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1/ Across the globe, Indigenous Peoples and communities face violence, discrimination, and human rights violations.
However, those efforts are nothing new. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
However, those efforts are nothing new. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
2/ For modern states, especially those born from colonial projects, nationhood and anti-Indigenous sentiments have always been intertwined.
But there has been no concerted effort to understand just how deep these ideologies go or how they manifest. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
But there has been no concerted effort to understand just how deep these ideologies go or how they manifest. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
3/ We intend to change that.
In our first, cross-border collaboration with @APTNNews, @GuardianAus, and @highcountrynews, our reporting describes just a few of the ways in which anti-Indigeneity infiltrates governments, agencies, and lives. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
In our first, cross-border collaboration with @APTNNews, @GuardianAus, and @highcountrynews, our reporting describes just a few of the ways in which anti-Indigeneity infiltrates governments, agencies, and lives. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
4/ In Texas, @TAMU is facing its own reckoning over anti-Indigeneity.
The university owes its founding to the Morrill Act, which redistributed 10.7 million acres of land across the U.S. The land was taken—often violently—from nearly 250 tribal nations.
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
The university owes its founding to the Morrill Act, which redistributed 10.7 million acres of land across the U.S. The land was taken—often violently—from nearly 250 tribal nations.
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
5/ Texas A&M received 180,217 acres through the Morrill Act, taken from more than 180 tribal nations spread across the Western U.S. When adjusted for inflation, the university raised approximately $3.7 million from the sale of those lands. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
6/ This spring, following protests over the death of George Floyd and calls to remove a racist statue on campus, A&M announced the formation of a race relations task force.
The 45-person commission has no Indigenous representation. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
The 45-person commission has no Indigenous representation. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
7/ In fall 2018, more than 69,000 students were enrolled at A&M, yet only 206 identified as American Indian, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
8/ “The feeling ... I think [Indigenous students] hear is ‘you just don’t matter that much,’” says Dr. Angela Hudson, a professor of American Indian history at A&M. “To me, the difference between 45 and 46 people is not huge.” https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
9/ Texas A&M says that Indigenous students are invited to attend listening sessions and community forums to voice their concerns over the coming months. The commission is expected to have a completed report by mid-November. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
10/ The university has an obligation to ... make sure we feel represented,” says Madeleine Flanders, the president of the Native American and Indigenous Student Organization. “Our ancestors gave their lives for this university to be built.” https://www.texasobserver.org/the-anti-indigenous-handbook/
