Cultural Assimilation of Native Americans

Published September 21, 2024 by tindertender

Imagine you just recently had your 4th birthday & there’s a knock at the door. Who is it? A soldier who demands that you attend a residential school far from home. If your parents resisted, they were beaten & arrested.

After the residential school system was develop, it was mandatory for children as young as 4 to attend until they were 18 years old. Native children were prohibited from practicing their own culture or religion. School staff even went as far as bathing these kids in toxic chemicals to make them look more like Europeans.

Their long hair was cut & the breasts of young girls were binded to make them feel ashamed of their maturing bodies. You could only speak English or you would be harshly punished. Their tongues were repeatedly pierced with needles if they spoke anything other than English.

Other punishments included electrical shock, being put in cages, burning of hands, public strip searches in front of other children, & force feeding of one’s own vomit when they’re sick.

If any letters were written home, it was in English so parents did not even know how to read it. Both boys & girls were sexually abused & girls who got pregnant were forced to have an abortion & even pray for the forgiveness of their abusers.

Student deaths were so common that graveyards were usually part of the school’s architectural plans.

Upon returning home, these children were so lost that they were unable to communicate with their own families. That is why us Native Americans get so defensive when someone says, “Let it go, it happened in the past.”

This traumatic time in history should not be ignored. 🦅

🙏 In Memory of the 215 deceased children found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. May they find Peace.

https://www.humanrightspulse.com/mastercontentblog/cultural-assimilation-of-native-americans

Wild Man

Published September 20, 2024 by tindertender

The creature Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is featured in both American and Canadian folklore and has connections to Indigenous cultures.

The name Sasquatch is believed to come from the Salish word Sasq’ets, which means “wild man” or “hairy man”.

The term was coined by Canadian journalist J.W. Burns in the 1930s, who was an Indian agent assigned to the Chehalis Band.

The Weasel

Published September 20, 2024 by tindertender

The weasel doesn’t have any skills at all.

The weasel relies on others to accomplish anything, everything.

The weasel will try.

The weasel will die.

Shock Factor

Published September 20, 2024 by tindertender

My Father is always saying the only way, is to go Kamikaze on it, that “talking” about it doesn’t get anything done.

There are those who DO in this world, and there are those who talk a lot about it.

He’s waiting for them to do something besides talk about it.

That’s where patience comes in.
That’s where “allowing” is of benefit.

Observation is so important.
People will tell everything about their intentions as they “think” about it.

It seems they believe thinking about it will frustrate others, dropping their vibration and frequency, making the seeding of chaos more easily planted.

Folks have a pretty good handle on themselves these days.

The ‘shock’ factor of chaos is wearing off.

There’s Somebody Playing With You Right Now

Published September 20, 2024 by tindertender

You’re unbothered by it!

They don’t know what to do about it, ya’all.

No one got time for that!

“As soon as they thought their plan was going to work,
God created another plan for them.
If it’s a war they want,
It’s a war they’re gonna get.”

~ Intuitivegoddess333

False Fantasy

Published September 20, 2024 by tindertender

I don’t believe others fantasies about my life.

I won’t involve myself in them.

Native Son

Published September 20, 2024 by tindertender

They’re getting close to their final strike, trying to be real quiet.

Spirit said, “It was all fun and games until they found the Protector.”

And he said, “Good mornin’ America! How are ya? Don’t you know me? I’m your Native Son.”

They won’t be sacrificing the sacrifice.

And if they do, all they’ll do, is open a big ol’ can of whoop ass.

And I believe they’ve already got their hands full.

Wish an Mn F-er Would

Published September 19, 2024 by tindertender

Spirit’s getting irritated … just DO it already antagonist!

The pipe to the poet:

I am a poet's pipe, His nurse, and: I put his Beast to sleep.

When his blinded chimeras
Come to collide with his forehead, I smoke...And he, in his ceiling, Can no longer see the spiders.

….I make him a sky, clouds, The sea, the desert, mirages;

- He lets his dead eye wander there...
And, when the cloud becomes heavy, He thinks he sees a known shadow,

- And I feel my pipe biting...

- Another whirlwind unties
His soul, his shackles, his life!

….And I feel myself fading.-he is sleeping-

-Sleep again: the Beast is calmed, Follow your dream to the end...

My Poor!.. the smoke is everything.

-If it is true that everything is smoke...

The yellow loves
Tristan Corbière

Find Your People

Published September 18, 2024 by tindertender

Your crowd can’t be found if you’re hiding.
If you’re afraid to express yourself authentically and transparently,
If you’re afraid to be vulnerable, rejected or ridiculed,
You’ll never find those who are in resonance with your Soul.
Your Tribe.
Chosen Family.
Making decisions based out of fear will cause failure in a person’s life.
The goal is to expand, to elevate,
Not shrink.

Intensity!

Published September 18, 2024 by tindertender

This woman’s stare has me playing on repeat!

Take that ‘tude with you everywhere, apply it to everything.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8dNFafS/