March 2012
225 posts
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You're fucked now, UrbanOutfitters, muahahahahah! →
pandamosity:
gloria-swanson:
apihtawikosisan:
This is the big news of today and I haven’t seen it all over the place yet! The Navajo Nation (who has trademarked their name) is suing UrbanOutfitters. The suit is based on trademark infringement and violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. This is going to be an awesome case!
Mwahahaha! We finally got that company who’s done nothing...
You're fucked now, UrbanOutfitters, muahahahahah! →
alandofmilkandhoney:
apihtawikosisan:
alandofmilkandhoney:
apihtawikosisan:
alandofmilkandhoney:
stfuconservatives:
gloria-swanson:
apihtawikosisan:
This is the big news of today and I haven’t seen it all over the place yet! The Navajo Nation (who has trademarked their name) is suing UrbanOutfitters. The suit is based on trademark infringement and violation of the Indian Arts and...
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You're fucked now, UrbanOutfitters, muahahahahah! →
alandofmilkandhoney:
apihtawikosisan:
alandofmilkandhoney:
stfuconservatives:
gloria-swanson:
apihtawikosisan:
This is the big news of today and I haven’t seen it all over the place yet! The Navajo Nation (who has trademarked their name) is suing UrbanOutfitters. The suit is based on trademark infringement and violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. This is going to be an...
February 2012
287 posts
6 tags
You're fucked now, UrbanOutfitters, muahahahahah! →
alandofmilkandhoney:
stfuconservatives:
gloria-swanson:
apihtawikosisan:
This is the big news of today and I haven’t seen it all over the place yet! The Navajo Nation (who has trademarked their name) is suing UrbanOutfitters. The suit is based on trademark infringement and violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. This is going to be an awesome case!
It’s great that they’re...
White people: I wear Native American war bonnets and face paint because I have a deep appreciation of Native American culture.
Native Americans: Hey, could you stop doing that? It's harmful to us.
White people: Nah, I respect your culture too much to listen to what you have to say about it. By the way, I have a dictionary and I know how to use it to deny I am doing anything racist, bigoted, prejudiced, or mean.
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You're fucked now, UrbanOutfitters, muahahahahah! →
This is the big news of today and I haven’t seen it all over the place yet! The Navajo Nation (who has trademarked their name) is suing UrbanOutfitters. The suit is based on trademark infringement and violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. This is going to be an awesome case!
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Pro-tip: When your kids are gone
… it is the perfect time to get rid of toys they never play with, and clean up the bazillion pencil crayons and hair ties strewn all over the floor.
Mix yourself a mimosa (or a mojito) and get to it with no crying, begging, whining or tantrums! Unless you engage in any of the aforementioned behaviour.
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I don't pretend to like American football.
I am in an open relationship with my beloved.
I’ll wait for a moment while your ideas about what that means flood through you.
Done? Good. Now flush all of that, because I can pretty much guarantee you that you don’t know a heck of a lot more about my relationship than you did before.
I’m not going to bother to list all the truly hilarious things people have asked me about...
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nockknock:
you know your essay on identity and resurgence hits a radical edge when you start quoting a lot of Taiaiake Alfred.
In a recent tweet he noted that some professor had called him an ‘indigenous fundamentalist’. Lol.
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dolgemátki: here's some fucking indigenous wisdom... →
neetainari:
What use is “indigenous knowledge” against problems caused by non-indigenous technology and practices based on non-indigenous knowledge?
It’s getting TOO FUCKING LATE to ask how we managed to live here for thousands of years and longer without ruining the forests and poisoning the lakes, as if the answer wasn’t clear enough: By not cutting down the trees. By not pouring poison...
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@APTN: That thing you said? It isn't true. →
bannockandbutter:
apihtawikosisan:
Guess I just had to write about it some more and get it out of my system.
Thanks apihtawikosisan for your critical eye/ear and taking the time to respond to this. I expect more from APTN too but this is also a reminder for myself to read/listen to everything in the media with more scrutiny, even when it is a trusted media source.
I don’t want to take...
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Men of the Navajo Calendar, auditions! →
There is also a Women of the Navajo calendar. I want this for all nations, and I want all of them on my wall NAOW!
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@APTN: That thing you said? It isn't true. →
Guess I just had to write about it some more and get it out of my system.
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Interim... →
I don’t think enough people have read this yet. It is 39 pages, but it gives an excellent break down of precisely what the mandate of the TRC is, the kinds of things people have been telling the TRC, and some of the findings and recommendations to date. It also discusses some of the problems the Commission has faced, including he resignation of the original Chair, Justice LaForme and the...
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I hate the media
APTN, what the actual fuck?
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Why I hate A Clockwork Orange
carlsaganisgayporn:
tooferspurlock replied to your post: I finally got around to watching A Clockwork Orange
The novel is genius; the film makes no sense if you haven’t read it.
brandos replied to your post: I finally got around to watching A Clockwork Orange
you need to read the book and then you will appreciate the film more
maudit replied to your post: I finally got around to watching A...
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“IRS policy was an act of genocide under the UN Convention. Canada however cannot...”
– Justice Murray Sinclair via twitter.
Shame on APTN for shoddy reporting.
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The day Canada's reconciliation paradigm died: TRC... →
bannockandbutter:
Now the TRC Commissioner is denying residential schools were a form of genocide.
I’LL TALK RECONCILIATION WHEN YOU TALK TRUTH.
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I’m not...
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My babies are gone and I have no life.
My daughters took their first solo flight on Saturday to visit their family back in Edmonton for two weeks. My partner doesn’t have his daughters this week either so for one of the only times in my life, I’m mostly alone. It’s WEIRD. And I don’t know what to do with myself. We had a massive amount of snow the day they left so I’m not super thrilled about just...
To the top of the porch: Meat and berries, it was... →
neetainari:
apihtawikosisan:
I just had a tiny little peppersteak with blackberries and it was awesome. You know why? Cuz berries are meant to go with meat. They just are. Don’t believe me? Blueberries. That’s your answer. Blueberries. Nothing makes meat taste awesome like…
Currants, red or black, are amazing. Francophones have a lot of cassis-flavoured stuff. I just picked up a...
dolgemátki: Meat and berries, it was meant to be. →
neetainari:
tamaraleach:
apihtawikosisan:
I just had a tiny little peppersteak with blackberries and it was awesome. You know why? Cuz berries are meant to go with meat. They just are. Don’t believe me? Blueberries. That’s your answer. Blueberries. Nothing makes meat taste awesome like blueberries. Wild boar…
Blue and blackberries are amazing with caribou. When making sausages, just throw...
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Things I can't eat without consequences.
Racism.
Homophobia.
Lateral violence.
Sugar.
Sexism.
Anonymous internet trolling.
Milk products.
Transmisogyny.
White privilege.
White flour.
All of these things give me massive indigestion.
dolgemátki: Meat and berries, it was meant to be. →
neetainari:
We don’t have wild boar but I’ll be sure to try blueberries with reindeer, since we have both! Any tips?
Dry them first or get them dried. They just taste better that way with meat, stronger. I like it best roasted. So if you get a cut of reindeer (which I imagine tastes a fair bit like caribou), make some cuts into the meat and shove some garlic cloves and dried blueberries...
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Meat and berries, it was meant to be.
I just had a tiny little peppersteak with blackberries and it was awesome. You know why? Cuz berries are meant to go with meat. They just are. Don’t believe me? Blueberries. That’s your answer. Blueberries. Nothing makes meat taste awesome like blueberries. Wild boar sausage with blueberries, caribou roasted with blueberries, blueberries pounded into pimîhkân (pemmican),...
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Existential Apartheid: My worries about Canada's... →
nockknock:
So I just read an article on CBC about the leaked TRC report and suggestions. I have mixed feelings. On one hand I am happy the State has taken initiative to make some sort of reparation on their behalf, as instigators in a bloody chapter in Canada’s history… But the thing is it is not just a…
While I agree with your concerns about what the TRC will actually accomplish, I do...
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stop smiling: Seriously tho, let me gush about... →
ayiman:
Gabriel Dumont was a badass.
He spoke 6 languages.
He was a member of a war band at 14, during the Battle of Grand Coteau, a two day skirmish between a small party of Metis buffalo hunters and a much larger party of Yanktonai warriors.
He was in charge of the community buffalo hunt by the age…
Reblogged for truth. Riel gets all the press, but Dumont was badassery incarnate.
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“And the hippies are jingling, jangling, blowing smoke all over Haight Ashbury,...”
– Adam Fortunate Eagle (Red Lake Chippewa), on white privilege and the hippie movement in the Bay (via countrygramma)
Starting Fresh
kahs2012:
Deleted every one of my old posts
I feel like I lost 40 lbs lmao
This actually feels really nice. I may change my url but I’m not sure yet.
My new posts will not be the same as before, I will do my best to stay away from debates about Native issues, etc. I won’t be sharing much about culture/language/etc anymore and will hopefully make this more picture based.
if I unfollow you...
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Here be dragons.: I'm sorry, I can't get over this →
liquornspice:
If someone tells a white and Native person they “don’t look Indian,” you can be pretty certain a chorus of angry voices will come to their defense, OUTRAGED, writing about how stereotypical images of Indians negatively affect people’s lives and we don’t all look like…
I feel like I’ve missed something going on here…it’s hard to keep up with tumblr...
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My long winded response to a discussion of...
I don’t think that indigenous rights are solely land based. The Courts say they agree but really, once your land is taken up and turned into a supermarket, there are precious few ‘rights’ you get to exercise there anymore, so it’s not an honest agreement. Often, you don’t even get the ‘right’ to compensation for its loss. But that conversation could...
Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: Last tumblr... →
deluxvivens:
apihtawikosisan:
racismschool:
therhapsodyincidents:
OK here’s the thing.
Locked hair didn’t start with Rastafarianism. Dreadlocks did.
Locked (NOT MATTED) hair also were created exclusively within cultures of color. Most notably in Africa (obviously) and were done so for culturally specific reasons.
Whenever I hear White People talk about how they have dreads as a...
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'Inspired by' versus 'ripping off'
I have a non-native friend…in Scotland…who has worked with me on a few projects so far. He designed me a card which is freaking awesome and I love to bits. It integrates some personal symbols and passions I have. (Not my real name or contact info here) I specifically wanted the back to look like splattered bird poo :D
He also worked with me on building a sort of...
âpihtawikosisân: i need a new pair of moccasins... →
arrdeejayy:
awretchedgirl:
apihtawikosisan:
arrdeejayy:
apihtawikosisan:
arrdeejayy:
haha, bad habit.
You should find a hipster site to learn how to make authentic native american moccasins.
LOLOLOL!!! I usually go on reserve to get a pair, but I think I’ll ask my friends grandma to make me a pair this year!
I’ve…
I just dibsed a good portion of deer hide so that my sister can...
i need a new pair of moccasins this year, no more...
arrdeejayy:
apihtawikosisan:
arrdeejayy:
haha, bad habit.
You should find a hipster site to learn how to make authentic native american moccasins.
LOLOLOL!!! I usually go on reserve to get a pair, but I think I’ll ask my friends grandma to make me a pair this year!
I’ve been begging my mom for years to make me some but I’m in line behind my dad and a bunch of other...
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i need a new pair of moccasins this year, no more...
arrdeejayy:
haha, bad habit.
You should find a hipster site to learn how to make authentic native american moccasins.
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Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: Last tumblr... →
racismschool:
therhapsodyincidents:
OK here’s the thing.
Locked hair didn’t start with Rastafarianism. Dreadlocks did.
Locked (NOT MATTED) hair also were created exclusively within cultures of color. Most notably in Africa (obviously) and were done so for culturally specific reasons.
Whenever I hear White People talk about how they have dreads as a throwback to their Celtic ancestors, I...
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Positive Residential School experiences: do they... →
*Possibly triggering re: Residential Schools*
So this latest article in ICT raised yet again the issue of ‘positive Residential School experiences’. I know, and have met, quite a few people who were actually in the Residential School system and who have good things to say about it. However, some of these people also have bad things to say about those whose stories are not as...
“This is a pretty common perception of White Identity that should definitely be...”
– foxtalbotnegatives (via sapphrikah)
WELP!
(via sourcedumal)
RIGHT!!
(via mckswift)
Excellent.
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cbc doc: Sext Up Kids →
This documentary discusses sexualisation, how it impacts children, and how people are trying to fight it. It’s definitely concerning and as the mother daughters it’s something that is on my mind a LOT.
What was encouraging to me about this documentary was the way in which more parents and educators seem to be addressing these issues. What bothered me was how increasingly...
