelers, thrashing up and down the muddy, majestic Mississippi.They were like tiered white wedding cakes, trailing twin, black ribbons of smoke while the passengers sat on rocking chairs.

Stagecoaches that rattled and shuddered at a bone shaking, bracing clip of knots through still hostile Indian country. Twain would surely have experienced that, too. It must have concentrated that magnificent mind of his quite wonderfully.

And yet, for all of that, the scale of his vision, and the sheer, sweeping sense of cogent thought and tolerance that his collective travel experiences fostered, is truly a thing of wonder. Inspiration in an indifferent age of instant, self indulgent gratification...

#marktwain #huckleberryfinn #paddlewheeler #mississippi #deadwoodstage #stagecoach #ponyexpress #civilaviation #traveliterature #oceanliner #indiancountry #artoftravel #TWA #travelswithanthony #timetravel #thejourneymatters #elegantadventures #goodlife #elegantindulgence #backtothesea #seamagic #seamore #cruise #transatlantic #travelheritage #travelhistory #mytitanicbook #titanicsuperstarsandscapegoats #penandswordbooks #amazonbooks

“If you are a US citizen, you are a treaty signer. So, You, Have a part to play with the treaties. You have to demand that the US government live up to the treaties. These are not dormant documents. As I speak to you you are a treaty enforcer.” — Faith Spotted Eagle Via @Lastrealindians #honorthetreaties #indigenousland #nativeland #landback #iloveancestry #wearestillhere #nativeamerican #nativeamericans #indiancountry #indiancountrytoday https://www.instagram.com/p/CCkiAeNKzkU/?igshid=195yavm9uo7i7

What did you do 📖 #TheToughestIndianintheWorld #IndianCountry #ShermanAlexie #books #bookstagram #igreads #ireadbooksactually #nevernotreading https://www.instagram.com/p/CUH5G2PBgat/?utm_medium=tumblr

An Afterthought, No More Haaland and Davids Make it Unacceptable to Short-Shrift Indian Country

“Like our ancestors, those of us who crave the Indigenous narrative must forage for this sustenance of our media diets — hunt for it in digital territories like Facebook and Twitter to nourish our minds.This has to change, and Haaland and Davids are emblematic of this call to action.”

Indigenously

I never realized how deeply love for a place can fill you up until I tried to leave. I never understood how love for place can carry you through the difficult times until I needed this place to help keep me together. I never knew that love of place is reciprocated by the place itself until I made this place my work. I'm forever grateful to be of and from South Minneapolis, a place so filled with love and determination and smiling faces. That gratefulness manifests in me again and again at unexpected moments, but I carry it with me always. #dakotacountry #uncededland #indiancountry #minneapolis #minnestagram #midwestisbest #franklinave #hometownlove #gradschoollife #homesweethome #indigenousresistance #indigenousstudies #publicart (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAFDnng9wW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sk1gkss9pi7q

Adapt & survive that is the native way. ✨🌙 everyone keep the indigenous community in mind during all this. The pandemic is revealing the underlying issues natives have tolerate. Healthcare, poverty & racism are surfacing. Be an ally. Even after genocide, Native Americans are still able to use ART to hold on to their culture, creativity, and identity. Mask made by my aunt: Cece Thomas. I love being #onkwehonwe #wolfclan #haudenosaunee #twospirit #strongresilientindigenous #indiancountry #nativeamerican #indigenous #skoden #nativecountry #stoodis #akwesasne #kahnawake #tyendinaga #oka #caughnawaga #sixnations #mohawk #indigiqueer #maskup (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTPm2V2l6JI/?utm_medium=tumblr

The Robbers Cave hike is short and steep. But you can spend a lot of time exploring all the nooks and crannies. The likes of Jesse James, Cole Younger, and Belle Starr hid in this area. As you explore all the boulders and passages it is easy to imagine western movie style shootouts and chases. . #robberscave #robberscavestatepark #cave #robbers #history #hike #climb #rockclimbing #travelok #oklahoma #myoklahoma #thisisoklahoma #oklahomaphotography #gangsters #indiancountry #discoveroklahoma #onlyinoklahoma #okherewego (at Robbers Cave State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQL3IvQBE1k/?utm_medium=tumblr