#indegenous women

[jacks-weird-world]

Lᵢₗ Jacₖ wᵢₜₕ ₕᵢₛ ₙaₙₙy. ₕₑ ᵢₛ wₑaᵣᵢₙg aₙ Aqᵤᵢₙₙaₕ ᵢₙdᵢgₑₙₒᵤₛ ₜᵣᵢbₑ ₜ-ₛₕᵢᵣₜ.

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Aquinnah, pronounced as uh-KWIN-uh (/əˈkwɪnə/), derives its name from the Wampanoag term Âhqunah. Situated on the western tip of Martha's Vineyard island in Massachusetts, this town was known as Gay Head from 1870 to 1997. As per the 2020 U.S. census, Aquinnah boasted a population of 439 residents. Renowned for its stunning clay cliffs and serene natural surroundings, Aquinnah holds significant historical importance for the native Wampanoag people. In 1965, the Gay Head Cliffs earned distinction as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.

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[saintsir4n]

— there are some things I want to say, many of which are regarding race!

The fact that Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is receiving hate the fact she’s playing Juliet is not surprising, since people do not need reasons to hate black women. She’s a dark-skinned pretty woman but of course, because she has prominent black features she’s seen as manly and shouldn’t be playing alongside someone like Tom Holland. I’m not one to put down people but Tom Holland is not God’s gift, and neither is he publicly defending his co-star, a matter that I won’t get into as the focus is Francesca. The role of Juliet is one that was originally played by a man, and since then has been played by people of different ethnicities, some being black women. The fact people are using her appearance or the fact she’s deemed as “not conventionally attractive” is disgusting as if that’s an excuse. I’m glad that over 800 black actors signed a letter in solidarity because of the racial abuse as well as the production company who issued their own statement.

POCs especially darker-skinned women are constantly the target of racial abuse even over things that don’t exist and yes I am talking about fan-casts, especially tangled. I haven’t watched the film but I know the source material isn’t from Brothers Grimm but a Persian poem written in the 10th century by Ferdowsi, 8 centuries before it was turned into a “German folklore.” It’s hilarious how micro-aggressions and racism come out when people think white characters aren’t at the centre of it all. People crying about how their younger selves Would hate to see a stunning South Asian actress in the place of a blonde hair, blue-eyed ADAPTION of an original when brown and black girls had little to no representation at all. “Why can’t we stick to the originals?” Please look up what the original is before you start with your insults specifically those who are crying on TikTok or trolling on Avantika Vandanapu’s Instagram.

And lastly, stop bringing Tiana into it. She’s based on a real person just like Pocahontas, their race is important to their stories, black and indigenous, it’s tiring and also just foolish to post edits of “if they can have an Asian Rapunzel why can’t we have a white Tiana” when it’s clear that missed the plot of the princess and the frog, blind to/ ignoring its micro-aggressions (that are written in solely for a black character) and are just showing their bias all in defence of a film that doesn’t even exist.

And before anyone starts on “Why don’t you just invent your own characters?” Many have tried and the movie itself wasn’t watched, had little to no promotion or has been whitewashed but of course that gets little backlash.

And don’t get me started on wish…

So just to conclude, stop attacking us!

[originalwomanmikmaq]

[myanalogai]

In the woods. North American Native American Women

[chel52-blog]

What do my eyes tell you? Can you explain the emotion? Can sense the trauma?

[asenfar]

Held each year on September 30, it coincides with an Indigenous-led initiative known as Orange Shirt Day. Both aim to commemorate the more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children. Anyone need this t-shirt, hoodie, sweater? you can find it in here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHJ6G5CB

[sunflowerinpearls]

[andelkacroatia]

Sequoia

Ame Manon

[hummussexual]

Why Are Indigenous Women Disappearing Across Canada?

The First Nations women of Canada are disappearing and being murdered at an alarming rate. We explore the reasons behind this disturbing issue and what’s being done to stop it.

[selfconstructiontheblog]

A body of statistical research has shown major health discrepancies between White Australians and Indigenous Australians; the latter reports this as a result of racial inequality. According to a cross-sectional-based-population study, “Indigenous men and women can expect to live 10.6 and 9.5 years less than non-Indigenous men and women respectively.” (Markwick, et al.) These low life expectancies for the Indigenous peoples of Australia in comparison to White Australians are a sign of racial inequality. This has been deduced by the same research study; “A large and growing body of evidence consistently implicates racism as a key determinant of the health of Indigenous Australians.” (Markwick, et al.) Evidence indicates that racism is causing the health of the indigenous peoples of Australia to weaken. The same article illustrates this, “Today, Indigenous Australians continue to face institutional racism which creates and sustains their lower socioeconomic status...” (Markwich, et al.) The lower class always has weaker health care resources, which can also account for the health differences between Australian Native and White Australians.

Native Americans have also experienced racial inequality as a result of systematic difficulties in healthcare, which often causes them to avoid medical counseling. As a journalistic article on racial health disparities records, fifteen percent of Native Americans “avoided seeking health care for themselves or family members due to anticipated discrimination.” (Wylie, et al.) The racial inequality present in the modern day becomes strikingly more clear as indigenous peoples distance themselves from medical assistance due to fear of continued discrimination. The same article reads as follows, “Results suggest modern forms of discrimination and harassment against Native Americans are systemic and untreated problems.” (Wylie, et al.) Prejudice found within institutions is known as systematic cultural bias, and it’s this problem that fuels discrimination. The discrimination and harassment of indigenous peoples in the U.S. is a problem stemming from systematic oppression. Knowing where the problem comes from is the first step in solving it. The same article postulates, “Native Americans have experienced worse health outcomes than whites since Europeans first arrived in the Americas more than 500 years ago.” (Wiley, et al.) This emphasizes the long period of time Native Americans have suffered from European colonization. 

Historical knowledge of ethnic inequalities has grown and shows just how deeply the discrimination is rooted. According to a research paper on discrimination against minority demographics, “Centuries of massive trauma, genocide, forced migration, segregation, and discrimination have been important causes of Native Americans‐white health disparities…” (Findling, et al.) Long periods of various forms of persecution have strongly impacted the health differences of Indigenous and White Americans. The same paper asserts, “...specific anti-discriminatory efforts are necessary for future policies to improve health, including positive portrayals of contemporary Native Americans to change biased cultural ideas.” (Findling, et al.) Adapting the reputation of Native Americans to depict realistic images of their culture is rudimentary in fixing these health disparities.

The texts referenced clearly indicate racial inequality is negatively impacting the health of the indegenous populations of America and Australia. This racial inequality is a result of centuries long subjugation, which continues today in the form of cultural bias. This cultural bias has impacted how healthcare institutions treat the indigenous populations of the aforementioned countries. All of this considered, it becomes evident that the human rights of Native peoples are being violated. Reforming these institutions and reshaping cultural perspectives on Native peoples is a rudimentary element of righting this wrong. 

Works Cited 

Findling, et al. “Discrimination in the United States: Experiences of Native Americans.” Wiley Online Library, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 27 Oct. 2019 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1475-6773.13224

Wylie, Lyoy, and Stephanie McConkey. “Insiders' Insight: Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples through the Eyes of Health Care Professionals.” National Library of Medicine, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 7 May 2018, 

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6347580/#. 

Markwick, et al. “Experiences of racism among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults living in the Australian state of Victoria: a cross-sectional population-based study.” BMC Public Health volume, 14 Mar. 2019, 

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6614-

[moondogss]

barry's use of mexican actors for the bolivian gang is problematic

let me start by saying that i love bill hader and i completely understand from a logical point of view why he casted actors with mexican ancestry and/or central american ancestry, there's a lot more actors available to you in L.A. than if you were to be accurate with the ethinicity and cast bolivian actors; i also understand (but think its very ignorant) that for people in the u.s. latin america is sort of a big group of the same race that is sort of mix of indegenous and spanish, so i dont blame bill hader and alex berg for maybe thinking like that as well because its a cultural things; i should also say that my opinion should be taken with the consideration that i am a white argentinian woman (argentina being a country that is famously very racist towards bolivian people) and bolivian people probably and truly dont give a fuck about this show

but, and its a big but, bolivia is a special case in relation to demographics in latin america, bolivia tends to have in most reports the highest amount of 100% indegenous population, which in latin america where most of the population is mixed is quite rare (mostly because the spanish adopted a strategy where they wanted to whiten the indegenous population through the mix between white spaniards and ingenous women)

one of the biggest reason why so much of the indegenous population in bolivia survived the genocide on latinamerica is because of the altitude, the people there were incredibly used to being 3000 meters above sea level, while the spanish could barely breath (the bolivian football team routinely wins games against fucking messi when they play in la paz, largely because of the altitude)

in latin america having a population so large of mostly indegenous people is extremely rare, most people from latin america who are not white are extremely mixed by the design the spanish left behind; most mexicans are mixed for example

in the show barry you have mostly mixed actors playing people from a country which is mainly indigenous first of all

secondly and this is equally important but shorter to say because i think most of us were taught it in school, the aztecs and the incas were different empires, with different types of people that lived 5000km apart from each other, you cant just interchange them because its easier

tl;dr the tv show barry from hbo did a "memoirs of a geisha" but instead of chinese people playing japanese roles they did mexicans playing bolivians

[originalwomanmikmaq]

The Cherokee tribe had what was called the "Beloved Woman." She was allowed to pardon any prisoners, and influence council decisions.

[myanalogai]

Portrait of a young Native American Woman standing in the desert wearing a hat. Analog 35mm color negative film.

[emmagoldman42]

A woman wearing the traditional clothes of a "cholita" skates during a skate festival in La Paz, Bolivia, on September 30, 2020. These young women wear this traditional clothing as a statement of their pride in indigenous culture. #

Gaston Brito / Getty

[smollshroom]

Make this go viral. If anyone wants to use this for street art, it’s up for grabs. I’m a big baby n scared. But here ya go

[dinamichedelnulla]

ⵣ Amazigh women and their tattoos ⵣ

Part II