// LINE 3 & RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS TW
Now, this is something that I've been wanting to talk about for a while, but everyone is starting to treat natives and our issues today the same way y'all treated black people and Black Lives Matter last year. I have been seeing literal aesthetic profile pictures of Stop Line 3 and everyone stopping talking about the residential school children and their bodies being unearthed because last time when people were actually talking about it, it was 215. Now it's almost 6,000 and you see nobody talking about it. There's zero coverage, no more boosting. It's complete radio silence from everyone. Everyone who sought to be an activist for indigenous people and to stand in solidarity with us. Another thing is on this app, I see a lot of the same things, like those kind of videos where it's like they kind of bait people with trying to say, start off the video saying like "Oh my god, you don't have no idea what Kim Kardashian did," and then go to switch and say, "Oh, here's this about Line 3," and with absolutely zero links, no donations to water protectors, no coverage of the front lines. In fact, I've been seeing you do that with the same thing with Afghanistan and Palestine, and I've also been seeing a fucking thirst traps to stop Line three with no donations whatsoever to our water protectors on the front lines. And not only that, but none of you are providing trigger warnings or sources for mental health for natives who are dealing with the residential school children and seeing footage of the front lines. Because what a lot of non-natives will not understand is that a lot of natives, especially native youth who grew up on the front lines can be easily triggered by this. We can go down spirals and for Native Americans having a high risk of mental illness due to generational trauma and oppression, as well as us having the highest suicide rates in the world. Y'all being real fucking considerate because I remember when everyone was showing graphic footage of the front lines. Not only that, but people were sending me videos of that shit and I saw one of my friends and mentors getting arrested. Just, people are so fucking ignorant. But also like this app is silencing the Native creators who are trying to show off footage of the frontlines and tell people how to help. I just find all of this absolutely harrowing because you're treating us like a friend coming to pick up and where is an accessory to make yourself look good and feel better about yourself? Nothing changes until direct action is put into place and actual solidarity.
Donate to the Line 3 front lines
Donate to legal support for water protectors
Indian Residential School Survivors Crisis Line, available 24 hours a day: 1-800-721-0066
Red Lake Treaty Camp Instagram Page
Linktrees with more info, more donations, and action to take:
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If anyone has more resources on donations, how to keep up with news on Line 3 and the residential schools, and trusted mental health resources four Indigenous people, Palestinians, or Afghans (trustworthy donation sites for any of the above as well), please add!
