https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn by Alex Polyak en-us 2022-06-06 13:35:43 UTC 2022-06-07 12:07:11 UTC hello@padlet.com apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212222374 2022-06-06 13:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212222374 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212225054 2022-06-06 13:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212225054 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212228888 2022-06-06 13:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212228888 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212231365 2022-06-06 13:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212231365 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212235187 2022-06-06 13:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212235187 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212236967 Items of clothing used by Native Americans for traditions and rituals were sold to the masses and displayed on half-naked, white women and plastered all over celebrities as a way of 'representation'.]]> 2022-06-06 13:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212236967 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212237531 Urban Outfitters had an ad with a white model with a headdress with the hashtag: we are all natives, which is blatantly entirely and ignorantly, false. ]]> 2022-06-06 13:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212237531 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212237845 A thought brought up by one of my sources was there are many Native American people who are actors who would want to represent their culture but Hollywood said no, because white people exist.]]> 2022-06-06 13:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212237845 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212238390 Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala (in Latin America) define decolonization as to 'undo practices and ideologies imposed from the “encounter between two worlds”' ]]> 2022-06-06 13:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212238390 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212239304 An experiencer of colonization firsthand (Brenda Xitumul) (Maya Achí) from Rabinal, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, defines decolonization as well as 'never ceasing to be'. Was orphaned as a young child to her father, however, they still followed their indigenous traditions throughout her childhood, even though ridiculed, because it was a way of remembering her mother.]]> 2022-06-06 13:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212239304 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212239817 Another interesting definition of decolonization was one brought up by a woman who decolonized herself, Graciela López,  (Amuzga) from Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero, Mexico:  "To decolonize it is important to seek rebellion, rethink control over our bodies and ideas, and stop trying to be like Western women; ceasing to run at their rhythms, fashions, and criteria, [instead] building our own thinking, recovering our life practices, and being part of the community organization. "]]> 2022-06-06 13:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212239817 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212241878 In the U.S when the white supremacy ideal of 'manifest destiny' was in full swing, the U.S would use sexual violence over Native Women as a tool of dominance and oppression. ]]> 2022-06-06 13:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212241878 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212242282 In a recent survey in Seattle, 94% reported they had "been raped or coerced at some time in their lives." Because of intersectionality, Native women lack access to supportive services to heal from those traumatic events and lack access to justice, especially if it's a non-Native person who commits the crime, which is most often the case.]]> 2022-06-06 13:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212242282 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212242878 The article's thoughts on decolonization are to start centering on Native women who have experienced sexual violence and sexism to fight back against sexism and sexual violence.]]> 2022-06-06 13:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212242878 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212300625 An interesting point they bring up is that traditional Native American dress is modest, but the Halloween industry pushes the myth of Native American women as being scantily clad.

]]> 2022-06-06 14:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212300625 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212304208 Because of this ideal of Halloween sexualization of Native americans, In a recent survey, more than 90% of the women said that they had been sexually assaulted. Two-thirds of the perpetrators are non-Native people.

]]> 2022-06-06 14:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212304208 apolyak2 https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212310076 As well as this there are over 5,700 missing and murdered Indigenous women in this country.]]> 2022-06-06 14:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/apolyak2/4i9n07eo23bt1snn/wish/2212310076