solarpunkcast:

https://native-land.ca/  is the best starting point if you live in a settler nation, as it provides you with the names and some basic contact info for the tribe(s) still living today.

All tribes have a creation story: when you learn whose land you inhabit, find their creation story! Since these histories are oral traditions and often performances in their own right, find a video of their creation story.

Search for land reclamation and returning. They are not only a movement towards healing and justice, but the returned land is used for the good of everyone. one two three

These links are US-specific, but all settler nations have a history of cheating and abusing indigenous people out of both their land and culture.

broken treaties

Homesteading Acts, which also heavily discriminated against black Americans

history of civil rights, not until 1965 did all Native Americans have an unequivocal right to vote. And not until 1978!!!!!! were they allowed to openly practice their own religions.

You can enjoy the cottagecore aesthetic, and escapism is part of what keeps us sane under capitalism. It does not make you racist or colonialist to enjoy this.

But if we understand that there is “no ethical consumption under capitalism” then we can understand that things like cottagecore need to be critically examined through the history of the land we inhabit.

Learning about indigenous perspectives and history, seeing how they have survived and what they are doing to protect their futures is essential as a citizen of any settler nation.

The US, Canada, Greenland, Central America, South America, South Africa, parts of North Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and a slew of Pacific Islands can all benefit from doing what I’ve described in this post.