Beating Heart of the World: The Taos Art Colony, the Pueblo Resistance, and the Battle for Indigenous America by Steven L. Davis, 2026

The fascinating true story of how Taos Pueblo’s Indigenous people recruited members of the famous Taos art colony to help spark a movement for Native justice that reshaped the nation.

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#America
#history
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#Pueblo

Woman Who Rescued Injured Crow Keeps Getting ‘Thank-you Gifts’ from Other Birds

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-who-rescued-injured-crow-keeps-getting-thank-you-gifts-from-other-birds/

"The Pe’ Sla fight also exposes a deeper conflict over how the green energy transition is pursued. Graphite is a key mineral used in electric vehicle batteries and other technologies, and mining companies increasingly frame extraction as necessary to meet the demand for clean energy.

“From the very beginning, it’s always been about extraction of resources at the expense of Indigenous peoples, at the expense of Indigenous cultures, and at the expense of Indigenous-owned resources,” Garriott said. “There are ways to advance clean energy while not exploiting and damaging our environment.”

For Garriott, the campaign against drilling at Pe’ Sla was also inseparable from treaty rights and the long history of the Black Hills. Under the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, the Black Hills were guaranteed to the Great Sioux Nation, though the U.S. later seized the land after gold was discovered there. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1980 that the taking of land without just compensation was illegal. The Sioux rejected the decision and its accompanying monetary compensation, but the land itself was never returned.

“We would never go into somebody’s church and begin drilling,” Garriott said. “Yet that is what they’re doing here.”

He said the issue is also ecological, arguing that drilling near Pe’ Sla could contaminate water sources in the Rapid Creek watershed and threaten drinking water in surrounding communities.

“We all need clean water,” Garriott said. “We all have a duty to protect clean water, and we all have a human right to clean drinking water.”

https://prismreports.org/2026/05/14/indigenous-organizers-defeated-mining-company/

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Please share your knowledge/advice about wet kitten/cat foods!

My last cats existed mostly on Merrick cat food but that seems to be on the wane, so I've been trying various foods for Tenētkē (kitten) who seems a little fussy. She loves Tiki Cat & Weruva, hates Tiny Tiger (Chewy) & Purina Pro. I'd really like to have a variety for her and of course cheap is better but if she won't eat it, it's not cheap.
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NOW PLAYING == The Best of Native Roots Radio with Robert Pilot - June 8-12, 2026

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'The land misses us': How #Indigenous land stewardship protects cultural history and forests

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-indigenous-land-stewardship-protects-cultural-history-and-forests-9.7234290

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FYI: Referring to Native Nations as tribes is a colonizer method to minimize and delegitimize Native sovereignty, and continue paper genocide to erase the Native peoples.

Takeaway: Refer to Native Nations as exactly what they are, Native Nations, Indigenous Nations, First Nations, etc. Always Nation not tribe. Regardless of who/what ever you see referring to tribes.
#Native #Indigenous