Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Here are 4 ways non-native people can help support Indigenous people.

Myths like these allow us to rewrite history in a way that prioritizes modern comfort over historical facts. Swipe 👉

This quote comes from @voxdotcom ‘s video on the Tulsa race massacre. While the original context of the quote refers to anti-black racism, the sentiment extends far beyond the African American experience.

The Kumeyaay nation is fighting to protect the graves of their ancestors from Trump’s wall. Here’s what you need to know 👉

We made a new set of shareable land acknowledgements that includes Southern California.

How a 4,000 year old indigenous cemetery ended up as fertilizer. Swipe. 👉 . . . . . #socialjustice #advocacy #activism #decolonize #resist #indigenous #native #ndn #indian #americanindian #ally #allyship #nativeamerican #aboriginal #firstnations #decolonization #decolonize #bipoc #norcal #california #unlearning #unlearn #designtodivest #landback #shellmound #ohlone #history #americanhistory #bayarea

California funded death squads in an attempt to exterminate Indigenous people, and never taught us about it. Here’s what you should know. . UPDATE: Sign our petition to add this to CA state middle school curriculums! Link in our bio! . Why won’t textbooks include this information? Textbook companies are invested in representing uncontroversial histories. To include information on events like the California Genocide, would risk book sales suffering in conservative regions. . What can you do? 1. Educate yourself, your family, and your friends by reading, sharing posts like these, and having conversations. The state is unwilling to teach this history, leaving the responsibility of education on us. The book “An American Genocide” by Benjamin Madley provides a detailed account while many online sources give concise overviews. Can’t buy? We can send you PDFs. . 2. Combat erasure. Lobby your local school district to include information on the California Genocide in their California or US history curriculums. Sign the petition in our bio to tell the State Board of Education to add the information to state education standards. . 3. Donate! Contribute to Indigenous Californian organizations like Advocates For Indigenous California Language Survival that work to preserve and revitalize traditions and cultural knowledge.

This myth is often used to justify the colonization of California. Here’s why it isn’t true. . Curious how indigenous food traditions are being reclaimed and revitalized? Check out @makamham .

While advertised as “museums,” reconstructed missions are misleading and problematic representations of history.

A shareable 4th of July reminder Swipe to find your city and see whose territory you’re on. The umbrella term “Ohlone” refers to 8 related groups: the Karkin, Chochenyo, Ramaytush, Tamyen, Awaswas, Mutsun, Rumsen, and Chalon. Politically independent from one another prior to missionization, each group has a distinct language, territory, and cultural identity. Don’t live in the Bay Area? Go to @nativelandnet to find out whose land you live on. #designtodivest

Steps to decolonization must be undertaken WITH the input and voices of colonized communities and as part of broader processes of institutional reconciliation. Sign the petition in our bio calling for this.