One Busy Ant

as an uchinanchu-brazilian, i have two homes, and im tired of watching them subjected to colonial power structures and imperialism. fuck gringos and fuck the naichi. POWER TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Interesting vintage photo of Howard University student members of the NAACP with nooses around their necks in silent protest at the National Crime Conference, Washington, D.C., December 1934; conference organizers refused to address lynching as a crime. moma.org (via Pinterest)

Hugely important words that those in policy making, such as it is, need to listen to closely. Unfortunately children and adults already awake in fear of, future and past, possibilities and memories…!!

(Anyone know the OP of this to give credit? Found this on FB)

“I’ve been going over trying to pull the “right” words together to explain myself and my thoughts about creating this project with Letisha Bustamante. All of my life I have lived on the reservation. I have learned, sought, submerged, dreamed, and crreated in the heart of my people. Not just Kewa, but Native America. As a child, I never realized how much struggle I would have to endure. And only at the age of 22, I do feel exhausted. I am afraid, but I am aware and I will show you. Unfortunately, I experience the statistics. I’ve expericed and seen alcoholism, drug abuse, suicide, domestic violence, etc. This is not what makes me happy. This is not the life for ANYONE. And sadly, this is our stigma. But when I dance, when I dream, when I speak, I pray! I do everything with pride and honor. I was born into a very strong line of Pueblo People. It may have taken me a bit of my life to understand the importance of culture and tradition, but now, I grasp it firmly in my hands and heart. I am so very blessed to still hear stories and songs in my traditional language. See the dances from generations long ago. Know the lineage of my ancestors. Participate in cultural ceremonies. Live in my Home. This is what has molded me. My grandfather always emphasized the importance of participating in our ways so we don’t lose that sense of who we are. He is gone now, back to the Creator, and all I want to do is make him proud. I do not want to lose this. I don’t want this to die. My Culture is who Daphne is. Who my parents are. Who my siblings are. Who my grandparents are. Who we are. We can lose any more of it. WE ARE NOT A COSTUME. WE ARE NOT A TREND. END CULTURAL APPROPRIATION! I do all that I can in the name of all Nations. This is for you. Allow me to take a stand in this for you! And no, I will not “get over it.” I’m aware there are bigger issues at hand, but this is also where it starts. This is where I begin. Thank you. For those of you who are unfamiliar, this is my traditional clothing. This is me. This is my protection. #EndCulturalAppropriation “

Chief Caleen Sisk: Indigenous California Indians……YES!!! Still dancing on the lands where we are from, still drinking waters from the lands we live on, and we will always take care of the spiritual responsibilities to and for Mother Earth!

had no weapon and was not acting violent towards them. 

Sisters 👣☀️

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Other people that are not like us are deciding things for us: our histories, what gets passed down, what gets shown in the media, etc.— So this poster is about that. It urges us, as artists and thinkers and students, to speak out, to make a place for ourselves in history. To demand it. To show up. To not get written out. . . For the last 7 years the @akonadi_oakland has commissioned a local artist to participate in its #RacialJustice #Poster Project, building on the legacy that the creation of political posters has sparked and nurtured as a part of social movements throughout history. Proud to present my piece for this year’s poster – if you’d like a FREE 11x17 #poster or 3x4 sticker, please email [email protected]. Many thanks to the #AkonadiFoundation @melaniecervantes and Angel Hinzo.

#totem pole by Phil Janze. Nanasimgit and the Killer Whale, where Nanasimgit dives into the undersea world to retrieve his wife and bring her home.

As temperatures begin to drop and another winter draws closer many of the people of Gaza are left stranded in damaged homes, makeshift shelters and tents. The UN estimated that more than 96,000 homes have been damaged or completely destroyed from the last Israeli bombardment of the besieged city. 

Ken McNeil