Hotina Hattak @ greengibs @lemm.ee Posts 299Comments 5Joined 1 mo. ago
As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood
The National Center Receives $500K Grant from KeyBank Foundation to Address Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Personal Connection Anchors New Project with Golisano Children's Hospital, Onondaga Nation
Personal Connection Anchors New Project with Golisano Children's Hospital, Onondaga Nation
Faculty approve four new minors, including Native American and Indigenous Studies
Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle to talk media coverage of Indigenous communities
North Dakota Legislature approves creation of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People taskforce
New Mexico governor signs bill to provide 'turquoise alert' when Native Americans go missing
Arizona hopes to have Missing Endangered Persons alert system live by summer
Delaware Art Museum highlights Indigenous culture in 4th Annual Powwow - Wilmington, DE
Athletes celebrate Indigenous culture and diversity at Traditional Games in Juneau
South Dakota Airman Accused of Murdering Native American Woman Could Face Death Penalty
Native American Inpatient Program opens up at Via Linda Behavioral Hospital
Indigenous Ashland-based food truck to be featured at 2025 NFL Draft
Tribal education leaders speak out against Trump’s plan to close the US Department of Education
Sac and Fox Nation Continues 988 Tribal Response Campaign with New PSAs, Events and Resources
To be frank, it's clear he hates non-whites enough that he'll definitely do it. He has no problems denigrating anything else we have, so I don't see why this would be an exception.
This immediately makes me think of the Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland, which I'm guessing is a partial inspiration for the show.
Absolutely. OKC IHS does tons of good for the Native community and is the only one in the area. The next closest from the OKC area would be El Reno (~45 min away), but it's small. Anadarko or Watonga would be next and they're about an hour away and they're small, too. Hearing that it was being shuttered to recoup $120K was infuriating, but I shouldn't have been surprised they were willing to sacrifice lives for what is less than the average cost of a single home in the metro.
Those were both pretty cool reads. We have something similar to La Lechuza called a hatakchaya, which is a kind of witch. The Nahua associating owls with death is interesting, especially since they sound to be more positive than the stories I hear. For Choctaw, the owl is also closely associated with death in the sense they are considered to be harbingers. As you mentioned in a comment, there is actual differentiation. For us, the difference in what owl you see indicates things like the age of the person who will die. The one exception IIRC is the screech owl, which is seen as a sign of a murder has or will happen.
Edit: Also, thanks for pointing out that they're climate change deniers. I definitely won't be posting any more articles from them.
I'm Choctaw and we're from the Southeast United States (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana), so owls are bad news. If you've ever watched the show "Reservation Dogs", there's a scene where the kids (I think they're Mvskoke/Creek) catch a glimpse of an owl and react in a typical way for kids raised traditionally: This scene (Youtube)