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February 21, 2022February 21, 2022Decolonial Atlas

Music of the African Diaspora

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021decolonialatlas

Precolonial Cities and Villages of Abya Yala

November 19, 2017November 25, 2017decolonialatlas

Surreal Images of Earth from Space

June 2, 2017June 2, 2017decolonialatlas

How America Got Its Name

April 18, 2017February 9, 2019decolonialatlas

Colorful River Basin Maps

June 15, 2015May 8, 2017decolonialatlas

Place Name Etymology in Western Hemisphere

February 11, 2015August 6, 2022decolonialatlas

Quechua Country

February 2, 2015February 2, 2017decolonialatlas

Taino Names of the Caribbean Islands

December 1, 2014February 2, 2017decolonialatlas

The World in Guarani

November 27, 2014February 2, 2017decolonialatlas

Taino and Island Carib Territories

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The English word 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬 comes from Cree 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘬 / ᐅᒉᐠ meaning "fisher," a small mammal in the weasel family. Like groundhogs, fishers were extensively trapped, and fur traders erroneously reapplied the term 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘬 to the groundhog.
No matter where you stand, you're on Aboriginal land
We're mourning the loss of forest defender Manny “Tortuguita” Terán at the hands of Georgia police. They died fighting to protect the largest remaining urban woodlands in Atlanta. The beloved Weelaunee Forest is under threat from multiple developments, including the City of Atlanta's plans to create the largest police training facility in the US and Black Hall Studios’ plans to build the largest Hollywood soundstage in the country.
Capitalist housing policy is built on a contradiction: A home’s value is directly tied to the scarcity of housing for other people.
Whether or not you count the same days, observe the same holidays, or recognize the same cycles of time as your ancestors – the systems they developed, and even our current systems, will outlast the cultural memory. Every day is likely New Years Day in some culture, somewhere on this Earth, even if no one living remembers. And that’s a reason to celebrate every day.
Indigenous ingenuity! Traditional snowshoe-making techniques and designs vary widely from community to community, adapting to specific climates, materials, terrains, and purposes.
In a country founded on colonial land dispossession, healing and reconciliation must aim to restore Indigenous land and sovereignty.
What if Jesus was born under apartheid today in Bethlehem?
#P22 was a reminder that there's no clear distinction between cities and nature. But as walls and highways go up, the landscape becomes fractured. Our job is to reconnect it.
Thanks @elonmusksjet for your community service. #DoxTheRich
The Climate Impact of Your Neighborhood, Mapped:
In 1974, a sovereign Kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk) community was declared at an abandoned girl scout camp in the Adirondacks. After a tense 3-year stand off, New York State agreed to an unprecedented 600-acre land swap. To this day, Ganienkeh maintains its sovereignty. It isn't a reservation doesn't seek US recognition. It's one of the greatest #LandBack successes in recent history, and yet is also largely forgotten by settlers even locally.
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