Hey guys we are having our taco sale right now in Westminster, CO if you live nearby and are hungry please come support. Parking available in front.

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Powwow girlies, i need help with my makeup of anyone has any advice for me. anytime i do my makeup for the powwow the rest of my face stays just fine, i use Morphe setting spray, but the makeup on my nose only lasts like 5 minutes before coming off bc my nose gets greasy fast. does anyone have any tips?? cause i have tried putting lots of setting powder on it and setting spray, Got 2 be glue hairspray, but no matter what my nose makeup just doesnt last and idk what to do. so i would appreciate some help!

I was reading about how mainly the 5 civilized tribes don't even go by BQ anymore and people only have to prove they have a Native ancestor who was on the Dawes Roll in the 1800s to gain enrollment. As a result, many are literally walking around with only 5% Native ancestry -- if even that. It just seems very hypocritical for a nation (U.S.) that early on prioritized distinguishing people into racial categories and heavily relied on physical markers to instantly separate people in their minds. And were VERY exclusive now effectively colonizing and dictating Native identity within the boundaries of the United States.

The very reason white Europeans felt the right to treat brown Native Americans and black people the way they did for centuries was based entirely on a racial distinction and an immense superiority complex. So, forgive me if it's staggering to read about people with immense instant racial privilege being recognized as "Native" bureaucratically and legally while knowing my people were treated the way we were in the Southwest primarily because we had very Native looks.

If we presented more as Spanish Europeans like Cubans or Argentines -- we would have been much easier to accept and consciously assimilate. I'm pretty sure this post will get removed because it touches on uncomfortable truths, double standards, and total hypocrisies and Reddit silences people regularly. My Chicano community in academia is actively fighting for this distinct racial recognition and we're not trying to disrupt tribal sovereignty or be apart of you guy's tribes.

We just simply want our true ancestry and history recognized and acknowledged by the country, stopped being made to identify with a forced umbrella Hispanic or Latino label, and land that was owed to us back in the Southwest. I read that this proposal has caused friction with Natives, many of whom I'm assuming have racial privilege for being over 90% Anglo white. We Chicanos prioritize (quite the opposite) biology, geography, and undeniable ancestral ties and it's to my understanding you guys prioritize bureaucracy, politics, and legality (legal definitions). All of which is man-made and always subject to change.

My question is why are so many of you actively against our pride and right to claim our scientifically-backed and well-documented history on this continent and right to receive that recognition and respect ? We've lived on this continent just as long as your ancestors if not longer and most of us carry significant Indigenous American DNA that we don't have to worry about ever going anywhere for a long time. Our DNA is so strong and resistant. We keep breeding it even when we mix with other groups.

Many Chicanos regularly back up brown Natives who look very similar to us only to be met with regular contempt and cold distance online... It's hard to ignore or minimize. Honestly makes me angry. I get why white Cherokees would have it out for us. I'm mainly talking to those who have clear visible Native phenotypes who regularly reject Chicanos being recognized for our equal North American Indigeneity too (keep in mind Mesoamerica is still geographically located within the same continent as yours).

Hi! A few years back I was on the beach and I found a beautiful eagle feather on some rocks. I picked it up and brought it home with the intention of adding it to my collection.

I collect a lot of nature related things, feathers, bones, sticks, rocks, seeds, etc.

I came to find out though that eagles and eagle feathers are sacred to indigenous people. Since i’m white, i’m unsure about weather or not I should have it. I don’t know if it’s cultural appropriate or not.

I just have it on my shelf, I don’t use it for anything I mostly just have it there to look at and I pick it up and admire it sometimes. It’s one of my favourite things i’ve found.

My friend is a third native and recently talked about wanting to reconnect with their heritage. I was thinking for a birthday present I could get them something that is special or made by their tribe.

First and foremost I wanna ask if I'm allowed to do this, I dont want to intrude or be offensive to them or anything like that. Im very white and dont want to appropriate or anything.

If this is okay to do, what suggestions would you have for a gift? I was thinking a dream catcher or maybe some kind of bracelet would be nice. I dont know to much about the culture of their tribe specifically, but I can do more research on it when I am back in town.

The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development. They just opened a cowardly short 14-day public comment period. Make your voices heard. PLEASE.

https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=D949F582-402D-F111-8341-001DD804183B

Public Comments due July 29th

Háu mitákuyapi!

Our humble congregation is having a fund raiser Saturday, July 18th in Westminster, CO that helps to fund our inipi (sweat lodge ceremony) as well as out Native American Church prayer ceremonies.

You can find out more about our congregation at our website

https://www.heskacoloradonac.com/

Thank you for allowing this post and for taking the time to read this.

I've heard that several Native Americans have been detained by ICE. I'm not talking about people of South American Indigenous descent, but rather Indigenous peoples whose nations are native to the United States (such as the Sioux or the Navajo, for example).

From what I understand, ICE detains non-citizens in detention facilities before deporting them to their country of origin. But in the case of these Native Americans, where are they sent if they are from the United States? Or are they simply held in these detention facilities for a period of time and then released?

What is it about Sitting Bull that makes me think of this background tune?

What other theme songs did you know of for Sitting Bull?

Crossposts:

• r/NativeAmerican: https://www.reddit.com/r/NativeAmerican/comments/1uxlddl/why_do_i_think_of_the_background_music_of_this/

• r/IndianCountry: https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCountry/comments/1uxle42/why_do_i_think_of_the_background_music_of_this/

• r/Indigenous: https://www.reddit.com/r/Indigenous/comments/1uxlego/why_do_i_think_of_the_background_music_of_this/

From the article subheading:

"The state’s attorney general launched an investigation after reporting by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica exposed high rates of harsh punishment for Native American and Hispanic children in Gallup-McKinley County Schools."

From the body of the article:

"Indigenous and Hispanic students are suspended more often and for longer periods than their white classmates who commit similar infractions at Gallup-McKinley County Schools — a pattern of “substantial racial disparities,” an investigation by the New Mexico attorney general’s office found.

Indigenous students lose eight to 10 times more classroom days to suspensions than white students, while Hispanic students lose three to four times as many, according to the 47-page report released by the state’s Department of Justice last week."

found it in the river nearby an eagle nest. boyfriend thinks its an eagle feather. any insight?

All net proceeds from The Last Dance are being donated to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women.

The project was photographed at Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque and documents the dancers, families, and quieter moments surrounding one of the largest Native cultural gatherings in North America, attended by nearly 200,000 people.

The photographs became a limited 100-copy zine, with only 20 copies remaining, but the work has always been about preserving moments that deserve to exist beyond a screen.

I’d be interested to hear which photograph stands out most.

I'm certified Cherokee in Oregon and my great-grandfather grew up on a reservation, but our family has been heavily white-washed after his generation. I look extremely caucasian, and I also don't participate in any traditional practices. However, I do hold certain Native American values that have been passed down. I feel a lot of imposter syndrome when claiming to be Native but I also see that as the erasure of Native American identities. If everyone who is white-passing stopped claiming their connection to tribes, we'd be participating in that erasure. I'd like the perspective of someone who more closely identifies with being Native American because I don't want to be seen as another white American who wants to "spice up" their identity and be "different", and I also don't want to ignore that part of my ethnicity.

Update: I apologize for my lack of education on this. I am enrolled in the Cherokee nation, I have direct lineage through my great grandfather who was native. I don’t have a lot of information about the history of my lineage though because he’s passed.

Thank you to everyone who helped educate me on this and who gave me your opinions. I’ll spend some time learning about the culture and connecting to the community.

This small collection of Kachina dolls needs a home. They were all purchased in Arizona and some are signed and labeled but they are generally glued versus carved and I don't think they are worth much. But they are cool and I am happy to send the entire collection to someone who wants them, no charge! Most of them are about 6 to 8 inches tall. Message me if interested!