His destruction in the South was based; westwards, not so much

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1895529/his-destruction-in-the-south-was-based-westwards-not-so-much

Spent a good deal of time browsing the Smithsonian's online collection of works from George Catlin's Indian Gallery.

These pictures have long fascinated me. They could be fitted into so many histories: American Indians, romanticism, portraiture, Western art, US art, colonialism, antebellum US history...

#Art #Painting #GeorgeCatlin #IndianGallery #AmericanIndians #Romanticism #WesternArt #Portraiture #US Art #Colonialism

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/george-catlin-782

Native Pawnee family in Loup, Nebraska, USA, 1871

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1670526/native-pawnee-family-in-loup-nebraska-usa-1871

#Tribal leaders say #ICE is detaining #AmericanIndians

https://sahanjournal.com/news-partners/tribal-leaders-say-ice-detained-american-indians/

Microbes punch way above their weight, the little fuckers

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1599233/microbes-punch-way-above-their-weight-the-little-fuckers

Members of the Niitsitapi ('Blackfoot') people at Glacier National Park, USA, ~1910

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1542179/members-of-the-niitsitapi-blackfoot-people-at-glacier-national-park-usa-1910

#Wisconsin - #TribalFoodSovereignty resources

"#NativeFoodSovereignty is the right of #AmericanIndians, #AlaskaNatives and #NativeHawaiians to produce their own #TraditionalFoods on their own lands to sustain themselves, their families and their communities. #NativeAmericans had #FoodSovereignty for thousands of years before the first European contact in the Americas. Food systems have dramatically changed to the detriment of Native peoples’ health."
-First Nations Development Institute

Written by Erin Peot

"We are exploring the development of a statement that acknowledges this land’s #FirstNations people. This statement would be used to open discussions and educate the public we work with about First Nations peoples’ rights and the contributions First Nations have made and continue to make throughout this land now known as #Wisconsin."

Learn more (includes resources):
https://foodsystems.extension.wisc.edu/articles/tribal-and-native-food-sovereignty/

Related video, "Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Wisconsin," by Dan Cornelius, a UW Madison CIAS presentation, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJq4bBpU2sg

#SolarPunkSunday #TribalFoodSovereignty #NativeAmericanMonth
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NativeAmericanFoodSovereignty #Chippewa #Potawatomi #HoChunkNation #DecolonizeYourDiet

"The #grassroots are partners, not enemies….Protect Monterey County first successfully fought for the right of local communities to make decisions about oil production….What began as a Central Coast effort has codified the rights of all Californians to protect the health and welfare of their neighborhoods, and create the climate progress we need.”—California Assemblymember Dawn Addis, reporting on Climate Week NYC. https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic

ICYMI, some history of Protect #Monterey County: https://bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-operations-in-monterey-county.html. Photo of Dennis Banks on Salinas River Beach, 9 years ago today, 3 October 2016.
#GrassrootsVolunteers #PeoplePower #PowerToThePeople #AIM #Indigenous #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndians #MontereyBay #SalinasRiverBeach #BigOil #WaterPollution #OilProduction #CleanWater #FossilFuels #SalinasValley #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ForTheFuture #ClimateHope

Flags of the 11 federally recognized tribes in the state were raised for the first time at the Capitol grounds and will fly permanently at the new Tribal Flag Plaza. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/09/05/tribal-nations-flags-raised-in-historic-moment-at-minnesota-state-capitol

#Minnesota #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndians