kakichihiwewin ᑲᑭᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ is a Cree word that reverberates through the generations and means the act of consoling and // or healing with words. Words can be weapons and tools of destruction, or they can be tools for healing that reclaim stories, identities, and land.

Ways to Support 

Indigenous Impact Community Care Initiative 

National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition 

Support Seeding Sovereignty 

Additional Readings:

You can find these books in my bookshop Neighborhood Historian under the list You Stand on Native Land.

For Librarians: 

Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way by Amanda Morris 

For Grown(ish) Scholars: 

What Is Settler-Colonialism? by Amanda Morris 

Next: the death of crazy horse by Lucille Clifton 

[Transcript: If you are an ally to the indigenous community, or part of the indigenous community, then please listen.

By now we all know who Enbridge is, the same compant responsible for Pipline 3. Down here in South Texas, we have an oil company called Moda. This organization, Indigenous People's of the Costal Bend, is an oraganization that is founded by this beautiful indigenous woman, Love Sanchez. This intertribal organization is made up of Lipan Apache, Mexica, Karankawa and other amazing indigenous tribes that all come together to protect our bay, our environment, our water, and raise important awareness on indigenous issues that we face today.

They currently have a lawsuit in place against the company Moda, and guess who comes in and decides to buy the company? Enbridge. Despite this, this lawsuit will go on. This video is to help highlight was is going on down here, so please boost this video, and their video. We're stronger together. /End Transcript]

piyali and happy indigenous peoples day! please boost this <333

The Corpus Christi bay already suffers hugely from oil exports and shipping that damage the bay and surrounding wildlife and water, as well as polluting communities near it. Their proposed expansion will increase exportation traffic causing further damage, as well as encompassing an area called McGloin's Bluff, which is a Karankawa sacred site.

the Indigenous People's of the Costal Bend group, the Karankawa tribe of the Costal Bend, and Ingleside on the Bay Costal Watch Association have filed a federal lawsuit against Moda for not addressing environmental and community concerns as required under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act.