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text of the declaration:

The Burnum Burnum Declaration England, 26th January, 1988

I, Burnum Burnum, being a nobleman of ancient Australia do hereby take posession of England on behalf of the Aboriginal people. In claiming this colonial outpost, we wish no harm to you natives, but assure you that we are here to bring you good manners, refinement and an opportunity to make a Koompartoo - ‘a fresh start’. Henceforth, an Aboriginal face shall appear on your coins and stamps to signify our sovreignty over this domain. For the more advanced, bring the complex language of the Pitjantjajara; we will teach you how to have a spiritual relationship with the Earth and show you how to get bush tucker.

We do not intend to souvenir, pickle and preserve the heads of your 2000 of your people, nor to publicly display the skeletal remains of your Royal Highness, as was done to our Queen Truganninni for 80 years. Neither do we intend to poison your water holes, lace your flour with strychnine or introduce you to highly toxic drugs. Based on our 50,000 year heritage, we acknowledge the need to preserve the Caucasian race as of interest to antiquity, although we may be inclined to conduct experiments by measuring the size of your skulls for levels of intelligence. We pledge not to sterilise your women, nor to separate your children from their families. We give an absolute undertaking that you shall not be placed onto the mentality of government handouts for the next five generations but you will enjoy the full benefits of Aboriginal equality. At the end of two hundred years, we will make a treaty to validate occupation by peaceful means and not by conquest.

Finally, we solemnly promise not to make a quarry of England and export your valuable minerals back to the old country Australia, and we vow never to destroy three-quarters of your trees, but to encourage Earth Repair Action to unite people, communities, religions and nations in a common, productive, peaceful purpose.

(Real pen the last picture)

It is important for EVERYONE to know how to help ANYONE. Not everyone can give them selves their medicine under every circumstance. Be educated, help out.

115 colonists: okay

governor: ends up spending 3 years in england bc of a naval war with spain or some shit

governor: gets back to the colony to find everyone gone

governer: sees the word “croatoan”, the name of a native american tribe, carved into a post

croatoan tribe: has members and children with blonde hair/blue eyes, pale skin

roanoke folks: actually these really nice people took us in? we left you a note about that? so please stop telling everyone we’re dead?

His patron sent another expedition 12 years later, only to be forced to turn back before even reaching Roanoke due to bad whether. Then he got arrested for treason not long after and couldn’t send any more expeditions. Another expedition got rerouted by bad weather and got killed in conflict with the indigenous population. They kinda gave up after that.

As said above, for various reasons the attempts to visit the Croatoans and see if the colonists made it there failed. Even if some did end up there, there are also excavation sites not near Croatoan settlements where archaeologists and historians think Roanoke colonists may have been. It’s perfectly reasonable to think they split into different groups after their situation turned desperate. Maybe some people went to find help and didn’t return. Maybe some of them wanted to remain an english settlement and went in search of new land while others decided to seek help from the Croatoans. Maybe some of them were kidnapped or killed not near the Roanoke settlement, which had in fact happened to one of the colonists before White left.

When a person is angry their body floods with adrenaline and it doesn’t just go away so acting out something physically helps your body metabolize all that adrenaline so that you CAN take a few breaths and discuss something calmly.

it’s okay if you’re just on tumblr to have fun and reblog things you like or that make you happy.

You know what the solution is? Use a Hozier lyric. Too much work? I made a generator that will summon one for you.

Art Prints by Janaina Medeiros

According to Antonia Fraser “Antoine wore glistening cloth-of-silver” to her proxy marriage ceremony. Sadly, neither this nor any other of Marie Antoinette’s complete gowns survive today.