#nativeculture

Our islands are not a playground for your little "intrepid soul search". Pull up or fuck off

-- Native American Proverb

The Esselen Tribe of Monterey County, a historic Native American tribe made up of Indigenous Hokan speaking People, inhabited land across the Big Sur coast of California for more than 6,000 years — until several centuries ago, when Spanish colonizers seized their territory. Now, after 250 landless years, the small Native American tribe is finally getting some justice, as they have just regained ownership of their land. The purchase was made possible by Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), a group that works to conserve western U.S. rivers and land. The group partnered with the Esselen Tribe, and got the California Natural Resources Agency to purchase 1,199 acres of land for the tribe in a splashy $4.5 million deal. “It is beyond words for us, the highest honor,” the Esselen Tribe’s chairman Tom Little Bear Nason told reporters, according to The New York Times. “The land is the most important thing to us. It is our homeland, the creation story of our lives. We are so elated and grateful.” Source: Green Matters https://www.greenmatters.com/p/esselen-native-american-tribe-lando

— alter this was drawn by: hawks lol

today is a very special day. not only is it @cortneylesovoy’s birthday, but in honor of it, she decided to create a line to highlight today that means a lot to her. we’re introducing our MMIW awareness line. MMIW stands for missing and murdered indigenous women. with this line, we want to combat colonialism and help woman, children and two spirit who are victims of colonial violence. we will be going in depth over the next week about the native symbols we chose for this line. we are not in any way trying to culturally appropriate. if you are indigenous and see a problem with any of this, please dm us. that’s the last thing we want to do. it’s also native american heritage month. as white people, we recognize the damage, the genocide our people have caused in the indigenous community. it’s time for that to end. it’s time for US imperialism to end. *all profits will be donated to the coalition to stop violence against native women. CSVANW’s mission is to stop violence against native women and children by advocating for social change in their communities. they are a resource for training, advocate support, technical assistance, and policy advocacy in tribal, federal, state, and local legislation.* if you can’t pick up a keychain, please donate any amount to us over the next week. all donations will go directly to CSVANW. . . . #mmiw #mmiwawareness #missingandmurderedindigenouswomen #colonialism #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nativeculture #keychainsthatmatter #supportsmallbusiness #donatetoday #indigenouspeoplesday #supportindigenouswomen #mmiwg #mmiwg2s https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYjpMCHFx1/?igshid=q46js1ujhdoq