#nicwa

[junipernoon]

Alright white queer website - if you spent money on House in the Cerulean Sea then I challenge you to give money to the people whose story TJ Klune woobiefied and made about a white savior and oppressed magic:

National Indian Child Welfare Association

First Nations Development Institute

Association on American Indian Affairs

Native American Disability Law Center

Native American Rights Fund

Native American College Fund

[cheekedupwhiteboy]

tell me how i managed to cut my hand on my mailbox -_-

[juniperharvest]

I don’t even think I can convey how much I need the 4 day break I have coming up. For no one in particular my plans are as follows:

Thursday: make scalloped potatoes, watch Molly of Denali and maybe cry a bit

Friday: listen to Tommy’s playlist and vibe in bed, do need to buy some stuff on the day of capitalism like a bed frame for said bed and maybe boots for myself as a treat (but also a necessity of someone who walks to work and lives in the PNW)

Saturday: finally redo briars tattoos and post my circle of magic fanart Sunday: B-)

[m1kkorin]

all the personal posting tonight (i.e. non-reblogs) is influenced by me drinking tonight. idk i usually feel v quiet and i just feel like its time to use my unpopular tumblr blog to speak my truth! (sober thought amplified by alcoholic truthfulness)

[stynamo]

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This Thanksgiving, if you’ve ever once in your life claimed Indian heritage, give a couple bucks to NICWA. Im not here to argue with you about whether or not you have NDN heritage, but if you truly do, the reason why you know nothing about it is because of your ancestor being taken away and colonized by the methods the Indian Child Welfare Act protects against. Right now ICWA is under attack by a horrifying court case that threatens to undo all the recent strides we’ve made in tribal sovereignty and NDN cultural preservation by eliminating NDN children.

The court case is called Brackeen v. Haaland and is spearheaded by a literal Oil & Gas lawyer named Matthew McGill that has succeeded in destroying the sovereignty of Tribal lands for pipeline construction and has even tried to disestablish entire reservations for his Big Oil paycheck. Their case is a disgusting attack with no legal merit, but still may pass in their favour because of the greed of our Supreme Court. Here’s the most important snippet from that link.

Do not let them trick you into thinking this is to protect NDN children. Child abuse is a widespread US problem and the federal and state governments have never handled it with the best interests of children in mind, let alone NDN children. This is why I am offering up a link to NICWA, a program that ACTUALLY intervenes in cases of child abuse among the NDN community, while allowing the child to remain an established member of the tribal nation. This program is led by tribal leaders who know the communities they are operating in intimately, and therefore can actually act on what is best for the child.

If you are concerned about NDN Child welfare, DO NOT support the striking down of ICWA and instead support public programs on tribal lands and tribal child welfare programs like NICWA.

Direct Link To Give

[canary-prince]

The Supreme Court Is Going To Be "Reviewing" The Indian Child Welfare Act In October

Yep. They're literally going to try and overturn the ICWA during Indigenous History Month. This is where we're at.

The Indian Child Welfare Act is a federal law that was created to decrease the number of Native Alaskan and American Indian children being forcibly removed from their homes and communities only to be adopted into non-Native homes. This is an incredibly damaging experience that is a key component of colonialism. Additionally, many other tribal sovereignty laws were passed on the precedent of the ICWA.

This coming on the heels of Roe V Wade is incredibly distressing. The combination of forced birth and forced removal of children will hit Native communities incredibly hard.

Here is a page from the Native American Rights Fund that goes into more detail; their organization accepts donations and is one of the entities battling this challenge.

Here is a page from the National Indian Children Welfare Association containing a press release about the pending court case; NICWA trains Indigenous child welfare workers and uses education and resource distribution to create positive home environments for Indigenous children. They offer online trainings for a fee and here is a page of resources about ICWA

And here is a petition created by the Lakota People's Law Project Action Center, asking President Biden and the Department of Justice to use their authority on the ICWA's behalf; LPLP is an advocacy group that was founded in 2004 in direct response to violations of the ICWA in South Dakota. They also accept donations.

More generally, here's a link to the First Nations Development Institute. They are the number one Native non-profit in the US and are in top 3% most highly accredited charities rated by Charity Navigator. They do EVERYTHING: fighting for land stewardship, financial education for Native communities, and trying to repair food inequality.

And finally, here's the Indigenous Women Rising's Abortion Fund; it is open to Indigenous people of all genders and sexual orientation who are seeking abortion care.

[walterdoodles]

Today is Red dress day. Remember and Honour all of the Native Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two spirits that have gone missing and have been murdered. Most of these cases are never heard in the public and they are sadly forgotten. Today I want to spread awareness for all Indigenous people, I want to share my culture and help others understand the importance of sharing stories from these victims.

I will be donating as well on this day to several sites that support native women and girls. And also a few sites that want to protect ICWA. I suggest you do the same but if you are not financially able to then spread awareness respectfully.🧡🧡

(I’m doing Donation commission 50% of the profits go to NICWA! this post-> https://www.tumblr.com/walterdoodles/719214714265255936/im-opening-up-some-donation-commissions-if-you )

No more stolen sisters

[hexalt]

The Indian Child Welfare Act is under attack, which threatens Native families, Native sovereignty and much more. @NativeChildren helps to protect Native children and keep them connected to their families, community and culture.

On OP’s reservation, Woodland Women is an elder-led group that creates space for mutual support and healing. They hold community talking circles, practice mutual aid, offer free beading classes and share Menominee cultural knowledge. I love these women.

IWRising's initiatives include financial and practical support for Indigenous abortion seekers in the US & Canada, midwifery support & advocacy surrounding repro justice related issues. To donate to their abortion fund

4directionsvote throws down hard to register Native people to vote, to get Native people to the polls, and to fight voter suppression. They’re on the ground in GA right now. These folks have a massive impact. To help keep Native organizers on the ground

@Chi_Nations is a diverse group of Native youth activists who steward the First Nations Garden, which is an important radical Indigenous space here in Chicago

OP’s collective is sponsoring survival stipends for individual Indigenous organizers. Indigenous activists on their list include a traditional birth worker who serves rural communities, a longtime healer and land defender & a Native mother about to be evicted.

Indigenous Justice does a lot of beautiful work supporting the families of MMIW & MMIR, using mutual aid, protest and traditional lifeways as modes of healing. They also work to expose and address disparities in California's carceral system.

[darkwhimsycreations]

About ICWA » NICWA

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-residential-schools <---- ICWA is directly tied to the history of boarding schools.

https://action.lakotalaw.org/action/biden-icwa <---- action to send Biden a letter calling on him to protect ICWA and Indigenous children

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0Yx5UJ5JY&feature=youtu.be <---- video detailing the Christian groups trying to overturn ICWA

https://resist.bot/petitions/PCGYYN <---- petition to protect ICWA

[freeasfishes]

Fun and exciting and better ways to celebrate Thanksgiving rather than the traditional ways!

Have some extra cash since you didn't spend a bunch on a dead bird? Donate!

NARF (Native American Rights Fund)

Native American Heritage Association

American Indian College Fund

NICWA (National Indian Child Welfare Association)

Don't have extra cash, but do have free time since you're off school/work?

Sign a petition asking for Leonard Peltier to be given his freedom back

Sign a petition to change my childhood home city's name back to what it originally was

Sign a petition to demand pollution control for the Great Lakes water supply

Watch some recorded webinars

Listen to a podcast

Get educated about the actual history of the US. Some beginner-friendly places to start are to look into the history of the land you're currently living on, and to check out some of the sources linked below.

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[doritopaw101]

PROTECT ICWA

Posting the links so it’s easier to find

If you can’t donate try to boost this as much as you can

[gender-darling]

updated pinned . changed the " protect the icwa " link to the nicwa's donate page

[rainbeausworld]

So Thursday was both Brumalia and Thanksgiving this year. It was my first attempt at celebrating the former. I haven't really had a chance to look deeper into Brumalia between my regular life and the rest of my research, but I did accidentally spend some time reflecting on building my tradition and what the confluence of these two holidays mean to me.

I did end up thinking a lot about mortality in a way; I've honestly already thought about maybe making Thanksgiving a day to honor my ancestors instead of focusing on any of the stories that we grow up with in the US. With Brumalia I ended up thinking of my own myth as I'm watching the trees loose the last of their leaves.

My myth centers around a goddess I understand to be Cotys; I also call her the Mother-Queen. I think I'll get into her and my interpretation of her in a later post, but for now, at least for me, she's a firey ruler of the gods and caretaker of the dead. My myth essentially goes like this: for about half the year, Cotys rules from her home beyond the World Tree. Then for the winter, she leaves the upper world - which I called the Land of the Undying - to the Land of the Dead, where she'll be their ruler and caretaker. Because of her solar nature, when she leaves, the World Tree doesn't have her light, so it slowly starts to die. But then in the Spring she returns, and the World Tree rejuvenates in her light.

With the above story in mind, I did a ritual Wednesday night for Cotys, singing a song about her transition, how the gods will miss her and the dead will rejoice. As the song came to a close, I covered her statue with a pretty bandana to act as a shroud. I admit, the whole thing was a little strange; I've only recently started actively honoring her, so she's always felt distant, but especially so when I covered her statue. But it also felt right for some reason.

The next morning I performed a ritual to all my ancestors, including an ancestor-deity that I sort of adopted (also for another post) and the saints I honor. When I did, I made sure to call upon Cotys first as a kind of intermediary and asked for her permission to honor my family, to recognize her current position as Queen of the Dead.

I also managed to get in a donation to NICWA in time for Native American Heritage Day.

I think in the next few months I'm going to try to complete some sort of artistic project for Cotys and give it to her when she might return (I'm thinking Easter, lol). I've got I think what might be a relatively small but manageable idea for my first time doing this. Basically might try to repaint her statue.

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

If you want to find out more about ICWA, this site has some good information. This act is at risk of being overturned by the SCOTUS.

It's the National Indian Child Welfare Association. It also takes donations, so if you have money and want to protect it and tribal sovereignty, this is a good place to donate tom

[native-blog-deutsch]

Der 19. Mai ist der Tag der indigenen Gemeinnützigkeit

Anfang des Jahres wurde darüber berichtet, dass die anhaltenden Bedürfnisse und Herausforderungen in abgelegenen Stammesgemeinschaften über die Spendensaison und den November, den Monat des indianischen Kulturerbes, hinausgehen. Am 19. Mai gibt es eine weitere Möglichkeit, sich an die amerikanischen Ureinwohner zu erinnern - es ist der Native Nonprofit Day! 2023 ist der zweite jährliche Native Nonprofit Day, der von der Native Ways Federation veranstaltet wird und zwei Ziele verfolgt: die Unterstützung für von Indigenen geführte gemeinnützige Organisationen zu erhöhen und Amerika zu helfen zu verstehen, warum #giveNative so wichtig ist. Im vergangenen Jahr konnte PWNA beobachten, wie Unternehmen und Stiftungen ihr soziales Engagement für indigene Belange verstärkten, darunter Google, General Motors, Boeing, Levi Strauss, Synchrony Bank und Olo for Good. Diese Investitionen in Indian Country sind ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung, da Unternehmen und Einzelpersonen erfahren, dass ländliche Stammesgemeinschaften mit der geringsten sozialen Gerechtigkeit im ganzen Land konfrontiert sind.   Insgesamt geht weniger als 1 % aller Spenden in den USA an indianische Organisationen (vier Zehntel eines Prozents, um genau zu sein) - und das, obwohl jede vierte indianische Familie von Ernährungsunsicherheit betroffen ist und nur 16 % der amerikanischen Ureinwohner einen College-Abschluss haben, im Vergleich zu 40 % der Weißen, die einen haben. Damit die Finanzierung fair und relevant ist, müssen nicht-indigene Organisationen mehr NativeAware® sein. In diesem Kurzfilm des öffentlichen Fernsehens (PTV) erkläre ich einige der Hindernisse, die die Spendenbereitschaft von Ureinwohnern einschränken, angefangen bei der Personalausstattung bis hin zu kulturellen Normen und falschen Vorstellungen von Unternehmen. Wenn du mehr erfahren möchtest, besuche unsere PTV-Landing Page. An diesem Native Nonprofit Day solltest du etwas anderes tun. Nimm dir die Zeit, etwas über die lebensverändernde Arbeit von PWNA oder anderen indigenen gemeinnützigen Organisationen zu erfahren, die sich an vorderster Front für wichtige Themen einsetzen, wie z.B. die National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) und ihr Kampf für den Schutz des Indian Child Welfare Act oder das National Indigenous Women's Resource Center und ihr Kampf für vermisste und ermordete indianische Frauen (MMIW). Nimm an unserem Bingo-Lernspiel teil, verpflichte dich zu mehr NativeAware® und spende zur Unterstützung indianischer Anliegen.

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[walterdoodles]

I'm opening up some donation commissions!! If you get a commission from me 50% of the money will be donated to the https://www.nicwa.org/donate-online/ National Indian Child Welfare Association to help keep ICWA and support indigenous families!!

Here is the rates with an example

I also draw animals, furries, ocs, ships (no proship), and NSFW (gore or nudity) {with nsfw I have the right to refuse if it does make me uncomfortable}

I have a cashapp (preferred), a paypal, and venmo. You can message me or go on my discord username in pinned post!!