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28/10/2025

28/10/2025

Alissa Katelina Pili (born June 8, 2001) is a basketball player residing in the United States, with roots from Indigenous and Samoan descent. She currently plays for the Utah Utes basketball team of the Pac-12 Conference. Previously, she played for the USC Trojans.
Pili was born in Anchorage, Alaska, to Heather and Billy Pili and is of Samoan and Alaska Native descent. Her older brother, Brandon, played football for USC as a defensive lineman, and currently plays for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. She played football as a lineman from third to eighth grade as the only girl in her league and started playing organized basketball at age eight. She played for Dimond High School in Anchorage. As a freshman, Pili helped her team to a runner-up finish at the Class 4A state tournament. She led Dimond to two state championships, set the Class 4A all-time scoring record and was a three-time Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year. Pili won 13 state titles across all sports at Dimond, including four in volleyball, four in shot put, two in discus and one in wrestling. In her final two years of high school, she was named MaxPreps Female High School Athlete of the Year for her success in multiple sports, joining Missy Franklin as the only two-time recipients of the award. Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to playing college basketball for USC.
Alissa Katelina Pili is not only a prominent basketball player but also a role model and advocate for both Indigenous and Samoan communities. She regularly participates in charitable activities and cultural events representing both of her heritage. Pili utilizes her influence to honor and preserve cultures while promoting the development and progress of Indigenous and Samoan communities.
Beyond her athletic career, Pili is actively involved in educational programs and health advocacy for children and adolescents in her community. She has become an ideal role model for young people, encouraging them to engage in physical activities and pursue their dreams.
Alissa Katelina Pili's influence and contributions extend beyond the realm of sports into other aspects of life and culture, making her a multimedia icon and a positive role model for future generations.

28/10/2025

Piegan man and woman in front of tipi on cliff overlooking a river, Montana. 1912. Hand-colored photo by Roland W. Reed and JoHannas Anderson.

28/10/2025

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This is no map of borders and lines —
it is a map of hearts that remember.
Every mountain hums an ancient name,
every river carries a prayer downstream.

The faces drawn upon this land
are not relics, but reflections —
of those who sang to the sunrise,
who danced with thunder,
who carved their dreams into stone and sky.

From the snows of the north to the turquoise seas,
tribes whisper through cedar and flame:
We were here before the ink,
before the fences,
before the word “discovery.”

O Turtle Island, cradle of the first songs,
your stories are not forgotten.
They live in the smoke that rises at dusk,
in drums that echo across canyons,
in children learning old words anew.

This map breathes.
It beats with the pulse of all nations —
Lakota, Haida, Navajo, Maya,
a thousand names,
one earth,
still speaking.
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27/10/2025

iolence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, notably those in the FNIM (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) and Native American communities, and a grassroots movement to raise awareness of MMIW through organizing marches; building databases of the missing; holding local community, city council, and tribal council meetings; and conducting domestic violence trainings and other informational sessions for police.Law enforcement, journalists, and activists in Indigenous communities in both the US and Canada have fought to bring awareness to the connection between s*x trafficking, s*xual harassment, s*xual assault, and the women who go missing and are murdered. From 2001 to 2015, the homicide rate for Indigenous women in Canada was almost six times as high as the homicide rate for other women: In Nunavut, Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and in the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan, this over-representation of Indigenous women among homicide victims was even higher. In the US, Native American women are more than twice as likely to experience violence than any other demographic; one in three Indigenous women is s*xually assaulted during her life, and 67% of these assaults involve non-Indigenous perpetrators.MMIW has been described as a Canadian national crisis and a Canadian genocide. In response to repeated calls from Indigenous groups, activists, and non-governmental organizations, the Government of Canada under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau established a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in September 2016. According to the inquiry's backgrounder, "Indigenous women and girls in Canada are disproportionately affected by all forms of violence. Although Indigenous women make up 4 per cent of Canada's female population, 16 per cent of all women murdered in Canada between 1980 and 2012 were Indigenous." The inquiry was completed and presented to the public on June 3, 2019.Notable MMIW cases in Canada include 19 women killed in the Highway of Tears murders, and some of the 49 women from the Vancouver area murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton.In the US, the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was reauthorized in 2013, which for the first time gave tribes jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute felony domestic violence offenses involving both Native American offenders as well as non-Native offenders on reservations. In 2019, the House of Representatives, led by the Democratic Party, passed H.R. 1585 (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019) by a vote of 263–158, which increases tribes' prosecution rights much further. The bill was not taken up by the Senate, which at the time had a Republican majority.

27/10/2025

''Need a big YESS from true fan ❤️.
𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 : 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆-𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝟴𝟲

27/10/2025

Whispers of the Ancients

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The wind carries voices, soft yet strong,
Ancestral echoes, an endless song.
Through silent forests, their wisdom flows,
In stillness deep, the Great Spirit knows.
The fire dances, the river sighs,
Dreamcatchers gleam beneath the skies.
Each feather tells where spirits roam,
Each heartbeat leads the soul back home.
Listen, child, to the earth’s embrace,
Her timeless rhythm, her sacred grace.
For in the circle, all hearts align—
The voice of the sacred is yours, is mine.
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26/10/2025

Sioux chiefs. 1905. Photo by Edward Curtis.

26/10/2025

Cherokee Women and Their Important Roles:Women in the Cherokee society were equal to men. They could earn the title of War Women and sit in councils as equals. This privilege led an Irishman named Adair who traded with the Cherokee from 1736-1743 to accuse the Cherokee of having a "petticoat government".Clan kinship followed the mother''''s side of the family. The children grew up in the mother''''s house, and it was the duty of an uncle on the mother''''s side to teach the boys how to hunt, fish, and perform certain tribal duties. The women owned the houses and their furnishings. Marriages were carefully negotiated, but if a woman decided to divorce her spouse, she simply placed his belongings outside the house. Cherokee women also worked hard. They cared for the children, cooked, tended the house, tanned skins, wove baskets, and cultivated the fields. Men helped with some household chores like sewing, but they spent most of their time hunting.
Cherokee girls learned by example how to be warriors and healers. They learned to weave baskets, tell stories, trade, and dance. They became mothers and wives, and learned their heritage. The Cherokee learned to adapt, and the women were the core of the Cherokee.