Beans Rice Jesus Christ & ✨Byron✨

I wanted to add the museum's statement so people don't have to go look to see what they said, as well as links and descriptions.

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A smiling casually dressed woman with long hair carries a grinning baby in a beautiful woven cane basket on her back. They are in a gallery with paintings in the background.

Instagram post from revolutionrisingpdx with text:

Portland art museum kicked out an Indigenous mother & baby for wearing her baby in a traditional baby carrier (made by her mother who is a master basket weaver) The art museum said that the basket was a danger to the art & the museum and sited a no backpacks rule

The Portland Art Museum - where being Indigenous is cool as long you are part of the exhibit and not actually practicing your culture. According to the nice white lady, [redacted]'s baby basket is a danger to the art and also my baby. Backpacks" aren't allowed by museum policy. Cool item though" she says as we are shown the door.,,Kill the Indian Save The Man was also a policy", I point out. You need to cool down - take a deep breath" retorts the lady. The irony: we were at an Indigenous art exhibit. Racism is alive and well in these walls.

Screencaps of the museum's response on Instagram and Twitter: On Saturday, March 11, there was an unfortunate incident in our galleries when a visiting Karuk mother was asked to remove her traditional woven baby carrier holding her child from her back. We deeply apologize for causing harm in this interaction. We are devastated that the family had a negative experience at the museum, especially in an exhibition celebrating Native American art. We want everyone to feel welcome here. This incident does not reflect our values as a museum, and we deeply regret that it happened. We have reached out to the family and are changing visitor policies regarding baby carriers to address this immediately and to prevent it from happening again.

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Original screencapped Instagram post.

Isn’t she gorgeous. Literally the veins of life. Love her. Appreciate her.

And here are the pipelines in the area :)

The blue color explains the interstate pipelines and the red color explains the intrastate pipelines of the United state.

Now here is Mississippi again but this time I overlayed it on that map of the pipelines that cross it. And you know, threaten it, the ecosystems that rely on it, and 80% of humans in the USA who source their water from it.