Leah George-Wilson
@leahgw.bsky.social
Lawyer, part-time. Full time wife, mother, member of Tsleil-Waututh Nation. LLM Candidate.
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Our indigenous Canadian flag out in front of our house.
We actually aren’t allowed to display flags, as per our Strata rules.
But i figured that given what’s going on, and that today is flag day, nobody will complain.
We actually aren’t allowed to display flags, as per our Strata rules.
But i figured that given what’s going on, and that today is flag day, nobody will complain.
February 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our indigenous Canadian flag out in front of our house.
We actually aren’t allowed to display flags, as per our Strata rules.
But i figured that given what’s going on, and that today is flag day, nobody will complain.
We actually aren’t allowed to display flags, as per our Strata rules.
But i figured that given what’s going on, and that today is flag day, nobody will complain.
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Right now, for a lot of Canadians the temptation is to ignore Indigenous people because the threats from the US seem way more important. This turn to fervent and ignorant nationalism is a mistake. Don't alienate the people who know more about your "country" than you do. Find common cause instead.
February 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Right now, for a lot of Canadians the temptation is to ignore Indigenous people because the threats from the US seem way more important. This turn to fervent and ignorant nationalism is a mistake. Don't alienate the people who know more about your "country" than you do. Find common cause instead.
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Reading Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son” for the first time. I haven’t even gotten through the 1984 foreword because I feel like I need to reread and digest every line.
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reading Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son” for the first time. I haven’t even gotten through the 1984 foreword because I feel like I need to reread and digest every line.
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This is the time for America to listen to the people who have experience with colonization and/or authoritarian regimes. You need us. Before it’s too late.
It occurred to me that many Americans are experiencing for the first time a feeling that Black, brown, and Indigenous people have had since forever. Fear and distrust of this government.
Not a “gotcha” statement; it’s my observation.
I hope you have community to lean into. All of us.
Not a “gotcha” statement; it’s my observation.
I hope you have community to lean into. All of us.
February 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is the time for America to listen to the people who have experience with colonization and/or authoritarian regimes. You need us. Before it’s too late.
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Man, I just need Kendrick Lamar to turn that mic and direct "Not Like Us" toward Donald Trump’s box—that would be next level! 🏈🔥
February 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Man, I just need Kendrick Lamar to turn that mic and direct "Not Like Us" toward Donald Trump’s box—that would be next level! 🏈🔥
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Ahead of Kendrick’s performance today, here’s a look back at the greatest halftime show ever, including the political, cultural & social messages Prince sent through his choice of songs and the story he was telling about Black music, ownership and creative control. www.anildash.com//2021/02/05/...
How Prince won the Super Bowl - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ahead of Kendrick’s performance today, here’s a look back at the greatest halftime show ever, including the political, cultural & social messages Prince sent through his choice of songs and the story he was telling about Black music, ownership and creative control. www.anildash.com//2021/02/05/...
Can’t take credit for this one - but it is worthy of a share!
January 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Can’t take credit for this one - but it is worthy of a share!
Me in Los Cabos.
Vacay 2024
Vacay 2024
December 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Me in Los Cabos.
Vacay 2024
Vacay 2024
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Today is an big milestone for our restoration project at the Nation of Hawaiʻi, we begin Uhau Humu Põhaku, Hawaiian Dryset Masonry, resetting these ancient rock wall terraces with a hui of practitioners. We’ll be hosting open community learning workshops monthly if you’d like to learn, come join 🌈
November 30, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Today is an big milestone for our restoration project at the Nation of Hawaiʻi, we begin Uhau Humu Põhaku, Hawaiian Dryset Masonry, resetting these ancient rock wall terraces with a hui of practitioners. We’ll be hosting open community learning workshops monthly if you’d like to learn, come join 🌈
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Super excited because today First Voice will be screening at @LASkinsFest! So proud of the homie, Mike J. Marin & entire cast and crew. From the table reads to the screening and feedback sessions, to other festival screenings, it's been a blessing to be a part of this project.
#horrorsky
#horrorsky
November 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Super excited because today First Voice will be screening at @LASkinsFest! So proud of the homie, Mike J. Marin & entire cast and crew. From the table reads to the screening and feedback sessions, to other festival screenings, it's been a blessing to be a part of this project.
#horrorsky
#horrorsky
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President Joe Biden’s recent formal apology on behalf of the United States government to survivors and Native communities for the violent legacy of federal Indian boarding schools was historic, but an apology alone cannot erase the scars left by centuries of injustice.
truthout.org/articles/bid...
truthout.org/articles/bid...
Biden’s Apology Energizes Push for Truth Commission on Indian Boarding Schools
A survivor of the boarding schools says the apology mattered, but it’s what happens next that truly “tells the tale.”…
truthout.org
October 30, 2024 at 4:28 PM
President Joe Biden’s recent formal apology on behalf of the United States government to survivors and Native communities for the violent legacy of federal Indian boarding schools was historic, but an apology alone cannot erase the scars left by centuries of injustice.
truthout.org/articles/bid...
truthout.org/articles/bid...
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Some of us are used to being surveilled, having done nothing but exist. It wears on you. You walk into a store, cash a check, go to a clinic, enter an elevator, walk to the beach.... It's there, and you can't afford to not know it's there, but sometimes, you have to act like it isn't. Safety first.
November 24, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Some of us are used to being surveilled, having done nothing but exist. It wears on you. You walk into a store, cash a check, go to a clinic, enter an elevator, walk to the beach.... It's there, and you can't afford to not know it's there, but sometimes, you have to act like it isn't. Safety first.
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It's 2024, there's no excuse for your information about people to not include, predominantly, and decisively, information sourced from those people.
Wolof, Hmong, Choctaw, Maori,Zulu, etc EXIST RIGHT NOW and know their own histories. Ask THEM!
Wolof, Hmong, Choctaw, Maori,Zulu, etc EXIST RIGHT NOW and know their own histories. Ask THEM!
November 24, 2024 at 12:24 PM
It's 2024, there's no excuse for your information about people to not include, predominantly, and decisively, information sourced from those people.
Wolof, Hmong, Choctaw, Maori,Zulu, etc EXIST RIGHT NOW and know their own histories. Ask THEM!
Wolof, Hmong, Choctaw, Maori,Zulu, etc EXIST RIGHT NOW and know their own histories. Ask THEM!
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Money doesn’t grow on trees, but in the coastal rainforests of British Columbia, salmon do.
On BC’s North Coast, First Nations Are Building a New Economy | The Tyee
How the Great Bear Sea initiative is using conservation finance to create jobs and preserve nature.
thetyee.ca
November 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but in the coastal rainforests of British Columbia, salmon do.
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Welcome to Walking Eagle News: Journalism so deeply and profoundly Indigenous, assholes constantly dress up like us and go to music festivals.
(Eagle cries in distance)
(Eagle cries in distance)
November 21, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Welcome to Walking Eagle News: Journalism so deeply and profoundly Indigenous, assholes constantly dress up like us and go to music festivals.
(Eagle cries in distance)
(Eagle cries in distance)
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Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!
November 23, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!
Thanks for the post Hawk. This is my husband (ret) Sgt Michael V. Wilson (US Army) and cousin Celina Dorame of TWN (US Army) & Dennis Owens (US Navy).
@leahgw.bsky.social proud day for Tsleil Waututh. Blanketed vets, what an honour. Sacrifices being recognized. Soon An honour our friend from Squamish Nation will have earned. @taymc16.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Thanks for the post Hawk. This is my husband (ret) Sgt Michael V. Wilson (US Army) and cousin Celina Dorame of TWN (US Army) & Dennis Owens (US Navy).
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@leahgw.bsky.social proud day for Tsleil Waututh. Blanketed vets, what an honour. Sacrifices being recognized. Soon An honour our friend from Squamish Nation will have earned. @taymc16.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 5:01 PM
@leahgw.bsky.social proud day for Tsleil Waututh. Blanketed vets, what an honour. Sacrifices being recognized. Soon An honour our friend from Squamish Nation will have earned. @taymc16.bsky.social
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I followed one of my dear friends onto this app… So what do I need to know? what’s the protocol?
so far, I am loving the photos.
so far, I am loving the photos.
November 17, 2024 at 6:25 AM
I followed one of my dear friends onto this app… So what do I need to know? what’s the protocol?
so far, I am loving the photos.
so far, I am loving the photos.