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OPINION: Giving my children Cree names is a powerful act of reclamation | CBC News cbc.ca/news/indigenous/opini…
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“Perhaps you have noticed that even in the slightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in different ways.”
Black Elk
Hihanni was’te!
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The Honorable Diane Humetewa of the Hopi is the first Native American woman federal judge in U.S. history
She was a U.S. Attorney under Bush, was nominated as judge by Obama, and was confirmed by a Senate vote of 96-0
We need SCOTUS justices like her, not hardliners
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“Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other,
thus should we do,
for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.”
Hehaka Sapa
Black Elk
Oglala, Lakota ✊🏾
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“Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.”
Paiute Unci Maka prayer 🙏🏾🌎✌🏾
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“And while I stood there
I saw more than I can tell,
and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner
the shapes of things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must
live together like one being.”
Black Elk, Black Elk Speaks
Hihanni was’te 🙏🏾
Native American Wisdom retweeted
Q: Why do you not want churches?
Chief Joseph: They will teach us to quarrel about God as the Catholics and Protestants do. We do not want to learn that
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'A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground'
—Cheyenne proverb
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Native Americans make up 13% of South Dakota’s population, yet 40% of sex trafficking victims in the state are Native girls and women.” #MMIW #NeverInSeason #ProtectI90
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The Osage Nation was just Awarded $737,245 from Justice Dept. for Violence Against Women nativenewsonline.net/current…
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Today I am wearing an orange shirt signed by students at Ronan Middle School. It was a gift I received after speaking over the course of several days.
Today and Sep. 30 wear your orange shirt in honor of Native Residential Schools.
#OrangeShirtDay
#EveryChildMatters
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“Respect means listening
until everyone has been
heard and understood,
only then is there
a possibility of balance
and harmony,
the goal of Indian spirituality.”
Hihanni was’te! 🙏🏾
Good morning! ☀️
#PeaceBeWithYou 🌎✌🏾
#Hokahe ✊🏾
Native American Wisdom retweeted
Alaska Native women respond to Schneider sentencing
They aren't alone in expressing sadness and outrage at the outcome; they've been joined by victim advocacy groups and non-Native residents throughout the state.
thearcticsounder.com/article…
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Where are the Indigenous children that never came home? An untold number of students at Carlisle Indian School disappeared. Tribal nations raise the stakes in search of answers. hcne.ws/2N1qcXI
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Though Native Americans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1924, it wasn’t until 1970s that all Native Americans could vote. Our vote is our voice and #EveryNativeVoteCounts. Let’s continue to make our voices heard. #NativeVote #NationalVoterRegistrationDay
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"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."
~Rosa Parks
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“The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is
in everything where power moves. Our teepees were round and these were always set in a circle, the nation's hoop,
a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children.”
Black Elk
