Mastodawn

Another reason that #ElonSucks! [Spoiler alert -- #Starbase city is expanding!]

From 2022: Defending #NativeAmerican #SacredSites From #ElonMusk and #SpaceX

By Frank Hopper
Dec 21, 2022

"The #CarrizoComecrudo Tribe of Texas is suing to protect the tribe’s #AncestralLand.

"From an observation deck near the top of his South Texas rocket launch tower, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and self-proclaimed proponent of free speech, looks northward to South Padre Island, home to many ancient village sites of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas.

"In a video published last May to the YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut, Musk is seen looking over the tower’s railing and down at a 'farm' of huge rocket fuel storage tanks filled with liquid oxygen and methane gas. These will service weekly launches of SpaceX’s massive #SuperHeavy and #Starship orbital launch vehicles in 2023.

"Musk surveys the land from the gleaming metal launch tower, looking down on an #ecosystem filled with #EndangeredSpecies, such as #Ocelots and Kemp’s #RidleySeaTurtles. To the east, he sees the waves of the Gulf of Mexico crashing on #BocaChicaBeach, the site of the Carrizo Comecrudo creation story. To the northwest just a few miles away is #GarciaPasture, an #ArchaeologicalSite containing the remains of a #PreColumbian village nearly a thousand years old.

"Musk wears a black T-shirt with 'Occupy Mars' emblazoned across the front, as if his #corporate conquest and #colonization of space were some sort of righteous protest. As he stands atop his multibillion-dollar mountain of #ToxicMachinery, he cannot see the Indigenous people below who have come to offer tobacco to their ancestors.

"Musk doesn’t see them because, according to the Carrizo Comecrudo, he is blind to the concerns of the #IndigenousPeople who fought and died for the land he now occupies."

#ProtectTheSacred #ElonMusk #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople

Defending Native Sacred Sites From Elon Musk and SpaceX

The Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is suing to protect the tribe’s ancestral land.

YES! Magazine

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador 3d ago

John Howard Society says up-to-date data on Indigenous incarceration in N.L. 'extremely important'
The John Howard Society's N.L. chapter responds to recent report that shows an overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the N.L. justice system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/john-howard-society-says-up-to-date-data-on-indigenous-incarceration-in-n-l-extremely-important-9.7148627?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Mar 30

Indigenous people 8 times more likely to be incarcerated than others in N.L., says study
A new study carried out by First Light indicates Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador are incarcerated at a rate eight times higher than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/first-light-indigenous-incarceration-9.7145197?cmp=rss

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador Mar 30

CBC Politics Mar 28

Métis National Council president says RCMP statement of regret falls short
The president of the Métis National Council says the RCMP's response to an extensive spying program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people falls short.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mnc-rcmp-indigenous-spying-program-9.7144746?cmp=rss

The Japan Times Mar 27

Indigenous firefighters are using drones and treetop cameras to monitor and prevent wildfires in Thailand's forests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/asia-pacific/society/thailand-indigenous-firefighters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #thailand #wildfires #indigenouspeople #environment

Tech-equipped Indigenous firefighters protect Thai forests

Hmong villagers zip through forested slopes and cut through brush with machetes while others scan for smoke on live feeds from their phones.

The Japan Times

Joye and other Dreads Mar 27

This song was inspired by the episode ‘The Forgotten’ from the ‘True Crime Arizona’ podcast.
We would like to draw particular attention to the suffering inflicted on Indigenous women and families, who are especially vulnerable to femicide. Unfortunately, this applies not only to Arizona, but to all Indigenous women worldwide. Best regards from Germany.
https://joyeandotherdreads.bandcamp.com/track/the-missing
#femizide #femicide #missing #missingPerson #nativewomen #indigenouspeople

The Missing, by Joye and other Dreads

from the album Missed By The Loved Ones

Joye and other Dreads

The Japan Times Mar 26

Students in the inaugural class of an Ainu craft school in Hokkaido are set to graduate soon, after completing their training to acquire skills of the Indigenous ethnic group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/26/japan/society/hokkaido-ainu-craft-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hokkaido #ainu #japanesecrafts #indigenouspeople

Ainu craft school aims to pass on culture to students

Students in the Hokkaido center's inaugural class are set to graduate soon, after completing their training to acquire skills of the Indigenous ethnic group.

The Japan Times

LM Little Mar 19

How can anyone make sense of this indignity? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/alasie-tukkiapik-death-montreal-family-and-advocates-9.7130813

#justice #gender #IndigenousPeople #Canada

Her body was left on a couch for 6 months. Family, advocates say the system failed her | CBC News

Two brothers avoided jail time after they admitted to keeping the body of Alasie Tukkiapik on their couch for six months in 2023. As the court case comes to a close, advocates and family members say the authorities failed the 41-year-old Inuk woman.

CBC

CBC Top Stories Mar 14

Snow snake at the Arctic Winter Games does what it’s always done: bring Indigenous people together
Snow snake is a game rooted in cross-cultural traditions and whose practitioners have kept alive across Turtle Island for centuries.
That ethos was no different at the Arctic Winter Games, where, earlier in the week, dozens of athletes from the circumpolar North lined up to take their best...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-arctic-winter-games-first-nations-snow-snake-9.7127845?cmp=rss