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An initial response from #ChrisStringer on the problems posed by long-term separation and subsequent admixing of #human #ancestral #populations
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I attended a Solstice ceremony in Ingapirca, Ecuador, in June 2023. The floor was adorned by sacred geometry patterns drawn in flower petals, with the Andean mountains watching over the ceremony.
Rituals like this one bring together people.
#Ingapirca #Cañar #Ecuador #SouthAmerica #Andes #solstice #indigenous #Inca #Incas #tradition #ritual #ceremony #sacred #mountains #ancestral #culture #heritage #andeanCulture #celebration #flowers #ruins #archaeology #andesmountains #photography #photo #fotografia #foto #nature #naturaleza #naturePhotography #pixelfed #travel #landscape #art #arte
Rituals like this one bring together people.
#Ingapirca #Cañar #Ecuador #SouthAmerica #Andes #solstice #indigenous #Inca #Incas #tradition #ritual #ceremony #sacred #mountains #ancestral #culture #heritage #andeanCulture #celebration #flowers #ruins #archaeology #andesmountains #photography #photo #fotografia #foto #nature #naturaleza #naturePhotography #pixelfed #travel #landscape #art #arte
Bamboo, handpoked!
Tatuagem com técnica ancestral, sem máquina :)
Tattooing with ancestral technique, machine free :)
#handpoke #handpoketattoos #tattoo #tattoos #ink #inkedgirls #handmade #bamboo #traditionalart #ancestral #art #culture #conteporaryart #fashion #brasil #decolonial
Tatuagem com técnica ancestral, sem máquina :)
Tattooing with ancestral technique, machine free :)
#handpoke #handpoketattoos #tattoo #tattoos #ink #inkedgirls #handmade #bamboo #traditionalart #ancestral #art #culture #conteporaryart #fashion #brasil #decolonial
Holaaa
Saludos al server, soy Alba (o Vesper) estoy más que encantada de estar por aquí.
¡Espero poder participar mucho!
Soy #pagana, recién iniciada en los misterios de la FOI, interesada en #té #minerales #reiki y #artesanía
Me gusta relajarme tras un largo día de trabajo dibujando y decorando mi #bulletjournal y sobre todo leyendo mucho.
Sigo un estilo de vida #ancestral física y espiritualmente
This photograph is of the Calafate fruit. This fruit is native to Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, it is a thorny bush with evergreen leaves. Ancestrally, the calafate has been collected and used by communities due to its medicinal properties and high nutritional value.
This fruit is a true symbol of places like Punta Arenas and Aysén, in Chile. Whoever eats calafate, will return.
I hope to return.
#naturephotography #wildfruits #ancestral #patagonia #chile #calafate #plants #flora #native #endemic
This fruit is a true symbol of places like Punta Arenas and Aysén, in Chile. Whoever eats calafate, will return.
I hope to return.
#naturephotography #wildfruits #ancestral #patagonia #chile #calafate #plants #flora #native #endemic
TODAY!! 
Come and join us for the amazing
MOONCLOCK launch this Saturday!
waxing new moon 
we have a special FREE LIVE event
in Islington, N London, midday Oct 5
All welcome!
MOONCLOCK LAUNCH 
On Saturday October 5, 12 noon, waxing
brilliant artist Lex Franchi unleashes the power of her newly designed #MOONCLOCK
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moonclock-launch-lets-bleed-tickets-1007646416557
This is a beautiful artefact which will puzzle and perplex #archaeologists for generations to come -- a sculpture and tool to track your #menstrual cycle. It is a beautiful gift for someone experiencing their first 
but you don't need to have a menstrual cycle. All human bodies evolved under the sway of the moon.
Join us for an afternoon of song, story, synchrony of breath to reconnect to our #lunar #ancestral past
This is a FREE LIVE event open to every #body with therapists, artists, anthropologists in North London at New Unity, 277A Upper Street N1 2TZ
12 noon to 6 pm
To get your mits on a MOONCLOCK, roll up, roll up!
PROGRAMME
12 noon Welcome
12:15-1:30 Breath Workshop (Freddie Birley)
2-3:30 Lunarchy, Sex strike and #Indigenous menstrual cosmology (Heloise Lepinard, Chris Knight, Camilla Power)
4-6 Official MOONCLOCK Launch!
Celebratory drinks with Lex Franchi!
Watch out for the visible moonset that evening!
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In #VicePresident #KamalaHarris' #ancestral #village in #India, #people #cheer her #US #presidential #bid.
At a small #temple in southern #India, a group of people has been #praying every day since late last month: “May Kamala Harris #win this #election. May she #visit this #temple and do good for our #village.”
— This story will also appear in the international section.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/22/g-s1-18035/kamala-harris-india-ancestral-village
#HRW to #Tanzania: Stop forcing #indigenous tribes off #ancestral lands
Voice of America
01 Aug 2024, 04:05 GMT+10
Nairobi - "#HumanRightsWatch is accusing Tanzania of forcing indigenous tribes from their ancestral land in the #Ngorongoro Conservation Area. In a report released Wednesday, the rights group documents a Tanzanian government program to move 82,000 people off their land to use it for wildlife conservation, #tourism and hunting.
"The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania is a U.N. #WorldHeritageSite managed by the Tanzanian government. For centuries, the #Maasai tribe has lived in the area side by side with wild animals.
"In 2022, the government of Tanzania launched a program to encourage the voluntary relocation of the Maasai tribe from the conservation area to Msomera, a town about 600 kilometers (370 miles) away.
"However, what the government called a voluntary relocation plan was far from voluntary, Human Rights Watch says.
"Allan Ngari, the group's Africa advocacy director, said the forced movement of the people is against the Tanzanian constitution and international law.
"'There are clear violations, including the Maasai people's rights to consultation, including prior to planning and execution of the #relocation, the prohibition of #ForcedEvictions, which is happening even for #Msomera residents. And then their culture and development has been inhibited,' Ngari said. "So, there's just a general disregard of the obligations by the government that raises serious concerns about the prospects of any accountability, justice."
The National Park Service today announced
$3 million in grants to 13 Tribes
and 21 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation, and repatriation of #ancestral #remains and #cultural #items
as part of the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( #NAGPRA ).
Enacted in 1990, NAGPRA requires museums and federal agencies to
inventory and identify Native American human remains and cultural items in their collections,
and to 
️consult with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations. ️
NAGPRA authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to facilitate respectful return of ancestors and objects to descendant communities.
This work is administered by the National Park Service.
www.nps.govNational Park Service Awards $3 Million to Aid Return of Native American Remains, Sacred Objects - Office of Communications (U.S. National Park Service)
A new #exhibit has opened up at the #MahSociety of #Edmonton, taking visitors through more than a century of #ChineseCanadian #history.
The Journey of the Horse was created by Sue Mah & Andrea Maru.
The two met on a #heritage tour in 2019 back to their #ancestral village in southern #China, where they both inspired to share their family’s history & the #hardships early #Chinese #settlers to #Canada experienced.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10513329/edmonton-chinese-history-exhibit/amp/
Global News · Journey of the Horse: 100 years of Chinese history in Edmonton
New Research Challenges Assumption that Ancestral Primates were Solitary
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/pair-living-ancestor-primates-12582.html #ancestral #primates #SocialOrganization #StatisticalAnalysis #pairs
Sci.News: Breaking Science News · New Research Challenges Assumption that Ancestral Primates were Solitary | Sci.NewsUsing modern statistical analysis, including variations within species, researchers have now found that the ancestral primate social organization was most likely variable.
Press Release from the Center For Biological Diversity
For Immediate Release, May 10, 2023
#NewMexico Sued Over Failure to Control Skyrocketing #Oil, #Gas #Pollution
Landmark Lawsuit Targets State’s Constitutional Duty
SANTA FE, N.M.— "A coalition of #IndigenousPeoples, #youth, frontline community members and #environmental groups sued New Mexico, the state legislature, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state agencies today for violating their state constitutional duty to control the rapidly growing pollution from the #OilAndGas industry.
"The first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeks compliance with the pollution control clause of the New Mexico Constitution under Article 20, Section 21. No previous lawsuit has targeted the 1971 amendment, which mandates that the state prevent the despoilment of New Mexico’s air, water and other natural resources, and protect the state’s beautiful and healthful environment.
"Oil production in New Mexico’s #PermianBasin, one of the largest oilfields in the world, has increased nearly 10-fold since 2010, leading to a surge of devastating air, water and #climate pollution.
"Today’s lawsuit demands that the state comply with its constitutional duty to protect New Mexico’s environment, and that permitting of oil and gas wells be suspended in the meantime.
"'New Mexico’s failure to control oil and gas pollution violates our constitution and fundamental human rights to clean air, land and water,' said Gail Evans, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute and lead counsel on the case. 'If concern for our environment and public health won’t push New Mexico’s leaders to control the reckless oil and gas industry, we hope legal action will.'
"Air quality in several of the state’s oil- and gas-producing counties fails to meet federal standards established to protect public health. Eddy and San Juan Counties received an 'F' from the American Lung Association for high ozone days, and Lea and Sandoval Counties got a 'D.'
"Indigenous, youth and frontline communities are disproportionately harmed by the state’s failure to control oil and gas pollution. Plaintiffs in the case are additionally seeking relief under the constitution’s equal protection and fundamental rights clauses.
"'New Mexico has allowed sacred #Diné lands in the Eastern #Navajo Agency to be completely ravaged by oil and gas extraction and pollution,' said Mario Atencio, a plaintiff in the case from #Torreon / #Starlake Chapter of the #NavajoNation. 'There is zero accountability for the dangerous #AirPollution that my community breathes and the #ToxicSpills that pollute our precious lands and waters.'
"Oil and gas operators spill toxic liquid waste an average of four times per day in New Mexico, endangering land, air, water and public health.
Meanwhile, as the state faces increasing #aridification from #ClimateChange, oil companies use vast quantities of New Mexico’s dwindling #freshwater resources for #fracking. In 2019 the industry used approximately 14 billion gallons of New Mexico's fresh water resources — equivalent to household use for more than 278,000 people.
"'#Extractive industry is desecrating our #ancestral homelands and imposing irreparable harm to our water, #plant and #animal relatives,' said Julia Bernal, executive director of Pueblo Action Alliance. 'It’s unacceptable that New Mexico is continuing the legacy of harm and pollution through our communities by its racist and inequitable policies.'
"This constitutional lawsuit has far-reaching implications. As the second-largest oil-producing state in the country and one of the leading gas producers, New Mexico is responsible for over 50% more greenhouse gas emissions than the national average. Pollution from New Mexico’s oil and gas industry plays a colossal role in the climate crisis, threatening plaintiffs’ right to a livable future.
“'I’m terrified to think of my generation’s climate future when I’ve already seen triple-digit heat records and the biggest wildfire in New Mexico’s history last summer,' said 21-year-old Zephyr Jaramillo with Youth United for Climate Crisis Action. 'As one of the largest oilfields in the world, the Permian Basin threatens to pollute my future into oblivion. New Mexico needs to change course and rein in oil and gas pollution to give all of us a chance at a healthy future.'
"The case was filed today in the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico by #IndigenousLifeways, #PuebloActionAlliance, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and individuals living on the frontlines of oil and gas extraction."
Center for Biological Diversity · New Mexico Sued Over Failure to Control Skyrocketing Oil, Gas Pollution
Solanum jamesii #flowers 
This wild #potato was used by #ancestral #Puebloans as a #FoodSource . It's being grown by the #Navajo as a specialty #food as well as a #FoodCrop . In the #nightshade family.
Do you have the idea that humanity as a whole is dumbing down as years go by? I think you’re not far away from the truth. Especially if you look way back to ancient history and see how incredibly smart... - https://open.lbry.com/@CosmicNation:b/2020-julia-watson-002-5000k:5
(We are at a #CriticalPoint in time. #Canadian #courts are finally starting to #recognize #IndigenousLaws & #Indigenous peoples are remembering the #SpiritualLaws we were once forced to forget.
It can be #overwhelming — even for Indigenous #legal #professionals — to understand the weight that our spiritual laws & #responsibilities carry unless we are trained by #MedicinePeople & #connected to our #ancestral way of thinking.)
CBCMaintaining the Canadian legal system is obstructing justice for Indigenous peoples
[ #Repatriation Process of #Naga #Ancestral Remains, he impressed upon that it's a good #initiative while reiterating that “we, Nagas, deeply #care for the bodies of the #dead .”
Beni Sumer Yanthan (#Yanbeni ) feels that “the ongoing repatriation of the Naga human remains is an #essential and #important way of addressing and engaging with the threads of the past that we consider our #history .”]
https://morungexpress.com/naga-repatriation-nagas-have-always-cared-for-dead
#Meghalaya is a #MatrilinealSociety . In terms of #ancestral #descent , the #kinship system is #traced through the #maternal instead of paternal line, unlike other parts of the world.
#India is largely a #patrilineal country, but this state of the North East differs.
The #culture of Meghalaya brings to its people, a #different #lifestyle where #lineage & #inheritance are traced through #women w/ children being part of the #mother ’s kinship group...
https://themeghalayan.com/reflecting-on-matriliny/
The MeghalayanREFLECTING ON MATRILINYBy Tanisha Das Meghalaya is a matrilineal society. In terms of ancestral descent, the kinship system is traced through the maternal instead of paternal line, unlike other parts of the world. India is largely a patrilineal country, but this state of the North East differs. The culture of Meghalaya brings to its people, a different […]