#native pride

[captainpirateface]

[thenuclearmallard]

This is genuinely the wildest take I've ever seen.

[burnminedread]

cree butch flag!

/pt cree butch flag /pt

a flag for butches who are cree! exclusive to bodily cree people

[queer-confessional]

Hello and welcome \⁠(⁠･⁠◡⁠･⁠)⁠/ Call me Tree (any languages are gucci)! We use pretty much any pronoun(s) except she/her and it/its, including ones for multiple persons. I'm just a country queer, trying to give our community a safe and open space to speak on things we usually keep inside our heads and hearts. This is our first time running our own blog, so please allow us some grace! I am dyslexic, so I will misspell words or phrase things oddly from time to time. We're usually very good about owning up to, and correcting our mess ups. But we are human, and we will biff it from time to time, just let me know! I do quite a bit of volunteer work, and work-work, so apologies if our responses are ever slow <3

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The schedule for answering asks is going to mirror my non-volunteer work schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and occasionally Fridays. These will then be queued throughout the week.

Don't send anything in if you're uncomfortable with it being posted publicly! Please put content warnings at the top of your submissions (if you can, no pressure if not), and definitely indicate if you want an "Am I the Asshole?" poll

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We all have messed up stuff rattling around in our heads, this is a safe place to express those thoughts and feelings. Within reason, of course, more details on that below.

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Things I will Not post:

• Genuine and/or detailed suicide notes. Talking on these feelings, however, is welcome. I'm a firm believer that we need a safe place to express this, without fear of being institutionalized, or held to what we were feeling in the moment! When the full intention is there, that's when I will draw the line.

• Hate speech and Bigotries - if it's small enough, or a genuine mistake/ignorance, you'll just get educated.

• Detailed talk about: Zoophilia, Pedophilia, Necrophilia, Incest, etc. Fret not folks with the Intrusive Thoughts Disorders and victims, you're allowed to talk about how your illnesses and experiences affect you - it's all about intention

• Fandom discourse, Roleplaying, or any debates/discourse/policing of how folks Self-Identify.

• trolls and/people attempting to start fights, or spread unnecessary call-outs

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I reserve the right to obscure/redact:

• Obviously identifying information, especially for minors

• Non-anon submissions (ex: personal names, where someone lives, etc)

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Feel free to have discussions and *productive* debates, but we're NOT gonna be overly rude or mean, or spread targeted hate here (we love the block button!!). I will not tolerate any dog piling, unnecessary call-outs, or anyone trying to "cancel" someone from their [non-bigoted, but it just gives you the Ick] submission(s).

Thought crimes are not real, and yes, you can be bigoted on accident.

We designed this blog to have a main focus on Queer and PoC communities. But, ALL: languages, levels of ability, personal labels, genders, body developments, ages, races, sexualities, etc are welcomed here! Trust in that we Will fight for you if anyone decides to start causing trouble.

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Hey all! I made this blog to give us a safe place to speak on our thoughts, feelings, secrets and etc. We were inspired by so many of the queer, poc, and/or BIpoc blogs on here: @this-is-ableism , @this-is-transandrophobia , @poc-transmasc-culture , @thisis-intersexism , @homoidiotic , @blackqueernotables , @this-is-anti-homeless,

@disabledunitypunk, @isuggestlandback , @velvetvexations , @isuggestforcemasc , @i-suggest-hope-and-kindness , @creatingblackcharacters, @this-is-anti-masculinity , @thisisracism , @this-is-transmisogyny , @makingqueerhistory, @this-is-lesbiphobia, @this-is-antitransfemininity, @this-is-saneism, @nonbinarymlm, @nonbinary-support, @theinternetarchive, @transgynephobia-is, @blackfilmmaker, @this-is-intermisogyny, @gloriousfatpoc @this-is-internoirism, @this-is-multiphobia, @fuckyeahasexual, @status-quo-hater, @this-is-exorsexism, the late AITA tumblr, and so so so many more that I didn't remember or couldn't name!!

[jadeseadragon]

Repost @native_american_culture_

"The jingle dress symbolizes the spirit of healing. The spirit of dance, drum and the connection to family, community, and the connection to the spiritual. These connections have helped maintain the sacredness of life, to live in a good way: the original way of how creator wanted us to live.”

- Mr. Randy White, grandson of Maggie White

[theprinceofdiscord]

Care Bears Pride! 🌈

[resist-much]

[uwmspeccoll]

Native Legends and Lore

Here in Special Collections, we have an extensive collection of Native American literature. Because of my Native heritage, I love exploring this collection for interesting material to share, as I learn so much by researching each item I find. This is my latest find!

The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends, edited by Cornelius Mathews (1817-1889), an American writer who reinterpreted the stories. It was reprinted in 1877 under the title The Enchanted Moccasins, as the editor deemed the new title more appropriate. Our edition was published in New York by Leavitt & Allen Bros. in 1868. George Ayres Leavitt (1822-1888), the son of a Massachusetts bookbinder, founded several of New York’s earliest publishing firms. John F. Trow and Son were the printers, with John Fowler Trow (1810-1886) being a printer and publisher in New York City who began his career by printing city directories. His son joined him in the business, becoming John F. Trow & Son.

This collection of tales was compiled and developed in the late 19th century. Inspired by the oral traditions of Native American folklore told around lodge fires and under the trees, the anthology was originally interpreted from the old tales and legends collected by Henry R. Schoolcraft (1793-1864). 

Schoolcraft was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist recognized for his pioneering research on Native American cultures and for his 1832 expedition to the origin of the Mississippi River. He began his ethnological research in 1822 during his appointment as a U.S. Indian agent in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He was responsible for the tribes in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. He learned the Ojibwe language, culture, and lore from his Ojibwe wife, Jane Johnston (Obabaamwewe-giizhigokwe) (1800-1842), one of the earliest Native American literary writers.

The book was illustrated by John McLenan (1827-1865), an American illustrator and caricaturist known for his work on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities for Harper’s Weekly. He is also regarded as a pioneer in comics for his use of the text comic format. 

The illustrations were engraved by A.V.S. Anthony (1835-1906), an American wood engraver and one of the founding members of the American Water Color Society. He passed down a famous lineage that includes a Broadway star, a filmmaker, and a musician, as well as actor Anthony Perkins, renowned for portraying Norman Bates in the Psycho movie franchise, who is his great-grandson. 

-View more from our Native American Literature Collection

-View more from our Historical Curriculum Collection

-Melissa (Mohican Nation Stockbridge–Munsee Band), Special Collections Library Assistant