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‘Arcana Borealis’ Summons the Power of Spirituality and Artist Communities — Colossal
Around 1906, Hilma af Klint was living in Stockholm, where she kept a studio. Deeply engaged with Christian…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Abstract #arthistory #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Design #Entertainment #hilmaafklint #indigenousculture #painting #sculpture #Spirituality
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/881236/
‘Arcana Borealis’ Summons the Power of Spirituality and Artist Communities — Colossal
Around 1906, Hilma af Klint was living in Stockholm, where she kept a studio. Deeply engaged with Christian…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Abstract #arthistory #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #CA #Canada #Design #Entertainment #HilmaafKlint #Indigenousculture #painting #Sculpture #Spirituality
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/931870/
‘Arcana Borealis’ Summons the Power of Spirituality and Artist Communities — Colossal
Around 1906, Hilma af Klint was living in Stockholm, where she kept a studio. Deeply engaged with Christian…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Abstract #arthistory #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #Design #Entertainment #HilmaafKlint #indigenousculture #PAINTING #sculpture #Spirituality
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/926953/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/733465/ ‘Arcana Borealis’ Summons the Power of Spirituality and Artist Communities — Colossal #abstract #ArtHistory #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Design #Éire #Entertainment #HilmaAfKlint #IE #IndigenousCulture #Ireland #painting #Sculpture #Spirituality
Тихоокеанская триеннале (2024). Стилистический подход к чествованию художн:иц — представитель:ниц коренных народов таков, что ирландского художника подписали как «Алекс Монтейт, из клана Митчеллов и клана Монтейтов». ⦾ https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/page/awa-artists-waiapu-action #AlexMonteith #indigenousculture #AsiaPacificTriennale #APT11 #FirstNations #biennale #triennale #linguistics
The unconventional coach out to extend the Jillaroos reign
By Johanna McDiarmid
Jessica Skinner doubted her coaching style was elite. Now she believes it's exactly what elite sport needs. Her path from rural NSW to the top has been shaped by resilience, community, family and a belief that sport can change lives.
#RugbyLeague #Sport #SportsCoaching #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousCulture #JohannaMcDiarmid
🔥 British colonisation left the Australian landscape more prone to burning, amplifying the influence of climate change and propelling Australia’s bushfire crisis, according to new Australian research being published in Nature. The research reconstructed the past 1000 years of vegetation, fire and erosion in Croajingolong National Park in East Gippsland, Victoria, one of southeastern Australia's most fire-prone forests. The team, which included the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, found that prior to British colonisation, Indigenous land management maintained a stable, open woodland ecosystem through frequent, fine-grained, low-temperature cultural burning. But colonial disruption has increased fire temperatures, soil erosion, and eucalypt cover, and transformed the open woodland into forest.
🗨️ University of Tasmania and The University of Melbourne experts have responded to the research.
✨Follow the link to read the full expert reaction✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/briefing-alert-australias-current-bushfire-crisis-linked-to-british-colonisation
#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #bushfires #wildfires #colonisation #indigenous #IndigenousCulture
Unique Rite of Passage ritual alive and well in Inala's Indigenous community
By Lucy Loram and Kirrin McKechnie
For two decades, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in Inala have taken part in the Rite of Passage Ball.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/qld-rite-of-passage-ritual-inala/107242852
#IndigenousCulture #IndigenousAustralians #LucyLoram #KirrinMcKechnie
Rottnest Island bus stop redevelopment over after bones found
By Kenith Png
Six months after Aboriginal human remains were found at the site, authorities have officially put an end to the works.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/rottnest-island-bus-stop-redevelopment-ceased/107240206
#IndigenousAustralians #History #IndigenousCulture #KenithPng
Two artists from same remote community finalists in prestigious portrait prize
By Giulia Bertoglio and Mietta Adams
Students of generations of famous painters at Warmun's Art Centre, Dwayne Jessell and Troy Drill's unique Kimberley self-portraits are finalists at this year's Lester Prize.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-03/warmun-kimberley-artists-finalists-lester-art-prize/107222198
#AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #Painting #IndigenousCulture #HumanInterest #GiuliaBertoglio #MiettaAdams
New Arapiles plan means 98 per cent of climbs will stay open
By Tamara Clark
Climbers are elated that a new government plan for the area will allow access to all but three of more than 150 climbing areas in the Mount Arapiles-Tooan State Park.
#SportClimbing #NationalParks #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #TamaraClark
Mother and daughter's artistic connections celebrated on outback catwalk
By Rachel Jackson
Designer Brodie George said it was a proud moment watching her daughter's artwork debut at a fashion show in her remote hometown of Fitzroy Crossing.
#Fashion #IndigenousCulture #RegionalCommunities #RachelJackson
KOSU: Choctaw Nation celebrates the launch of new language app, Rosetta Stone partnership. “A new Choctaw language app, created through Rosetta Stone’s Endangered Language Program, is now available at no cost through the tribe’s online portal.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/26/kosu-choctaw-nation-celebrates-the-launch-of-new-language-app-rosetta-stone-partnership/
Downtown Winnipeg gathering aims to bring Indigenous, newcomer communities together
The sounds of drums and singing filled downtown Winnipeg’s Central Park on Thursday as people gathered for an…
#NewsBeep #News #Winnipeg #CA #Canada #DowntownWinnipeg #Indigenousculture #KenSaunders #newcomers
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/908783/
Kangaroo skin sculpture honouring 'every survival story' wins Defence art prize
By Tahlia Roy
The Australian War Memorial is displaying highly commended pieces while people can vote online for a people's choice winner.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-25/defence-napier-waller-art-prize-winner/107194634
Downtown Winnipeg gathering aims to bring Indigenous, newcomer communities together
The sounds of drums and singing filled downtown Winnipeg’s Central Park on Thursday as people gathered for an…
#Canada #Winnipeg #DowntownWinnipeg #Indigenousculture #KenSaunders #newcomers
https://www.europesays.com/canada/224459/
Screen Australia: Indigenous screen organisations from Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia launch new international co-production initiative. “Shared Ground will connect Indigenous filmmakers across three countries through a series of international labs designed to build relationships and create new opportunities for Indigenous-led collaboration.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/23/screen-australia-indigenous-screen-organisations-from-canada-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-australia-launch-new-international-co-production-initiative/
'This same crap': Why a trailblazing surgeon took on the establishment
By Erin Semmler and Leisa Scott
Australia's first Indigenous eye surgeon Kris Rallah-Baker has walked a zigzag path, driven by family struggles and overcoming 'unashamed racism'.
#Ophthalmology #IndigenousPeoples #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HumanInterest #Racism #IndigenousCulture #Eyes #ErinSemmler #LeisaScott
The Circle News: Planned Archives Closures Raise Alarm Over Tribal Records. “Tribal advocates argue that relocating these materials without consultation disregards the federal government’s trust responsibility and its nation-to-nation relationship with tribes. Some tribal governments and coalitions have requested greater transparency, while advocates are calling for congressional intervention […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/15/the-circle-news-planned-archives-closures-raise-alarm-over-tribal-records/
Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds
Australia's Indigenous population was up to seven times larger before colonisation than previously estimated, but was devastated following the arrival of Europeans, new research reveals.
Denver Post: Mesa Verde National Park to return thousands of Native American artifacts and Indigenous remains to tribes. “Mesa Verde National Park plans to return more than 4,000 sacred Native American objects and the remains of 85 Indigenous people in its possession, marking the largest potential repatriation in the park’s recorded history.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/12/denver-post-mesa-verde-national-park-to-return-thousands-of-native-american-artifacts-and-indigenous-remains-to-tribes/
We asked teens what they thought of sweeping changes to child protection laws
By Dana Morse and Tahnee Jash
Culture and knowledge have been passed down across generations. But some young people worry their loved ones could soon be left behind.
#IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #DanaMorse #TahneeJash
Manitoulin Island: The World's Largest Freshwater Island 🌊
Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest freshwater island located in Lake Huron The current name of the island is the English version, via French, of the Ottawa or Ojibwe name Manidoowaaling (ᒪᓂᑝᐙᓕᓐᒃ). It's home to hiking trails, Indigenous communities, and serene beaches. You can even find lakes *on* the island—with islands in them!
Best wet season in decades gives life to living medicine cabinet
By Em Jensen
After a particularly wet season, wildflowers and other plant life along the Darling-Baaka River have flourished in numbers not seen for decades, according to local Barkindji and Malyangapa tour guide Dave Doyle.
#Nature #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousPeoples #TourismandLeisureIndustry #TravelandTourism #RuralandRemoteCommunities #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentEducation #EnvironmentalHealth #EmJensen
New York Times: English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains. “After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains — a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, a young person’s jaw and many others — have […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/11/new-york-times-english-museum-to-repatriate-colonial-era-human-remains/
Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/11/the-indigenous-collections-care-guide/
Tasmanian sand mine bid to include 700m jetty in the north-east
By Emily Smith and Laurissa Smith
An upcoming proposal to mine millions of tonnes of sand for export from Tasmania's largest farm triggers concern from Aboriginal groups.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/tas-sand-mine-at-rushy-lagoon-proposal-jetty/107141680
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousRepresentativeBodies #EmilySmith #LaurissaSmith
What drove the Tasmanian devil out of northern WA?
By Amy Rossbach
Researchers say Tasmanian devils lived alongside humans in WA's arid Pilbara for tens of thousands of years, and the arrival of the dingo may have disrupted that relationship.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/dingoes-disruptive-for-tasmanian-devils-wa-pilbara/107137526
#Archaeology #Animals #IndigenousCulture #History #AmyRossbach
'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie Lange
The prestigious Vincent Lingiari Art Award pays tribute to its namesake and acknowledges the intimate link between Aboriginal art and land rights.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/desert-mob-art-festival-alice-spirngs-award/107139436
#LandRights #History #VisualArt #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousCulture #ElsieLange
Dartmouth College: New Guidelines Created for Publishing Indigenous Data. “To ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by Lydia Jennings, an assistant professor of environmental studies, has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data in Scholarly Publishing.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/dartmouth-college-new-guidelines-created-for-publishing-indigenous-data/
$58m Aboriginal cultural centre opens at Darwin Waterfront
By George Nicoll
A $58 million centre showcasing the culture, history and art of Darwin's traditional owners, the Larrakia people, has opened its doors to the public, more than two decades since the idea was first developed.
#IndigenousCulture #IndigenousAustralians #TravelandTourism #LibrariesMuseumsandGalleries #GeorgeNicoll
Elder among last to remember Australia's forgotten 'parkland'
By Astrid Volzke
Menang elder Aunty Carol Petterson remembers when her family worked as shepherds, driving sheep through the bushland and along rivers towards the coast in southern Western Australia. Decades later, she recalls in vivid detail the natural abundance of the landscape.
Native food cafe teaches younger generation Indigenous cooking
By Shannon Pearce
While Indigenous people reap little reward from Australia's native food industry, a regional Indigenous cafe is taking ownership of their traditions and passing on the knowledge to younger generations.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/native-food-cafe-teaches-indigenous-cooking/107091088
#HospitalityIndustry #FoodandDrink #TourismandLeisureIndustry #TravelandTourism #IndigenousCulture #ShannonPearce
Bay Area Local News Matters: Ukiah High students help carry forward nearly lost Northern Pomo language. “Kala Wright, Taylor Feliz Jr., Izzy Garcia and Zach Martinez received California’s Seal of Biliteracy in Northern Pomo at graduation in June after completing Ukiah High School’s Native Language program, which completed its fifth year of instruction during the 2025-26 academic year, the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/02/bay-area-local-news-matters-ukiah-high-students-help-carry-forward-nearly-lost-northern-pomo-language/
Spectrum News: Speed Art Museum begins repatriation of 24 Native American cultural items. “The Speed Art Museum is returning 24 cultural items to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes as part of a federal repatriation process under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/29/spectrum-news-speed-art-museum-begins-repatriation-of-24-native-american-cultural-items/
Yale University: How Scholars and Musicians Recreated a Song Lost for More Than 400 Years. “From May 14-16, the group worked to contextualize and recreate the Chorus Brasilicus, a song in Tupi—an Indigenous language of Brazil—that was performed before the king of Portugal and Spain in 1619. The lyrics of this song survived in a text describing the play in which it was performed, but the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/28/yale-university-how-scholars-and-musicians-recreated-a-song-lost-for-more-than-400-years/
O'odham Women Join Tree Sit and Shut Down #BorderWall Construction in #Lochiel, #Arizona
by #BrendaNorrell , #CensoredNews
August 28, 2026
"O'odham Women Join Tree Sit and Shut Down Border Wall Construction in Lochiel, ArizonaFederal agents shut down the prayer camp on the Tohono O'odham Nation at the border."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/oodham-women-join-tree-sit-shut-down.html
#LochielAZ #TohonoOodhamNation #TreeSitters #NoBorderWall - #GrandmotherCamp #USPol #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #NoBorders #IndigenousCulture
#ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #OldGrowthTrees #Cottonwoods #BorderWall #Resistance #Oodham #EndangeredSpecies #CottonwoodTrees
Report finds rock art damage more extensive than thought
By Alistair Bates and Kimberley Putland
The Murujuga Rock Art monitoring program finds pollutants from previous industrial activity have damaged a larger area of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula than previously thought.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/pilbara-murujuga-rock-monitoring-report/107075210
#EnvironmentalImpacts #IndigenousAustralians #AirPollution #IndigenousCulture #Industry #AlistairBates #KimberleyPutland
The Guardian: Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’. “The impending construction also threatens to mar or destroy an untold number of these millennia-old rock art murals that stand in the coming wall’s path. The slated construction includes 165 miles (266km) of four-to-six-foot-tall vehicle barriers and patrol roads […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/24/trumps-border-wall-construction-threatens-rock-art-as-old-as-the-pyramids-the-ancestors-are-still-here-the-guardian/
Culture OC: Orange County’s Acjachemen Nation Maps 10,000 Years of History for Its First Digital Archive. “Orange County’s Acjachemen Nation, the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians (JBMI), is building a digital archive for the first time. The Acjachemen Nation (pronounced ah-HAWSH-eh-men) originally inhabited what is now Orange County for as long as 10,000 years. The Acjachemen and the Tongva […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/22/culture-oc-orange-countys-acjachemen-nation-maps-10000-years-of-history-for-its-first-digital-archive/
#Activist #TreeSit in #Ancient #Cottonwood Continues Against #BorderWall Construction in #Arizona
August 19, 2026, via @DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss
"A protest camp in the small border town of Lochiel, Arizona, is seeking to stop federal contractors from building another portion of President #Trump’s border barrier with Mexico. At the center of the protest camp is a 200-year-old cottonwood known as a '#grandmother' tree, with activists sitting in the tree to physically stop its destruction.
" 'People are successfully forcing the government to stop, to slow down, or at least change course on border wall construction,' says journalist John Washington, a staff writer for the queer news outlet Lookout and author of multiple books about immigration. 'They’ve been very clear that this is both an environmental and a political fight.' "
Watch / listen / read:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/19/arizona_activists_protest_border_wall
#USPol #TreeSitters #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #NoBorders #IndigenousCulture
#ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #OldGrowthTrees #Cottonwoods #BorderWall #Resistance #EndangeredSpecies #CottonwoodTrees #TreeSitting #GrandmotherCamp #GrandmotherTree
#NoBorderWall - #GrandmotherCamp in #LochielAZ Expanded to #TreeSit on the #Mexico Side
“From #Minnesota to Mexico, #ResistanceIsFertile !”
via #CensoredNews, August 18, 2026
"A defender of #GrandmotherTree phoned into the celebration for the 55th anniversary of friendship park to discuss what is happening in Southern #Arizona and how the defenders of Grandmother tree have stopped border wall construction,' Kate Scott said today at the tree sit in Lochiel.
" #FriendshipPark is a #binational site sitting directly on the #USMexico border, split between San Diego, California, and Playas de Tijuana, Baja California.
"Defending Grandmother isn’t just about
protecting an ancient tree, it’s about building a community of land defenders across the whole southern border & beyond. If we can stop construction here, we can do it anywhere!"
"We hope what is happening down here in Lochiel, AZ inspires you to take action in your community,"
Source [includes photos]:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/no-border-wall-grandmother-camp-in.html
#USPol #TreeSitters #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #NoBorders #IndigenousCulture
#ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #OldGrowthTrees #Cottonwoods #BorderWall #Resistance #ResistanceIsFertile #EndangeredSpecies #CottonwoodTrees
Press Release from @CenterForBioDiv
#BorderWall Construction Triggers Tree Sit to Save Ancient #Arizona #Cottonwood
For Immediate Release, July 29, 2026
Contact: Russ McSpadden,
LOCHIEL, Ariz.— "Protesters today climbed into an ancient cottonwood tree in Arizona’s #SanRafaelValley to stop the Trump administration from cutting it down for construction of two parallel 30-foot-tall border walls.
"The action comes after Department of Homeland Security contractors cut down three neighboring Fremont cottonwoods estimated to be 200 to 250 years old.
" 'Destroying these ancient cottonwoods is a death sentence for an entire ecosystem,' said Russ McSpadden, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'These magnificent cottonwoods survived centuries, nourishing wildlife through floods and drought, only to be bulldozed for the Trump administration’s disastrous border wall. The San Rafael Valley is one of the most biologically rich landscapes in North America. It’s both a refuge and crucial corridor for #jaguars, #ocelots, #BlackBears, #pronghorn and hundreds of bird species.'
Today’s action is believed to be the first tree sit aimed at stopping U.S. border wall construction.
"The three cottonwoods cut down earlier this week stood along a rare stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border where mature trees once formed a #transboundary canopy. The trees provided nesting habitat, shade and shelter within an increasingly scarce riparian #ecosystem that supports hundreds of animal species. One #protester was arrested Monday while trying to protect those trees and nesting #MigratoryBirds .
"Federal officials said preconstruction surveys would be conducted during Arizona’s active #nesting season, but observers at the site reported that no surveys for nesting migratory birds were completed before the trees were destroyed.
"The area also contains prehistoric #ArchaeologicalSites that preserve evidence of thousands of years of #Indigenous presence in the borderlands. Ongoing construction threatens cultural resources that would be permanently lost if disturbed.
"The Department of Homeland Security is constructing the #BorderWall under authorities that waive dozens of the nation’s cornerstone environmental and cultural resource protection laws, allowing construction to proceed without reviews normally required under laws including the National Environmental Policy Act, the #EndangeredSpecies Act and the National #HistoricPreservation Act.
"In a letter sent today to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Center called for an immediate halt to construction in the #Lochiel area. The letter urged the agencies to conduct comprehensive biological and cultural resource surveys, consult with Tribes with ancestral and cultural connections to the San Rafael Valley, protect the remaining ancient cottonwoods, and assess the ecological and cultural resources at risk."
Source [includes link to materials]:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/border-wall-construction-triggers-tree-sit-to-save-ancient-arizona-cottonwood-2026-07-29/
#OldGrowth #NestingBirds #USPo #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #IndigenousCulture #ProtectTheSacred
#CulturalGenocide #EndangeredSpecies #TreeSitters
#TreeSitters Saving #OldGrowth #Cottonwoods : #Arizona #BorderWall #Resistance
Border Wall Construction Destroying Cottonwoods, 'Green Ribbon' Running Through the Desert
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, August 4, 2026
#LochielAZ -- "Day 6 at #GrandmotherCamp, there was no border wall construction since the tree sit began last Wednesday in this rich landscape. The cottonwood trees are the nesting place of #MigratoryBirds, including the rare #YellowBilledCuckoo.
" 'We've lost three grandmothers that took 250 years to grow. They were obliterated by the monstrous machinations in four hours,' Kate said on Monday from the tree sit in Lochiel, about 25 miles east of Nogales, southeast of Tucson.
" 'But I just saw a Yellow-billed #Cuckoo, federally threatened crying over this beautiful meadow.'
" 'This remaining Grandmother, that threatened bird -- we remain hopeful that our efforts here on the ground will be met with thoughtful reasonable conversation and a new direction for Lochiel community,' Kate said.
" 'This remaining Grandmother represents hope and resistance.' "
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/tree-sitters-saving-old-growth.html
#USPol #BorderWall #TrumpSucks #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #IndigenousCulture #ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #EndangeredSpecies
In pictures: Garma 2026, a festival for 'everyone'
By Billy Cooper
The Garma Festival takes place across four days in Gulkula on Gumatj country in a stringybark forest at the top of an escarpment in north-east Arnhem Land.
#IndigenousCulture #IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandSociety #Children #YoungPeople #FamilyandRelationships #VisualArt #BillyCooper