Patti Howitt

Settler-Accomplice/Kanyen’kehà:ka, Tyendinaga (Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte) Treaty 3 1/2, Mom, Wife, John Barnes Myofascial Release Therapist

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

Tired of pretending NOT to be an Indian. Assimilation sucks.

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

A Native Viewpoint on the Kansas City @Chiefs

Akwesasne Mohawk journalist, author and public speaker @VinceSchilling offers his views on the problematic history of the Kansas City #Chiefs #Superbowl #Superbowl2024
https://t.co/kKQvQo6yRI via @VinceSchilling

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

"This is a historic win, it doesn't belong to just me." - Lily Gladstone wins her first Golden Globe for Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for #KillersoftheFlowerMoon at the 2024 #GoldenGlobes

[Dominic HK Beaudry @DhkBeau]

In Ojibwe our word for fire fighters is aategejig (pronounced aa-te-ge-jig). Ojibwe fire fighters blessing the grounds of the devastation left behind.

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

The wisdom to heal the earth and humans is still present. #decolonizeyourmind

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

Teachable moment for all of us. This sky would usually be blue. It’s important for all those able to get outside today and take in the air. Smell it. Smell the trees and plants burning. This is not stopping. It will get worse.

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

Mother Nature is tapping us on the shoulder. What will we do? Will we be overwhelmed with despair? Will we turn away and withdraw into self-protection and intentional blindness?
See beyond the prison of the colonial worldview. What is revealed to us when we see with fresh eyes?

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

The wisdom to heal the earth and humans is still present.
#decolonizeyourmind

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

This is our future. This is our children’s future; our children’s children’s future.

Canada’s colonial system, adopted from Europe, has created this. It would not be here otherwise.

#ontariofires#canadafires#decolonize

[Nora Mabie @NoraMabie]

BREAKING: Blackfeet Nation release 20 wild buffalo to roam free.

"It was absolutely momentous as a Blackfeet to be on our land within our sovereignty and do this. We’re the leaders. We’re choosing our future as we see it," said Councilman Lauren Monroe.
https://t.co/lh8QZZ5Hsr

[Melissa Martin @DoubleEmMartin]

David, if the “defamation of Canadian history” you refer to is the fact that a whole lot of kids died in residential schools, then that is well-established in the historical record. Hell, in *1922* doctor Peter Bryce called it a national crime: https://t.co/oxI90iR2Pj

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

Indigenous women, girls and @SLGBTQQIA people, and is genocide.” - 2019 National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls #nomorestolensisters

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

“The significant, persistent and deliberate pattern of systemic racial and gendered human rights and Indigenous rights violations and abuses — perpetuated historically and maintained today by the Canadian state, designed to displace

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

Indigenous Peoples from their land, social structures and governance and to eradicate their existence as Nations, communities, families and individuals — is the cause of the disappearances, murders and violence experienced by

[Ri / ᕒᐊᔦᓬᐄ @Rileyyesnomaybe]

Landdddd Backkkkkk!

Imperfectly, piece-by-piece, but happening.

https://t.co/gPuIt2DDXj

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

My Initial Thoughts on Today's Announcement from the Catholic Church https://t.co/z6Y5Wk0xgi

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

Stirring the water:

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids?

A THREAD

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

@apihtawikosisan This…

[Patti Howitt @RadHBlog]

“First Nations are not stakeholders or lobbyists. We are the caretakers of the land for all who live on it. We don’t just deserve respect; respecting us is the law. Canada’s governments appear to be breaking it.”

[@clclyne @clclyne]

Opinion: By ignoring the duty to consult First Nations, three Canadian premiers show their true colours - The Globe and Mail ⁦@TanyaTalaga⁩ https://t.co/OBeRADjEOM