University of Alberta: U of A linguist collaborates with community to preserve endangered language. “The structure of Sáliba, an Indigenous language spoken in Colombia, is still not well understood. But a number of audio recordings that include narratives, songs and procedural texts — along with handwritten annotations — made by Colombian linguist Jon Landaburu in the late 1960s could help […]

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@dyckron/116344043230918820

No #justice for #IndigenousPeoples in #Carney's #Canada.

#FreeGrassy #mercuryPoisoning #waterisLife #onpoli #cdnpoli

Hunting with thylacines

* "They used to tell stories about going hunting with thylacines," Djalama man Joey Nganjmirra.

"Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about Tasmanian tigers living on mainland" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/thylacine-rock-art-arnhem-land-tasmanian-tiger-mainland/106528418

* "The last known thylacine...died in captivity at Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo on September 7, 1936, due to neglect and exposure to extreme weather. The species was officially extinct in 1986, following decades of state-sponsored bounty hunting, habitat destruction, and disease that decimated the population" >>
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/extinction-of-thylacine

#thylacines #TasmanianTiger #Indigenouspeoples #djankerrk #RockArt #biodiversity #extinction #settlersociety

Insanity ! ?

"Lawyers acting for Liam Alexander Hall, a 32-year-old man accused of attempting to bomb an Invasion Day rally in Perth, have foreshadowed a potential not guilty by insanity plea. About 2,500 people were at the Invasion Day rally in Perth’s CBD on 26 January 2026 when Hall allegedly threw a homemade “fragment bomb” filled with ball bearings and nails off a balcony and into the crowd." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/31/perth-invasion-day-terror-attack-accused-mental-health-defence-ntwnfb
#violence #bomb #attack #insanity #TerrorAttack #HateCrimes #FarRight #IndigenousPeoples #demonstrations

"Deep Time Australia
is an ABC News Story Lab project that provides a glimpse into the ancient history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have occupied this land for more than 65,000 years. The stories contained in this project belong to the knowledge holders and keepers, and they have been generously shared with the ABC for this project. Without them the beautiful complexity of this project would not have been possible."

Tell me a story:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/tell-me-a-story/

Explore by topic:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/topic/

#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNationsPeoples #narrative #history #DeepTime #IndigenousKnowledge #DeepTime #everywhen #Australia #ABCStoryLab #DigitalStorytelling

[Time Trowel] The precolonial Filipino you’re looking for never existed

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/time-trowel-search-authentic-precolonial-filipino/

Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]

This is mind-boggling.

I so dearly hope I live to see the day when the USA stops glorifying the 15th and 16th century colonizers (especially Cristoforo Columbo).

"Colonization of the Americas at the end of the 15th century killed so many [indigenous] people, it disturbed Earth’s climate, according to a new study by University College London."

https://globalnews.ca/news/4924534/little-ice-age-death-55-million-indigenous-people-colonization-study/

#IndigenousPeoples
#LittleIceAge
#colonization
#genocide
#ClimateChange

Yucatan Times: Xcaret will no longer be able to use Mayan symbols in its tourist attractions. “Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled against Xcaret, prohibiting the ecotourism giant from using Mayan symbols in its attractions, hotels, and promotional materials. The decision, backed by a majority of justices, underscores constitutional protections for Indigenous cultural heritage.”