“They’re using government money to build out a gold mine, saying it’s antimony.” On public lands. In potential violation of Nez Perce treaty rights.
This important Bloomberg #Indigenous affairs investigation (!!) follows the 💰 from a zombie antimony mine to the White House.
“They’re using government money to build out a gold mine, saying it’s antimony.” On public lands. In potential violation of Nez Perce treaty rights.
This important Bloomberg #Indigenous affairs investigation (!!) follows the 💰 from a zombie antimony mine to the White House.
📣 New Podcast! "30 December 1930: Ecuador Indigenous strike" on @Spreaker #ecuador #history #indigenous
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/30-december-1930-ecuador-indigenous-strike--68813148
Nepal’s Indigenous Newa communities in Khokana and Bungamati are resisting the Kathmandu–Terai Fast Track, which would cut through ancestral land and threaten livelihoods and cultural identity.
The government calls it a “national pride” project, but locals say it advanced without real consultation and sidelines Indigenous rights. They warn it could trigger more projects — and that this fight is about survival, not compensation.
by Bibek Bhandari
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-national-pride-highway-meets-indigenous-resistance-in-ancient-nepali-town/
Nepal’s Indigenous Newa communities in Khokana and Bungamati are resisting the Kathmandu–Terai Fast Track, which would cut through ancestral land and threaten livelihoods and cultural identity.
The government calls it a “national pride” project, but locals say it advanced without real consultation and sidelines Indigenous rights. They warn it could trigger more projects — and that this fight is about survival, not compensation.
by Bibek Bhandari
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-national-pride-highway-meets-indigenous-resistance-in-ancient-nepali-town/
Updated my website, check it out → https://cvkvlv.com
Mvto to @Yocheved for modeling a pair of fringe earrings (releasing soon!!) for the header 🖤🖤
Updated my website, check it out → https://cvkvlv.com
Mvto to @Yocheved for modeling a pair of fringe earrings (releasing soon!!) for the header 🖤🖤
Really need more sales before the end of the month! Bills are due soon. Boosts also super appreciated <3
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Goal for December: $1242/$3500
Mvto!! (Thank you!)
Really need more sales before the end of the month! Bills are due soon. Boosts also super appreciated <3
Check out my work → https://cvkvlv.com
Earrings pictured → https://cvkvlv.com/products/hvresse-ekkoce-smokey-moon-brick-stitch-fringe-beaded-earrings
Goal for December: $1242/$3500
Mvto!! (Thank you!)
If you live in Minnesota, vote for Peggy Flanagan for Senate. If elected, she’ll be the first Native American woman to ever serve in the U.S. Senate.
Huge #OrangeShirt #memorial to honour all the native kids' lives lost in the cruel #ResidentialSchool system.
On the site of one of the worst in Canada - #Namgis territory, #AlertBay. It was called St. Michael's Indian Residential School. It was demolished in 2015. #Umista Cultural Center sits on the old site. #Indigenous peoples have reclaimed their land there & are trying to heal from colonial abuses.
We have racists in #Canada who are currently dishonouring the victims of residential schools by denying survivors' histories & saying mass graves are a lie. This is so wrong. We owe the ones who died & the living survivors support & reparations. Please don't let folks use denialism around you - confront them & stand up for the victims & survivors.
Relevant links:
https://collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/Detail/objects/518
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Indian_Residential_School_(Alert_Bay)
https://www.7generations.org/what-is-every-child-matters/
#IndigenousChildren #ColonialCrimes #ColonialViolence #ChurchAbuses #RacialViolence #IndigenousGenocide #EveryChildMatters #BelieveVictims #SupportSurvivors #NativeChildren #IndigenousChildren #ChildAbuse #ColonialCoverUps #TruthBeforeReconcilliation #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #BritishColumbia #Canada #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CanadasGenocide #BChistory #CanadianHistory #StopRacism #SystemicRacism #SystematicAbuse
Passing on this documentary of native youth kayaking the length of the Klamath river in Oregon and California now that the dams are gone and Salmon can swim them again.
It shows that Native peoples are making a difference in the current ecological re-wilding movement.
For over a year I’ve been gathering documents from the #Washington state department of #archaeology and historic preservation, trying to make sense of how their permitting system works. Trying to understand why it’s so hard for #Indigenous people to protect their heritage from development, even when the state archaeologist is trying to help. This is what I’ve found. 🔍
https://www.hcn.org/articles/washington-approves-over-99-of-archaeological-permits-records-show/
Alongside my colleagues, Associate Professor Francis Tyers from Indiana University Bloomington and E.M. L., from Mozilla Data Collective, we're delighted to be presenting a Special Session at Interspeech 2026 in Sydney in September 2026 on:
Safeguarding Synthetic #Speech: Ethical, Technical and Legal perspectives
You can see the Special Session website at:
https://safeguardingsyntheticspeech.org/
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There are some outstanding Special Sessions this year, and I've taken the liberty of listing them - and their organisers. Do consider submitting to the #CfP - it's rare that #Interspeech makes it to Australia and we all want to make the most of it.
#Indigenous voices in Speech Sciences and Technology
Website at: https://indigenousvoicesinterspeech.github.io/
Brought to you by Dr. Cat Kutay, Prof. Janet Wiles, A/Prof Celeste Rodríguez Louro, Dr. Ben Hutchinson, and Daan van Esch
ECT-SpeechAI: #Explainability for #Compliance and #Trust in Speech AI
Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/ect-speechai2026
Brought to you by Dr. Xiaoliang Wu, Sarah Kiden, Poppy Welch, Assistant Professor Sneha Das, Assistant Professor Zhengjun Yue, Dr. Sarenne Wallbridge, Assistant Professor Jennifer Williams, PhD
Challenges in Speech Data Collection, Curation and Annotation
Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/speech-data-cca/home
Brought to you by Mostafa Shahin, Tunde Szalay, Thomas Schaaf, Ahmed Ali, Jingyao (Jennifer) Wu, Mengyue Wu, Professor Tan Lee, Professor Mark Liberman, Professor Carlos Busso, A/Prof Beena Ahmed
Post-Training of Speech Foundation Models
Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/ptsfm
Brought to you by Yang Xiao, Xiangyu Zhang, Ziyang Ma, Siyi Wang, Jiaheng Dong, Professor Eng Siong Chng, Dr Ting Dang
CHILDSPACE: Child Home Interaction and Language Dynamics: Speech, Psychology, Affect, Computation and Environments
Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/childspace-interspeech-2026/home
Brought to you by Dr Kaveri Sheth, Dr Alejandrina Cristia, A/Prof Beena Ahmed, Assistant Professor Meg Cychosz, Dr Ting Dang, Kaya de Barbaro, Professor Carol Espy-Wilson, Rebecca Holt, Professor Herman Kamper, Marvin Lavechin, Assistant Professor Jialu Li, Ph.D., Professor Okko Rasanen, Professor Odette Scharenborg, Mostafa Shahin.
Pacific Voices 2026: Speech Science and Technology for Languages of the Pacific Ocean
Website at: https://speechresearch.auckland.ac.nz/events/pacificvoices2026/
Brought to you by: Associate Professor Peter Keegan, Dr Jesin James, Dr Isabella Shields, Dr Satwinder Singh, Dr Rolando Coto-Solano.
Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology
Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/is-queer-trans/home
Brought to you by: Robin Netzorg, Nina Markl, Cliodhna Hughes, Juliana Francis, Francisca Pessanha.
Speech AI for All: Challenging Deficit-based approaches to Speech Science and Technology
Website at: https://sites.google.com/aimpower.org/speechai4all-at-interspeech/home
For over a year I’ve been gathering documents from the #Washington state department of #archaeology and historic preservation, trying to make sense of how their permitting system works. Trying to understand why it’s so hard for #Indigenous people to protect their heritage from development, even when the state archaeologist is trying to help. This is what I’ve found. 🔍
https://www.hcn.org/articles/washington-approves-over-99-of-archaeological-permits-records-show/
Brazil, the most diverse country in the world: Study reveals eight million new genetic variants
Article on Science: Admixture’s impact on Brazilian population evolution and health
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl3564
#Brazil #Immigration #genetics #colonization #Africa #Europe #Indigenous
