#indigenous

1. Brazil's plans to drill for oil in the Amazon hit stiff Indigenous resistance

   By: Marta Nogueira and Fabio Teixeira OIAPOQUE, Brazil (Reuters) - State-run energy firm Petrobras has hit growing resistance from Indigenous groups and government agencies to its premier exploration project, which would open the most promising part of Brazil's northern coast to o
   

2. Native American Pride.

   Having long hair for us Natives was for the senses. Long hair acted as an extension to the nervous system. The longer your hair is the stronger your senses will be. Warriors needed their senses for battle and for the hunt. A woman had long hair so she could sense her family's emot
   

3. When I was in New Mexico last month, I saw the location of the former Soldiers' Monument on Santa Fe Plaza. The monument was erected after the Civil War. It consisted of an obelisk and a plinth. The obelisk was toppled by protestors on Indigenous Peoples Day in 2020. The plinth in
   

4. Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.

   The Mountain Crew is at work on Thunder Mountain Carving through all seasons. Currently, rock removal and finish work continues on the back side of the Sculpture. In this photo you can see a Crew Member torching on Crazy Horse's Pinkie finger. With even the smallest finger toweri
   

5. GRAHAM GREENE - Born June 22, 1952, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario, Mr. Greene is a 71 year old FIRST NATIONS Canadian actor who belongs to the ONEIDA tribe. He has worked on stage, in film, and in TV productions in Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. He was nominated
   

6. South Dakota Reservation Braces Itself After Closure of Only OB-GYN Program - Health care deserts are one of the many reasons Indigenous people face higher rates of infant and maternal mortality. via @truthout

7. Jewish History

   The word Zion, representing Jerusalem and the land of Israel, is cited 152 times in the Hebrew Bible, written many centuries before racism reared its ugly head. IMO, calling Zionism racism, is a powerful move for Jew hatred, or as Hitler re-named it, antisemitism. #Zionism #Indige

8. Ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore recording Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief for the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1916 #history #americanhistory #nativeamericans #indigenous #indigenouspeople #USA #Blackfoot
   

9. "The Pictograph Painter" Charles Marion Russell 1898 " The site of this painting is Alberta, Canada, where Russell's old friend Frank Webster ran the Deer Creek Cattle Company. In a December 1910 letter to Webster's son, Russell sketched a scene quite similar to this painting, de