My happy place. 🐶💖🐶 #truenorth #wintermoon #goodmedicine #sâhkitowin #puppylove #pitbullhusky (at Attawapiskat, Ontario)
Reinstating indigenous social relations of authority and power over those territories that are being expropriated and devoured by extractivist industries and in relation to settler communities is crucial. That vision requires a form of solidarity that’s substantive and not instrumental. It requires a solidarity that’s organized around indigenous peoples’ relational understandings of land, autonomy, and sovereignty.
Climbers...remember: THIS IS INDIAN LAND. As we pass through new territories to climb- we seek out local Indigenous Nations to offer tobacco and ask permission to be on their land. Every single place we travel. Remember- Indigenous communities uphold sacred responsibilities to defend the land and are the guardians of the waters and mountains. We, as univited visitors must honour community protocol and respect the relationships which bind community to the Land/Water. There are thousands of possibilities we can transform colonial relationships, transcend racism and return to the land in a good way. Climbers!!! Remember that you climb on Indigenous territories and that these lands hold memories. Honour these communities and tread humbly forward. Respect to all Native climbers and POC climbers. 🍂🌊✊🌿 Miyo-wichetowin! #decolonizeclimb #nativeclimbers #thisisindianland #escalada #climbon #sportclimbing #rockandicemag #livewithoutlimits #liveclimbrepeat #zai_sinta_se_vivo #climbing_is_my_passion #iloooveit #grippedmagazine #mulheresqueescalam #WomenRockClimbing #neverstopexploring #honour
Beloved. 📷@peruzzo.prz 🌊🌌🍃🔥 #przvida #sunah (at Namgis First Nation)
erynnemichelle-blog reblogged
In a world of fast fashion and retail therapy, the fair-trade marketplace can be a feel-good alternative to large chains that are known to exploit labor in developing countries. Fair-trade brands and organizations bill themselves as being dedicated to their workers, most of whom are women of color in the Global South. But these claims are often framed within colonial, white savior narratives that seldom critique the very capitalist systems that oppress these workers. In the Money issue of Bitch, writer Bani Amor takes a critical look at this dynamic in the article “Spend and Save: The Narrative of Fair Trade and White Saviorism.” Amor, who lives in Brooklyn and is of Ecuadorian and Guatemalan heritage, also keeps up an active blog called Everywhere All the Time: Decolonizing Travel Culture.