Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
A swarm of dandelion-colored butterflies circle overhead as my opponent draws his katana. He spits some last words of vitriol my way as a rapid beat centered around a sharply plucked shamisen starts up. Blades clash, blood spur…
#Japan #JP #Hokkaido #ainu #ghostoftsushima #GhostofYotei #HokkaidoNews #indigenouspeople #news #samurai #videogames #北海道
https://www.alojapan.com/1394171/ghost-of-yoteis-bloodstained-fun-sidesteps-ainu-identity/
1808 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
Ideas of (probably) John Norton include increasing financial support for Indigenous people on the Grand River and moving them to a reserve near Lake Huron
https://digital.library.yorku.ca/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/recordsofniagara00crui.pdf
pgs. 64–8
See also: John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen) - Early Life and Military Career
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-norton-teyoninhokarawen
Six Nations of the Grand River
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/six-nations-of-the-grand-river
1808 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
Gen. Isaac Brock is alerted to U.S. troop movements to Detroit and the Great Lakes, and the capture of British boats carrying supplies to Indigenous people
https://digital.library.yorku.ca/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/recordsofniagara00crui.pdf
pgs. 42–3
#DetroitHistory #IndigenousPeople #UpperCanada
See also: Sir Isaac Brock - Arrival in Canada and War of 1812
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-isaac-brock
by Jessica Milgroom
"Wild rice is a food of great historical, spiritual, and cultural importance for Ojibwe people. After #colonization disrupted their #TraditionalFoodSystem, however, they could no longer depend on stores of wild rice for food all year round. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this traditional staple was appropriated by white entrepreneurs and marketed as a gourmet commodity. Native and non-Native people alike began to harvest rice to sell it for cash, threatening the health of the natural stands of the crop. This lucrative market paved the way for domestication of the plant, and farmers began cultivating it in paddies in the late 1960s. In the twenty-first century, many Ojibwe and other Native people are fighting to sustain the hand-harvested wild rice tradition and to protect wild rice beds.
"Ojibwe people arrived in present-day Minnesota in the 1600s after a long migration from the east coast of the United States that lasted many centuries. Together with their #Anishinaabe kin, the #Potawatomi and #Odawa, they followed a vision that told them to search for their homeland in a place 'where the food floats on water.' The Ojibwe recognized this as the wild rice they found growing around Lake Superior (#Gichigami), and they settled on the sacred site of what is known today as #MadelineIsland (#Mooningwaanekaaning).
"In the Ojibwe language, wild rice (Zizania palustris) is called #manoomin, which is related by analogy to a word (minomin) meaning 'good berry.' It is a highly nutritious wild grain that is gathered from lakes and waterways by canoe in late August and early September, during the wild rice moon (manoominike giizis).
"Before contact with Europeans and as late as the early twentieth century, Ojibwe people depended on wild rice as a crucial part of their diet, together with berries, fish, meat, vegetables, and maple sugar. They moved their camps throughout the year, depending on the activities of seasonal food gathering. In autumn, families moved to a location close to a lake with a promising stand of wild rice and stayed there for the duration of the season. Men hunted and fished while women harvested rice, preparing food for their families to eat throughout the following winter, spring, and summer."
Read more:
https://www3.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/thing/wild-rice-and-ojibwe
#TraditionalFoods #WildRiceHistory #NativeAmericanHistory #FoodHistory #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoplesDay #FoodSovereignty
Wild rice is a food of great historical, spiritual, and cultural importance for Ojibwe people. After colonization disrupted their traditional food system, however, they could no longer depend on stores of wild rice for food all year round. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this traditional staple was appropriated by white entrepreneurs and marketed as a gourmet commodity. Native and non-Native people alike began to harvest rice to sell it for cash, threatening the health of the natural stands of the crop. This lucrative market paved the way for domestication of the plant, and farmers began cultivating it in paddies in the late 1960s. In the twenty-first century, many Ojibwe and other Native people are fighting to sustain the hand-harvested wild rice tradition and to protect wild rice beds.
#MembertouFirstNation connects with #Pride #CapeBreton on deeper level
'As traditional people we know how it feels to go underground and have our ceremonies hidden,' says Jeff Ward
CBC · Posted: Aug 09, 2019
"As #PrideCapeBreton winds down, some people on the #Membertou First Nation say the community's large presence in the festivities is a natural fit.
"This year, Membertou hosted the popular #DragQueenBingo event, the Membertou pedway was lit up in Pride colours, the flags at the #MembertouHeritagePark were swapped for #LGBTQ flags and there was a Membertou float in the #PrideParade.
"Jeff Ward, manager of the heritage park, said participating in Pride events is something the community connects with.
"' 'As traditional people, we know how it feels to go underground and have our ceremonies hidden,' he said, pointing to how revisions in the Indian Act in 1951 removed a ban on ceremonies.
A personal connection
"Andrea Dennis works at the heritage park. She said staff secured #TwoSpirit flags for the first time and people have been snapping them up.
"Two-spirit is a term sometimes used by #IndigenousPeople to describe #gay, #lesbian, #transgender or #NonBinary people. The flag has two feathers on top of the traditional rainbow pattern.
"Dennis said her brother, who is dead, was two-spirit. She said when he first came out, he was harassed. Her brother moved to Toronto, but he was still harassed.
"She believes things have changed for the better.
" 'His spirit is still alive in me,' said Dennis. 'Even going to a Pride parade reminds me of him, it's like he's still there.' "
Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pride-cape-breton-membertou-1.5241873
#IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousPeoplesDay #CapeBretonNS #FirstNations #LGTBQRights #IndigenousRights #LGBTQNativeAmericans #HumanRights
#Kahkewistahaw #FirstNation holds 1st #TeaDance in 80 years
The First Nation invited Cree lodge keeper Ken Saddleback from Maskwacis, Alta., to teach the community about the tea dance during a traditional gathering this month.
August 12, 2025
"It's been 80 years since the Cree community of Kahkewistahaw First Nation held a tea dance so this year they decided to include it in their week-long traditional gathering earlier this month.
Tea dance leader and lodge (ceremonies) keeper Ken Saddleback, a member of Samson Cree Nation from Maskwacis, Alta., drove almost 1,000 kilometres to the community about 170 kilometres east of Regina, and brought along some of his family, to help teach about the old dance.
Saddleback said back in the day they used to call it the drunk dance.
"You can act crazy and dance any style. It's just to make people laugh," said Saddleback.
Saddleback said long ago, a grandmother had a vision that showed her a sickness would come after new people arrived on their lands and millions would be wiped out.
By doing the dance, people hoped the sickness would think they were crazy and pass over them, said Saddleback, and in his home community they have two to three tea dances a week, sometimes even every day."
Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/tea-dance-kahkewistahaw-maskwacis-1.7606147
Watch: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6864766
#TraditionalCeremonies #IndigenousTraditions #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoplesDay #FirstNations #CulturalHeritage #CulturalPreservation
#OneidaNation invites public to sacred ceremony on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Oct. 13, 2025
ONEIDA, Wis. (WBAY) - "Monday, Oct. 13, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
It’s a day to recognize and honor Native American history and culture.
The Oneida Nation is holding a ceremony Monday morning to celebrate. The Oneida will hold a sacred tobacco thanksgiving ceremony at 8 a.m.
Everyone is welcome to attend, but no pictures or videos are allowed.
Oneida Nation High School students will sing a song dedicated to the reservation’s culture and traditions.
The ceremony is at the Norbert Hill Center on Seminary Rd."
Source:
https://www.wbay.com/2025/10/13/oneida-nation-invites-public-sacred-ceremony-indigenous-peoples-day/
https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/
This is how the gas we burn in Europe is produced. One nation's cemeteries, and archaeological sites of incalculable value will be dredged up so that liquid gas can make the oligarchs rich.
We don't have to do this. The sun shines, the water flows, the wind blows in Europe. We don't have to have energy shipped across the ocean.
#Fosilfuels #climatechange #indigenouspeople
Hokkaido
Alo Japan
YYYY in Canada
DoomsdaysCW
PoetGreg
Plsik (born in 320 ppm) 🇨🇿🇺🇦🇵🇸