Eva (she/they/he)
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🌿Decolonial Disrupter
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🌿Decolonial Disrupter
🎥 Theater of the absurd
✊️Mixed Kanien’kehà:ka
http://linktr.ee/evabowwow
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Good Shepherd continues to hire and offer retention bonuses in #HamiltonON for the Tiffany/Barton Shelter. Why dont they help FREELY train those living there for these positions? #homeless #poverty
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Good Shepherd continues to hire and offer retention bonuses in #HamiltonON for the Tiffany/Barton Shelter. Why dont they help FREELY train those living there for these positions? #homeless #poverty
I agree with the idea that #DNA or other scientific markers can’t define who we are. They’re #colonial inventions. But I struggle when theory ignores how those same systems caused disconnection in the first place. #FNMI #Indigenous
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I agree with the idea that #DNA or other scientific markers can’t define who we are. They’re #colonial inventions. But I struggle when theory ignores how those same systems caused disconnection in the first place. #FNMI #Indigenous
Most #FNMI reserves aren’t fully #sovereign; they operate under the #IndianAct, rely on federal funding, and are shaped by #colonial and #capitalist systems.
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Most #FNMI reserves aren’t fully #sovereign; they operate under the #IndianAct, rely on federal funding, and are shaped by #colonial and #capitalist systems.
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Grok is an indoctrination tool for the fascist right.
Twitter is an indoctrination tool for the fascist right.
There is no reason to use either. You are not going to break through the algorithm. You are doing more harm than good simply by being on the platform.
Twitter is an indoctrination tool for the fascist right.
There is no reason to use either. You are not going to break through the algorithm. You are doing more harm than good simply by being on the platform.
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Grok is an indoctrination tool for the fascist right.
Twitter is an indoctrination tool for the fascist right.
There is no reason to use either. You are not going to break through the algorithm. You are doing more harm than good simply by being on the platform.
Twitter is an indoctrination tool for the fascist right.
There is no reason to use either. You are not going to break through the algorithm. You are doing more harm than good simply by being on the platform.
It creates a contradiction: #FNMI #Indigenous identity is supposed to be internally determined, yet it’s still constrained by #colonial structures. Can you separate them when colonialism is still operating?
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It creates a contradiction: #FNMI #Indigenous identity is supposed to be internally determined, yet it’s still constrained by #colonial structures. Can you separate them when colonialism is still operating?
If #sovereignty is incomplete, saying “your Nation decides” doesn’t fully protect the integrity of #Indigenous identity, because the Nation itself is limited by external forces.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If #sovereignty is incomplete, saying “your Nation decides” doesn’t fully protect the integrity of #Indigenous identity, because the Nation itself is limited by external forces.
Knowing someone personally doesn’t automatically validate someone’s #FNMI #Indigenous identity either, nor does it override #genealogical or #community-based protocols. It’s anecdotal, localized, and can’t be applied as a universal standard. So again, contradictions are everywhere.
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Knowing someone personally doesn’t automatically validate someone’s #FNMI #Indigenous identity either, nor does it override #genealogical or #community-based protocols. It’s anecdotal, localized, and can’t be applied as a universal standard. So again, contradictions are everywhere.
Strictly following the “ #Nation claims you” model reduces the scope of who counts as #Indigenous to a much smaller, often geographically constrained population. It also highlights a tension between formal #sovereignty #self-governance on reserves and the lived realities of many.
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Strictly following the “ #Nation claims you” model reduces the scope of who counts as #Indigenous to a much smaller, often geographically constrained population. It also highlights a tension between formal #sovereignty #self-governance on reserves and the lived realities of many.
If “ #Indigeneity” for #FNMI is determined strictly by band membership or the Nation’s formal claim, then #Indigenous identity becomes heavily tied to reserve based communities, because most Nations governance and membership decisions are structured around their reserves.
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If “ #Indigeneity” for #FNMI is determined strictly by band membership or the Nation’s formal claim, then #Indigenous identity becomes heavily tied to reserve based communities, because most Nations governance and membership decisions are structured around their reserves.
Many #FNMI rely on tools like #bloodquantum, #DNA tests, or legal paperwork mechanisms introduced or shaped by #colonial systems to make these determinations. Others use #kinship, #claiming or both. It raises the question: can a process still be fully sovereign if it uses colonial instruments?
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
There are several people with ambiguous #Indigenous #FNMI backgrounds, who are claimed by families on reserves or #Nations. At the same time, #genealogical research and #genetic evidence show that some of these individuals also have #European ancestry.
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
There are several people with ambiguous #Indigenous #FNMI backgrounds, who are claimed by families on reserves or #Nations. At the same time, #genealogical research and #genetic evidence show that some of these individuals also have #European ancestry.
This tension highlights the difference between familial claiming and formal, and political claims by #FNMI leadership and it underscores how complex and sometimes contradictory the question of #Indigenous belonging can be.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This tension highlights the difference between familial claiming and formal, and political claims by #FNMI leadership and it underscores how complex and sometimes contradictory the question of #Indigenous belonging can be.
There’s a #contradiction around Buffy's #connection to the #Piapot #FirstNation. On one hand, some of her adoptive Piapot family publicly affirm that they claim her as part of their family. On the other hand, the Nation’s acting Chief has publicly stated that she should take a DNA test to clarify.
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s a #contradiction around Buffy's #connection to the #Piapot #FirstNation. On one hand, some of her adoptive Piapot family publicly affirm that they claim her as part of their family. On the other hand, the Nation’s acting Chief has publicly stated that she should take a DNA test to clarify.
We will #advocate publicly for #psychedelic #PTSD treatment for #veterans but many will ignore #harmreduction for people who use drugs.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We will #advocate publicly for #psychedelic #PTSD treatment for #veterans but many will ignore #harmreduction for people who use drugs.
Watching a news segment about #ptsd #mentalhealth psychedelic drug treatment for war veterans for #remembranceday where they use basic CTS site supervision, yet we still have a #warondrugs
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Watching a news segment about #ptsd #mentalhealth psychedelic drug treatment for war veterans for #remembranceday where they use basic CTS site supervision, yet we still have a #warondrugs
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Please dont scroll past this.
Nights in G@za are filled with hunger and fear
My daughter Alma cries from pain I cannot heal We lost our home and live without light or food I hold her close and whisper that someone out there still cares
Please, help us survive,Your compassion can save her life
Nights in G@za are filled with hunger and fear
My daughter Alma cries from pain I cannot heal We lost our home and live without light or food I hold her close and whisper that someone out there still cares
Please, help us survive,Your compassion can save her life
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#FNMI folks living off reserve are often creating their own #community #governance, #ceremonies, and #language networks in the city sometimes even more freely, because they’re not under the #IndianAct’s control or local #politics. Those are still acts of #sovereignty and #resurgence.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#FNMI folks living off reserve are often creating their own #community #governance, #ceremonies, and #language networks in the city sometimes even more freely, because they’re not under the #IndianAct’s control or local #politics. Those are still acts of #sovereignty and #resurgence.
Many reserves today are homes of #ceremony, #language, and #traditionalprotocol. Those are vital and deserve respect. But the idea that those practices can only exist there or that everyone must relate to them in the same way that’s where the #colonial logic quietly creeps back in.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Many reserves today are homes of #ceremony, #language, and #traditionalprotocol. Those are vital and deserve respect. But the idea that those practices can only exist there or that everyone must relate to them in the same way that’s where the #colonial logic quietly creeps back in.
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How many more years of Doug Ford must we endure until we all agree on proportional representation?
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Being ‘connected to the rez’ doesn’t make someone more or less #Indigenous; it just means they’re surviving a different side of the same #system.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Being ‘connected to the rez’ doesn’t make someone more or less #Indigenous; it just means they’re surviving a different side of the same #system.
That urban #Indigenous resurgence has often been the most #decolonial work without the support of recognized land bases or #government structures. However, #appropriation & #panIndigenous frameworks dont work.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
That urban #Indigenous resurgence has often been the most #decolonial work without the support of recognized land bases or #government structures. However, #appropriation & #panIndigenous frameworks dont work.
That missionization and #Christian schooling shaped many #reserve communities deeply. That #colonial moral codes around gender, family, and “authenticity” still influence community politics.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That missionization and #Christian schooling shaped many #reserve communities deeply. That #colonial moral codes around gender, family, and “authenticity” still influence community politics.