Since's there's been so much fall out with the McGirt case, and a whole lot of stuff is about to happen with various & sundry sports teams and other stuff that is tangentially racial, but tends to fall more under government to government actions and treaty responsibilities - I'm starting this thread to not clutter up others and side bar overarching racial discussions... 1285611300140339200 is not a valid tweet id It can also serve as an AMA for Native Issues
In general, group self-referential for most of my life has been Indian (60%) American Indian (35%) & NA (5%) with the latter being primarily used by white passing Natives with little to zero interest in reconnection. Self Referential has always be tribal affiliation - Cherokee / Choctaw / Lakota / Dine, often multiple affiliation because of the pan-tribal intermarriage caused by the BIA Residential Schools, followed by clan / band As previously discussed hundreds of times on this site, the overall use of Native American has been primarily by non-Natives, growing out of the American obsession of Americans in their Settler / Colonizer Ancestry (Italian-Americans / Irish-Americans / etc, etc) Over time, with the reclamation of language, tribal affiliation has become more pronounced and the group self-referential has become just "Native", because we have existed before "America", IOW - the process of decolonization of people's minds & mindset about themselves
And in today's round up... MHA Nation Sues Interior Over Missouri Riverbed Property & Mineral Rights https://t.co/NPpGGgqOz3— Native Business Magazine (@nativebizmag) July 16, 2020 Directly related to Sovereignty, the BIA gave up mineral rights from the MHA to the state of ND - likely as both a kickback to mineral extraction companies to get them and the BIA off the hook for royalties for mineral extraction - basically trying to overturn the Cobell ruling against the US... Also related... After being cut out of the loop by tribes and a rival Republican, the governor of #Oklahoma is stumbling his way into a treaty rights controversy through a new commission stacked with non-Indian interests. @GovStitt @UnitedForOK #McGirt #HonorTheTreaties https://t.co/Wbxkv16CiM— indianz.com (@indianz) July 22, 2020 And I broke out of Twitter Jail and got the like for this... 1285755028045737984 is not a valid tweet id Emphasis Mine - Governor Bushybrows is not the brightest blub - just the most confident that if he keeps doing the same thing in trying to bully the tribes, he'll eventually win - but, he's lost every time he's tried to take on the tribes or divide them... Example... OK State Supreme Court Rejects Gaming Compacts Negotiated by Gov. Stitt... Emphasis Mine - I don't really like Treat, and McCall's a bullying shitbird, but they both know where the future of revenue is in this state - and it's not in the O&G industry any more - the tribes are the new players and they are increasingly political king makers
1285751369463455746 is not a valid tweet id And because you are all my friends and you want to do something good that will literally set the hair on fire of every OKState Aggie - please consider signing the petition on E**kimo Joe's
Wot about the Edmonton Eskimos? Are they gonna change their name to the "First Nation Native Peoples?" Or they could go all Euro-Trash with the "Edmonton CFC" name...
LMGTFY https://globalnews.ca/news/7201833/edmonton-eskimos-football-team-name-change/#:~:text=WATCH ABOVE: So long, Edmonton,reports live from Commonwealth Stadium. Yes, they are changnig their name. No, they didn't say what to. (You'd think with all the trouble over the years, teams would have had a conversation already about what to change to, but I guess that would require them to admit they had a problem...)
Most appropriately would be the Edmondton Eastern Metis - lets them keep pretending to be Indian - or Pretendians The Edmonton name change renewed the call for EJ's to change it's name - I give it 90 days before they do
How is "Eskimo" a slur? Is it because it's what white people call them, not what they call themselves? Also, good thing this thread started, because here is the perfect place to post this link on how the Washington NFL team got its name. You will LOL at the plot twist. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/07/erik-visits-an-american-grave-part-659
Same as Black was bad and Negro was good and now Negro is bad and Black is good (although African-American is better). At least, that's what I guess. The only way to really know is to get the consensus from the people to whom the term is applied.
I've heard some people say they prefer "Inuit" or "First Nations" unless using the specific group name. As far as labels go, if we are going to have them, let the people with those labels choose what they prefer. I have a friend who prefers "Black" over "African-American" (because he's not the equivalent of a "Polish-American" whose grandparents came over from Poland). If some people prefer "Hispanic" over "Latino" or vice versa, that's your choice. The same thing goes for any group of people. Just tell me what you want to be called and I'll use that.
Now it has a new name. It begins here... pic.twitter.com/CHCCZ64W81— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) July 23, 2020
Wow, "soccer culture" is more pervasive than we thought! So they are just going to be called "Washington FT" then, and let the fans come up with their own "grass roots" nickname, y'know, like how Liverpool is the "Reds" and Chelsea is the "Blues." That should work out well
Or, they can con fans into buying gear for the lone generic season as collectors' items, and then con them into buying First Edition Redtails jerseys.
In other news... 1288120732703027204 is not a valid tweet id 1288117702498779138 is not a valid tweet id Full Ruling
https://www.vox.com/2020/7/28/21344969/covid-19-masks-arizona-new-mexico-utah-navajo-nation Article on how the Navajo has successfully combated COVID.
Nez has been a particularly good leader for the Navajo Meanwhile - Kiowa & Comanche Tribes are recalling their leadership... https://oklahoman.com/article/56664...lating-against-leaders-of-two-oklahoma-tribes
Wow: that's like a hockey player serving out his five minute penalty and leaving the penalty box just in time to pick up a pass leading to a breakaway goal....