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We are an international, Indigenous non-profit organization helping to elevate the voices of Indigenous media creators & storytellers around the world

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Many people think colonization is something that happened in the past 🕰️

In Mexico and Latin America, Indigenous communities still lose land to mining, dams, and monocultures 🌎 Often, these decisions are made with little say from the people most affected 🪶

That is not history 📖 That is today ✊🏽🔥

#EarthDaughters #FreshBananaLeaves #IndigenousRights #Decolonization #LandJustice

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DOGE canceled 1,597 grants and contracts affecting Tribes and Native organizations, totaling $468.7 million in withdrawn funding, according to new research from Brookings Metro.

🔗 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/doge-funding-cuts-indian-country

Pictured: Hattie Tom, Apache, 1898

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Independence did not decolonize Mexico or Latin America 🌎

The colonizers left, but the systems stayed: who owns the land 🌱Whose language is considered "official" 🗣️ Whose knowledge counts 📚

Indigenous peoples are still fighting the same fight, with a new flag waving over it ✊🏽🪶🚩

#EarthDaughters #FreshBananaLeaves #IndigenousRights #Decolonization #LandBack

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In 2025, the #IndigenousCommunityMediaFund funded #TheMagazine, a platform of #CrushingColonialism that brings together Indigenous storytellers from all nations, languages, and experiences, reaching communities in the #UnitedStates, #Canada, #Borikén, and #Hawaii, prioritizing Spanish-language editions for communities affected by the #digitaldivide and advancing Indigenous linguistic justice.
Learn more about their work, visit our link in bio
@crushingcolonialism

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#MovilizaciónSocial | ¡La protesta social no se criminaliza, se garantiza!

✊🏽La protesta social no es una amenaza para la democracia; es una herramienta legítima de quienes históricamente han tenido que luchar para que sus derechos sean reconocidos. Los pueblos indígenas no hemos llegado hasta aquí pidiendo permiso para existir, sino caminando con dignidad, organización y resistencia frente a las injusticias que persisten en nuestros territorios.

🟢🔴Nos preocupa cualquier medida que pretenda debilitar el diálogo, ampliar las posibilidades de intervención de la Fuerza Pública o convertir la movilización en un asunto de control y represión. La respuesta a las exigencias sociales no puede ser la intimidación, la estigmatización ni el uso desproporcionado de la fuerza. ¡La respuesta debe ser la voluntad política de escuchar, dialogar y cumplir!

🗣️Desde los pueblos indígenas seguiremos defendiendo la vida, el territorio, la paz y la dignidad colectiva. Porque nuestros derechos no son una concesión de ningún gobierno y nuestra voz no puede quedar sometida a la comodidad de quienes prefieren el silencio antes que escuchar las exigencias del pueblo.

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We’ve collected some important Indigenous terms you should know to support Indigenous People’s Day 🌱

HEART, HOPE, AND LAND: RECLAIMING INDIGENOUS VOICES is an IHRAM Literary Magazine issue and a proud reclamation of Indigenous voices. In order to authentically honor and preserve Indigenous culture, we are committed to expanding our repertoire of Indigenous knowledge.

For the full glossary, created by our wonderful Indigenous contributors, pick up a copy of INDIGENOUS VOICES from our website.

100% of profits return back to charity – your support helps us continue supporting and publishing suppressed or oppressed writers.

Join us as we learn together, growing our Indigenous knowledge a few new vocabulary words at a time 💚
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#indigenousart #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenousbooks #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NativeAmericanAuthors #BooksByIndigenousAuthors #BookRecommendations #Bookstagram

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On Indigenous Peoples Day and every day, we honor and learn from Indigenous cultures, and the way they interact with our sacred land.

We are aware that we all live on stolen land, and that our history of colonialism and industrialization has imposed disproportionate harm on Indigenous peoples. We at Dayenu are committed to combatting climate change alongside Indigenous and other frontline groups.

This quote was shared with us by @jendeerinwater and our partners at @crushingcolonialism.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

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Indigenous nations in the United States have lost 99% of their land, totaling more than 1.5 billion acres seized between 1776 and today.

Join @crushingcolonialism, @honortheearth, @lakotalaw, @frontlinemedics, @womenforwolves, @indigenous_justice, @earth_daughters, @ndnlanddefensetx, NDN Collective, and other indigenous organizations fighting back.

[pictured: Chief Wolf Robe, Cheyenne (c) 1898]

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“Use the power of your position in service of work that you may not fully understand sometimes, but can see from its resilience that it is doing something more than what your current framework can capture and that the moment we’re living calls for.” @unarchivist_antifuture

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A question to reflect on: how am I making the most of the power and agency I have to be an accomplice to narrative and cultural workers, and in doing so, set a new standard for philanthropy?

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8 in 10 weapons seized in Mexico come from the US; the other 20% come from Israel.

[source: Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA) of Mexico General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo]

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Thank you to everyone who attended our recent Gender & Sexuality Studies events! Please check out the links below (related in the order of the event photos) for further information on the individuals who made the first half of the 2026 fall semester so amazing for the GSS program.

9/2/2026 Screening of THE NEST + Q&A with writer, narrator, and co-director Julietta Singh (UR’s very own Stephanie Bennett-Smith Chair in GSS!)
Film Website (includes trailer): https://www.juliettasingh.com/film
Good Docs Paid Streaming Access: https://gooddocs.net/products/the-nest?srsltid=AU7gw4V5LrwzG294DHD_9Oa8jdhMGLouixPAt2y8ir11WQcl2GVjkZrz

9/14/2026 Jen Deerinwater (founder of Crushing Colonialism), “Decolonized Eats: Recipes for Food Sovereignty & Climate & Disability Justice”
Crushing Colonialism Website: https://crushingcolonialism.org/

9/17/2026 Screening of Baby Doe + Q&A with director Jessica Earnshaw
Film Website (includes how to access through streaming services): https://www.babydoefilm.com/

10/2/2026 Sarah Ensor, “Queer Extinctions; or, Learning How to Last”
Queer Lasting: Ecologies of Care for a Dying World Book: https://nyupress.org/9781479829477/queer-lasting/

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