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Oct 1, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
an indigenous person cutting their braids is an incredibly powerful, emotional act.
growing our hair is often a sign of healing. a journey. it's not one we take lightly. we often start the growth of our hair as a symbol of recovery, and cut it when the pain is too much. we leave the symbol with what hurts us, and begin anew.
it's hard to comprehend the power and courage this took. kinanâskomitin for sharing this story, seth.
fyi: if you'd like to read more about what happened here, here's the original reporter's story.
i also just discovered that seth is a musician. friday happens to be @bandcamp friday, where they waive their revenue share. any purchase you make, the money goes directly into the pockets of artists. here's seth's bandcamp if you'd like to support him. lawrenceteeth.bandcamp.com

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Oct 8, 2021
my five-part series on Indigenous children in care finished airing today. here it all is, in its entirety, if you're interested.
I. 'the savage-civilized dichotomy'

According to the TRC, peak enrolment at residential schools reached 11,539 in '56-57.

Data from the 2016 census, the latest that is available, suggests around 14,970 Indigenous children are in foster care.

cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
II. Denial of culture, community, language and land

One of the reasons why Indigenous children are being taken away from their families at disproportionate levels is because of the conditions they live in -- conditions perpetuated by the state.

cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
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Sep 30, 2020
each and every day i think about how residential schools ripped the culture away from nohkom (my grandmother). this does not and will not go away for me. today is a good day for unaffected folks to remember, to learn and to action around the legacy of residential schools.
according to 2016 census data, 52.2% of kids aged 0-14 in foster care are Indigenous, even though they represent only 7.7% of the total child population here. there are just over 28,000 kids are currently in the foster care system. that's ~14,600 kids.
for reference, this story says the residential school system had 80 schools in operation at its peak. when it first got up and running, it had 1,100 students/year. not even anywhere close to the number of kids in foster care today. cbc.ca/news/canada/a-…
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Aug 31, 2020
we need to remember the story of aaron swartz, who literally died advocating for gatekeepers like jstor to allow the general public to access academic articles and journals
colleges and universities are generally less accessible to poor people - even though they are publicly funded. those who attend college get access to jstor and therefore have the resources to contribute to databases of academic journals like jstor in their studies.
so, if these studies/research papers are in part funded by the public, but only accessed by a portion of society, it's inequitable
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Aug 28, 2020
it is time for some

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Jul 20, 2020
Thread: 2005 was a particularly bad year for the Edmonton Police Service - I helped @NehiyawRob and his brother Joel tell their story from 15 years ago.

cbc.ca/1.5652300
Rob and Joel say they were arrested and assaulted by two EPS officers. they say police took them on a version of a 'starlight tour,' a practice where police would put people in the back of a police van, drive them around and drop them off in an unknown area for them to walk back.
with their hands behind their back, police drove recklessly, Rob says, likely to try to throw him off the seat in the back of the van. it worked. 'I can't remember whether or not I lost consciousness ... but I remember the pain,' Rob says.
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Jul 13, 2020
in 2013, washington football team owner dan snyder said he'd "NEVER" change the name -- even told reporters to use caps. wild how much the needle can move in a few years.
also important to note that there is precedent for team name change in D.C. based on the advancement of societal issues -- in the 90s, the washington NBA team was called the bullets. but the owner, citing high gun crime in the city, changed the name to the wizards.
there was, i think, some conversation about the wizards being reflective of a ranking in the KKK. this convo would likely frustrate people, but i really think it's important when considering names that we think about everything in which in implies.
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