please calm down

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jetpack-johnny:

indigenous-rising:

tone policing.

You are attempting to silence me, a Native person (a Cherokee person), which is an act of racism on your part. You are attempting to exert your white privilege into silencing me. That photo, and the actual event, is racist and promotes genocide and white supremacy. You defended it. Instead of trying to silence me why don’t you take some time to research the Trail of Tears, and why it is such a triggering subject and not okay thing to “joke” about, and listen to actual Native people who are speaking out against the racism they face instead of defending the racism against us?

hi, cherokee descendant here, fuck you and your thin skin 

notice how you’re alive? notice how you have citizenship? notice how you have gaifnul employment? notice how you’re not murdered for your ethnicity?

yeah, shut the fuck up jokes are jokes and you’re just a fucking cunt

When I was seven my molester raped me while calling me his “dirty, little squaw”. I may not have been murdered for being Native American but I died that day in a way. My grandmother was stabbed to death(46 stabs) by a white supremacist woman. Just because I have a job and am not murdered doesn’t justify the genocide my people face(d).

genocide is not a joke.

you are upholding white supremacy by defending the act of racism depicted in that photo. You are promoting genocide against Native Americans and racism against us. You do this while claiming to be Cherokee.

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8 years ago
spunkmate: “ museumably: “ Most of those individuals were sick and essentially refugees headed to other areas. It is also important to note that they had been disarmed by the cavalry, and were not able to defend themselves with guns or other weapons....

spunkmate:

museumably:

Most of those individuals were sick and essentially refugees headed to other areas. It is also important to note that they had been disarmed by the cavalry, and were not able to defend themselves with guns or other weapons. It was a slaughter.

Also this was a gathering of three groups, as one group (fck I’m sorry I’m not good at remembering details but will source this later) was feeling threatened and thought they would be safer if they joined their relatives. Most of the women and children were killed while running for cover and of the 290 casualties, most were shot in the back. The survivors were captured and held as, essentially, terrorists.

(via bluefeatherspirit1965-blog)

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8 years ago

On May 12, 2003, 79-year-old Rose Bennett was stabbed to death in her mobile home on Forsythe Road in a rural area of Yuba County. She was found on her bathroom floor by her nine-year-old grandson and his father (her son) when they returned home around 3:45 p.m. that day. She had been stabbed 46 or 47 times.

(Legal documents) This is a quote from legal documents I found online about my grandmother’s murder.
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