#native affairs

[greedforher]

Native Hawaiians Continue Protest a Week After Telescope Construction Was Set to Start on Sacred Land

Indigenous protectors of Mauna Kea oppose the $1.4 billion project #Maunakea ~

Hawaii, United States (CD) –  A week after construction was scheduled to resume on a long-delayed $1.4 billion telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea—a dormant volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island—thousands of Native Hawaiians who consider the mountain sacred continued to protest the planned observatory.

Explaining that the 13,796-foot mountain is considered home to Native Hawaiian deities, Kaho’okahi…

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[runningonmtea]

10 Works From Indigenous Authors to Read Right Now

Writer and scholar Elissa Washuta tweeted an extensive list of books and essays from Native American writers as sexual harassment accusations mount against author Sherman Alexie.

[ardaniel]

Surprise! Charity Buys 21 Sacred Katsinam for Hopi at Auction in Paris

The Annenberg Foundation has revealed it anonymously purchased 24 sacred items at a Paris auction, to return them to the Hopi and San Carlos Apache

If you're like me and wondered about the 25th one, it appears that the lawyer who tried to block the entire auction bought it and will also return it. That's huge.

[manamaorifest-blog]

http://news.tangatawhenua.com/archives/24247

[manamaorifest-blog]

HE MAUNGA TEITEI: "For Māori, it's like listening to nails on a blackboard, Ick-a-rower-raffidy, Teka-what-ah, Heck-yeah Paraadar."

[manamaorifest-blog]

WAIATA: TAWAROA KAWANA, "AROHATIA TE REO"

[sage-turtle]

Long form birth certificate from my birth mother and grandmother have been obtained.

Now to send those in to Native Affairs and wait another 6-8 months for a response....

Seriously. If I go through this whole she-bang and find out I don't qualify for status...I'ma be mad. I've waited almost 4 years now for status, and I want what's mine.