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Hello friends, ❤️🇵🇸
I am Sami from Gaza . Please, don’t ignore our situation. We are going through incredibly difficult times, and we need your help to reach our first goal of 1000 euros.🙏
Even the smallest donation of 5 or 10 euros can make a big difference in helping us survive. Every bit of support means the world to us and brings hope to our family. Your kindness and generosity can truly change our lives.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. ❤️
https://gofund.me/107a8322
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Late to the trend, but here is sami/norwegian Miku wearing the Karasjok gakti 🥰
People & countries mentioned in the thread:
DR Congo - M23, Cobalt
Darfur, Sudan - International Criminal Court, CNN, BBC (Overview)
Tigray - Human Rights Watch (Ethnic Cleansing Report)
the Sámi people - IWGIA, Euronews
Hawai'i - IWGIA
Syria - Amnesty International
Kashmir- Amnesty Summary (PDF), Wikipedia (Jammu and Kashmir), Human Rights Watch (2022)
Iran - Human Rights Watch, Morality Police (Mahsa/Jina Amini - Al Jazeera, Wikipedia)
Uyghurs - Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) Q&A, Wikipedia, Al Jazeera, UN Report
Tibetans - SaveTibet.org, United Nations
Yazidi people - Wikipedia, United Nations
West Papua - Free West Papua, Genocide Watch
Yemen - Human Rights Watch (Saudi border guards kill migrants), Carrd
Sri Lanka (Tamils) - Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch
Afghans in Pakistan - Al Jazeera, NPR
Ongoing Edits: more from the notes / me
Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh/Azerbaijan (Artsakh) - Global Conflict Tracker ("Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict"), Council on Foreign Relations, Human Rights Watch (Azerbaijan overview), Armenian Food Bank
Baháʼís in Iran - Bahá'í International Community, Amnesty, Wikipedia, Minority Rights Group International
Kafala System in the Middle East - Council on Foreign Relations, Migrant Rights
Rohingya - Human Rights Watch, UNHCR, Al Jazeera, UNICEF
Montagnards (Vietnam Highlands) - World Without Genocide, Montagnard Human Rights Organization (MHRO), VOA News
Ukraine - Human Rights Watch (April 2022), Support Ukraine Now (SUN), Ukraine Website, Schools & Education (HRW), Dnieper River advancement (Nov. 15, 2023 - Ap News)
Reblogs with Links / From Others
Indigenous Ppl of Canada, Cambodia, Mexico, Colombia
Libya
Armenia Reblog 1, Armenia Reblog 2
Armenia, Ukraine, Central African Republic, Indigenous Americans, Black ppl (US)
Rohingya (Myanmar)
More Hawai'i Links from @sageisnazty - Ka Lahui Hawaii, Nation of Hawai'i on Soverignty, Rejected Apology Resolution
Although portable greenhouses do exist like I could’ve said before, ones that could be made the size of gers & packaged accordingly could be hard to find, even if they could be set up around such. Also, how would the cabin above be able to withstand the chances of rot given the humidity to come from the settings? The same kind of difficulty would face the gers, but even more so since the felt used could be harder to deal with. Also, how could we manage to preserve some of our traditional fare (such as airag & borts) should we collapse said portable greenhouses? Plus, would it do to have such greenhouses as above be collapsible or have such a form, given that the Swedes are generally sedentary (excluding the Sapmi of the Laplands) while my kind normally isn’t?
Living in 3019.
[Yes, they’ve considered summer, and there are auto-open panels when it gets too hot.]
Seeing a lot of posts about the Palestinian flag, and it got me thinking about indigenous flags around the world.
Maori:
Kalaallit Nunaat:
Haudenosaunee
Nunatsiavut:
Australian Aboriginal:
Torres Strait Islands:
Rapa Nui:
Kurdistan:
Sami:
Ainu:
Of course, these are just a handful. May they all reclaim their stolen lands.
yalll i saw a tweet about how some of guys don't know that epel is meant to be sámi, not a southern american??? babes... he's very sámi. just as the original tweet said, not everything his "gringo-centric"
i suggest really looking into the sámi people and the oppression they face by their governments!! the 1960s saw a wave of forced assimilation in norway. culture and language is constantly under threat, with children having not been allowed to speak their native languages in educational settings. this oppression goes all the way back to the 15th/16th century, and it is not unique to norway. there have been campaigns to eradicate their customs, language and religious practices for centuries.
like, y'all, there's heavy inspiration, especially in the collars!! these intricate designs and the jewelry... my goodness this is so pretty???
correct me if im wrong, but the term gákti is used to describe these garments. there have been controversies over finnish people dressing up in fake gákti and performing "traditional rituals" for tourists. this is extremely similar to various other cultures. the act of exoticizing and orientalizing the sámi people and their culture serves no purpose but to fill the pockets of non-sámi capitalists who oppress them.
on that note, when writing epel fics please stop with the southern american shenanigans, especially when the culture he is implied to be from has actively been eradicated for centuries.
White privilege... or?
I just need to get this off my chest, not just on my dash as of late but in person I have been accused of having white privilege, which isn't that bad unless you know you've never had it.
Yes I am white, but i belong to the Sámi people, an indigenous people that belongs in Lapland (which is a cultural area that spans from mid Norway and to the Northern part of Norway, Sweden, Finland and parts of North Western Russia) and my people have had it rough. Loss of culture, loss of language, forced Christianity and didn't have voting rights until 1967. And the last decapitation and study of our skulls were in 1852. And still until the 1950's we were looked as lesser beings and worthless.
My culture is very important to me as it doesn't follow christianity but are in the Paganism specrum, where songs are spells sung in the air, drums are played to appease the spirits, and fortunetelling is a huge part in everything we do...
I never got to learn the language of my people, as in the 1990's when i grew up, my part of Norway STILL didn't allow me to learn it, I never got to speak to my Sámi grandparents as they died whilst being refused basic healthcare because they were Sámi...
So yeah I didn't have the so called white privilege, i never got to experience a huge part of my identity until I became an adult, and everywhere I go in Scandinavia, I get reminded by non Sámi people that I am "branded" by my high cheekbones as a "Lapp" (which is like the N word). And is not attractive or part of the normal population, and I get told not to place a curse, or sing the song of your people...
I am gay and a Sámi. I am indeed a minority that still experiences racism in my home country. So to all people of colour, I do know what you go through, and I really hope you get to punch those racists in the face with your knowledge, beauty and general badassery, because you are all those things, and more!
If you get offended, I am not sorry, and if you are curious on how the songs sounds, search for the word "Joik" on youtube or want to listen to an interpretation of it can check the Frozen song: Vuelie
People & countries mentioned in the thread:
Congo - M23, Cobalt
Darfur, Sudan - International Criminal Court, CNN, BBC (Overview)
Tigray - Human Rights Watch (Ethnic Cleansing Report)
the Sámi people - IWGIA, Euronews
Hawai'i - IWGIA
Syria - Amnesty International
Kashmir- Amnesty Summary (PDF), Wikipedia (Jammu and Kashmir), Human Rights Watch (2022)
Iran - Human Rights Watch, Morality Police (Mahsa/Jina Amini - Al Jazeera, Wikipedia)
Uyghurs - Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) Q&A, Wikipedia, Al Jazeera
Tibetans - SaveTibet.org
Yazidi people - Wikipedia, United Nations
West Papua - Free West Papua, Genocide Watch
Yemen - Human Rights Watch (Saudi border guards kill migrants), Carrd
Sri Lanka (Tamils) - Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch
Afghans in Pakistan - Al Jazeera, NPR