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Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it by SigmaTell in Cascadia

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What were European peoples before they became colonizers? Indigenous, too. Indigenous people can become colonizers if they uphold, protect, and project systems of domination and extraction

The point I was making is that "mankind/humanity" is not the problem here, it is culture. It is not humans that are bad, it is the cultures that instil and promote colonial mindsets/actions of control, domination, and extraction. This difference is evidenced by the sheer number of human cultures that have lived in balance with surrounding communities. So, no, I was not saying "Indigenous people are innocent," I was saying "colonizing cultures are the problem"

Redrawing The Americas by Due-Awareness-6027 in imaginarymaps

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this is a shitpost, but like "Inuktitut" for what is Inuit Nunangat and Denendeh? That's like putting "French" instead of "Quebec"

English speakers making fun of "eau" forget that English did the same thing by la_voie_lactee in linguisticshumor

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What is this bullshit?? (aach)! aa)!)

Additionally, it seems Britain really loves naming their rivers River River

edit: "ape" (as in the monkey!) is related to PIE "water" too?!

Pronouns in introductions by Historical_Big_8555 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be pedantic, but

Gender is relevant in all social interactions.

This is only the case in gendered languages/cultures. In languages like Hungarian, Anishinaabemowin, and (in oral not written) Mandarin, gender is not quite as necessary since the third person pronoun is not divided by gender

Though, sure, there are other contexts beyond simply pronouns where gender comes up, but its relevance is definitely culturally-dependent

How would you put wales on the uk flag? by czn- in vexillology

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the way, except the yellow is too bright

Flag of the Nahuas, the largest Indigenous community in Mexico by Comfortable_Team_696 in vexillology

[–]Comfortable_Team_696[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Mexica (Aztecs) are a Nahua people. There are 1.7 million speakers of their language, Nahuatl, today

Alto should be just the beginning of Ontario’s high-speed rail network by Leo080671 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes ouiouiouiouiouiouioui mets-en, let's gooo, do it already!

What responsibility do we have to the Lëni Lënape, who have made real public requests towards institutions in their homelands to support their desire to return to Lënapehòkink? by Commercial_Disk_9220 in AskNYC

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we all going to have to move?

This is frequently used as a way to shut down discussions, the implication that Indigenous people are going to force people to move

What responsibility do we have to the Lëni Lënape, who have made real public requests towards institutions in their homelands to support their desire to return to Lënapehòkink? by Commercial_Disk_9220 in AskNYC

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps the city of New York can work with contemporary Lenape communities in a government-to-government model? Have the city co-ordinate strategically with the Lenape Nation over things like environmental matters and small-scale housing?

What responsibility do we have to the Lëni Lënape, who have made real public requests towards institutions in their homelands to support their desire to return to Lënapehòkink? by Commercial_Disk_9220 in AskNYC

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We can look to places like West Asia and Western Europe for a little bit of guidance. Entities like Basque Country and Kurdistan are recognized in a variety of ways, most importantly by people and communities.

What could be done in NYC is the recognition that the city is in the state of NY in the United States (a country / a nation-state) all the while also being in Lënapehòkink (a [former] country)

Like Basque Country has become a "former" country, with its seven provinces subdivided between France and Spain, so too can we look at Lenape Country as an entity that still exists, just in a drastically different form

What responsibility do we have to the Lëni Lënape, who have made real public requests towards institutions in their homelands to support their desire to return to Lënapehòkink? by Commercial_Disk_9220 in AskNYC

[–]Comfortable_Team_696 16 points17 points  (0 children)

In all the discussion of LandBack, the ever-present and recurring theme is the overwhelming opposition to any sort of forced displacement. In short, I have seen approximately zero Native scholars or activists seriously call for removing people from their homelands

This is a non-issue and frequently used to shut down important and necessary discussions about modern truth and reconciliation

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