Native people survived removal, forced assimilation, and attempted genocide only to be told that they didn’t. Only to live in a country that pretends they no longer exist. IndigenousPeoplesDay
The prevailing ignorance about Native people does not stem from individual failings but rather from the systemic erasure of Native people from K-12 education, mainstream news, and pop culture. Researchers found that this lack of visibility directly undermines public support for Native rights. Respondents who didn’t know about contemporary oppression were less willing to support a broad range of social justice issues, including treaty rights and eliminating racist sports mascots.
“They think that we really aren’t people, in a way. I don’t know how to explain it,” Boyd says, struggling to describe interactions with her peers. “It really hurts when I realize everyone assumes that I’m not Native. And when I tell them that I am — I’ll even tell them my tribes — they still try and justify in their minds that I’m not.”
The cruel irony is that Native people survived removal, forced assimilation, and attempted genocide only to be told that they didn’t. Only to live in a country that pretends they no longer exist.and over 5 million living, breathing Native people. Despite systemic erasure, “We are still here. We are resilient. We are beautiful. We are modern. We are contributing incredible things,” Crystal Echo Hawk , co-project lead of the group responsible for the report, tells.
You can educate yourself. Here are some inspiring voices from Indian Country with which to pollinate your Twitter and Instagram feeds. So put down your sepia-tinted photos — Native people are alive and relevant, and these folks have a lot to say about it.
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