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Hi hello, are there keychains still available? My friend’s birthday is coming up and she loves horses and I just realized that’s a perfect gift
Many apologies, but they are not currently!
Even after I made the update, people were still dming to make sure lol
Which is good, if you could all keep interest for maybe just a little bit longer🙏 My father is very taken aback, and I'm sure flattered by your guy's attention on his product
So yeah, if anybody's still interested in the horsehair keychains, dm to get your spot on the waitlist, because he's definitely going to start making more. But also know that these lil guys take time to make
For anybody who doesn't know what I'm talking about, I'll have the post pinned to my profile
Building off of this, I love how non-natives make it look like we're dressed up as Dancers 24/7 when most Native-made OCs have us just looking like any other average Joe lol
Personal advice to anybody wanting to make a Native OC is just to make them look like any other person rather than trying to pretend that you know what we wear at sundance.
Make a native dude with a shirt that says "I paused my game to be here." Most realistic depiction of a modern-day native dude, 10/10 representation. Literally me.
And feel free to give em white names, most of my cousins have the most white ass names ever. Name em John Brown, or Joe Schmitt, or.... Hank Hill or something idk
You also don't have to know our personal slang to make your character seem realistic, most natives my age I know just use any other Gen Z slang
I genuinely feel like I’m going insane sometimes
Native Bruce Wayne Headcanons
(Brought to my attention by @catboybatman )
His great grandparents and their ancestors (on his dad's side) are one of the oldest families in Gotham, although bruce's family haven't lived on the rez in long time
The Wayne's are mostly Native, probably Lenape, and got most of their family wealth from the rich white guys some of them married in the 1400's-1800's
The Kane's are Cherokee and Blackfoot (shut up im projecting) but there are more mixed relationships so most of them are white passing
Bruce used to get made fun of at school because he has a (beautiful) sloped nose
Bruce keeps his hair braided, but loops the braids together before going out as Batman
"Father, why is your hair so long?" "Hair is sacred Damian." "Why?" "It binds us to our ancestors, the Earth, the Creator, and its a source of power and strength, among other things." "......Interesting, I think I would like to grow my hair out like yours." "Okay."
Arab-Indigenous Damian
Gods I just realized how chaotic powwows would be with this group jeez
Bruce teaching damian how to braid hair/doing the girls hair for them
Bruce making the kids go to their friends houses so he can cleanse the house (and giving Alfred the day off too bc let's be honest, cleansing or not, he deserve a nice break)
*Bruce (and later damian, then the rest of the kids get in on it too) getting non-native stores shut down after selling dream catchers and white sage
Jewish-Indigenous Bruce & Kate
The next reporter to call bruce "too white to be native" or "1%-er" is getting a whole drum up the ass
Handmade beaded jewelry for everyone
Jason (or anyone for that matter) punching others at school for saying shit like "only f*gg*ts wear earrings"
*The wayne family holding/going to protests and events for MMIW and ones that are about preserving indigenous land
Martha used to make the b e s t frybread
I'm hungry now
Mmm frybreaddddd
I want some now
*Bruce cutting a lock of his hair when Jason "died" (and for the others when they "die")
(Note:
Hey y'all, sorry if some of this seems bare-level knowledge or seems like I'm not even trying to be creative, bc, well I'm not. I'm writing this close to midnight and I'm tired and I haven't had much native culture to grow up with and I'm really trying hard to get more in touch with my culture and ancestors. I'll add more if I think of anything, but I hope this is good for now, also, ADD STUFF IF YOU WANT AND/OR IF YOU'RE NATIVE!!!!!!!
*1- it's cultural appropriation for non-native sources to be making/selling native cultural items, such as Dreamcatchers, and white sage.
*2- MMIW is Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, an organization focused on getting the murdered and missing native women back and helping the victims families.
*3- Cutting a lock of your hair after a loved one dies is a symbolic gesture of honoring them and shows the severing of the connection between the living and the passed.)
☀️ “Sun-kissed, melanin rich, and gifted. These are the traits of the Children of the Sun” ☀️
Don’t walk away, don’t roll your eyes // They say love is pain // Well darling, let’s hurt tonight
Love this OneRepublic song. This is their current single, from Oh My My! Ryan Tedder is so talented in so many different ways; singing, songwriting, producing; and this song showcases all of that talent so beautifully. He sounds absolutely flawless in every note, and I love these lyrics so much.
There’s nothing sexier than someone confidently wearing their peoples traditional clothing
Environmental Scientist Jessica Hernandez
Jessica Hernandez found her way to conservation science and environmental justice through her grandmother — and her knowledge about the natural world, accumulated over generations.
Maria de Jesus, a member of southern Mexico’s Zapotec community, showed her granddaughter how to tend the family milpa, the plot where they harvested beans, corn, squash, medicinal plants and even grasshoppers. She led Hernandez on hikes through the mountains surrounding her house, explaining how plants and animals interact in the local ecosystem. “She instilled in me the kinships that we carry on as Indigenous peoples,” Hernandez said.
Hernandez grew up in South Central Los Angeles, the daughter of Indigenous immigrants from Mexico. As a child, she frequently visited her mother’s native Oaxaca. “The community that we had that went beyond humans, to include the animals and the plants.” When Hernandez went to graduate school to study ecology, she thought the wisdom passed on from her ancestors would be seen as an asset. But to her surprise, she was humiliated for it.
“The professor asked me, ‘Is this Jessica’s theory? Where is your citation?” Hernandez recalls in Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science, out this month.
Hernandez, 31, is an environmental scientist at the University of Washington and an outspoken critic of Western conservation movements, which she says often ignore or co-opts Indigenous science and sideline the communities who have produced that knowledge.
“We’re often seen as areas of expertise rather than experts ourselves,” she said. “We’re seen as research subjects rather than researchers.” In writing Fresh Banana Leaves, Hernandez said she hopes to bring attention to the ways Indigenous science has preserved ecosystems for generations.
Western science has always had a narrow lens, said a professor at the University of Washington and one of Hernandez’s PhD advisors. “What [Hernandez] has always been able to do is look past that.”
The scientific method may be built on data points, but Indigenous knowledge is also built on observations. It’s just packaged differently — not in academic papers, but in stories. “People are drowning in the data,” said the PhD advisor, but that data doesn’t always translate to practical solutions.
The conservation movement has a long history of sidelining Indigenous peoples and discounting their ecological expertise. When the United States established its national parks system, ultimately setting aside some 85 million acres of territory, it forced Native American tribes from lands they’d stewarded for millennia.
Park monuments still bear the names of men who advocated for the genocide of Indigenous peoples or carried out massacres themselves. Native groups are advocating for the monuments’ removal.
Instead of honoring those responsible for genocide, Hernandez said she’d like to see monuments to those who preserved the lands for millennia. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that Indigenous peoples are the most effective stewards of the Earth. Though they make up just 5 percent of the global population, they protect some 80 percent of its biodiversity, according to the World Bank, and biodiversity on Indigenous-managed lands often exceeds that of protected areas. Indigenous peoples with titles to their land tend to have the most success at preserving lands, research has found.
Western researchers and companies also have a long history of co-opting Indigenous discoveries — like traditional medicines. Some scholars estimate the market value of pharmaceuticals derived from Indigenous medicine to be in the tens of billions.
Permaculture is another field that borrows heavily from Indigenous practices, Hernandez said.
Hernandez wants to see environmental organizations, governments and the descendants of settlers reckon with their anti-Indigenous histories and elevate Indigenous voices. “It’s like peeling onions. There are so many layers that we have to undo,” Hernandez said. “The first layer is the history that has been silenced or hidden for so many years.”
For her part, Hernandez is using her credentials — and her large social media following — to bring Indigenous science and voices into academia. “I look at the knowledge that my parents and grandparents held, and I always say they know more about the environment than any professor I have ever had in my career. Indigenous peoples don’t necessarily need a bachelor or a doctoral degree for their knowledge to be valid.”
Last fall, Hernandez taught an Introduction to Climate Change course that included lessons on Indigenous land stewardship and discussions on the ways that Indigenous women are impacted by climate change.
She hopes she can bring a new generation of Indigenous thinkers into the conservation field — while reminding students to look beyond the ivory tower for climate solutions.
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Soliloquy
Softly now, gently
There is a beautiful harmony in the wind
through the grass at my feet.
Sing to me of calla lilies,
and fireflies,
and the sweet rush of water over stone
(Listen now, do you hear, do you hear? It is crooning to the rushes)
My hands hold the fullness of hyacinths, summer-sweet and blue
edges gold in daylight's last kiss
(The memory of bees lingers slow)
One
by one
Lady Night scatters diamonds over her velvet sleeves
(Look, see now, how they dance for her)
and the earth weeps softly at her beauty
In the interlude
A barn-owl moon flies low.
I whisper a secret to the land
for it knows my name
and is kind enough
not to ask.
I am grateful
the aria of frogs follows my feet to the door
(Here now, is the third of May
and the wind roses are blooming—
Pick some for me?)
Face your art. 2018 & 2019 #art #draw #black #white #color #native #girl #woman #delirium #redhead #boy #witch #owl #afro #african #voodoo #viking #skull #tokyo https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9ihNVF11l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ihhbiy67udzw
Gravel Landscape in Sacramento
ah, i’m so bad at posting here. acknowledging this Day of Mourning from the lands of Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Potawatomi, Myaamia & Ochethi Sakowin people, aka Chicago, derived from a native word for garlic (mmm…) which is really suitable for me because I live here now 🌱🧄✨
whose.land are you on? talk about it over dinner this weekend with your fam & what it means to give the #landback. considering everything, listening & learning from indigenous people is the least you can do.
How to Draw Native People: a Tutorial/Reference Guide
As requested, here is a basic guide for how to draw Indigenous peoples (mostly focused on North America)! Also please note that this is not an exhaustive list of Native American phenotypes/features, and more like an intro on very common features that can be found in us, and even then, not altogether at once on a single person’s face. I highly encourage the use of references and care taken into research when drawing. I may do a part 2 that goes slightly more into depth, but for now, enjoy part one.
Resouces:
How to draw Native Skin tutorial (don’t draw us red!)
List of Native American Celebrities, which include their tribe(s) and home country, with 1,250 names, to use for your referencing pleasure
How to draw black people by Peachdeluxe, & Black hair in depth by misslaney for mixed black Natives
How to draw East Asian People, a guide by Chuwenjie, for mixed Asian Natives AND because it includes a lovely tutorial on monolid eyes, a shared feature of Native people
get drawin!!
