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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.”
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PMPI Condemns the Violent Dispersal and Arrest of Kasibu 11 and Denounces the Expansion of Large-Scale Mining Exploration in Nueva Vizcaya
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Months-long $1m in unpaid rates saga ends with sale of 33 outback homes
By Kavina Kumar and Tim LittleProperties owned by an Aboriginal housing corporation caught up in an unpaid-rates saga that left dozens of Mount Isa residents facing an uncertain future are sold.
#RentalHousing #IndigenousPeoples #Charities #KavinaKumar #TimLittle
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe 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
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe 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
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe 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
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe 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
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe 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
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‘Our forefathers are coming back’: Naga people celebrate after Oxford museum agrees to return remains
By Tora AgarwalaFollowing six years of talks, Pitt Rivers Museum will return body parts collected by British colonial administrators to north-east India
#Globaldevelopment #Indigenouspeoples #Anthropology #Museums #Heritage #Britishempire #India #Worldnews #Culture #Ethics #SouthandcentralAsia #TheGuardian #ToraAgarwala
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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An influential cultural and religious leader of the NT has died aged 91
By Oliver ChaselingAn influential cultural and religious leader from south-east Arnhem Land has died aged 91 after being ordained as the Anglican church's first-ever female, Aboriginal priest in 2009.
#DeathandDying #IndigenousPeoples #Religion #OliverChaseling
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Government of Canada invests in Brantford Native Housing and Darmont GivesBack
Lisa Hepfner, Member of Parliament (Hamilton Mountain), announces funding for Brantford Native Housing and Darmont GivesBack. BRANTFORD, ON, Sept. 8,…
#Canada #Brantford #DarmontGivesBack #HamiltonMountain #Indigenouspeoples #LisaHepfner #MarcMiller #MemberofParliament #TruthandReconciliation
https://www.europesays.com/canada/201067/ -
‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
By Elle HuntA new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives
#Indigenouspeoples #Worldnews #YouTube #TikTok #Instagram #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Adventuretravel #Travel #Exploration #Youngpeople #Society #TheGuardian #ElleHunt
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Another plan unveiled to tackle long-standing issues in Port Augusta
By Arj GanesanThe state government has announced another plan to tackle issues regarding crime, violence and substance abuse in Port Augusta. The efforts have been praised by Indigenous leaders who say it is needed, but have criticised the lack of Indigenous consultation.
#SocialProblems #IndigenousAustralians #Crime #IndigenousPolicy #YouthCrime #RegionalCommunities #CommunityOrganisations #SubstanceAbuse #Drugs #Alcohol #IndigenousPeoples #ArjGanesan
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Making hostile spaces The dispersal of non consumers
* At an intersection of numerous car parks, retail industry and an amusement industrial complex in Coffs Harbour there is a small green space with benches and birds. People and birds rest there and have their lunch.
Some time ago the amusement & drink giant piped ongoing unpleasant, loud music over the small green island and the abundant car parks.
The intention of the outdoor speakers distributing noise pollution is/was to engage in then 'dispersal' of ‘loitering' non customers.
This loud and repetitive ‘music’ is also known as "aggressive" or "defensive" architecture. This design in mostly public spaces is intended as a form of 'organised abandonment' (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) of the poor and the unhoused.
Often the exclusionary design acoustic ('steady-state spam’) is combined with other anti homeless devices (anti-homeless spikes furniture) which function to keep members of the public out of public spaces.
With increasing inequality, that is non spending consumers, the system is increasingly employing hostile practices. Privately owned public spaces such as walkways, plazas, arcades and small parks have to ensure the safety of their customers and staff. Non-consumers have no place in this scheme.
* "Woolworths has installed outdoor speakers at its Darwin city store to play the supermarket's 'Fresh Food People' jingle on repeat in a bid to deter loitering.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/darwin-city-woolworths-looping-jingle-anti-social-behaviour/107073330
* "The NSW Police Force is currently running an Australian-first trial in Moree (an area with a high Indigenous population) using rooftop drones to "fight crime" in the area, controlled by people hundreds of kilometres away at Bankstown Airport." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/automation-and-repression-the-two-go-hand-in-hand-daron-acemoglu/107063582
#HostileArchitecture #PublicSpaces #inequality #privatisation #ShoppingCentres #dispersal #FirstNationsPeoples #biopolitics #surveillance #CCTV #PervasiveTechnologies #UAVs #NoisePollution #IndigenousPeoples #DesignApartheid #governance #CoffsHarbour -
#Indigenous at the United Nations Expose #AIDataCenters and #RaciallyBiased Misinformation
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 14, 2026, Updated August 17, 2026
"#AI data centers are rapidly being constructed on the land of #IndigenousPeoples without free, prior and informed consent from us."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/indigenous-at-united-nations-expose-ai.html
#Inuit #InformedConsent #Mong #CulturalPreservation #AIHallucinations #WorldPol #IndigenousPeople #RespectTheTreaties #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters
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Australia’s trade in human flesh: blackbirding - follow the money...
"Between 1860 and 1906 up to 62,000 Pacific Islanders were shipped to Australia to work primarily in sugar cane and cotton farming.."
"...The Pacific Islanders came, they died, they were buried like dogs and more were sent for.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/10/sydney-sugar-industry-slave-trade-pacific-islanders-ntwnfb
#slavery #Blackbirding #SouthSeaIslander #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #PastoralIndustry #sugar #cotton #plantations #PALM #books -
Unseen Japan: Hokkaido University Apologizes for a Century of Ainu Remains Research. “On July 27, 2026, Hokkaido University issued its first-ever proper apology for a prewar research program. The medical school collected and studied more than 1,000 sets of Ainu remains. The university expressed that the work ‘deeply wounded the dignity of the Ainu people.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/02/unseen-japan-hokkaido-university-apologizes-for-a-century-of-ainu-remains-research/ -
"Timothy Neale’s How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent
critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship.""Each year, Australia faces increasingly unprecedented wildfires, marked both by their scale and by the intense public disagreements about their political, cultural, and ecological causes. How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent is a critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia and the technoscientific systems of control that shape its current and future possibilities. Timothy Neale observes how two seemingly opposing forces—an entrenched sense of crisis and widespread normalization—combine to form an apparatus of institutional fire management that increasingly centers technical control and militarization. While sympathetic to the double binds many fire management professionals find themselves in, Neale ties contemporary wildfire problems to ongoing colonization and Indigenous dispossession, exploring Indigenous-led land management and cultural burning as a practical assertion of sovereignty. Through dialogue and collaboration with professional fire managers and Indigenous environmental stewards, Neale calls for a collective movement beyond control thinking by fostering new alliances and modes of coping with, rather than commanding, our flammable world." >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/how-to-control-fire-on-a-burning-continentIntroduction >>
https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-002a-a423-84e111d5b498/8a052eb4-c8e4-4655-aab9-0a8efa3514cd/978-1-4780-3879-5_601.pdf
#fires #bushfires #FossilFuels #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #climate #book #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #Australia #europeancolonisation #control #ClimateFiasco #HeatRecords -
Lover’s Abyss
I was told as a young child
You can dream of anything
So, I dreamed I was a blue horse
midnight blue with a touch of white
gracefully strong
unafraid of the world
accepting of the unknown
beautiful essence
assuring eyes.
I was told as a student
You can’t dream anymore
its time to grow up
learn how to be an adult
learn to be practical
understand your place
abide by our laws.
As an adult
I was told
You’re a lot of trouble
try harder to fit in
let go of that childhood dream
stop messing around
be something.
I traveled this world
in spite of people’s viewpoint
I traveled as a blue horse.
Unafraid
Accepting
Assured and complete.
I saw a blue horse
with a daisy behind her ear
standing alone.
Sky blue she was
as were her eyes.
Gracefully she moved
towards the crest of twilight.
I asked if she wanted company?
She said, yes.
Beyond the crest we disappeared
into our abyss where our solitude awaited
playing with season flowers
and coupling under the stars.
The eternity we exist in
is the eternity we make.Author Michael Plante
#Abyss #Bluehorse #Dreamers #Dreams #Freeverse #Indigenous #Indigenouspeoples #Love #Lovers #Poetry #Thepoetshouse
Image: Blue Horse (A.I. Generated) artis Unknown. -
Does anyone have some good resources on indigenous cultural burning practices? I'm hoping to add some links to the wildfire doc.
Looking for explanations of what it is, examples, and ways people (especially settlers) can support cultural burning practices (e.g., politicians or government officials we can write letters to, legislation we can advocate for, organizations or indigenous groups or leaders we can support, other actions we can take).
Boosts and quotes welcome!
#FirstNations #Indigenous #IndigenousPeoples #TurtleIsland #CulturalBurning #NativeAmerican #LandBack
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#Indigenous at the #UnitedNations Expose #AIDatacenters and Racially-Biased #Misinformation
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, July 14, 2026
GENEVA -- "The mediocre, middle-of-the-road approach to #AI at the United Nations was countered by testimony today from #IndigenousPeoples pointing out that #ArtificialIntelligence is not a solution, and is doing great harm to Indigenous with derogatory misinformation and massive #datacenters that are poisoning the #land, #water and #air.
"#JaimieWilliams, #MiamiNation in #Indiana, speaking on behalf of the Society of Native Nations, at the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, responded to the A.I. summary presented this morning. Williams said the summary does not reflect the true impact of artificial intelligence, particularly in the way the technology is powered.
" 'AI data centers are rapidly being constructed on the land of Indigenous Peoples without free, prior and #InformedConsent from us.'
" 'My people came out of the water, the #SaintJosephRiver in the southeast of #LakeMichigan, along that river there are several data centers,' she said, pointing out that Indigenous across #TurtleIsland share similar stories.
" 'These sacred waterways and lands are being used for A.I. data centers.'
" 'I was once convinced artificial intelligence could help my tribe build our language and culture, but AI is not a sustainable solution.'
" 'There is currently no available technology available to power A.I. without poisoning the water, drying up the rivers and causing further contamination in the territories of Indigenous Peoples, who are already disproportionately affected.' "
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/indigenous-at-united-nations-expose-ai.html#BigData #BigDataSucks #CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #AirIsLife #ProtectTheSacred #USPol
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Peru: Strengthening Communities and Organizations to Resist and Defend the Future of Their Territories
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Is the Northern Territory a ‘mini Trump-style government’?
“A real slash and burn approach to the environment”"The populist policies that brought Lia Finocchiaro’s Country Liberal party to power have Indigenous and environment groups concerned."
“Australia should be looking very closely at the anti-democratic, racist, climate change denying policies that have been implemented by the Northern Territory government to understand what’s happening here but also as a harbinger of what could be rolled out elsewhere.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/28/northern-territory-clp-country-liberal-party-lia-finocchiaro-mini-trump-style-government-australia-ntwnfb
#NT #climate #denial #FossilFuels #environment #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #biodiversity #extractivism -
"We don’t even know the names of the Belo Sun investors who want to destroy our home
Haunted by the specter of a mining company listed on the Toronto stock exchange, the Volta Grande do Xingu is a body that will soon be plundered by globalized capitalism"#Ecocide #Xingu #BeloSun #IndigenousRights #Brazil #IndigenousPeoples #Mining
https://sumauma.com/en/belo-sun-mining-corp-nem-conhecemos-o-nome-dos-que-querem-nos-matar/
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*I think Eby's the current, problematic BC politician in Premier power role. The core problem is that #BCNDP haven't really respected #IndigenousRights for a long time. Their caucus became too whipped under Horgan & that's continued under Eby - who was groomed by the former neoliberal in charge of BC policies.*
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the NDP has a “colossal” leadership problem, and if it doesn’t move on from Premier David Eby, the party could be doomed for decades. “I think the problem is Premier Eby,” he said at a Friday morning news conference in Vancouver held by Indigenous leaders opposed to a proposed suspension of parts of the Declaration on the Rights of #IndigenousPeoples Act (DRIPA).
Phillip spoke alongside the #FirstNations Leadership Council, which is made up of members of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Summit and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. The groups held a joint news conference in Vancouver on Friday (April 10), slamming the B.C. NDP government’s DRIPA suspension plan, a move the council had called a “unilateral betrayal” on Thursday. #DRIPA is a 2019 B.C. law that formally commits the province to aligning its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( #UNDRIP ), which affirms the right to #SelfDetermination for #Indigenous peoples worldwide.
Read more at: https://saanichnews.com/2026/04/10/the-problem-is-premier-eby-b-c-ndps-leadership-taken-to-task-over-dripa/
#BCpoli #DavidEby #LandBack #NoConsent #Capitalism #Colonialism #DecolonizeYourMind #Decolonization #CanadaIsAllNativeLand #BCGovernment #SueTheGovernment
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"#BillC5 is a reiteration of the #racist ideologies that created so much harm to #IndigenousPeoples and Mother Earth through land dispossession and attacks on our teachings, languages and governance." This is #Canada led by the #CarneyCons . https://davidsuzuki.org/story/regression-bill-c-5/
#UNDRIP #cdnpoli #settlerColonialism #climateChange #denialism #CorporateCapture
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More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin
#charlesvanschaick #photography #vintagephotography #nativeamericans #hochunk #winnebago #blackriverfalls #hochunknation
#Indigenouspeoples #indigenouspeople #nativeamericans #wisconsin #homesteaders #wisconsinhistory -
More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin
#charlesvanschaick #photography #vintagephotography #nativeamericans #hochunk #winnebago #blackriverfalls #hochunknation
#Indigenouspeoples #indigenouspeople #nativeamericans #wisconsin #homesteaders #wisconsinhistory -
More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin
#charlesvanschaick #photography #vintagephotography #nativeamericans #hochunk #winnebago #blackriverfalls #hochunknation
#Indigenouspeoples #indigenouspeople #nativeamericans #wisconsin #homesteaders #wisconsinhistory -
More photographs by Charles Van Schaick from Black River Falls, Wisconsin
The Ho-Chunk or Winnabego lived in the region for centuries, but in the 1870s were forcibly removed to Nebraska. Many returned + by 1881, most were settled on homesteads, with the administrative center of the Ho-Chunk Nation now located in Black River Falls.
#charlesvanschaick #photography #vintagephotography #nativeamericans #hochunk #winnebago #blackriverfalls #hochunknation
#Indigenouspeoples #indigenouspeople #nativeamericans #wisconsin #homesteaders #wisconsinhistory -
Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Samaritanism
Samaritanism is an Abrahamic monotheistic, ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, & legal traditions of the Samaritan people.
Often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, who originated from the Hebrews & Israelites. They began to emerge as a relatively distinct group after the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Iron Age. The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the 4th, & penultimate, stage of ancient Assyrian history.
Central to their continuity as an Indigenous Heritage in the Holy Land is keeping the Patriarchal & Mosaic covenant as specified in the Samaritan Torah. Samaritans believe this is the original & unchanged version of the Pentateuch (which is the first 5 books of the Hebrew & Christian bible) since Moses & the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
The Abisha Scroll is traditionally held by the community to be the oldest existing scroll written by Abisha, son of Aaron the priest, around 3,000 years ago based on living tradition. However, Jewish & Christian theologians have made attempts to dispute this claim which proved unsatisfactory.
Judaism claims Samaritanism developed right alongside their own religion. Samaritanism asserts itself as the true preserved form of the monotheistic faith that the Israelites kept under Moses. Samaritan belief also holds that the Israelites’ original holy site was Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, the State of Palestine (West Bank).
They also believe that Jerusalem only attained importance under Israelite dissenters who had followed Eli (In the Book of Samuel, Eli was a priest & judge of the Israelites in the city of Shiloh) to the city of Shiloh.
The Israelites who remained at Mount Gerizim would become the Samaritans in the Kingdom of Judah. Mount Gerizim is revered by Samaritans as the location where the Binding of Isaac occurred. In comparison to the Jewish belief that it occurred at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.
Today there are only about 900 registered communal members. This puts Samaritanism as 1 of the smallest ethnoreligious groups globally in the Abrahamic faiths. Samaritans believe that this is a prophecy fulfilled from the scriptures: “You’ll be left few in number.”
Though they hope for a future time when a prophet like Moses known as the “Taheb” (Restorer) will perform 3 signs, namely the jar of manna, the staff of Moses, & Cherubim, or the Golden Candlestick.
This time period they believe is when an era of Divine Favor would return, & the hidden tabernacle of Moses would miraculously be revealed for the Israelite people & Mount Gerizim is restored to its former glory.
Samaritans trace their history, as a separate entity, to a period soon after the Israelites’ arrival into the “Promised Land.” Samaritan historiography traces the schism to High Priest Eli leaving Mount Gerizim, where stood the 1st Israelite altar in Canaan, & building a competing altar in nearby Shiloh.
The dissenting group of Israelites who followed Eli to Shiloh would be the ones who, in later years, would head south to settle in Jerusalem (the Jews). Whereas the Israelites who stayed on Mount Gerizim, in Samaria, would become known as the Samaritans.
Genetic studies in 2004 suggest that Samaritans’ lineages trace back to a common ancestor with Jews in the paternally-inherited Jewish high priesthood (Cohanim) temporally near to the period of the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel. They’re probably descendants of the historical Israelite population. The Cohanim refers to the Jewish priestly class, male descendants of Aaron the priest.
The Hasmonean king, John Hyrcanus, destroyed the Mount Gerizim Temple & brought Samaria under his control around 120 BCE. This led to a long-lasting sense of mutual hostility between the Jews & Samaritans.
From this point, the Samaritans likely sought to consciously distance themselves from their Judean brethren. Both peoples came to see the Samaritan faith as a religion distinct from Judaism. By the time of Jesus, Samaritans & Jews deeply disparaged one another, as shown by Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan.
The main beliefs of Samaritanism are:
- There’s 1 God, Yahweh, the same God recognized by the Jewish prophets.
- The Torah is the only true holy book & was given by God to Moses. The Torah was created before the creation of the world & whoever believes in it is assured a part in the world to come. The Torah’s status in Samaritanism as the only holy book causes them to reject the Oral Torah, the Talmud, & all the prophets & scriptures, except for a version of the Book of Joshua (which they don’t hold as Scripture), whose book in the Samaritan community is significantly different from the Book of Joshua in the Jewish “Bible.” Moses is considered to be the last of the line of prophets.
- Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the 1 true sanctuary chosen by God. The Samaritans don’t recognize the sanctity of Jerusalem & don’t recognize the Temple Mount, claiming instead that Mount Gerizim was the place where the Binding of Isaac took place.
- The Apocalypse, called “the day of vengeance,” will be the end of days. When an entity called the Taheb (basically the Jewish Messiah equal) that comes from the tribe of Joseph will come, be a prophet like Moses for 40 years & bring about the return of all the Israelites, following which the dead will be resurrected. The Tahib will then discover the tent of Moses’ Tabernacle on Mount Gerizim, & will be buried next to Joseph when he dies.
The Samaritans have retained the institution of a high priesthood & the practice of slaughtering & eating lambs on Passover Eve. They celebrated Pesach, Shavuot, & Sukkot. But they use a different method from that used in mainstream Judaism in order to determine the dates annually.
For example, Yom Teru’ah (the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah), at the beginning of Tishrei (This is the 1st month of the civil year & the 7th month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar.), isn’t considered a New Year as it is in Rabbinic Judaism.
Their Sabbath is observed weekly by the Samaritan community every week from Friday to Saturday, beginning & ending at sundown. For 24 hours, the families gather together to celebrate the rest day: all electricity with the exception of minimal lighting (kept on the entire day) in the house is disconnected, no work is done, & neither cooking nor driving is allowed.
The time is devoted to worship which consists of 7 prayer services, reading the weekly Torah portion, spending quality time with family, taking meals, rest & sleep, & visiting other members of the community.
Passover is particularly important in the Samaritan community, climaxing with the sacrifice of up to 40 sheep.
The Counting of the Omar remains relatively unchanged. The Counting of the Omar is a ritual in Judaism that consists of a verbal counting of each of the 49 days between the holidays of Passover & Shavuot. However, the week before Shavuot is a unique festival celebrating the continued commitment Samaritanism has maintained since the time of Moses.
During Sukkot, the Sukkah (the temporary hut built for use during Sukkot) is built INSIDE of houses, instead of OUTSIDE like mainstream Judaism. This Samaritan tradition is traced back to the persecution of the Samaritans during the Byzantine Empire.
The roof of the Samaritan Sukkah is decorated with citrus fruits & branches of palm, myrtle, & willow trees. This is in accordance with the Samaritan interpretation of the 4 species designated in the Torah for the holiday. The 4 species are 4 plants (the etrog, lulav, hadass, & aravah) mentioned in the Torah as being relevant to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
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