To mark Indigenous People’s Day, here are some iconic photos over the past few decades until today of Indigenous peoples at the heart of the struggle against ongoing oppression and marginalization: 🧵
Second Wounded Knee, United States, 1973. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Aboriginal protest against deaths in custody, Australia, 1986. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Lumad protest against the Surigao Del Sur Massacre, Philippines, 2010. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Indigenous protest against displacement in the Brazilian Amazon, 2012. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Aboriginal “tent embassy” protest for housing rights, Australia, 2015. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Mapuche protest against the neoliberal government, Chile, 2019. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Indigenous “Cholita” women march in support of leftist-indigenous leader Evo Morales, Bolivia, 2020. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Palestinians protest against settlers violating Al-Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Palestine, 2022. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
“Red Dress Day” protest against the high rates of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada, 2022. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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