Anyway.

For those of you aren't aware and aren't involved in NDN circles, the Supreme Court just declared that tribal territories and reservations are part of states and are under state jurisdiction, including in regards to charging someone and putting them on trial in state courts for crimes related to the tribe (as opposed to this being left up to tribal courts), undoing decades of precedent for the separation of tribal and state governments.

In a few months, the Supreme Court is also going to be giving a verdict on whether or not the Indian Child Welfare Act, the only thing keeping indigenous children with their families and communities instead of being "adopted" (trafficked) to white Christian families at every chance, is unconstitutional. This act is also dependent on the belief that tribes are sovereign nations and that giving our children to people outside of our tribes is akin to the US government taking Canadian children in the Canadian foster system and trying to adopt them out to American families.

If the ICWA falls, we're going to see a modern Sixties Scoop, with Native children being stolen from their tribes and families and cultures and assimilated into white Christian society. This is not only traumatizing for the children and their families, it's also a form of cultural genocide that has been used against us before and has devastating effects.

There are family members I never knew because they disappeared into the foster system as children.

This is the beginning of what's going to be wave after wave of attacks on indigenous sovereignty and tribal governance. The Supreme Court, even with a Democratic majority, has historically decided against upholding indigenous sovereignty and tribal protection. We're seeing genocide and forced assimilation become federal policy again.

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11 months ago

today's vetted fundraisers. eid just began - instead of a happy time of togetherness and celebration, families like these are having to spend the holy days amidst the cruelest of circumstances, deprived of all components of safe and healthy life. now is a more vital time than ever to support these campaigns. any contribution you can make is valuable.

june 16th:

Dentist Tamer Al-Deeb, his brother (also a doctor), and their parents (€8,206/€40,000) - @tameraldeeb, verified by @/ibtisams

Samer Abu Ras, his wife Shurooq, and their three young children (kr8,220 SEK/kr450,000 SEK) - @sameraburass, verified by @/ibtisams

Mohammad Awni and his family of six (€1,535/€45,000) - @mohamedawnisblog, verified by @/nabulsi

Mohammed Al-Azayza and his family, including a young child with Down syndrome (kr2,043 SEK/kr200,000 SEK) - @hamouda-az, verified by @/sayruq

Iyad Sami, his wife Amal Mahmoud, and their four children (the family has been separated for months) (CHF291/CHF20,000) - @eyadsami, verified by @/mohamedalanqer

Momen Alostaz's family of ten (including his chronically ill parents and a newborn) (€10,938/€70,000) - @mo98h, verified by @/palipunk

The Abu Shammalah family of eight (€7,194/€100,000) - @ahmed8311, verified by @/el-shab-hussein

Mahmoud Khalaf's family of eight (€6,129/€30,000) - @mahmoudkhalaff, verified by @/ibtisams

Amani Hasan and her three children ($8,249/$17,732) - @amani93gaza, verified by @/nabulsi

Suad Ahmad, her husband, and several extended family members (Suad is pregnant and urgently needs medical care and a safe place to have her baby) ($10,436/$28,000) - @suad-ahmad, verified by @/fallahifag

if the list seems extra long today, take it as a signal that your help, in whatever form you can give, is urgently needed.

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4 years ago

✨💕🌻new print up in my shop🌻💕✨

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2 years ago

doodle made post-rewatch

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11 months ago

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4 years ago

cauldron kitties !

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9 months ago

Urgent treatment appeal please stop

My sister suffers from advanced fibropulmonary disease, which makes breathing difficult without an oxygen device in light of the lack of electricity and equipment, which makes her suffer from the scourges...

Since her displacement, she left the oxygen machine in her home in the north, and since that day her eyes have not been able to sleep because of the pain she suffers from this dreaded disease.

The least this disease causes

It makes shortness of breath and suffocation ...

I have attached a copy of the report for you. Medical treatment that explains my sister’s condition and suffering

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Donate to Help Maysaa Evacuate and Secure Medical Treatment, organized by Marcus Miller

Misa's Treatment My name is Marcus, from North Carolina in the US… Marcus Miller needs your support for Help Maysaa Evacuate and Secure

The suffering of living in a tent in the absence of all necessities of life has an impact and other aspects ....

I am attaching a picture of Mesa's children for you

They collect firewood

Firewood is used instead of gas

To cook food through it

Please do not pass the post on without circulating it

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10 months ago

2 VERIFIED FUNDS CLOSE TO THEIR GOAL

Please donate, and if you can't, reblog and share!

FUND 1: Help Shadi's Family Evacuate Gaza - ONLY $1600 LEFT

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Donate to Urgent Relief : Help Shadi's Family Evacuate Gaza, organized by Lorenzo Brown

Hi, my name is Lorenzo Brown. I am from Dallas, Texas USA. I am a fo… Lorenzo Brown needs your support for Urgent Relief : Help Shadi's Fa

(vouched for and vetted on twitter)

Shadi, a former software developer, his mother and his sister will use these funds to continue to survive in war-torn Gaza, and hopefully leave once the Rafah Crossing opens once more.

PROGRESS: $13,415 / 15,000

FUND 2: Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals for Help to Survive - ONLY $3400 LEFT

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Donate to Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals for Help to Survive, organized by Abdallah Alanqar

The story will be in three languages: English, French and Arabic … Abdallah Alanqar needs your support for Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals f

(verified by @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein and @/palipunk)

Mohammed Alanqer and his wife Enas Majed, along with their three children (now four, due to the recent birth of their son, Amir) hope to use these funds to escape Gaza when the Rafah Crossing reopens. In the meantime, they are stuck having to endure inhuamane conditions, with their son Adam suffering from viral hepatitis.