Month: September 2017

amileinmymoccs:

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Recently I’ve been listening to some great podcasts and to my surprise, there are a lot of First Nations related ones! This is so inspiring to me, as I myself have a radio show on my Reserve and I think these are great topics to mention. Also one day, when I get my own website/blog up and running, I hope to make my own podcasts too! If you’re interested in listening to some that are Native-related, here are 7 that I recommend.

1. CBC’s New Fire by Lisa Charleyboy

Lisa is a blogger and social media trailblazer for young Native women. Also known as Urban Native Girl, Lisa talks about a wide variety of issues Natives face in a urban, modern day society. This is also a CBC Radio podcast so it’s great quality.

2. CBC’s Unreserved by Rosanna Deerchild

Unreserved touches on history, current issues and reconciliation in her CBC podcasts. She also celebrates successful and inspiring First Nations authors, educators,  athletes, and musicians.  

3. Kanata Pod by Indian & Cowboy

Kanata Pod is a new series that features activists and creators focused on the next 150 years of Canada. They also talk about Native representation in the community and in major media

4. Stories From the Land

Stories from the land is a wide collection of stories from different individuals from different First Nations communities across Canada. With these stories, they aim to connect all tribes with teachings and philosophy 

5. Red Man Laughing by Ryan McMahon 

Ryan McMahon shows the importance of Native humour in his podcasts. It’s something we Natives can all connect with and learn from. While being humorous, Ryan also tackles important issues such as reconciliation, youth, and families.

6. Media Indigena by Rick Harp

Media Indigena is a weekly program where a roundtable of Indigenous people talk about current issues in society. They talk about huge issues the mainstream media is too afraid to talk about and they keep it very current.

7. Missing and Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams?

Also a CBC podcast, this podcast is important as it goes in depth into one of the cases of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada. It shows first hand of the ignorance and tragedy towards the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women cases. In this case, Alberta Williams was found dead along the “Highway of tears” (A highway in BC where many, many other Indigenous women were found murdered) in 1989 and they’ve never found her killer. Nearly thirty years later, the family and a retired cop find new evidence into solving this heartbreaking case.

There you have it, that’s what I’ve been listening to lately! I haven’t listened to every single episode yet but that’s what I’ll be doing for the next week or two lol. If you’ve listened to these as well let me know what you think! Also if you have any suggestions let me know 🙂

Bye for now!

Xxxx

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kids are fuckin wild dude,,,

i walked out of my apartment this morning and a five year old kid was playing outside and immediately he pointed at my aparment and was like “some chinese people used to live there. now someone else does”

and i was like… you mean that one? and pointed at my apartment, the one i literally just walked out of

and he was like “yeah”

and i was like……….. yeah…

the other day I was coming back from work and as I’m walking up to my apartment, he runs up to me with two fistfuls of grass and yells DON’T STEP ON THIS GRASS IT’S FOR THE BUNNIES and drops it in the middle of the sidewalk and i’m just like okay!! 😀

this morning I left for work and I heard a tapping noise, so I looked up and he was in the second floor window waving goodbye

today I was walking to my door and he ran up to me and yelled DID YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS COMING and i was like WHOA NO WHO’S COMING

and he tells the girl beside him YOU TELL HIM so she tells me “there’s a guide coming! and he’s invisible!” and ofc i’m like WHOA THAT’S SO COOL and the boy tells me that he’s arriving by helicopter. and the helicopter is also invisible and you can’t hear it either! so I ask why he’s coming and they tell me it’s because it’s his birthday and he’ll be here at exactly 6:00

they’re gonna ring my doorbell at 6 so I can tell the invisible man in the invisible helicopter happy birthday before he flies away

so i said happy birthday to him and they showed me his invisible helicopter and then informed me that I misheard them and that the invisible man was, in fact, God

okay so TODAY i came home from work and he came up to me and was like “i rang your doorbell earlier” and so I told him I wasn’t home and asked what he needed me for and he was like

“i had a question”

so I was like alright what was your question

and he goes “do you have a kitchen?” and I was like… uhh yeah I’ve got a kitchen

and he was like okay and walked away

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the-arkadian:

arkadiandreams:

This design was a real test of how well I can paint using a mouse when my graphics tablet decided to give up the ghost halfway through! The answer? Well, I think the results speak for themselves. This one took a little longer than most of my designs usually do; it’s another of my foxes, and perhaps she was feeling a little shy. 

I’d just finished painting the dancing fox and had barely gotten started on shading the knotwork when my graphics tablet just quit on me, so I had to complete the painting using my mouse. It could have been worse – at least I didn’t have to resort to using my laptop trackpad!

This design was inspired by the idea of the Hunter’s Moon (the full moon following September’s Harvest Moon), and it’s available now in my Redbubble and Spreadshirt stores now – just in time for the chillier Autumn weather!

Redbubble link

Spreadshirt link

Also available as prints from DeviantART.  

Sponsor me on Patreon from as little as $1 a month – or why not buy me a coffee? I’m going to need a lot of coffee to keep me fueled through the cold weather – and you’ll be helping me buy a new graphics tablet too, so I can keep painting!

My graphics tablet has died! Buy a t-shirt and you can help me buy a replacement and you’ll have a cool new shirt to keep you warm now the weather’s getting colder! Or buy me a coffee which will help keep me fueled and going whilst I toil over my mouse….

@the-arkadian takes commissions too!

Source: patreon.com

Please help me escape my abusive relationship for good

indigenousmess:

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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

indigenousmess:

indigenousmess:

If you’ve been following me for a while, you more than likely know what’s going on, but for those who don’t know: I’ve been in an extremely toxic, abusive relationship for the past 6 ½ years with my son’s father. We have a 3 year old together. While I did leave him last year, I (stupidly) came back in March under the promises of “things would change” etc etc. He has been emotionally, verbally, physically, sexually, and financially abusive. I am cooperating with the state in applying for all kinds of state assistance I am eligible for. I have an apartment and have our most basic needs covered. I need help with covering rent at the end of the month as I can’t do it by myself (my rent is $936), I have no consistent means of transportation (there is no bus/public transit in the city I live in) and I really realllyyy don’t want to have to allow my abuser into my home just to help cover these bills. I can manage on my own, but I need help getting on my feet and establishing my independence in the time being.

Any resources, encouraging words (I have virtually no support system), or other help is so much appreciated.

My PayPal is c.newago@yahoo.com, or PayPal.me/bizaanideewin

Please please don’t send anon hate or criticism, I cannot stress how hard I am struggling with my own guilt and self-blaming right now

Miigwech

I’m having a sale on my website, if donating isn’t your jam.

www.bizaanideewin.com

BOOOOOOST

Bringing this back, with an update: I wasn’t able to survive on my own so I had to let him in. Lo and behold the abuse continues. Today he punched a hole in the bedroom door. My dad is going to cosign for a new apartment for me back in my hometown, as long as I cover the costs he is going to help me move. I’ve already got a rental application submitted. I’m done I’m leaving I’m OUT. I have tangible proof and I can break the lease without repercussions through the domestic violence clause in the lease.

I just need help with the intial moving costs and initial housing costs- the apartment I applied for is $645 a month, security deposit same amount. First months rent and security deposit due at lease signing. Moving costs are around $400 (it’s a 300 mile move so it gets expensive fast)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REBLOG

I’m almost 15% of the way there!! Please boost!

UPDATE: before my best friend came to get me to visit her, he and I got into a huge fight. He was screaming at me at the top of his lungs calling me a selfish bitch and a slut. He then proceeded to tell me Makoons won’t have any parents anymore if I call the cops.

Please boost!! I want to leave BEFORE this escalates!!!!

UPDATE: so it escalated last night. He’s in jail. He’s getting charged for domestic disorderly conduct or some shit like that. Once he’s released from jail he’s legally able to come back, if I take him off the lease I’ll be evicted unless I have a cosigner (which I do not have.) so my options are essentially continue dealing with this or move.

I also have venmo: @binesiikwens

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leakedinlondon:

leakedinlondon:

thank u for visiting little friend I love u

I have an update on this lil dude apparently he has now been permanently banned from leaving his house because he walked his ass down to the train station got on a train and spend the day hanging out in a caffe a few suburbs over

We have two cats like this on our street one follows you around like a dog and likes tummy rubs.the other cat acts cute so you let in to your house so it can sleep.both are well looked after but they are very cheeky.

Source: leakedinlondon

Whatever Happened to ‘Eco-Terrorism’?

plantyhamchuk:

I’m sharing this article from 2015, because I’m not certain anyone has bothered to explain to younger generations why the current environmental movement in the US is so bland and inoffensive. Why do we beg for recycling and sign online petitions instead of marching in the streets and burning down shit? Why is the environmental movement covered in layer of corporate greenwashing with a focus on individual action (which IS important), while we tend to actively avoid more radical collective actions? 

The general story* is that in the mid to late 90s, people started to really organize, and a few folks started destroying property as a form of protest. This attracted the attention of the FBI, who declared environmentalists the “number one domestic terror threat”. The FBI started to infiltrate these most active environmental groups, and then encouraged and funded members to become even more violent. The few idiots that took the bait ended up in prison – many of them are still there. The Patriot Act helped law enforcement tremendously.

Media headlines equated ALL environmentalists with the radical blowing-shit-up few. 

Paranoia ran high in groups – had you been infiltrated too? How well did you really know the person sitting next to you?? How can you accept new members when you can’t really trust the people in your group now? Maybe you’re better off on your own before someone here ruins your life.

Many people distanced themselves from the environmental movement as a whole, because they did not want to be associated with violent idiots, nor to attract the attention of the FBI, nor to rot in prison, they just wanted to save the planet we all depend on. 

*from my experience / POV.

Whatever Happened to ‘Eco-Terrorism’?

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fierceawakening:

marauders4evr:

Holy shit!

All right, listen up, folks, because this is really important. The media has been completely silent on this. The only way I found out is through the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) but that’s it. No articles, no news reports, nothing.

There’s a new bill up on the table (H.R. 620) that could keep businesses from not being penalized if they don’t follow the Americans with Disabilities Act.

That’s a mouthful of many contradictions so let me clarify:

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 and is one of the few actual pieces of legislation that disabled Americans have. It’s the big one, the reason there are elevators in buildings, the reason there are ramps, the reason there are curbcuts, the reason there are options for Braille or subtitles, the reason service dogs need to be allowed into a building, the reason accessible parking exists, the reason accessible bathroom stalls exist, the reason you can’t be fired based on your disability, etc. etc. etc.

People, especially businesses, have been getting away with loopholes for years. But there’s always been some sort of enforcement in place, penalizing businesses who don’t adhere to the ADA.

But this bill?

This bill gets rid of that accountability.

This bill sets forward specific requirements (such as a disabled person having to make a formal claim before a building is investigated) that one has to follow before a business is penalized. If nobody is able to meet those requirements, that business gets to get away with not following the ADA without having to change anything or face any legal/monetary consequences. 

This bill could destroy everything that the ADA stands for and make the nation even more inaccessible/unaccommodating than it already is. 

And I know what you’re thinking. “Oh, that dastardly Trump, he mocked that reporter once, I guess this makes sense.”

And no, no, it’s so much worse than that reporter, it’s always been worse than that, we’ve been trying to tell you for over a year and none of you listened. This isn’t just about him being ignorant or prejudiced.

This is about this:

An article from almost a year ago that most of the world ignored.

Other members of congress have been sued as well. And now, rather than fix the problems, they’re all trying to secretly pass a bill that makes it so that they can no longer be held accountable for not following the ADA, letting hundreds of thousands of businesses get away with it as a result.

Don’t let them get away with it!

Signal boost the hell out of this. Send it to your news sources. Call your representatives. The world’s already inaccessible enough. Don’t let it get worse. Don’t let them lose their accountability.

Fight the hell out of this, guys. It’s not on people’s radar like other things are but it’s terrible bullshit. Please don’t forget to call your representatives and tell them to OPPOSE HR620.

Thanks for posting this. I just hung up from calling my Representative.

These are the points I’ve made:

The ADA is the law. It has been on the books for 27 years. If businesses cannot follow the law, and run an establishment according to legal requirements, they shouldn’t be in business.

This is a civil rights law, if we start rolling it back now, other laws will likely follow.

Ignorance of the law is no defense. A business can’t claim ignorance of the law if they fail a health inspection in their kitchen, they shouldn’t be protected by ignorance of the law in this case.

And finally, disabled people deserve the same free and safe access to public spaces as everyone else.

Source: marauders4evr