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How about this one? cynthialeitichsmith.com/kidbooks/kid... #KidLit

Author Interview: Twila M. Barnes Reflects on The Cherokee People, Culture, & History - Cynthia Leitich Smith By AJ Eversole I was delighted to chat with respected Cherokee historian, Twila M. Barnes, about her latest release from Capstone, The Cherokee People, Culture and History. The book is part a wonderfu...

"Every word I wrote was based on how I thought the Cherokee people would view it and how it could affect the three Cherokee tribes." — Twila M. Barnes, interviewed by @ajeversole.bsky.social cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/10/auth... #KidLit @capstonepub.bsky.social

In which international legal processes to examine proposed political lines drawn by the US does the US participate? Does the US, perhaps, respect the Inter-American or European Courts of Human Rights or the UN Charter and its processes, protocols, or mechanisms?

A promotional graphic for Friends of the Free Press fundraiser featuring a screening of the documentary Bad Press.

Join @indigenousja.bsky.social and the Oklahoma Media Center for a joint fundraiser in Oklahoma City on Nov. 6!

The event will include a screening of “Bad Press,” an acclaimed documentary chronicling the battle over press freedom in the Muscogee Nation.

Get tix: www.eventbrite.com/e/friends-of...

Thank you for attempting to document colonial disasters. Consider the economies of the lawful governments that led peoples through past climate changes where your peoples now live. Reporters can learn more if their work is not hidden behind paywalls.

Thank you for recognizing Indigenous Peoples' care work inspired by respect for our religious or spiritual systems and enabled by our institutions that respect life. Yes, the religious, spiritual, or cultural values of Indigenous Peoples organizes care for the sick, imprisoned, and hungry.

#Settlers and their preemptive strikes still enjoy international impunity.

Oh, oh, I know who committed the crime! Ask me, ask me!! 🙋🏻‍♂️

Like the US federal reserve leveraging Indigenous Peoples' wealth to disappear Indigenous Peoples today. Come on y'all, let's end hunger peacefully and repatriate wealth appropriated by colonizers through legal processes at all levels and everywhere possible.

#Academia on Turtle Island needs to stop teaching #Indigenous knowledge without direct consent and proper #vetting.

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are no kings and pronounced tlah ooguhweeyoohee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Portrait of Chief Devon Parfait, who leads the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw. Photo by John Noltner.

First up: Chief Devon Parfait, a climate refugee who is using his science background to lead the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw. You’ll want to listen as Chief Devon tells his story of exile, survival, and resolution.
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Sen. Tuberville’s anti-Sharia bills are “bigotry” and “unconstitutional,” CAIR says Tuberville is “deliberately and consciously lying about his Alabama Muslim constituents,” CAIR’s national deputy director alleged.

Tuberville is “deliberately and consciously lying about his Alabama Muslim constituents,” CAIR’s national deputy director alleged.

As the Federal Government Shutdown Continues, the Food Stamp Program Is Running Out of Funds If the federal government shutdown extends into November, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program —which oversees the food stamp program—will exhaust its funding, according to the U.S. Departmen...

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As Millions Face Climate Relocation, the Nation’s First Attempt Sparks Warnings and Regret - Inside Climate News Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes—and promises.

#Indigenous #Climate Gulf of Mexico’s swelling waters gradually eating Isle de Jean Charles, homeland of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians since 1830s. Louisiana relocate 37 residents or families. New homes are substandard, rainwater seeping in, broken appliances & flooded yards & costly repairs.

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Published: 13 September 2007Author: Office of the High Commissioner for Human RightsPresented: At the 33rd session of the HRC.Links: A/RES/61/295 (also available in 60 more languages)

US entities are not Indigenous, tribes, nations, nor peoples; they are non-human agencies serving the State. www.oas.org/en/sare/docu... US settlers must form a government and negotiate with Indigenous Peoples' governments for access to Indigenous Peoples' territories. www.ohchr.org/en/indigenou...

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Published: 13 September 2007Author: Office of the High Commissioner for Human RightsPresented: At the 33rd session of the HRC.Links: A/RES/61/295 (also available in 60 more languages)

If settlers want access to Indigenous Peoples' territories, they must form a government that can negotiate and maintain agreements with Indigenous Peoples' governments. www.oas.org/en/sare/docu... US agencies are not Indigenous, peoples, or tribes. US entities serve US. www.ohchr.org/en/indigenou...

Indigenous groups ignored on government economic policies A new report has revealed First Nations communities are not being properly consulted on government economic policies.The findings from the Coalition of Peaks – based on feedback from more than 2...

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To the US, we're a giant military station | E-Tangata “The entire arrangement, where the US uses Hawai‘i as a strategic war base, is fundamentally violent and harmful. It relies on the perpetual suppression of our rights and potential as Kānaka Maoli.” —...

To the US, Hawai'i is a giant military station.
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Supreme Court Examines Race in Louisiana Redistricting — The U.S. Supreme Court reviews the role of race in Louisiana's redistricting case, which has national implications.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5210878-supreme-court-louisiana-congressional/

TRT Global - 'The jungle is screaming': Indigenous leaders end world voyage with plea to protect life At the end of the event, the leaders embraced and shared a message, urging greater care for the environment.

"The jungle is screaming" Leaders of 22 Indigenous peoples from five continents prayed for nature in Chile at the end of a 46-day pilgrimage worldwide.
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US continues to disappear Indigenous Peoples and their members. Do settlers want to end that liquidation of peoples to serve the nationalist elite? or do settlers want to end the national socialism that puts settler peoples at risk? Do settlers really want the equal application of the rule of law?

A leaked report shows that Vancouver's mayor wants to make Vancouver a 'sunset community' where Native people aren't welcome. He has a plan to deport Indigenous residents of the city to their "home communities". www.bcafn.ca/news/regiona...

DBIWP 2025 Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride 2025 (DBIWP) is a global eventcelebrating the powerful creativity of 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous artists,performers, and storytellers. Set to take place on May 30 an...

If it seems a little personal, it is. I would have been speaking at the Kennedy Center in May as part of the Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride event on the "Indigeneity, Gender, Sexuality & Decolonization panel but now we're looking for a new venue

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The influence of climate change on skin cancer incidence – A review of the evidence Climate change is broadly affecting human health, with grave concern that continued warming of the earth’s atmosphere will result is serious harm. Since the mid-20th century, skin cancer incidence rat...

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The Case for Returning U.S. Public Lands to Indigenous People

Since the start of Trump’s second term, his administration has fired thousands of federal workers across multiple public lands agencies,
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Governor Stitt on a propaganda news site celebrating the dismantling of the department of education.

Images of accounts who want to dismantle the department of education who misspelled words in their posts.

Governor Stitt is applauding the dismantling of the Department of Education while misspelling Muscogee (Mvskoke if you wanna be tradish) and supporting the people who misspell department.

Tribes that Rely on Federal Funds Worry About DOGE Cuts Funding for Indian Health Service, the agency that provides Native Americans with medical care, is under threat.

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Tech with choices empowers. Low-resource tech should be presented as the first option. Should we lose mail services and have only digital services that poison us? Indigenous Peoples' governments, not financiers, decide on food vs AI. Tech communities decide where they stand on the rule of law.