#indigenouspeoples — Public Fediverse posts
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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.”
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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
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Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains
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Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains
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Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains
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Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains
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Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains
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The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground
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The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground
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The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground
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The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground
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The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground
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Reindeer and rare-earth minerals: Swedish politicians take aim at Indigenous Sami in mining dispute
By Miranda Bryant in KirunaGabna community fear their traditional herding routes will be sacrificed as far-right rhetoric ramps up against them
#Sweden #Indigenouspeoples #Mining #Environment #Europe #Worldnews #Mining #Criticalminerals #TheGuardian #MirandaBryantinKiruna
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Reindeer and rare-earth minerals: Swedish politicians take aim at Indigenous Sami in mining dispute
By Miranda Bryant in KirunaGabna community fear their traditional herding routes will be sacrificed as far-right rhetoric ramps up against them
#Sweden #Indigenouspeoples #Mining #Environment #Europe #Worldnews #Mining #Criticalminerals #TheGuardian #MirandaBryantinKiruna
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Reindeer and rare-earth minerals: Swedish politicians take aim at Indigenous Sami in mining dispute
By Miranda Bryant in KirunaGabna community fear their traditional herding routes will be sacrificed as far-right rhetoric ramps up against them
#Sweden #Indigenouspeoples #Mining #Environment #Europe #Worldnews #Mining #Criticalminerals #TheGuardian #MirandaBryantinKiruna
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Reindeer and rare-earth minerals: Swedish politicians take aim at Indigenous Sami in mining dispute
By Miranda Bryant in KirunaGabna community fear their traditional herding routes will be sacrificed as far-right rhetoric ramps up against them
#Sweden #Indigenouspeoples #Mining #Environment #Europe #Worldnews #Mining #Criticalminerals #TheGuardian #MirandaBryantinKiruna
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Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras
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Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras
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Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras
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Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras
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Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras
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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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The #Indigenous Roots of #RegenerativeAgriculture
“All flourishing is mutual.”
– Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding SweetgrassAugust 9, 2023
"While a new wave of enthusiasm has crested in recent years, regenerative agriculture is an ancient concept that originated with #IndigenousPeoples around the world more than a thousand years ago. In many Indigenous world views, humans and nature are not separate forces, but parts of a whole that need each other to thrive. Regenerative agriculture supports this by promoting farming methods that enrich the land—so it can continue to provide for present and future generations.
"Embracing #TraditionalKnowledge
"Due to the long and horrific history of #StolenLand and #colonization, the Global North often refers to #IndigenousPeoples’ culture and knowledge in the past tense. Yet today, Indigenous peoples are indisputably the best guardians of our world’s most precious #ecosystems. When you take into account that the few remaining Indigenous lands are home to 80 percent of the world’s #Biodiversity, while modern #IndustrialAgriculture is responsible for 80 percent of global #deforestation, it’s clear that Western society still desperately needs to learn what Indigenous people have known for millennia: that human beings must live in a reciprocal relationship with the Earth.
"Around the world, Indigenous peoples have long practiced the key elements of regenerative agriculture. Here are just a few examples:
The art of #agroforestry
Some Indigenous communities, like the #Lenca people in #Honduras, know agroforestry simply as 'traditional technique.' Agroforestry—or the concept of growing crops in a way that mimics the forest and offers shade, protection, and nutrients—is such common practice there is no special name for it.
"Our lead for sustainable forest management, Emmanuelle Bérenger, explains the importance of Indigenous growing methods: 'By using #sustainable practices taught from one generation to another, [Indigenous peoples] actively safeguard forests, preserving biodiversity and keeping a delicate balance essential for both the environment and their own sustenance.' "
Learn more:
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/the-indigenous-roots-of-regenerative-agriculture/#SolarPunkSunday #Intercropping #FoodForests #ProtectNature #ProtectBiodiversity
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Low Conviction Rate Under SC/ST Act in India: Needs Revamping?
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25th Anniversary of the First Nations Garden: a living heritage looking to the future https://www.allforgardening.com/1919178/25th-anniversary-of-the-first-nations-garden-a-living-heritage-looking-to-the-future-2/ #art #BotanicalGarden #EspacePourLaVie #garden #GuidedTour #IndigenousArt #IndigenousPeoples #LiveEvents #montreal #outdoors
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Native News Online: Motorola Launches Indigenous Collections App to Help Preserve Ojibwe Language and Culture. “The free Android app, which will be available through the Google Play Store, is designed to support Indigenous language and cultural revitalization by bringing together traditional stories, geographic landmarks, family history, and key vocabulary in a single platform. The app aims to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/03/native-news-online-motorola-launches-indigenous-collections-app-to-help-preserve-ojibwe-language-and-culture/ -
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders
By Jonathan WattsDelegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon Forest
#Amazonrainforest #Americas #Indigenouspeoples #Brazil #Peru #Drugstrade #Loggingandlandclearing #Environmentalactivism #Worldnews #Deforestation #TheGuardian #JonathanWatts
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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Regional Assessment Begins of Potential Exploratory Drilling in the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Area
OTTAWA, ON, July 8, 2026 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada continues to advance regional assessments across the country…
#Canada #Canada-NovaScotia #GovernmentofCanada #ImpactAssessment #Indigenouspeoples #NaturalResourcesCanada #novascotia #offshoreoil #regionalassessment #regionalassessments
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The First to Circumnavigate the World May Have Been a Cebuano Seafarer
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Salt Lake Tribune: New database unlocks the history of an LDS congregation unlike any other. “From 1880 to 1966, more than a thousand of these Indigenous members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints found ways to blend their Native identities with the young faith. In doing so, they left behind thousands of records — photos, letters, maps, personal histories and more — now all […]
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HT @miki_lou
"Mikisew Cree’s own #health study confirms what the community has always known: the #oilsands are killing them. "
#BigOil #TarSands #Alberta #IndigenousPeoples #WaterisLife #environment #cdnpoli #ToxicChemicals
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🌍 For Earth Month, we're highlighting Searching for Amani! This award-winning documentary follows a thirteen-year-old boy’s investigation of his father’s tragic murder within the boundaries of one of Kenya’s largest wildlife conservancies.
Teach about the intersection of Biodiversity, Climate, Colonialism, Economic Justice. Indigenous Peoples, and Human Rights with the Searching for Amani Climate/Environment lesson, for grades 7-12 & adult/higher ed.
#EarthMonth #EarthWeek #EarthDay #Education #Movies #Homeschooling #Climate #Environment #Kenya #Biodiversity #Colonialism #EconomicJustice #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights
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"Mikisew Cree’s own #health study confirms what the community has always known: the #oilsands are killing them. " https://indigenousinsider.substack.com/p/they-are-dying-and-canada-is-watching?r=9iuka&triedRedirect=true
#BigOil #tarSands #Alberta #IndigenousPeoples #waterisLife #environment #cdnpoli #toxicChemicals
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Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable | Christiana Figueres https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/sea-level-rise-health-crisis-christiana-figueres #SeaLevel #Health #PacificIslands #Pollution #Vanuatu #EnvironmentalActivism #FossilFuels #Water #Migration #IndigenousPeoples #Inequality #InternationalLaw #ClimateCrisis #AsiaPacific #Environment #SouthPacific
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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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Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss Of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years
"As the global avian extinction crisis accelerates, the loss of large-bodied birds is destroying local biodiversity and ecology, and eroding the cultural memory of Indigenous Peoples."
#ExtinctionCrisis #birds #ornithology #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalMemory #Ecology #Environment #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/26/indigenous-communities-report-dramatic-loss-of-large-bird-species-over-80-years/
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Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss Of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years
"As the global avian extinction crisis accelerates, the loss of large-bodied birds is destroying local biodiversity and ecology, and eroding the cultural memory of Indigenous Peoples."
#ExtinctionCrisis #birds #ornithology #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalMemory #Ecology #Environment #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/26/indigenous-communities-report-dramatic-loss-of-large-bird-species-over-80-years/
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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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The #environmental burdens of #SpecialEconomicZones on the coastal and marine #environment: A remote sensing assessment in #Myanmar
Thiri Shwesin Aung, Indra Overland, Roman Vakulchuk, Yanhua Xie
November 2022"Special economic zones (#SEZs) are unusual parts of the world economy in terms of law, institutions, and economic functions (Chaisse and Dimitropoulos 2021). SEZs are geographically delimited areas created to facilitate industrial activities through fiscal and regulatory incentives and infrastructure support (UNCTAD 2019). Such zones carve out jurisdiction as a subset of the overall state jurisdiction for the purposes of enacting different laws and regulations that are more trade and investment friendly (Zeng 2021). Since the year 2000, SEZs have mushroomed in developing countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), accelerate industrialization and create jobs (Aiyer 2017). There are 5400 SEZs in 147 economies around the world. Asia is home to three quarters of them (UNIDO 2015). They have been a core element of the economic development strategy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and currently all ASEAN member states have SEZs (Aggarwal 2022).
"As part of an export-oriented development strategy, the zones commonly include industrial mega-areas that accommodate large-scale infrastructure, deep-sea ports, logistical infrastructure for oil and gas, hotels and tourism, and industrial complexes (Aggarwal 2022). They are primarily defined by a specific regulatory regime and a dedicated governance mechanism designed to relieve customs and tariffs and reduce the burden on businesses from permits, licenses, employment laws, and land access. In return, host governments expect investors to create positive spillover effects, such as facilitating innovation, boosting employment, raising exports, and diversifying the economy. The global experience of SEZs have been mixed, with some countries achieving successful economic outcomes, while others struggle to overcome market failures, institutional constraints, and social and environmental costs (Aggarwal 2022; Zeng 2021).
"The lax regulatory regimes of SEZs often raise concerns about environmental, social, and #HumanRights standards, as well as possible conflicts over #LandRights (Brussevich 2020). Several SEZs have failed to yield the expected economic benefits while having severe adverse impacts on the environment and local communities (Adunbi 2019; Aritenang and Chandramidi 2020; Chaisse and Ji 2020). On the other hand, while SEZs can be hotspots for environmental #mismanagement, they can also provide opportunities for implementing environmental policies specifically designed to regulate industries within the zones. Also, certain environmental advantages may ensue from the introduction of foreign financial resources and environmental technologies that are otherwise not readily available (Richardson 2004).
"However, according to the 'race to the bottom' literature, most SEZs have a net negative impact on the environment and local communities (Richardson 2004; UNIDO 2015; ZENG and DOUGLAS, 2012).
"Despite this contradiction, existing studies focusing on the direct and indirect impacts of SEZs have been rare (#WorldBank, 2017). Particularly, the magnitude and intensity of SEZ impacts on the environment remain understudied.
SEZs tend to be located in remote regions. As such, SEZ-related information and data are generally scarce, making it difficult to assess the environmental consequences of such zones. Many SEZs are also located in countries where there is limited scope for independent environmental assessment due to #authoritarian rule, #corruption, and/or #secrecy surrounding deals with foreign investors. Recent improvements in access to satellite data and computing platforms for machine learning have greatly improved the ability to comprehensively assess SEZs in any location in the world in near real time (Ali et al., 2020; Jensen et al., 2019). This article demonstrates how these technologies can be applied to provide evidence related to the environmental impacts of SEZs. The method is tried out on the Kyaukpyu SEZ in Myanmar. Myanmar is an authoritarian country and the #KyaukpyuSEZ is a flagship project of China's Belt and Road Initiative (#BRI) located in an inaccessible part of #Myanmar. This is precisely the type of case where independent access can be limited and a remote sensing approach can be useful."From 2010 onwards, Myanmar was navigating its economic transformation and a partial loosening of military rule. SEZ development was prioritized as a critical element of the country's industrialization (Oxfam 2017). The three most notable ongoing SEZ projects are the Kyaukpyu SEZ in the rural but strategically important Rakhine State, which is also the largest SEZ in Myanmar, the Thilawa SEZ on the outskirts of Myanmar's former capital Yangon, and the Dawei SEZ in the Tanintharyi Region. Tanintharyi is a long narrow southern territory of Myanmar bordering the Andaman Sea to the west and Thailand to the east.
"Although they are expected to encourage economic growth and reduce poverty, all three SEZ projects continue to face local opposition, particularly the Kyaukpyu and Dawei SEZs. The International Commission of Jurists (2017) has reported that SEZs in Myanmar are linked to human rights violations and environmental abuses (Donateo 2017). Although Myanmar's SEZ law adopted in 2014 reaffirms the applicability of environmental regulations to SEZ development, it does not clearly delineate responsibilities between developers and the state (DICA 2014). The law also does not conform with international human rights standards (MCRB 2018)."
Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352938522001173#RaceToTheBottom #HumanRightsViolations #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EconomicSacrificZones #ForcedRelocation #ForcedDisplacement #HumanRightsViolations #EnvironmentalDegradation #IndigenousPeoples #ForestPeoples #SaveTheForests #Exploitation #CorporateColonialism
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@nilton
Residents unite to block TikTok data center in Ceará state, Brazil
"In July, The Intercept Br revealed,based on an internal document obtained exclusively, t the Casa dos Ventos &TikTok project in Caucaia cld consume as much energy per day in its initial phase as 2.2 million Brazilians consume.If the data center were a city, it would be the 7th largest energy consumer in Brazil"
#Colonialism #DataCenter #WaterConsumption #WaterGrab #IndigenousRights #IndigenousPeoples #WaterSovereignty