Sylvie
@sylvieatlarge.bsky.social
40yo Trans Egg (MtF)
She/Her
Pansexual and Polyamorous
Pagan/Witch
Leftist/Liberal
USAF Veteran
Gamer/Hacker
She/Her
Pansexual and Polyamorous
Pagan/Witch
Leftist/Liberal
USAF Veteran
Gamer/Hacker
Decolonization is action. Give land back. Follow Indigenous leadership. Support sovereignty. Reject silence. This isn’t charity. It’s justice.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Decolonization is action. Give land back. Follow Indigenous leadership. Support sovereignty. Reject silence. This isn’t charity. It’s justice.
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The end of this thread isn’t the end of the work. Learn your local tribal history. Support Native movements. Speak truth. Decolonization begins in you.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The end of this thread isn’t the end of the work. Learn your local tribal history. Support Native movements. Speak truth. Decolonization begins in you.
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Decolonizing your mindset is a practice. It’s unlearning, relearning, and amplifying voices that colonization tried to silence. You’ll stumble. Keep going.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Decolonizing your mindset is a practice. It’s unlearning, relearning, and amplifying voices that colonization tried to silence. You’ll stumble. Keep going.
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Native nations aren’t minorities. They are sovereign. They have laws, governments, and international rights. Respect them accordingly.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Native nations aren’t minorities. They are sovereign. They have laws, governments, and international rights. Respect them accordingly.
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If you love Native fashion, buy it directly from Indigenous artists. Ask about the meaning. Wear it with respect—not as trend. Culture is sacred, not novelty.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you love Native fashion, buy it directly from Indigenous artists. Ask about the meaning. Wear it with respect—not as trend. Culture is sacred, not novelty.
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Culture isn’t a costume. Sexy “Pocahontas” outfits aren’t edgy—they’re harmful. They erase, degrade, and fuel the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Culture isn’t a costume. Sexy “Pocahontas” outfits aren’t edgy—they’re harmful. They erase, degrade, and fuel the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
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Honor survivors of boarding schools, forced sterilization, and relocation. They carry truth. Listen to them. Learn from them. Protect their legacy.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Honor survivors of boarding schools, forced sterilization, and relocation. They carry truth. Listen to them. Learn from them. Protect their legacy.
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Support Indigenous media. Follow Native journalists, read Native authors, watch Native films. Let Indigenous people speak for themselves.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Support Indigenous media. Follow Native journalists, read Native authors, watch Native films. Let Indigenous people speak for themselves.
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Land acknowledgments are step one. Ask: Who profits? Who is harmed? Support LandBack, tribal governance, and Native-led movements.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Land acknowledgments are step one. Ask: Who profits? Who is harmed? Support LandBack, tribal governance, and Native-led movements.
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Being an ally means listening more than speaking. Showing up. Supporting without expecting applause. Indigenous leadership must lead decolonization.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Being an ally means listening more than speaking. Showing up. Supporting without expecting applause. Indigenous leadership must lead decolonization.
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Residential schools closed as late as the 1990s. Sacred lands are still bulldozed. This isn’t history—it’s happening. Settler denial is violence.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Residential schools closed as late as the 1990s. Sacred lands are still bulldozed. This isn’t history—it’s happening. Settler denial is violence.
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Decolonization isn’t guilt. It’s responsibility. It means giving land back, respecting treaties, and following Indigenous leadership. If you benefit—you have a role.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Decolonization isn’t guilt. It’s responsibility. It means giving land back, respecting treaties, and following Indigenous leadership. If you benefit—you have a role.
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Afro-Indigenous people exist. They’ve always existed. Colonizers divided identities to fracture power. Decolonizing means embracing all Indigenous kin.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Afro-Indigenous people exist. They’ve always existed. Colonizers divided identities to fracture power. Decolonizing means embracing all Indigenous kin.
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Native youth are leading the future. From climate action to storytelling, they’re blending tradition and tech—and fighting for justice on every front.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Native youth are leading the future. From climate action to storytelling, they’re blending tradition and tech—and fighting for justice on every front.
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Food sovereignty means returning to traditional diets—corn, rice, salmon, buffalo. For Native people, food is medicine, identity, and ceremony.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Food sovereignty means returning to traditional diets—corn, rice, salmon, buffalo. For Native people, food is medicine, identity, and ceremony.
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Colonizers banned Native languages in schools and law. Today, language revitalization is growing. Speaking your language is resistance. Teaching it is power.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Colonizers banned Native languages in schools and law. Today, language revitalization is growing. Speaking your language is resistance. Teaching it is power.
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Indigenous resistance is alive. It’s in language classes, community gardens, court cases, and protest camps. Decolonization isn’t theory—it’s life.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Indigenous resistance is alive. It’s in language classes, community gardens, court cases, and protest camps. Decolonization isn’t theory—it’s life.
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From Line 3 in Minnesota to Oak Flat in Arizona, Native communities still defend land from extractive industries. Each fight is part of the same long war.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From Line 3 in Minnesota to Oak Flat in Arizona, Native communities still defend land from extractive industries. Each fight is part of the same long war.
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Standing Rock wasn’t just protest—it was protection. The fight for water is sacred. Some protectors were jailed, injured, surveilled. All carried generations of resistance.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Standing Rock wasn’t just protest—it was protection. The fight for water is sacred. Some protectors were jailed, injured, surveilled. All carried generations of resistance.
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The Dakota Access Pipeline was rerouted away from white areas, but forced through Standing Rock. Peaceful Water Protectors were met with dogs, tear gas, and riot gear.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Dakota Access Pipeline was rerouted away from white areas, but forced through Standing Rock. Peaceful Water Protectors were met with dogs, tear gas, and riot gear.
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Native Americans are more likely than any other group to be killed by police. They’re overrepresented in prisons and juvenile facilities.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Native Americans are more likely than any other group to be killed by police. They’re overrepresented in prisons and juvenile facilities.
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Racism didn’t end with civil rights. It evolved. Systems still exist to erase Native people—socially, legally, economically. That’s not history. It’s now.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Racism didn’t end with civil rights. It evolved. Systems still exist to erase Native people—socially, legally, economically. That’s not history. It’s now.
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Land acknowledgments mean nothing without action. Ask: Are tribes at the table? Are rights honored? Is land being returned? Decolonization requires more than words.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Land acknowledgments mean nothing without action. Ask: Are tribes at the table? Are rights honored? Is land being returned? Decolonization requires more than words.
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Mount Rushmore was built on sacred Lakota land, stolen after the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. The Supreme Court offered money. The Lakota said no.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Mount Rushmore was built on sacred Lakota land, stolen after the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. The Supreme Court offered money. The Lakota said no.
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Allotment wasn’t about farming. It was about making Native land vulnerable to theft. The result: poverty, broken culture, and separation from sacred ground.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Allotment wasn’t about farming. It was about making Native land vulnerable to theft. The result: poverty, broken culture, and separation from sacred ground.
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