Unveiling sovereignty: Are Tongan women truly free?

Dr Patricia Tupou’s research explores Tongan women’s struggles for freedom and land rights. #Pasifika #Tonga #Indigenous #Indigedon #IndigenousMastodon

https://pmn.co.nz/read/language-and-culture/unveiling-sovereignty-are-tongan-women-truly-free

Please don't say "our Indigenous people" or "Canada's Indigenous people." This is gross. We don't belong to you.

As promised, I'll be posting my revised #SolarPunkSunday lists of Mastodon accounts. This week, I'll be highlighting #Agroecology / #Permaculture / #Gardening / #Rewilding / #Forestry / #FoodSovereignty. List in Alpha order.

@artistsgarden Artist's private #garden inspired by the wabi sabi principles of embracing the natural, the imperfect and the impermanent.

@Bearhouse
Self-sufficient homesteading in #rural #Småland in #Sweden, but from the UK originally. Pusher of radical simple living. Rewilder.

@ellenwolcott
Permaculture enthusiast, cyclist

@IndigenousFoodSov
Posts and reblogs mostly about:
#Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousFoodSovereignty

@nathanlovestrees
Master's degrees in music theory and theology (nonpracticing), classically trained and folk musician (also nonpracticing), and I once organized and helped plant over 800 trees on abandoned mine land (I do still plant trees occasionally).

@natureshelperokanaganhighlands
#ecodesign, #enercon, #photography, #nature, #permaculture

@opensourcegardens
Welcome to #Open #Source #Gardens, where openness is sown and freedom is grown! We grow Open Source #Seeds and use Open Source garden #technologies at home or in #community gardens

@PINA_na
Bringing Permaculture to the forefront in North America

@rewildingmag
Join the movement for a wilder world

@vegplotter
Official mastodon account of the best #vegetablegarden and #allotment planning app. Use https://vegplotter.com, The easiest way to plan your garden.

Join me for another #SolarPunkSunday next week! Suggestions for topics, accounts to follow, etc. are always welcome!

This is what Orange Shirt Day is about. And today, the residential school system lives on in a different form. Indigenous children are still stolen from their families and raised in group homes where they are abused and then, when they age out of the system, many end up on the streets with no supports. The 60s scoop did not end. The racism is systemic. https://www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/kent-monkman/key-works/the-scream/ #KentMonkman #TheScream #TruthAndReconciliation #ResidentialSchool #IndigenousMastodon #OrangeShirtDay

#Indigenous #indigenousMastodon #OrangeShirtDay The Orange Shirt Society which commemorates the boarding school experience and honors the families who are healing marks September 30th as the date of remembrance. Check their website for more info:
https://orangeshirtday.org/reconciliation-hub/?utm_id=Orange%20Shirt%20Day%202024%20-%20Email%201%20US%20%2801J74TENE57D0AHWF6CBFR0YTY%29&bxid=01HY1VFH2SQ6X9N33Z1CABXRM9&_kx=uRaIYz8SMX2PYdUIWI6GLj98gKkwWgbATku49fzOBj8.LDf5RG

Sharing this for two-spirit and Indigiqueer artists. Litmus Press is looking for cover art submissions for the cover of a volume of contemporary Indigenous LGBTQ2SIA+ poetry. You'll need to log into Submittable for the details. It's free to make an account there. https://litmuspress.org/about/submissions/ #TwoSpirit #indigiqueer #Indigequeer #IndigenousMastodon #IndigenousCreatives #illustrator #NativeMastodon

An open letter from Indigenous artists/collectives to the Art Gallery of Ontario on the departure of Wanda Nanibish and Taqralik Partridge. When an organization claims to be working with an Indigenous advisory, but no Indigenous artists in the region have been approached, that raises some red flags. https://iccaart.com/let-wanda-speak/ #IndigenousCreatives #IndigenousArt #Indigenization #decolonisation #AGO #IndigenousMastodon #NativeMastodon

Today is Red Dress Day, in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous people. In Canada, Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people are six times more likely to be murdered than their non-Indigenous counterparts.

“However, nearly four years after the release of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and two years following the release of the National Action Plan, only two of the 231 Calls for Justice have been implemented, while an implementation timeline has yet to be released.”

https://amnesty.ca/activism-guide/red-dress-day-2024-take-action-on-may-5/

https://humanrightsartmovement.org/indigenous-voices

Call for submissions from Indigenous writers and artists living in Canada. Authors and artists may submit poetry or fiction, and essays up to 2500 words each or digital images of visual art. More details at the link. @indigenousauthors #IndigenousMastodon #CanLit #WritingCommunity #CallForSubmissions #anthology #NativeMastodon #IndigenousCreatives

Even while it gives land acknowledgments and takes Truth and Reconciliation Day off with pay, the Canadian government is actively invading foreign nations on the regular. The RCMP has always been used to terrorize Indigenous Peoples. It’s why the RCMP were formed in the first place. Reconciliation is not paramilitary occupation. #Reconciliation #Wetsuweten #Canada #IndigenousMastodon #RCMP #NativeMastodon #LandDefenders #Apartheid

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #IndigenousMastodon #NativeMastodon @blackmastodon @Yehuda

Back in the country this week. I must say it was nice to be away from the onslaught of non-news nonsense from our major media for 6 days. While away, I did see this story about an Inuk designer, in their news. Hopefully someone posted it. If so, I apologize for duplication and if not, hey you can see it now + an extra link for a larger group of designers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/allen-fashion-week-1.7110837
https://www.elle.com/fashion/shopping/a41535021/best-indigenous-fashion-designers/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/criminalization-wetsuweten-land-defenders/ the Canadian government continues to war against Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Peoples continue to defend against the destruction of land and water. #WaterProtector #LandDefender #LandBack #Wetsuweten #Canada #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #Indigedon

Marking a Return

Mokonui-a-rangi Smith recounts his experience of learning tā moko with his mentor, Croc Coulter. An extract republished from Past the Tower, Under the Tree. #Māori #TāMoko #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #Indigedon #Tattoo

https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/marking-a-return

Rāhui and the Art of Marine Conservation

In French Polynesia, an ancient practice puts everyone in charge of protecting the sea.
by Tiare Tuuhia #Rāhui #Tahiti #Pasifika #Polynesian #Conservation #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #Indigedon #Moana

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/rahui-and-the-art-of-marine-conservation/

Ministry leak: staff backlash after Te Reo Māori scrubbed from official use ahead of new government #TeReoMāori #Māori #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #Indigedon

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/301009592/ministry-leak-staff-backlash-after-te-reo-mori-scrubbed-from-official-use-ahead-of-new-government

Settler Moves to Indigeneity: From Canada to Israel.
Megan Scribe (Ininiw iskwew, Norway House Cree Nation)
#Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #Indigedon

https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2023/11/14/settler-moves-to-indigeneity-canada-israel/

Moana Jackson: Portrait of a Quiet Revolutionary
“To be honest, it’s been hard to revisit this documentary. To look at his face, hear him speak, watch him laugh. To understand that he is no longer with us.” — Moana Maniapoto on the making of ‘Moana Jackson: Portrait of a Quiet Revolutionary’, made with the support of NZ On Air. #MoanaJackson #Māori #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #Indigedon #ETangata

https://e-tangata.co.nz/video/portrait-of-a-quiet-revolutionary/

The difficulty for politicians is “to accept that their assumed authority over Māori stems not from a voluntary treaty of cession but was taken by cultural arrogance, warfare, and overwhelming immigration.” — Moea Armstrong, a Pākehā Tiriti educator. #Māori #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #Indigedon

https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/a-treaty-principles-referendum-is-already-irrelevant/