By the Jilted Indian Podcast

Today is Indigenous People’s Day! In the first of two episodes, we discuss how America’s foundation of murder, theft, and exploitation continues to bear rotten fruit in the dismantling of native rights.

CW: In this episode, we talk about the tragic discovery of indigenous children’s bodies found buried underneath residential schools in Canada. We also discuss the current Supreme Court case attempting to dismantle the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement (Landback), recent news regarding attacks on indigenous rights in Brazil, and the Stop Line 3 movement.

Listen to Season 5, Episode 2 Here:

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Show Notes

Continuing with our As the World Burns (“ATWB”) season, we get angry about the state of Native Rights. We are trying something new with the show notes, so bear with us. We are going to put links for you to take action up front, links to the thinks we talked about during the “what we learned since last indigenous day segment”, and links to our diversions. Be sure to check out our social media feeds for signal boosts for Native and Indigenous creators / organizations / causes.

Ways to Take Action

We stand united in opposition to Enbridge’s proposed new Line 3 oil pipeline. 

https://www.stopline3.org/

Hawaii’s People Fund – Fund the Power

Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund has helped to support, build capacity, and amplify the impact of grassroots social change movements in Hawaiʻi since 1972.

Donate to organizations/ land protectors on the ground fighting for Mauna Kea: 

Mauna Medic Healers Hui

KAHEA – The Aloha ‘Āina Support Fund

Hawai’i Community Bail Fund

How to Help Indigenous Brazilians

Survival International – Brazilian Tribes

Survival was first founded in 1969 in response to reports of the genocide of Brazilian Indians, and has continued to work in Brazil ever since. 

Amazon Frontline – Frontlines Challenge

The team is comprised of an international group of human rights lawyers, environmental activists, forestry specialists, environmental health scientists, filmmakers, journalists, anthropologists, and farmers. They live and work in the western Amazon. Their mission is to support the struggles of indigenous peoples to defend their rights to land, life and cultural survival in the Amazon Rainforest.

NDN Collective – Dedicated to Building Indigenous Power

NDN Collective

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Things we talked about this episode:

EFFING ASSIMILATION SCHOOLS

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/these-indigenous-children-died-far-away-more-than-a-century-ago-heres-how-they-finally-got-home

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/1001566509/the-remains-of-215-indigenous-children-have-been-found-at-a-former-school-in-can

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2021/07/28/stories-from-survivors-of-canadas-indigenous-residential-schools

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/27/indegenous-mohawk-institute-canada-joey-commanda/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/interior-secretary-deb-haaland-on-the-dark-history-of-indigenous-boarding-schools/

https://apnews.com/article/canada-67da8a8af88efc91e6ffc64630796ec9

https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indian-boarding-school-investigation-faces-hurdles-missing-records-legal-questions-n1273996

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2021/08/28/1031398120/native-boarding-schools-repatriation-remains-carlisle

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/19/indigenous_children_remains_returned_rosebud_sioux

Hawaiian Land Back

Coming of the Missionaries

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/372.html

Official Apology from US in 1993 to Hawaii

Hawaii Homes Commission Act

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-us-owes-hawaiians-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-land-congress-helped-make-sure-the-debt-wasnt-paid

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-overthrow-hawaiian-monarchy

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02222-2

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-u-s-broke-its-promise-to-return-land-to-hawaiians-my-family-knows-something-about-land-loss

https://www.vox.com/2020/8/7/21354619/mauna-kea-tmt-telescope-native-hawaiians

Brazilian Tribes vs. Deforestation of the Amazon

https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/24/brazil-reject-anti-indigenous-rights-bill

https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/12635

https://theintercept.com/2021/08/28/brazil-amazon-indigenous-protest/

https://www.wri.org/research/climate-benefits-tenure-costs

Indigenous best Amazon stewards, but only when property rights assured: Study

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/34/20495/tab-figures-data

Stop Line 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anishinaabe#:~:text=The%20Anishinaabe%20are%20a%20group,%2DCree%2C%20and%20Algonquin%20peoples.

Conversational Diversions

Fake Vaccine Cards

Grandfather Clause

Sentinelese Tribe of the Adaman Islands

Columbus Laid with Manatees (biblically)

Harvard and water rights in California

The old America’s Home Video theme song

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Transcript of Season 5, Episode 2:

Coming Soon

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Past Indigenous People’s Day Episodes

Season 4:

Season 3:

Season 2:

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Images in the Header Art

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Star Adviser

"They bring human trafficking into our communities, fueling the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women."

"At home, I’ve got 3 beautiful daughters. I’d like Biden to look me in the face and tell me, which one?"

"The statistics we face increase by 22%." pic.twitter.com/BfGpqOILJG

— People vs. Fossil Fuels (@FightFossils) June 30, 2021