#blackindigenous

#Repost @seedingsovereignty ・・・ In light of the second week of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth we wanted to call attention to something that we’ve seen an embarrassing amount of lately: anti-blackness. If y’all believe Native American heritage isn’t intrinsically linked to the legacy of Blackness on Turtle Island, this is not the place for you. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ We are pained every time we see an ignorant remark made in one of our spaces, but are particularly hurt by the unabashed prejudice that comes from folks we know as fam. Race has consistently been used by colonizers as a legal marker to legally mark someone as “other” to justify the treatment they receive because of their “other” marking. Watching members of our community be anti-Black is retraumatizing because SOME OF Y’ALL ACT LIKE WE WEREN’T MARKED TOO! 
Behaving like we haven’t welcomed Black relations into our communities/tribes/families/ceremonies, etc., or forgetting that we have in turn been welcomed/housed/fed, or the history of our children being protected from instances of forced relocation — is shameful. Our communities are and desperately need to be in kinship and reciprocity with one another. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ This is a loving but firm reminder (*as shared by our sib/educator @lareenolastname) that Black relatives are not settlers. Having the agency to settle and being violently displaced are two different things. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ We encourage you to think about how you’re honoring not only Indigenous peoples this month, but also and especially — how you are honoring people of the African diaspora through your thoughts, speech, and actions. This month exists for us to educate, and in our opinion, be educated about the needs of our community and we implore you to see anti-Blackness as an issue that needs to be addressed in order for us all to be liberated. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #seedingsovereignty #liberation #nativehistory #blackindigenous #liberation #community #kinship #decolonizeyourmind #decolonizing #antiblackness https://www.instagram.com/p/B467PvPAO1h/?igshid=8u71cdr2yknf

I am the #GreatGranddaughter of #MattieMOTTGraise, a #BlackIndigenous LIGHT! 💫 • 💫 I give praise to the GOD I give praise to the universe, mother earth, all of nature and its beings I give praise to all my guiding spirits I give praise to my ANCESTORS I give praise to all that came before me in this struggle I give praise to my elders I give praise to all those who have cared for me, protected me, guided me and loved me 🙏🏽💛💫 (at Tacoma, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5Uf8EFRGC/?utm_medium=tumblr

Hey all, excited to have my first Council Board meeting tomorrow, at Children's Peace Theatre which now seeking Call for Submissions from Indigenous and Black Artists Youth Artists 18-26 Soil Spirit Society Residency. Please spread! Posted @withrepost • @deejayjams OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FROM INDIGENOUS & BLACK YOUTH ARTISTS AGE 18-26 Children’s Peace Theatre is excited to be entering our second year of Soil Spirit Society, a three year land-based storytelling project that explores our relationship to land, our spiritual selves, and to our communities. We are seeking Black & Indigenous youth to participate in a six month multi-disciplinary mentorship and residency at Children’s Peace Theatre from March 21st 2019 to September 29th 2019. The mentorship and residency will include: A Dish with One Spoon Indigenous Past, Present and Future Garden Build including compost building and training Relationships to Plants, seeds and planting Soil teachings Salve making Writing while Black and Indigenous Black history in Toronto and Southern Ontario Two Spirit Intersectionality Conversations about consent, sexuality and gender Introduction to Capoeira Community conflict transformation Honorarium will be provided for every session attended. TTC fare and meals provided. If you are interested in this residency, please respond to the following questions in any way you feel is best (e.g. written, video recording, visual art etc.): How can we create a future that celebrates and centres Black and Indigenous peoples? What does Black and Indigenous solidarity mean to you? What does community look like to you? Responses should be sent to [email protected] Deadline for submissions February 28, 2019 . . #urbanonkwehonwe #bipoc #blackindigenous #indigenousblack #artmentorship #childrenspeacetheatre #tkaronto #tkarónto #dishwithonespoon #youtharts #communityarts (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs-9QA9A64M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ay70pgixqp0y