#indian americans

[mapsontheweb]

Does your state have more Chinese or Indian Americans? (2019-2020)

[timaeuslover001]

After hearing about peoples idea about reparations based on their definition, the only people really deserve reparations are the planes Indian tribes (Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Crow,Sioux, Lakota,Comanche and other Plains Indian tribes) because their lifestyle was harmed by the US government involvement and forced living style of the reservation.

Plaines Indians moved with their food, which was bison. They often traveled with their food traveled. They were forced reservations of life was completely changed. Not only did the bison get hunted to extinction, but they were forced to be in one spot. Lives in lifestyles or in a way that was normal for them to be in one spot for all of their life. They were forced to reservations in the Blackfoot tribe, especially were hit with a famine at the time where most of the tribe ended up dying from starvation and there was nothing they could do about it because that was the only land they were allowed to be on freely and not only that, but they were forced to be dependent on the US government for a lot of their food which unfortunately got taken advantage of the service people meant to be helping them, but just took advantage of them instead sometimes.

But that wasn’t even the worst worst thing the schools were probably the worst thing to happen to them because after being forced to be in that spot a few years later, they were forced to have their children taken from them at young ages like almost 8 years old these boarding schools to wear horrific things happened to them and they got sick and sometimes they would even die and never see their parents ever again💔

Most tribes lived in one area and stayed in that one area, the planes Indians, however, did not so according to the definition of reparations and who deserves it: the people who lives were affected by the decisions of “white people” it would be them. They’re the only people who literally were not only damaged physically but emotionally and their lifestyle so much so that it ended up giving them bad habits and behaviors that still exist to this day. Their diets are not the healthiest, because of the ration food of sugar and milk they barely even had on those reservations(fry bread) and because of that their health is dangerously bad, I mean it’s no different than the way most Americans most Americans or obese and overweight and have health issues due to their diet but that was something that was affecting them from over 100 years ago our diet recently got terrible 60 to 70 years ago. Their lives have been drastically affected in those effects still being true today.

Things aren’t racially motivated as they were then I think greedy people just take advantage of the fact that they’re not really talked about or paid attention to group the way. Black and Hispanics are in the country. I mean anybody who’s not really displayed in mainstream media to a nauseating degree doesn’t really have most peoples attention in America. And that goes for the world too those commercials about those starving kids in Africa didn’t appear on our TV screens how many people would know about it? (NONE!)

So before people start rushing to the federal reserves office to get a check, they don’t deserve. They should really fact check history and make sure that they understand that not everybody’s lives were affected the same way in the same time. Blacks were successful before during and after slavery. Whether they had education or not, they found a way to make a life for themselves.

[makingcontact]

The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation

Book cover for “The Trauma of Caste” Credit: Penguin Random House Caste—one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world—is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person. The average age of death for Dalit women is just 39. And the wreckages of caste are replicated here in…

[ericpoptone]

Pan-Asian Metropolis -- Indian Los Angeles

[nando161mando]

no one for president 2024

[coolestguyonearth]

Hi everyone, serious post!

If you've been following me for a while or you're a mutual of mine, you probably already know that I'm Native American, but I feel the need to expand a little bit.

I'm a member of the Chinook Indian Nation - I don't expect you to know that name. We've been fighting for recognition as long as I've been alive, even though we've been here since the beginning of European presence in the West Coast, and long before it.

We are constantly fighting. The vast majority of our population was killed by disease and colonization, and with that we lost our language. But after that hardship we are still here. We are still alive. The government has effectively spat in our faces and said that not only are we unworthy of their time - we are unworthy of respect. Of dignity. I'm asking you, the people who take the time to read this post to dedicate even a fraction of your time to signing our petitions, boosting this post, or using the ChinookJustice hashtag on any major social media platform.

We don't just want our land back, we want our home back. We want the bodies of our ancestors, which are routinely dug up during construction. We want the relics of our tribe that are hanging up in museums to be returned, but first there needs to be a home for them to return to. Our campaigns have shockingly low amounts of signatures, but I'm hoping that the good people I know are here can change that.

Here you can sign the petition to restore our federal recognition. Here residents of Washington and Oregon state can contact their legislators in support of federal recognition for the Chinook Nation. Here you can donate to help us continue fighting. Here you can find information about Chinook justice, and here is our official Instagram.

If you spent time reading this, thank you, but if you went out of your way to sign our petitions, donate, or spread awareness, I love you for it.

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

For people who live in the U.S., November can bring to mind a lot of things, and one of them is Thanksgiving. This can be a complicated holiday because while most people just see it as an excuse to get together with friends and family and pig out, we all know that the story of the "First Thanksgiving" is bullshit.

This November, and for as long as it takes, I'm asking you to keep Native American and Alaska Native rights in mind and to fight for them. ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, is at risk.

This act was created to stop cultural genocide. Until the late 1900s, Native American and Alaska Native children were routinely kidnapped and placed in residential schools and white families, where they faced abuse, forced assimilation, and sometimes murder. ICWA was passed in 1978 to stop this by allowing tribes to control the foster and adoption placement of Native American and Alaska Native children.

However, today, the SCOTUS started hearing arguments in a case that could overturn ICWA. This would not only endanger children and allow cultural genocide, but it would endanger tribal sovereignty since it would deny sovereign tribes the rights over the placement of their own children.

This November, this Thanksgiving, and until ICWA has been upheld, I ask you to stand up for the rights of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

Spread the word about what is happening. Don't let this get swept under the rug. Post about it. Tell your friends and family.

Sign petitions.

Write to representatives.

Reach out to local tribes to see what you can do to help.

Protest.

And if you can afford to do so, donate to Native American and Alaska Native organizations.

[mapsontheweb]

State of origin of Indian Americans in USA

[killyridols]

first light by soumya netrabile, 2023, oil on canvas, 86 × 72 inches

[terylifeandtimes]

Indians are taking over corporate America–and tech layoffs won’t stop them. Here’s why you should believe the hype | Fortune

Great to hear how successful Indian Americans are but I feel very bad for the African Americans. Can't name 2 African Americans chief executive officer in the tech, banking sector.

[blackfilmmakers]

Why did I already see two posts talking about how weird it is that Pavitr and Hobie are besties despite Pavitr’s clear resentment towards the British?

Like what parallels do you people even conjure up between White monarch colonizers stealing Indian possessions vs a Black anarchist punk?

Y’all just stay calling Black people colonizers for no reason

[nando161mando]

Healthcare pls

[usnatarchives]

Navajo papoose on a cradleboard with a baby lamb, Window Rock, AZ, 1936. 🐑

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (NARA ID 519160).

[lionofchaeronea]

Photographic half-length portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man named Sun Flower, taken by a photographer for Heyn Photo in 1899. Now in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

[decolonize-the-everything]

Have you heard of the American Indian Movement? Did you know natives had a movement/group in the 70's-80's dedicated to native liberation?

No? It's a part of history they don't teach you in school, but come close and look so I can show you.

Watch this, it's not long I promise. This is Russel Means, a prominent native activists and one of the leaders of AIM. AIM sought to help natives with things like tribal sovereignty, housing, healthcare, and food security.

Here he is testifying to the US government.

The transcript ^

A little excerpt of the end:

"The American Indian people’s right to self-determination is recognized and will be implemented through the following policies:

The American Indian individual shall have the right to choose his or her citizenship and the American Indian nations have the right to choose their level of citizenship and autonomy up to absolute independence;

The American Indian will have their just property rights restored which include rights of easement, access, hunting, fishing, prayer, and water;

The BIA will be abolished with the American Indian tribal members deciding the extent and nature of their governments, if any;

Negotiations will be undertaken to exchange otherwise unclaimed and un-owned federal property for any and all government obligations to the American Indian nations, and to fully -- and to hold fully liable those responsible for any and all damages which have resulted from the resource development on or near our reservation lands including the -- including damages done by careless and inexcusable disposal of uranium mill tailings and other mineral and toxic wastes.

I want to thank you, gentlemen, for inviting me here. It's been a high honor, especially since I'm the only one invited here today to testify that doesn't receive money from the federal government. Also, I want to make -- I was introduced as a former founder and leader of American Indian movement to the tribal chairwoman that you have here, a former associates for the American Indian Movement back in the days when we were gross militants and so I just wanted to let you in on that, that the American Indian Movement is a very proud continuing part of American Indian Society.

Thank you."

"The American Indian Movement remains based in Minneapolis with several branches nationwide. The organization prides itself on fighting for the rights of Native peoples outlined in treaties and helping to preserve indigenous traditions and spiritual practices. The organization also has fought for the interests of aboriginal peoples in Canada, Latin America and worldwide. “At the heart of AIM is deep spirituality and a belief in the connectedness of all Indian people,” the group states on its website."