Decolonization

Indigenous Voices of Cascadia

With an eye towards the upcoming year, the Cascadia Illahee Department of Indigenous Sovereignty is creating a compendium called Indigenous Voices of Cascadia....

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De-colonizing Cascadia through Indigenous Storytelling

Native American stories give us the opportunity to create deeper meaning and connection, both with each other and with the world in which we live. Now is the time to build a new narrative for the future through the communication of this ancient knowledge....

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Klahowya Tilikum – How to open meetings and events in Cascadia

Klahowya Tilikum - Four simple steps to open meetings and events in #Cascadia with honor and recognition to indigenous culture, history and language...

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Demonstrating Cascadia Decolonization – Recognizing Indigenous History

In this brief essay, contributor Trevor Owen outlines a decolonization strategy he learned while living in Australia. The practice of starting meetings down under with a “Welcome to Country” intro and sometimes presentation shifts the focus towards indigenous power and place....

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This Place – by Cascadia Matters

This essay is from Casey, Devin & Mel from Cascadia Matters, released in 2012, and the creators of the Occupied Cascadia documentary. Cascadia Matters was a film and educational collective in Bend, Oregon dedicated to a radical and real decolonization of the Cascadia bioregion by those living here, and a…...

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