Martin Rizzo-Martinez
@rizzomartinez.bsky.social
Professor of Film & Digital Media @ UCSC, historian, settler on Awaswas Ohlone lands, author http://tinyurl.com/3x538386, co-producer of podcast - Challenging Colonialism, https://rss.com/podcasts/challengingcolonialism/. Advocate for decolonization.
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In biggest land-back deal in California history, the Yurok get back the final piece of 73 sq mi of their homeland on the state's far northern Klamath River. Good piece by Grist highlights how this Yurok land deal is just part of the extraordinary changes taking place in this part of N America.
In California's largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River
More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in northern California,have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history.
grist.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In biggest land-back deal in California history, the Yurok get back the final piece of 73 sq mi of their homeland on the state's far northern Klamath River. Good piece by Grist highlights how this Yurok land deal is just part of the extraordinary changes taking place in this part of N America.
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I went with AMLT to the San Benito grasslands yesterday and there were so many incredible plants! #CaliforniaNativePlants
May 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I went with AMLT to the San Benito grasslands yesterday and there were so many incredible plants! #CaliforniaNativePlants
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This is how it’s done, university presidents!
University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
www.tufts.edu
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is how it’s done, university presidents!
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Pro Publica updated its database of compliance with returning Indigenous ancestors under NAGPRA. While some sincere efforts were made by places such as Dept. of the Interior, there are others incl. Harvard (5,400) and Berkeley (4,700) with 1000s of remains. projects.propublica.org/repatriation...
Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?
Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.
projects.propublica.org
February 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Pro Publica updated its database of compliance with returning Indigenous ancestors under NAGPRA. While some sincere efforts were made by places such as Dept. of the Interior, there are others incl. Harvard (5,400) and Berkeley (4,700) with 1000s of remains. projects.propublica.org/repatriation...
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My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
February 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
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Excellent review of Adam Kirsch's On Settler Colonialism by @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social .
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Reality of Settler Colonialism - Boston Review
Writers like Adam Kirsch mock the idea to demonize critics of Israel. The phenomenon itself remains.
www.bostonreview.net
February 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Excellent review of Adam Kirsch's On Settler Colonialism by @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social .
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
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hey bluesky, if you're a historian please give this a read and consider signing.
www.historiansforpeace.org/2025/02/08/p...
www.historiansforpeace.org/2025/02/08/p...
Historians for Peace and DemocracyPetition to Members of the AHA Council
[To sign this petition please complete this form.] We urge you to rescind your veto of the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza and put theresolution to a vote of all AHA members. The Council’s ...
www.historiansforpeace.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
hey bluesky, if you're a historian please give this a read and consider signing.
www.historiansforpeace.org/2025/02/08/p...
www.historiansforpeace.org/2025/02/08/p...
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The Empire Self-Destructs | Chris Hedges
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
The Empire Self-Destructs
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
chrishedges.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The Empire Self-Destructs | Chris Hedges
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
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The fact that Native Americans are being caught up in immigration raids seems like the ultimate insult--one that shows how the logic of settler colonialism turns Indigenous people into foreigners in their own homelands.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Navajo alarmed by reports of Indigenous people caught up in Trump immigration raids
Group takes steps to protect members after ‘traumatizing’ reports of people being stopped or detained by agents
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The fact that Native Americans are being caught up in immigration raids seems like the ultimate insult--one that shows how the logic of settler colonialism turns Indigenous people into foreigners in their own homelands.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The salmon remember.
Salmon already returning to the Klamath. A sign of hope. apnews.com/article/klam...
Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history
Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks.
apnews.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:44 AM
The salmon remember.
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November 22, 2024 at 7:09 PM