Week 11

This week we discussed strong indigenous women and groups formed by indigenous women. Some examples of these groups are: Standing Rock Movement, Idlenomore, Bold Louisiana, etc. these groups fight for enviornmental justice. However that isn’t all, they also provide inspiration for women to fight against things like the pipeline. Also the articles talked about the history of  groups such as Idlenomore. Idlenomore is an organization formed in 2012 with 4 women. Despite them being a massive inspiration for indigenous peoples, many people felt its goal were too broad and they failed to unify indigenous people. Idlenomore, led by indigenous women, fight against C45, no enviornmental protection for indigenous women, and sparked an uprising of indigenous peoples. Despite them being a massive inspiration for indigenous peoples, many people felt its goal were too broad and they failed to unify indigenous people.

These articles were very interesting. They not only showed strong women groups fighting for enviornmental justice, but they showed strong indigenous women groups fighting for justice. It’s nice to see indigenous groups fighting back after all that’s happened between them and big corporations. For example how they would get bought off their land for as low as 10 dollars. It also gave me motivation. Many times we may feel that people won’t listen to us or that our voices are small and insignificant. However, that’s probably the same thing these women thought. However they worked towards their goal still. They fought for something they believed in, and they achieved great results.

Vocab:
Indigenous - “originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.”
Imminate domain - right of government to exploit land after helping give money
Inspire - “fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.”