The TIME is NOW: Territorial Integrity of Mother Earth

The TIME is NOW : Territorial Integrity of Mother Earth

The jurisprudence which articulates the nationhood of Indigenous Peoples is also is a projection of jurisdiction at the planetary level, with mutual responsibilities towards the Territorial Integrity of Mother Earth, and the well being of the Future Generations.  The distinction being that our Rights of Nationhood emerge from the COGNITION, and then thus RECOGNITION, of our responsibilities as ONE of the Nations (two legged species of kindom) – among ALL of the RELATIONS to whom and with we share as human society collectively, the responsibility to act in complementarity within the equally shared environment of the Natural World.  We are Nations of Mother Earth, and will not consent to be diminished or to be dominated under the regime of the government states of the UN system as mere ethnic groups, or minorities.

http://unpfip.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-time-is-now.html

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7 years ago

Pe'Sla Updates

The only current news article I could find is this one.  The LastRealIndians fundraiser successfully managed to raise their nine million dollar goal and could recover 1,900 acres of Pe'Sla, but not all of it. They are now trying to raise two million dollars in order to purchase the last missing part, in the north: 

Unfortunately, they only have until November 30th to get the money together; if they cannot, they have access to a loan, but eventually this loan will need to be repaid anyways. (It is probably for that reason that the indiegogo page accepts donations until December 12.) 

We can donate here and here. 

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7 years ago

Post deleted. I would appreciate if you deleted our conversation from your page now.

Still making it all about you and not Native women. I won’t delete it. I have done that for others who always abused that generosity by posting more racist imagery and bragging about their “triumph”, I won’t delete it. But I will hope that you start caring about Native women. Do some research and be an ally rather than an abuser.

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7 years ago

Having a full blackfoot great grandmother is having spec of untraceable blood huh?  

I don’t know what your blood quantum is; and I do not care. This is not about you and how Native you are or aren’t. This is about your promoting racism against Native women. You are trying to focus on yourself, your reputation, your blood, but this is not about you and your wants. This is about Native women who are perceived as nothing but primitive sex objects. Why would you want to contribute to hurting us?

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7 years ago

Im finished arguing about you on this subject, have a nice day, also, I may have white skin but I have some native blood in me, so that post about “white me” which is obviously aimed towards me is inaccurate and somewhat racist.

White people do not experience racism. That post is about you and around 3million other white males and/or white males with some unknown spec of Native blood.

Ignoring me and your racist actions is not going to help you, or more importantly, the Native women you have promoted racism against. You need to reevaluate your actions. Do not add to our harm. 

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7 years ago

I realize you dont like it, but I feel as you’re attacking me personally for posting this, there was no need for that. Im just trying to be civil about this. All I ask is you delete what you re-blogged from me.

A personal attack would be to insult your appearance or personality. All I have done is give you information as to why that image is so damaging. You react defensively because you care more about your image than you do actual Native women. That photo is harmful. You need to delete it.

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7 years ago

The fact that you reblogged that from me with that written under the photo is pretty offensive to me, I actually happen to be part native, my great grandmother was full blackfoot, may she rest in peace, and I ask that you remove that from your blog for I feel it makes me look bad for finding that woman beautiful, It is not a “fetish” to me, I find women of all races beautiful. So please remove that from your blog, thank you.

My writing about the exploitation of Native women is offensive to you, but posting a racist, sexualizing image is not? It doesn’t matter if you are Native or not; that image still promotes the dangerous fetishization of Native women.

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7 years ago
It is rough and I’m still making some changes here and there, but I tried to render this portrait best I could. Tell me what you think (good and/or bad) :o) “ this is so amazing! i am so honored and humbled that you took the time to draw a picture of...

It is rough and I’m still making some changes here and there, but I tried to render this portrait best I could. Tell me what you think (good and/or bad) :o)

this is so amazing! i am so honored and humbled that you took the time to draw a picture of me. You are wonderful <3 And this drawing is so beautiful.

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7 years ago

Help stop state kidnapping of Lakota children!

Hi,

We are on the verge of ending the epidemic of hundreds of state kidnappings of Native American children by South Dakota’s Department of Social Services. Our Lakota children are ten times more likely than non-Native kids to be forcibly removed from their homes and placed in the foster care system.

Your support would greatly help bring our children home!

We have launched the Campaign to Free Lakota Children, with a national petition calling on President Obama to authorize the grants we need to start our own foster care programs, and put us within sight of bringing our children home.

Specifically, we ask that you share our 12 minute video, “Hearts on the Ground” (viewable at www.LakotaLaw.org/Action). It was directed by Kalyanee Mam, who last year won the Sundance Award for best international documentary, for her work on the modern struggles Indigenous face in her native Cambodia. “Hearts on the Ground” explains the tragic reality that so many Lakota grandmothers and parents face, when they have their children illegally seized by the state.

We are close to finally stopping the kidnapping of our children, and hope you will help us to do so.

Sign the petition and watch the video here: http://lakotalaw.org/action.

To learn more about this cultural genocide:

Website: http://lakotalaw.org/

Problems and Solutions: http://lakotalaw.org/lakota-child-rescue-project/problems-and-solutions Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LakotaPeoplesLawProject

Please help us bring our children home.

Wopila (Many Thanks),

Lakota People’s Law Project

 

Please help us stop the kidnapping of our Lakota children by sharing our petition and video! http://lakotalaw.org/action

Please help stop the kidnapping of Lakota children. Share our petition & video!http://lakotalaw.org/action

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7 years ago
In the past months there has been a common rally around cultural appropriation throughout social media outlets. Greg Deal’s attempt to assert stereotypes by playing into them and throwing them back at the people who buy into it is a precarious game...

In the past months there has been a common rally around cultural appropriation throughout social media outlets. Greg Deal’s attempt to assert stereotypes by playing into them and throwing them back at the people who buy into it is a precarious game of dress up. It is important to consider that he is a native man but not of the culture he chooses to appropriate. That being said, there is a need to address the statement this photo communicates. The message is a mere projection of Deal’s internalized colonization at best and a critical means for social justice at worst. If his objective is to stir dialogue about stereotypes he needs to thoroughly consider the negligence and disrespectful nature of this message and the implications they have on his native female audience. The slightest understanding of life prior to colonization affirms that native communities were not structured on the basis of hierarchy, oppression or patriarchy. Despite the fact that native societies held women in high regards does not stop women from being abused and violated now. Since colonization the oppression against women has resulted in hazardous social conditions for them. The statement, Bitch I Might Be is a derogatory dissemination of masculine conquest that maintains the dominance of the unhealthy reality concerning the relationship between men and women. This is a cheap expression of “social change” that does nothing to advance the movement to break the barriers. I ask you to take a moment to truly reflect on your position as an artist and as a catalyst for change. Is this what the survival of our nations and declaration of our collective indigenous existence in the present day looks like? The painted black hand over the mouth is not enough to convey the extensive lack of respectful proliferation. 

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7 years ago