It’s been a while, but The Moon-Eyed Ones was featured by Appodlachia as a fiction alternative to Hillbilly Elegy! Please support actual Appalachian authors and artists!
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Ha ha seriously tho.
I needed to hear this right now. ❤
My new favorite post.
As someone who finished her undergrad at 40, I feel this later update. Take your time. Progress made at any speed is progress.
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feraldogqueer-deactivated202012:
More than 1/8th of the White Mountain Apache Tribe has tested positive for Covid-19.
They have been hit EXTREMELY hard and I have seen no posts going around talking about it. It is one of the hardest hit places in ARIZONA, a state that already has horribly high case numbers.
They have a Covid relief gofundme. Please donate if you can and spread this if you can’t.
White Mountain Apache Tribe COVID-19 Relief Fund organized by White Mountain Apache Tribe
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If you guys are able, consider donating to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women database.
“In the US, murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian women, the rate of rape on some reservations can be ten times higher than the national average, and Native women and girls are highly overrepresented in cases of missing persons (for example, in Montana, Native people make up 8% of the state population, and yet 40% of the state’s missing girls are Native). A complex maze of jurisdictional policies and institutionalized violence means much of this violence is not only not addressed, but not documented.”
This database is the most comprehensive one, is made with the consent and input of families, regularly fundraises for the families (parents, grandparents, and children) of mmiw, and is inclusive of trans women, and includes indigenous women from areas that aren’t always included in mmiw counts, like Kanaka Maoli and diasporic migrant Indigenous women.
I cannot vouch enough for the work A.L and her team do for this.
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The True Story of Pocahontas according to Mattaponi oral tradition.
Epilogue:
Many myths surrounding Matoaka had been created by other written accounts embellishing in her story, such as her apparent famous saving of John Smith, which was not recorded in Smith’s journals at the date that it had happened, but recounted only years after the fact. Matoaka also could not have been there since his ceremony in becoming a Werowance lasted four days, and excluded children such as Matoaka. She also could not have brought the Jamestown settlers food or have warned Smith about an oncoming attack as rumors would have it, as she was guarded always by a troup of Warriors, and Jamestown was twelve miles away & across the river, quite a feat for a ten year old girl to make on her own.
While Matoaka’s exact birthdate is unknown, it was likely 1595-1598, and she died before the age of 23.
Wahunseneca blamed himself for her death and his own health decreased at the time of her abduction, deeming him unfit to make wise decisions, and he abdicated his role to his brother Opechancanough; Wahunseneca felt as if he failed his wife, whose last words to him were, “take care of my child for me”.
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It’s always my favorite character
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scandalous
i will reblog this as many times as it takes me to stop finding this funny
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