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Rick D. S. Marshall
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He/Him. Beverly, Athena, Hekate, VEN, MDC, philosophy, history, kobudo, karate, Vista, M, science, justice, indigeneity, gardening, Cat School, Foolscap, Latin, gaming, Wizards, VA, Seattle.
A little verbal medicine: To the Bullock Roseroot, from Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin.
December 13, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Hekate and Athena were once feral barn kittens in Yakima, Washington, which may explain their obsession with food and disregard for their "obligate carnivore" status as cats. Crazed for smoked salmon, sure, but cabbage? kale? melons? apples? They cry for cucumbers. "Sharing is caring, Papa!" Nomm!
December 2, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Indigenous: good news at long last for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Oregon tribe celebrates as court lifts decades-long hunting and fishing restrictions
US and state acknowledge that 1980 agreement was ‘biased and distorted’ against Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:59 AM
This is my third day on Bluesky. I'm still learning the basics, what it can do and how to communicate with it. For the past decade, my social media activities have been at Facebook, where I write at length, but that's right out here. This will be a new discipline for me. Excellent!
November 30, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Here's a trailer for one of my favorite Native American films, Neither Wolf Nor Dog.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ9z...
Neither Wolf Nor Dog - Native American Movie Trailer
YouTube video by Steven Lewis Simpson
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by Rick D. S. Marshall
Some of my favourite Indigenous films available on NFB are:
- You Are On Indian Land (1969)
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
- Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny (2006)
- Ever Deadly (2022)

Share yours!
Hey! Did you all know that you can watch tons of indigenous cinema here on the National Film Board of Canada's website? Well, you can, and I thought I'd share just a few of my favorites today for... reasons.

www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
National Film Board of Canada
Discover our collection of films by Indigenous filmmakers, from Alanis Obomsawin to Gil Cardinal.
www.nfb.ca
November 28, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by Rick D. S. Marshall
The Newells’s suitcase is part of an untold number of Native artifacts kept in attics and closets, their origin stories often clouded by decades-long games of intergenerational telephone.

The descendants decided to return heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/a...
After Five Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in its Closet (Gift Article)
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:29 PM
The U.S. has broken every single treaty it has ever made with indigenous peoples. The Native American Rights Fund specializes in legal action focused on getting the U.S. to honor its treaty commitments.

narf.org
Home - Native American Rights Fund
narf.org
November 28, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Here is an interesting article about the indigenous-food movement.
November 28, 2024 at 7:10 PM
500 years of genocide has taken a heavy toll on indigenous people, leaving survivors with more than their share of trauma, which makes life so much harder. Maeqtekuahkihkiw Metaemohsak, Woodland Women, is an elder-led trauma-support and -healing group.

www.gofundme.com/f/woodland-w...
Donate to Woodland Women: Community Healing and Growth, organized by Rachel Fernandez
Posoh, my name is Rachel Fernandez. I am the founder & Executive Directo… Rachel Fernandez needs your support for Woodland Women: Community Healing and Growth
www.gofundme.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:50 PM
In the U.S., poverty rates for indigenous people are higher than for any other race or ethnic group, and poverty hits children hard. The National Indian Child Welfare Association helps protect the health and wellbeing of indigenous children.

www.nicwa.org/donate-onlin...
Donate » NICWA
www.nicwa.org
November 28, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Most Americans don't know our history of systematically preventing indigenous people from voting. Four Directions helps them register to vote and even helps create mailing addresses on reservations. It's such important work for improving indigenous lives!

secure.actblue.com/donate/fourd...
I support Voting Equality!
I just made a contribution to Four Directions, and you should too! Join me in fighting for Native American ballot access and fair elections.
secure.actblue.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
For Truthsgiving, we can cook and eat with family and friends, give thanks for good things in the world, learn more about indigenous history, and give more than thanks, give a little financial support to indigenous charities, as a tangible show of gratitude and empathy. I'll list several.
November 28, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Truthsgiving, a replacement for Thanksgiving, keeps the healthy parts of Thanksgiving—cooking and eating with family and friends and exploring gratitude—but replaces the lies with the truth, so joy and grief mingle, as they often do in an honest life.

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/than...
The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue
In truth, massacres, disease and American Indian tribal politics are what shaped the Pilgrim-Indian alliance at the root of the holiday
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Rick D. S. Marshall
For my friends in the UK and elsewhere who may not know, there are many Americans, especially from indigenous groups, who don’t feel they can celebrate Thanksgiving. I found this article helpful in understanding their concerns:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
Thanksgiving: Why some push back against the holiday's 'mythology' - BBC News
Native Americans have said the story behind the holiday glosses over troubling periods in US history.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Athena and Hekate were squabbling this evening, with a certain amount of hissing and stalking—until I realized their favorite empty box had been put away where they couldn't get into it. I opened it up and put it on the floor, and the household has been peaceful ever since. Cats and boxes, man.
November 28, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Reposted by Rick D. S. Marshall
“Hunter-gatherer” doesn’t actually describe how most civilizations related to production. “Hunter-gatherers” engaged in millennia of selective plant breeding & advanced landscape stewardship, which created wildly productive perennial gardens & managed hunting grounds www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Study finds Indigenous people cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions | CBC News
A new study indicates Indigenous peoples in what is now British Columbia have been cultivating the beaked hazelnut for thousands of years, challenging assumptions that pre-colonial Indigenous people were only hunter-gatherers.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM