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This Indigenous Peoples Day, we refuse to celebrate the “achievements” of the monstrous criminal genocidaire Christopher Columbus. (1/6)

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Instead, we take this opportunity to honor the peoples native to this continent, and particularly the peoples native to the lands around Ohi:yo' - the Onödowaʼga꞉ʼ (Seneca) word for what settlers called the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers. (2/6)

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These include in particular the nation of Onödowaʼga꞉ʼ (Seneca) and the greater Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also called the Iroquois or Six Nations), the nations of Šaawanwaki (Shawnee), 𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 / Wahzhazhe (Osage), and Eriehronon (Erie), (3/6)

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and the peoples of the Hopewell and Monongahela cultures. Today, the Seneca Nation continues to fight for restitution and recognition for the harm done by the construction of the Kinzua Dam, which since 1965 has flooded 10,000 acres of their land, (4/6)

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and to protect the waters of Ohi:yo' from sewage overflows and industrial waste. (5/x)

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Indigenous nations and Indigenous organizers across the continent continue to fight for the protection of the environment, for stopping the kidnapping and murder of Indigenous women, and for Land Back. (6/6)