National parks were not 'pristine wilderness'—they were home. This 1951 photo of Blackfoot leaders with government officials is a stark reminder of Indigenous displacement. These lands were stewarded for millennia, yet their history remains erased. #IndigenousHistory #LandBack - ThreadSky

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hansrajmeena.bsky.social • 4 days ago

National parks were not 'pristine wilderness'—they were home. This 1951 photo of Blackfoot leaders with government officials is a stark reminder of Indigenous displacement. These lands were stewarded for millennia, yet their history remains erased. #IndigenousHistory #LandBack

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arbecca.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sad

jkadfarm.bsky.social•3 days ago

My tribe and the Native American tribes share the same suffering. My tribe lost its land to the Israeli occupation.

deanna-gault.bsky.social•11 hours ago

What a phenomenal photo.

m0n90053.bsky.social•3 days ago

...the Indigenous saw their relationship to the land as being more of a steward or a caretaker than simply trying to wring it out for everything it was worth.

m0n90053.bsky.social•3 days ago

In contrast to my question on another post, a thing that I do know is that when Europeans came to N. America, they felt that the Indigenous did not really have a claim to the land they were on because they weren't exploiting it to its fullest potential, whereas...

paperwall.bsky.social•3 days ago

Because they had no fences. It was the same in Australia. The fate of indigenous people is the same globally. Their land was stolen, they were dispossessed of their culture a and their lives destroyed.😢

djdigitalangel.bsky.social•4 days ago

I bet those two blokes in the middle feel underdressed.

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