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  1. ‘Bloody Tennis’ Director on What His Horror Film Says About Society: ‘Ruthlessness Is Rewarded, Not Compassion’ (EXCLUSIVE)

    At the Cannes Market, sales agency The Playmaker will be showing a teaser for Nikias Chryssos’ horror…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #BoardingSchools #BorisBecker #CannesMarket #ElinaLöwensohn #Entertainment #HelenaZengel #horrorfilm #michaelacoel #NikiasChryssos #SandraGuldbergKampp #tennisplayers #UK #UnitedKingdom #VincentRomeo #ZlatkoBurić
    newsbeep.com/uk/575251/

  2. "The slow death of the English boarding school". Henry Mance in the #FT on how times, taxes and ideas about parenting are changing.

    archive.is/Tp1Yy

    In reality, the death is not slow. It seems to be gathering pace, as boarding school pupil counts fall by 4% per year. Dozens of #BoardingSchools are considering closure.

  3. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 -

    A kind of prequel to the amazing 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, I'll be interested to see how he translates his sharp & savvy 21st century styles to the 19th century. Sounds like it, too, will be worth a podcast episode, maybe this week!

    #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #tommyorange #wanderingstars #therethere #sandcreekmassacre #addiction #boardingschools

  4. For the real history of the #TroubledTeenIndustry not the hollywood white washed religious washed watered down Netflix version read my books! The #TTI started with religous fascism and #BoardingSchools in the #UK, #US, #Canada, and #Australia. It did not start with #Synnanon in the 70s. Thats a lie

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xykk5ioijeewvuzhvsploahd/post/3ljx66j44p22k

  5. For the real history of the #TroubledTeenIndustry not the hollywood white washed religious washed watered down Netflix version read my books! The #TTI started with religous fascism and #BoardingSchools in the #UK, #US, #Canada, and #Australia. It did not start with #Synnanon in the 70s. Thats a lie

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xykk5ioijeewvuzhvsploahd/post/3ljx66j44p22k

  6. For the real history of the #TroubledTeenIndustry not the hollywood white washed religious washed watered down Netflix version read my books! The #TTI started with religous fascism and #BoardingSchools in the #UK, #US, #Canada, and #Australia. It did not start with #Synnanon in the 70s. Thats a lie

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xykk5ioijeewvuzhvsploahd/post/3ljx66j44p22k

  7. For the real history of the #TroubledTeenIndustry not the hollywood white washed religious washed watered down Netflix version read my books! The #TTI started with religous fascism and #BoardingSchools in the #UK, #US, #Canada, and #Australia. It did not start with #Synnanon in the 70s. Thats a lie

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xykk5ioijeewvuzhvsploahd/post/3ljx66j44p22k

  8. For the real history of the #TroubledTeenIndustry not the hollywood white washed religious washed watered down Netflix version read my books! The #TTI started with religous fascism and #BoardingSchools in the #UK, #US, #Canada, and #Australia. It did not start with #Synnanon in the 70s. Thats a lie

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xykk5ioijeewvuzhvsploahd/post/3ljx66j44p22k

  9. Participate in Orange Shirt Day! Wear #orange on September 30 to remember and honor generations of Native families that carry the wounds of the Indian #BoardingSchools. Another good way to observe this day: contact your senators and congressional representatives and urge them to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on the Indian Boarding School Policies Act (S.761) during the fall session of Congress. The act would establish a commission to investigate, document and report on the histories of Indian boarding schools, develop recommendations for federal efforts based on those findings and promote healing for survivors and descendants. It’s easy to contact your senators and representatives via the Friends Committee on National Legislation. fcnl.org/issues/native-america

  10. While I'm glad that the entertainment industry is shedding light on the #TroubledTeenIndustry they get somet hings wrong right off the bat. The #TTI didn't start with cults in the 70s. It started with #Christian, #Catholic, #Mormon & #Indigenous #BoardingSchools. www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/way...

    Mae Martin's Wayward exposes t...

  11. While I'm glad that the entertainment industry is shedding light on the #TroubledTeenIndustry they get somet hings wrong right off the bat. The #TTI didn't start with cults in the 70s. It started with #Christian, #Catholic, #Mormon & #Indigenous #BoardingSchools. www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/way...

    Mae Martin's Wayward exposes t...

  12. While I'm glad that the entertainment industry is shedding light on the #TroubledTeenIndustry they get somet hings wrong right off the bat. The #TTI didn't start with cults in the 70s. It started with #Christian, #Catholic, #Mormon & #Indigenous #BoardingSchools. www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/way...

    Mae Martin's Wayward exposes t...

  13. While I'm glad that the entertainment industry is shedding light on the #TroubledTeenIndustry they get somet hings wrong right off the bat. The #TTI didn't start with cults in the 70s. It started with #Christian, #Catholic, #Mormon & #Indigenous #BoardingSchools. www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/way...

    Mae Martin's Wayward exposes t...

  14. While I'm glad that the entertainment industry is shedding light on the #TroubledTeenIndustry they get somet hings wrong right off the bat. The #TTI didn't start with cults in the 70s. It started with #Christian, #Catholic, #Mormon & #Indigenous #BoardingSchools. www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/way...

    Mae Martin's Wayward exposes t...

  15. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗠𝗮𝘆 - "𝗔𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗯" -

    LeMay's work for the indigenous in Canada is well known, but this year's book helps Canadians (& US folks!) understand what reconciliation means & what allyship looks like. It begins simply: learn and engage.

    youtu.be/wZptwKHhvl0

    #roselemay #allyisaverb #books #reading #nonfiction #indigenousamericans #firstnationspeople #reconcilation #TRC #boardingschools #everychildmatters #ally #allyship #ushistory

  16. #WordWeavers 22 April 2025 Would your story work in a different setting?

    Yes & no. The plots of my #RallyRhoades series could work in almost any setting that had similar attributes (notably, a “residence” large enough to house a variety of people, mostly teenagers, & events, that is surrounded by a larger community that is connected to the world). That being said, there are not many “residences” like a boarding school for teens & adults. They could work at virtually any residential school since the #TyndaleAcademies are an amalgam of the #BoardingSchools I attended growing up.

  17. Former boarding school students talk about their trauma and how damaging they feel boarding school is for nurturing children to develop into well-functioning adults.

    My grandmother was put on a ship from Australia to England when she was 10 in the care of people she did not know. She went to a boarding school and never saw her Australian family again. This was just before WW1. She had difficulty raising her own children - probably because she had missed out on love and affection while she was growing up.
    #BoardingSchools

    theguardian.com/education/2025

  18. University of Hawaii: Lahainaluna boarding stories preserved in new UH oral history collection. “The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Center for Oral History in the Department of Ethnic Studies has released a new collection documenting the lives of Native Hawaiian Lahainaluna High School alumni who were boarding students between the 1950s and 1990s.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/university-of-hawaii-lahainaluna-boarding-stories-preserved-in-new-uh-oral-history-collection/

  19. #PortlandME - TONIGHT!

    "All are welcome and invited to attend a free screening of the Upstander Project's documentary film, #Dawnland, hosted by the USM Libraries and Learning Outreach Committee.

    A"fter the film, there will be a Talk-Back and Q and A with the film's director, Adam Mazo (who will join us live, virtually). "

    Details:

    Date: Wednesday, April 2nd
    Time: 5pm-7pm
    Location: Talbot Hall, Luther-Bonney, USM Portland Campus
    Add it to your calendar here.

    "Light refreshments available. Please share with students, colleagues, friends, etc."

    About the film:
    "For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to 'save them from being Indian.' In Maine, the first official Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the United States begins a historic investigation. Dawnland goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.

    "Dawnland aired on Independent Lens on PBS in November 2018 and 2021, reaching more than two million viewers. The film won a national Emmy® Award for Outstanding Research in 2019 and made the American Library Association’s list of 2020 Notable Videos for Adults."

    Maine #TruthAndReconciliation #WabanakiReach #StolenChildren #BoardingSchools #CulturalGenocide #NativeAmericans #Film

  20. Indigenous people's rights are under attack by Trump's administration: two weeks ago, Trump attempted to end their birthright citizenship, a constitutional right.

    #indigenousrights #trump #boardingschools #culturalgenocide #generationaltrauma #Iñupiat #alaska #WillowProject

  21. Indigenous people's rights are under attack by Trump's administration: two weeks ago, Trump attempted to end their birthright citizenship, a constitutional right.

    #indigenousrights #trump #boardingschools #culturalgenocide #generationaltrauma #Iñupiat #alaska #WillowProject

  22. Indigenous people's rights are under attack by Trump's administration: two weeks ago, Trump attempted to end their birthright citizenship, a constitutional right.

    #indigenousrights #trump #boardingschools #culturalgenocide #generationaltrauma #Iñupiat #alaska #WillowProject

  23. Indigenous people's rights are under attack by Trump's administration: two weeks ago, Trump attempted to end their birthright citizenship, a constitutional right.

    #indigenousrights #trump #boardingschools #culturalgenocide #generationaltrauma #Iñupiat #alaska #WillowProject

  24. The U.S. Interior Did Not Report Thousands of Children's
    Deaths in U.S. #BoardingSchools

    #CensoredNews, January 20, 2025

    "Thousands of Native children died in U.S. boarding schools that were not reported by the U.S. Interior Department in its report, the Washington Post reveals. Suffering from malnutrition, diseases and
    abuse, the largest number of unreported children's deaths were at Chemawa Indian Training School in Oregon, followed by Haskel lIndian Industrial School in Kansas. The largest total number of deaths were at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Interior reported only 12 deaths at Rapid City Indian Boarding School in South Dakota. However, The Washington Post reveals there were 45 children that died there. At the #PineRidge Boarding School, the Interior reported only 4 children died, when there are 10 documented deaths of children."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01
    #NativeAmericanChildren #Genocide #CulturalGenocide #StolenChildren #Colonialism #CarlisleSchool #ChemawaIndianTrainingSchool #HaskellIndianIndustrialSchool #ResidentialSchools #ResidentialBoardingSchools #TruthAndReconciliation #NativeAmericans #ReaderSupportedNews

  25. #Fires, #Fascism and the Loss of #IndigenousKnowledge

    On returning from filming a #wildfire documentary, #PeterKnapp explains how fascism and #racism are connected to #wildfires. LA is just the latest example.

    "Replacing the #IndigenousPeople and the fire-resistant natural forests with flammable buildings, fences, bushes, leaf piles, and other colonist infrastructure has made the area much more prone to catastrophic wildfires. This needs to be recognised and the natural balance achieved by the Native Californians needs to be realised and rapidly scaled up to avoid similar catastrophes."

    Peter Knapp, January 21, 2025

    "Firstly, let’s summarise the scale of the January 2025 fires in Los Angeles to the time of writing (16th Jan). Over an area roughly three times the size of Manhattan, over 12,000 homes have been reduced to ashes, forcing the evacuation of 150,000 people and leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins. The fires have claimed 25 lives, with 24 individuals still missing. Economic losses and damages are estimated to reach $250 billion, potentially making this the most expensive wildfire in U.S. history, largely due to its destruction of some of the nation’s most valuable real estate.

    "Not just celebrities’ homes were destroyed, of course. The Palisades Bowl trailer park, home to nearly 200 mobile units, was largely engulfed in flames. The diverse Altadena community saw over 14,000 acres burnt, including homes, schools, churches, and businesses. Yet, crowdfunding has supported wealthier neighbourhoods much more. This catastrophe, like so many others yet to come, disproportionately affects the poorest and most vulnerable.

    "Throughout June-September 2024, I filmed an independent documentary looking at wildfires, their causes and impact. I interviewed 48 people in 6 different countries about their experiences with wildfires or their expertise in tackling them. This took me into a number of interesting side alleys, including the links with organised crime and political corruption. I looked at mental health, biodiversity loss, community-building, and wildfire resilience. But one theme kept returning again and again: the Far Right and fascism. Modern day fascism capitalises on any crisis and, in the case of wildfires, make them more likely.

    "I was — and remain — deep in the editing phase of my film when the LA fires, including the Palisades fire, raged. And so I saw these links playing out again, in real time. Here are some reasons for how the LA fires have become so bad, how they are linked to the loss of Indigenous Knowledge — and fascism.

    Fire suppression and controlled burning

    "For more than 13,000 years before European #colonisation, most #Indigenous Californians practiced controlled burning for a steady supply of food and medicinal plants while maintaining #ecosystem balance.

    "This practice preserved old growth while burning the flammable shrub, grasses, and bushes to stop them building up, thereby reducing the chances of catastrophic fires.

    "But the #LandGrabs, genocides, and removal of Indigenous Californians led to a loss of this vital sustainable practice. Soon after Western occupation, more than 37,000 Indigenous Californians died at the early Christian missions, and between 1850–1870 around 80% of their population were wiped out. Racist and #colonial attitudes embodied in the '#IndianProblem' gave Europeans the right to enslave native people and take custody of their children.

    "In 1830, the Removal Act aimed to displace #NativeAmericans from their tribal lands, whereby the President could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Native Americans that agreed to give up their homelands.

    "In 1850, the US government passed the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, which outlawed intentional burning in California. In 1851, California’s first governor, Peter Burnett, declared that a 'war of extermination' needed to be waged upon Indigenous peoples. A series of unratified treaties of ‘peace and friendship’ forced them out of the coastal areas, including the LA region.

    "In 1910, a string of disastrous wildfires, famously dubbed the '#BigBlowup,' ravaged Idaho and Montana and claimed the lives of over 100 firefighters. These were pivotal in persuading Congress, under the advocacy of forest reserve supporters, to create an agency dedicated primarily to suppressing wildfires.

    "As the destruction of the natural beauty of the forests was realised by politicians, a ‘zero burn’ strategy to preserve the forests was created, in part to protect the economy and the natural beauty. The Weeks Act of 1911, aimed at protecting nature in the east of the USA, made the indigenous practices of ‘cultural uses of fire’ illegal."

    Read more:
    medium.com/the-new-climate/fir

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/VX9GF
    #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #IndigenousKnowledge #Colonialism #StolenChildren #BoardingSchools #StolenLand #OverDevelopment

  26. #Canada: #SupremeCourt "Denied!" #MohawkMothers

    Posted on January 17, 2025 by Kan1enkehaka

    "SUGGESTION: THE #INDIGENOUS COULD HOLD THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL ON THE #GENOCIDE THAT WAS COMMITTED ON TURTLE ISLAND.

    "SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, SCC, DENIES THE APPLICATION OF THE
    #KAHNISTENSERA MOHAWK MOTHERS TO DISCUSS THE MISSING AND DISAPPEARED INDIGENOUS CHILDREN.
    SCC DECISION REAFFIRMS THAT THEY ARE INTRUDERS AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL NATURAL PEOPLE OF TURTLE ISLAND, ONOWAREKEH.

    "THE MOHAWK MOTHERS ARE NOT SURPRISED. IT COMES FROM THE SAME
    COLONIAL SYSTEM THAT ENABLED OUR GENOCIDE. THE CIVIL COURT CANNOT PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS."

    mohawknationnews.com/blog/2025
    #BoardingSchools #Genocide #MMIWG #MissingAndMurderedIndigenousChildren #IndigenousRights #Colonialism #SupremeCourtCanada

  27. #Canada: #SupremeCourt "Denied!" #MohawkMothers

    Posted on January 17, 2025 by Kan1enkehaka

    "SUGGESTION: THE #INDIGENOUS COULD HOLD THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL ON THE #GENOCIDE THAT WAS COMMITTED ON TURTLE ISLAND.

    "SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, SCC, DENIES THE APPLICATION OF THE
    #KAHNISTENSERA MOHAWK MOTHERS TO DISCUSS THE MISSING AND DISAPPEARED INDIGENOUS CHILDREN.
    SCC DECISION REAFFIRMS THAT THEY ARE INTRUDERS AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL NATURAL PEOPLE OF TURTLE ISLAND, ONOWAREKEH.

    "THE MOHAWK MOTHERS ARE NOT SURPRISED. IT COMES FROM THE SAME
    COLONIAL SYSTEM THAT ENABLED OUR GENOCIDE. THE CIVIL COURT CANNOT PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS."

    mohawknationnews.com/blog/2025
    #BoardingSchools #Genocide #MMIWG #MissingAndMurderedIndigenousChildren #IndigenousRights #Colonialism #SupremeCourtCanada

  28. #Canada: #SupremeCourt "Denied!" #MohawkMothers

    Posted on January 17, 2025 by Kan1enkehaka

    "SUGGESTION: THE #INDIGENOUS COULD HOLD THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL ON THE #GENOCIDE THAT WAS COMMITTED ON TURTLE ISLAND.

    "SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, SCC, DENIES THE APPLICATION OF THE
    #KAHNISTENSERA MOHAWK MOTHERS TO DISCUSS THE MISSING AND DISAPPEARED INDIGENOUS CHILDREN.
    SCC DECISION REAFFIRMS THAT THEY ARE INTRUDERS AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL NATURAL PEOPLE OF TURTLE ISLAND, ONOWAREKEH.

    "THE MOHAWK MOTHERS ARE NOT SURPRISED. IT COMES FROM THE SAME
    COLONIAL SYSTEM THAT ENABLED OUR GENOCIDE. THE CIVIL COURT CANNOT PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS."

    mohawknationnews.com/blog/2025
    #BoardingSchools #Genocide #MMIWG #MissingAndMurderedIndigenousChildren #IndigenousRights #Colonialism #SupremeCourtCanada

  29. #Canada: #SupremeCourt "Denied!" #MohawkMothers

    Posted on January 17, 2025 by Kan1enkehaka

    "SUGGESTION: THE #INDIGENOUS COULD HOLD THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL ON THE #GENOCIDE THAT WAS COMMITTED ON TURTLE ISLAND.

    "SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, SCC, DENIES THE APPLICATION OF THE
    #KAHNISTENSERA MOHAWK MOTHERS TO DISCUSS THE MISSING AND DISAPPEARED INDIGENOUS CHILDREN.
    SCC DECISION REAFFIRMS THAT THEY ARE INTRUDERS AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL NATURAL PEOPLE OF TURTLE ISLAND, ONOWAREKEH.

    "THE MOHAWK MOTHERS ARE NOT SURPRISED. IT COMES FROM THE SAME
    COLONIAL SYSTEM THAT ENABLED OUR GENOCIDE. THE CIVIL COURT CANNOT PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS."

    mohawknationnews.com/blog/2025
    #BoardingSchools #Genocide #MMIWG #MissingAndMurderedIndigenousChildren #IndigenousRights #Colonialism #SupremeCourtCanada

  30. #Canada: #SupremeCourt "Denied!" #MohawkMothers

    Posted on January 17, 2025 by Kan1enkehaka

    "SUGGESTION: THE #INDIGENOUS COULD HOLD THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL ON THE #GENOCIDE THAT WAS COMMITTED ON TURTLE ISLAND.

    "SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, SCC, DENIES THE APPLICATION OF THE
    #KAHNISTENSERA MOHAWK MOTHERS TO DISCUSS THE MISSING AND DISAPPEARED INDIGENOUS CHILDREN.
    SCC DECISION REAFFIRMS THAT THEY ARE INTRUDERS AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL NATURAL PEOPLE OF TURTLE ISLAND, ONOWAREKEH.

    "THE MOHAWK MOTHERS ARE NOT SURPRISED. IT COMES FROM THE SAME
    COLONIAL SYSTEM THAT ENABLED OUR GENOCIDE. THE CIVIL COURT CANNOT PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS."

    mohawknationnews.com/blog/2025
    #BoardingSchools #Genocide #MMIWG #MissingAndMurderedIndigenousChildren #IndigenousRights #Colonialism #SupremeCourtCanada

  31. From Chapter 14 of #KleeBenally's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender - #IndigenousAnarchy, #InDefenseOfTheSacred:

    "Although the #NavajoTribalCouncil established a mass scale farming initiative called '#NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustry (#NAPI),' the farm has stated on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeedCompany, #Syngenta Inc., and #Monsanto companies.' In 2014, in an attempt to 'curb' the diabetes epidemic, the #NavajoNationCouncil created a law that raised the sales tax for cheap junk foods sold on Navajo Nation and another removing sales tax from fresh fruits and vegetables. Economic pressure on those already struggling while not addressing the root causes and environmental degradation is par for the course for the #colonial government and Navajo politicians.

    "Instead of directly feeding ourselves and communities, we have become dependent on businesses and corporations that are more concerned with profits than our health and well-being. The #BoardingSchools were replete with capitalist indoctrination to forcibly assimilate #Diné children into colonial society. The curriculum was designed with a clear lesson: To feed our families we needed jobs. To have jobs we needed to be trained. To be trained we needed to obey. To not have a job means you’re poor. To employ other workers is to build wealth. To build wealth means success."

    Page 302, KleeBenally, NoSpiritualSurrender.

    #CorporateColonialism #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #GMOs #BigAg #EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods #Capitalism #CapitalismMustDie #CulturalGenocide

  32. From Chapter 14 of #KleeBenally's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender - #IndigenousAnarchy, #InDefenseOfTheSacred:

    "Although the #NavajoTribalCouncil established a mass scale farming initiative called '#NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustry (#NAPI),' the farm has stated on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeedCompany, #Syngenta Inc., and #Monsanto companies.' In 2014, in an attempt to 'curb' the diabetes epidemic, the #NavajoNationCouncil created a law that raised the sales tax for cheap junk foods sold on Navajo Nation and another removing sales tax from fresh fruits and vegetables. Economic pressure on those already struggling while not addressing the root causes and environmental degradation is par for the course for the #colonial government and Navajo politicians.

    "Instead of directly feeding ourselves and communities, we have become dependent on businesses and corporations that are more concerned with profits than our health and well-being. The #BoardingSchools were replete with capitalist indoctrination to forcibly assimilate #Diné children into colonial society. The curriculum was designed with a clear lesson: To feed our families we needed jobs. To have jobs we needed to be trained. To be trained we needed to obey. To not have a job means you’re poor. To employ other workers is to build wealth. To build wealth means success."

    Page 302, KleeBenally, NoSpiritualSurrender.

    #CorporateColonialism #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #GMOs #BigAg #EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods #Capitalism #CapitalismMustDie #CulturalGenocide

  33. From Chapter 14 of #KleeBenally's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender - #IndigenousAnarchy, #InDefenseOfTheSacred:

    "Although the #NavajoTribalCouncil established a mass scale farming initiative called '#NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustry (#NAPI),' the farm has stated on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeedCompany, #Syngenta Inc., and #Monsanto companies.' In 2014, in an attempt to 'curb' the diabetes epidemic, the #NavajoNationCouncil created a law that raised the sales tax for cheap junk foods sold on Navajo Nation and another removing sales tax from fresh fruits and vegetables. Economic pressure on those already struggling while not addressing the root causes and environmental degradation is par for the course for the #colonial government and Navajo politicians.

    "Instead of directly feeding ourselves and communities, we have become dependent on businesses and corporations that are more concerned with profits than our health and well-being. The #BoardingSchools were replete with capitalist indoctrination to forcibly assimilate #Diné children into colonial society. The curriculum was designed with a clear lesson: To feed our families we needed jobs. To have jobs we needed to be trained. To be trained we needed to obey. To not have a job means you’re poor. To employ other workers is to build wealth. To build wealth means success."

    Page 302, KleeBenally, NoSpiritualSurrender.

    #CorporateColonialism #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #GMOs #BigAg #EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods #Capitalism #CapitalismMustDie #CulturalGenocide

  34. From Chapter 14 of #KleeBenally's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender - #IndigenousAnarchy, #InDefenseOfTheSacred:

    "Although the #NavajoTribalCouncil established a mass scale farming initiative called '#NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustry (#NAPI),' the farm has stated on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeedCompany, #Syngenta Inc., and #Monsanto companies.' In 2014, in an attempt to 'curb' the diabetes epidemic, the #NavajoNationCouncil created a law that raised the sales tax for cheap junk foods sold on Navajo Nation and another removing sales tax from fresh fruits and vegetables. Economic pressure on those already struggling while not addressing the root causes and environmental degradation is par for the course for the #colonial government and Navajo politicians.

    "Instead of directly feeding ourselves and communities, we have become dependent on businesses and corporations that are more concerned with profits than our health and well-being. The #BoardingSchools were replete with capitalist indoctrination to forcibly assimilate #Diné children into colonial society. The curriculum was designed with a clear lesson: To feed our families we needed jobs. To have jobs we needed to be trained. To be trained we needed to obey. To not have a job means you’re poor. To employ other workers is to build wealth. To build wealth means success."

    Page 302, KleeBenally, NoSpiritualSurrender.

    #CorporateColonialism #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #GMOs #BigAg #EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods #Capitalism #CapitalismMustDie #CulturalGenocide