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treesbian · 9 months

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sometimes other white natives will say shit and i just think "well this is why so many ppl are pro blood quantum"

#talk tag #but blood quantum as it functions rn excludes a lot of like racially native ppl. so.#the way i see it is like. if my great grandmother was chahta then her kids where chahta and their kids were chahta and so chahta sia hoke.#but i HAVE i absolutely HAVE to be normal about it #the other day this white chiksa guy at work asked what benefits i get for being native and i had to tell him i dont have a card </3 #bc my mom's dad is not on her birth certificate. but i can trace it back to the dawes rolls i know what that grandmother's name is.#but also there are clearly so many white chahtas who want to claim chahta but arent interested in learning or respecting the culture at all.#just want benefits.....#and idk if the resources are limited or not but i would feel better if those went to natives who are actually dealing with racism everyday #so like. hm. i would like my cdib and tribal id card just so i feel better about visiting those spaces #but i dont care that much about the benefits #bc i am indeed a nahullo. but GOD. these nahullos...

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kataibusaibiin · 5 years

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A world with no word for “love”

While interviewing some folks about Language Endangerment, our discussions naturally touched upon how language reflects and reinforces the values and beliefs of a culture. Folks commiserated about what is lost when a language dies/is dying.

One example I was reminded of is that there isn't really a word for the English equivalent of "love" in "Chahta anumpa" (Choctaw language).

Modern dictionaries and younger language learners might say that "i hullo" means "(to) love" but some of us remember being taught this was traditionally closer in meaning to "caring" or "to care for." So the closest equivalent I could say when I wrote a beloveds eulogy was, "Chi hullo li na billia chih." (I will care for you forever.)

Love, however, was meant to be expressed through actions and not words.

#Language Endangerment #A Chahta sia hoke #Chahta #Chahta anumpa #Choctaw Language #Love #Language Death #Globalization #IYIL #Indigenous #Chahta isht atia

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rad-ravenclaw · 7 years

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#indigenous peoples day #indigenous #native #chahta sia hoke #fuck christopher columbus #this was yesterday #im such a lightskin

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revelinginsin · 2 years

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Fandoms I'm in:

Bungou Stray Dogs

Legend of Zelda

Genshin Impact

About me:

Male

He/they pronouns

In my twenties

My name is a closely guarded secret, spanning generations.

Chahta Sia hoke! (I am Choctaw!)

I'm pretty fucking gay

Do not interact:

TERFS

Aphobes

Nazis/Nazi apologists

MAPS

Racists

Intersexphobic/interphobic

Transphobes

American conservatives

Mormons

If you "babygirlify" real life war criminals

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beepbeep-losers · 6 years

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umm but you're white saying that you hate a fellow white person for doing the things your ancestors also did.

Chahta sia hoke! I am also white.

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ivory-line · 4 years

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Land Back is just a hashtag and topic of conversation for so many people but to actual indigenous people it’s an immediate and desperate issue. my family has been locked in a years long court case over the land that belongs to us as result of a treaty we entered into after the Trail of Tears. the government wants to take our land away from us and sell it to an oil company. we have already been deprived of our true ancestral land, we shouldn’t have to fight this hard in order to keep our scraps. we are still here and we are still fighting. listen to and support indigenous people. boost indigenous voices. respect indigenous people and our many, diverse cultures. acknowledge who’s land you’re on and treat it with respect.

#chahta sia hoke #and immensely proud #land back

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