🌺💔 #Maui's Paradox: From Tourist Paradise to a Native's Struggle. As wildfires devastate Maui, beneath the ashes lies a deeper narrative: the persistent scars of colonialism reshaping these islands. #HawaiiWildfires 1/9 Beyond the invasive grasses and unsanctioned developments is the tourism industry's double-edged sword. It paints a dream for visitors, but often, locals bear its unintended consequences. #TourismImpact 2/9

Take a stand against Big Oil by helping us hold President Biden responsible for his promise he made to work toward a fossil fuel-free future. Click the link below and add your name to the petition. A THREAD: In the heartlands of our ancestral territories, like Standing Rock, SD, we are waging a vital battle. Our opponent? Big Oil. Our goal? To protect our lands, our waters, and most heartbreakingly, our children. #NoDAPL #StopOilSpills #ChildHealth 1/10

1/8 🧵 The road to clean energy is paved with good intentions, but is it worth it if it tramples over the sovereignty of Indigenous communities? We stand at a crossroads, where human rights and environmental justice face our need for resources like lithium. #IndigenousRights 2/8 Nevada's Peehee Mu'huh — Thacker Pass — is under threat. A lithium mine risks the ancestral lands of the Duckwater Shoshone and Paiute Indian Tribes, raising cultural and environmental concerns. #IndigenousRights #EnvironmentalJustice

🧵 The movie "Oppenheimer" illuminates the path to the creation of the most destructive weapon ever known to humanity. But it veils a pivotal part of the story — a tale of sacrifice, struggle, and enduring pain. #HistoricalTruths #UraniumMining (Thread 1/8) 2/8 The uranium used in the Manhattan Project was mined from the ancestral lands primarily of the Navajo Nation and other Indigenous communities. But what was the true cost? #NavajoNation #ManhattanProject

Let's talk about "national emergencies." There are THOUSANDS of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in this country. Sisters, daughters, mothers, human beings that disappear without a trace. Where is the declaration over that crisis? #MMIW #MMIWG #MMIR

#VoterSuppression
Say you live on #StandingRock on the ND side. You have kids, a job, you're a busy, functional, modern day Native American — but where you live doesn't have a street address, & you've never needed one as you have PO box.

Now, North Dakota says you can't vote. But surely, you think, there's a way around it, right? There is. You first have to call your district's coordinator (but remember, not all districts are the same). You may have to call around. You finally get ahold of someone. You describe, in detail, where your house is.

.@Nestle Doesn't Deserve Your Hard-Earned Money: a thread They have been offered a 3 year permit to continue pumping water out of the #SanBernardino National Forest—one of the worst drought regions in the world. In 2016, Nestle took 32 million gallons of water from wells and tunnels in the forest. latimes.com/business/la-fi…