Jim RichardsonNov 12, 2022

"... we heard lawyers argue over “the best interests of the child” or children “bonding”. But we did not hear settler colonialism uttered, we did not hear the reason why Indigenous children are stolen.

"We heard lawyers arguing over us like pets. Like a basket of rolls at dinner."

Hearing on the Indian Child Welfare Act at the US Supreme Court

#ICWA #SCOTUS

https://josephmpierce.substack.com/p/icwa-special-edition

ICWA Special Edition

Some resources and feelings as the Supreme Court debates the Indian Child Welfare Act

Indigiqueer Confidential
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"The massacre of 700 Pequot Indians is almost never mentioned in American history, let alone at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Why is this?"

By Joseph M. Pierce

#Thanksgiving #Colonialism #Indigenous #PequotMassacre #Genocide #Art

https://hyperallergic.com/783269/you-cannot-give-thanks-for-what-is-stolen/

You Cannot Give Thanks for What Is Stolen

American artists were instrumental in propagating the false narrative of Thanksgiving, a deliberate erasure of violence against Indigenous peoples.

Hyperallergic
Nov 24, 2022 at 2:12amWeb
Show thread🐌’s PaceNov 24, 2022
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Gosh, thank me for the reminder. I usually go with a Custer toast to divert my drunk uncle from bringing up Trump before dessert.
Seriously, Happy Thanksgiving, I’m personally thankful for being alive and ambulatory.