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Pat Boone - Moody River KEEP IT SPOOKY

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:47:00 -0400

Pat Boone - Moody River

KEEP IT SPOOKY

"A larger percent of victimization against American Indian and Alaskan Native women are committed by..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:45:10 -0400

“A larger percent of victimization against American Indian and Alaskan Native women are committed by white offenders compared to American Indian and Alaska Native offenders.”

- Futures Without Violence (via nativnuance)

"American Indian women experience much higher levels of sexual violence than other women in the U.S...."

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:44:46 -0400

“American Indian women experience much higher levels of sexual violence than other women in the U.S. Native American and Alaskan Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than women in the USA in general.”

- Futures Without Violence (via nativnuance)

"Imagine, for example, a minority persecuted during National Socialism in Germany to be used as..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:44:16 -0400

“Imagine, for example, a minority persecuted during National Socialism in Germany to be used as mascot of a German football team today… The outrage would be tremendous – and rightfully so.”

- If a German soccer team’s mascot were “the Jews”…

If a South African soccer team’s mascot were “the Afrikaners”…

If an American football team’s mascot were “the Redskins”…

Oh. Wait.

http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/03/sexy-indian-costumes-on-sale/

(via nativnuance)

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Try helping a drunk girl at a bar and have a man just yell “FUCK YOU FUCK YOU CAN’T I...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:39:24 -0400

Try helping a drunk girl at a bar and have a man just yell “FUCK YOU FUCK YOU CAN’T I JUST SIT HERE FUCKING FUCK OFF!!”

ah, lovely

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Sat, 18 May 2013 04:35:45 -0400

rosadefuego: when ur date falls asleep :(

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:41:18 -0400

rosadefuego:

when ur date falls asleep :(

rootsnbluesfestival: Billie Holiday, 1949Photographed by Herman...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:39:50 -0400

rootsnbluesfestival:

Billie Holiday, 1949
Photographed by Herman Leonard

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"Indigenous nations and peoples are never just a product of state ideologies, never just a product of..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:35:15 -0400

“Indigenous nations and peoples are never just a product of state ideologies, never just a product of an educational system. They are always able to relate to traditional teachings and Indigenous knowledges, regardless of how state, religious, or educational systems attempt to assimilate them […] Indigenous teachings and legal traditions live on in the unconsciousness and the consciousness of the people who were oppressed by colonization; they were passed from one generation to another through stories, art, and ceremonies so that each people could restore them at the right time.”

- James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson, Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving UN Recognition. (via nock-knock)

fyeahindigenousfashion: beaded earrings, Betty John (Mi’kmaq)

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39:36 -0400

fyeahindigenousfashion:

beaded earrings, Betty John (Mi’kmaq)

nitanahkohe: The 1928-29 girls’ basketball team at Flandreau...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:06 -0400

nitanahkohe:

The 1928-29 girls’ basketball team at Flandreau Indian School; Bertha Wooden Knife (kneeling, center) was a renowned horsewoman. Nellie Star Boy is standing behind her—Nellie would go on to become a well-respected artist:

Nellie Star Boy Menard was born in 1910 on the Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota. While still a teenager studying at Flandreau Indian School, she was awarded a Pendleton robe for the blanket design that she had submitted to Pendleton Woolen Mills in Pendleton, Oregon. After graduating in 1929, she was invited back to the school as a teacher of Indian arts.

Although Menard was never officially credited, she is widely known as the collector of most of the Sioux designs in the historic 1935 book Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux by Carrie Lyford. In 1937, Menard started the Arts and Crafts Shop in Rosebud out of a concern for the vitality of Lakota arts and for the economic well-being of Lakota artists. In 1941, she was one of four Indian representatives selected from across the nation as delegates to the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the American Indian in New York City.

Menard operated the Arts and Crafts Shop in Rosebud until 1942, when she moved to Browning, Montana, to manage Northern Plains Arts and Crafts. After World War II, she returned to South Dakota, where she was employed by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs in Rapid City. She kept this position for the next 30 years, and attracted considerable attention for her mastery in quiltmaking.

Her other artistic skills included featherwork, tanning, quillwork, beading, crochet, and the making of handwoven shawls. In addition, she worked as a manager of craft sales and as a curator, with the responsibility of purchasing items from other craftspeople for resale and for selecting objects for museum display. In this capacity, she was highly regarded, demonstrating a deep knowledge of Native American values and traditional artistic standards.

greyeyesart: I used my grannys butchering knives

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:40:19 -0400

greyeyesart:

I used my grannys butchering knives

Oh god, early for work again and there is a singing self proclaimed “urban camper”...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:04 -0400

Oh god, early for work again and there is a singing self proclaimed “urban camper” sitting next to me “spanging”.

mysticstylez: last kiss, j. frank wilson and the cavaliers

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:44:19 -0400

mysticstylez:

last kiss, j. frank wilson and the cavaliers

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