Crushing Colonialism

Crushing Colonialism Crushing Colonialism tells the stories of Indigenous people.

đź“Ł We ! If you have experience working with Indigenous organizations (required) and are currently looking for a part-tim...
05/15/2026

📣 We ! If you have experience working with Indigenous organizations (required) and are currently looking for a part-time Webmaster role to manage our website (10–15 hours per month for $500 USD), this could be a great fit for you. This is a remote position, open to applicants worldwide, so you must have reliable access to the internet.

The Webmaster oversees all aspects of Crushing Colonialism’s website, including the shop, ensuring it is updated, secure, accessible, culturally respectful, and fully functional. This role supports mission-aligned communication by maintaining the site’s technical performance and content while upholding Indigenous perspectives, accessibility principles, language justice, and community-centered practices. The Webmaster works collaboratively with Communications, Development, Programs, and Leadership teams in a remote, cross-border environment, regularly engaging with Indigenous, disabled, Two-Spirit, q***r, and multiply marginalized communities.

Must be fluent in English, have strong HTML/CSS skills, ability to troubleshoot basic code issues, and working knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1), responsive design, and UX best practices.

Send an email including cover letter, resume, links to websites or digital projects you have managed, and three references for relevant paid work to [email protected]. Subject line: Webmaster Application – Crushing Colonialism

We strongly encourage Indigenous people with cultural and community ties and other members of the BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, deaf, disabled, or chronically ill communities and other marginalized people to apply.



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France continues to market its relationship with so-called “Africa” as a “new era” of partnership, respect, and equal co...
05/14/2026

France continues to market its relationship with so-called “Africa” as a “new era” of partnership, respect, and equal cooperation. But beneath the polished rebranding, many observers see the same old colonial reflexes at work.

During the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya, President Emmanuel Macron’s discourse and behavior reignited criticism of France’s posture on the continent — one that too often appears less like partnership and more like supervision. To critics, the framing and symbolism matter: claims and gestures of authority, paternalistic rhetoric, interruptions, and public posturing reinforce the very hierarchies France claims it has left behind — with some accusing Macron of embodying a lingering “white savior” mentality in the way he engages African leaders and institutions.

The controversy is not simply about etiquette. It is about how colonial power continues to be performed under the language of diplomacy, cooperation, and “renewed ties.” Rebranding, many argue, means little when the attitude remains the same.

Comment “donate” to support our storytelling.



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Slide 1 reads: “White savior complex explained through Macron’s Africa diplomacy” over a photo of President Macron. Slide 2: Concept of the white savior complex, a “type of colonialist behavior that, rooted in privilege, is carried out from a supposed position of moral superiority. It infantilizes vulnerable communities, perpetuating discrimination and inequality.” Slides 3-7: Examples of Macron’s discourse and behaviors that exhibit the complex. Slide 8 reads: “Support our mission | crushingcolonialism.org/subscribe”.

Native Nonprofit Day is a nationwide giving and awareness campaign in the so-called U.S. dedicated to uplifting and inve...
05/11/2026

Native Nonprofit Day is a nationwide giving and awareness campaign in the so-called U.S. dedicated to uplifting and investing in Native-led nonprofits every year on the third Thursday of May.

On this day, individuals, organizations, and foundations come together to celebrate Native leadership, amplify Native voices, and drive meaningful support—culminating in Native Nonprofit Day.

We’re honored to be part of this initiative. This recognition helps amplify our work to uplift Indigenous storytelling worldwide.

📅 If you’d like to support our efforts, stay tuned for ways to get involved, and save the date: May 21, 2026.



IMAGES DESCRIPTION: The three slides feature a green, plant-based template. Slide 1 reads: “What is Native Nonprofit Day?” Slide 2 reads: “Native Nonprofit Day is a giving initiative aimed at increasing support for Native-led organizations nationwide. Crushing Colonialism is now part of this initiative. ” Slide 3 reads: “Save the date: Native Nonprofit Day, 5.21.26”

đź“Ł We : If you have a powerful story to tell, this is your opportunity! is seeking contributions for our upcoming issue...
05/07/2026

đź“Ł We : If you have a powerful story to tell, this is your opportunity!

is seeking contributions for our upcoming issue celebrating Indigenous traditions across the world. We invite Indigenous journalists, artists, and content creators to pitch stories, essays, interviews, artwork, and other creative formats that explore the richness and diversity of Indigenous ways of life.

We are particularly interested in work that highlights traditions, rituals, cultural practices, belief systems, and forms of knowledge that continue to shape communities today. This may include ancestral practices being preserved or revitalized, everyday expressions of culture, or evolving traditions that reflect resilience and continuity.

🔎 Who can apply?

The only mandatory requirement is to be an Indigenous person with a story to tell. Journalists, artists, and content creators are all welcome to participate. We will especially prioritize underrepresented groups within Indigenous communities, including people with disabilities, women, Afro-Indigenous people, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community worldwide.

Read our pitching guide in English via the link in our bio—or comment “link” and we’ll send it to your DMs.

📧 Send your pitch to [email protected]

📆 Deadline: June 10, 2026

Let’s crush colonialism together, one word at a time!



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Over white, black and yellow backgrounds, the five images describe the call for submissions mentioned in the caption, and the most important part is: “We’re looking for thought-provoking stories, insightful articles, and powerful narratives that celebrate Indigenous traditions across the world. We are particularly interested in work that highlights traditions, rituals, cultural practices, belief systems, and forms of knowledge that continue to shape communities today. This may include ancestral practices being preserved or revitalized, everyday expressions of culture, or evolving traditions that reflect resilience and continuity.”

05/05/2026

At the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Ponca activist Casey Camp-Horinek reminded us that the missing and murdered Indigenous women, children, and people (MMIWG2S) are not isolated acts of violence—they are the continuation of colonization: forced sterilizations, land theft, displacement, extractive industries, and systemic erasure.

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Three Indigenous elders (1 male-coded, 2 female-coded) are seated on stage during a UNPFII2026 talk. Casey sits in the middle, wearing traditional red and white clothing. Her speech is as follows: "The missing and murdered Indigenous women, children, and people started with that onslaught under the doctrine of discovery in 1492. It hasn't ended. It's taken many, many forms. I'm here with my eldest daughter [...], Julia. She was born in 1970. And it's difficult to talk about the happiness that I've experienced, because I had that honor to continue having children when many of the women that were my contemporaries, particularly had their children in Claremore Indian Hospital, never had another child because they were sterilized. And when I came home with my babies on their cradle boards and shared them with my community, we rejoiced because we've gone through so much, reduced down to just over 200 with the smallpox blankets when we lived up in our traditional territory of the North. And then our forced removal in 1876 that reduced us even further. And then the Dawes Act, then the relocation in the 50s. I was eight years old when we were relocated into the cities and left there on our own, without our people and our way of being. And then more. Mama and Daddy being kidnapped into boarding schools prior to that. Our language robbed, our way of life robbed. Even the food that we grew no longer available to us to grow. And land theft, and land theft, and land theft. And then the incursion of the extractive industry that further the genocide that we are still experiencing with ConocoPhillips, and 66, then with man camps that have come through and the ways of living in the little trailer courts, or in the motels. And bringing their drugs, and their alcohols. And killing our women, and killing our children, and killing our future."

05/01/2026

We attended the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the first time.

Its 25th session took place from 20 April to 1 May 2026 in Lenapehoking (NYC), and was centered on healthcare, bringing together hundreds of Indigenous representatives from around the world.

Indigenous Peoples raised urgent concerns related to their health, such as territorial rights, and the ongoing impacts of extractive industries, including those linked to the “green” transition and emerging digital technologies.

Our Founding Executive Director, Jen Deerinwater, moderated a conversation on nuclear energy, organized by Cultural Survival, alongside activists Petuuche Gilbert (Acoma) and Jesse Deerinwater (Cherokee). The full talk is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-XurvOg-U4&t=382s

Even though final conclusions have yet to be formally adopted, the session largely failed to address disability and accessibility for Indigenous Peoples.



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04/28/2026

During the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, organized a talk on nuclear energy, moderated by our Founding Executive Director, Jen Deerinwater (Cherokee), with the participation of Indigenous activists Petuuche Gilbert (Acoma) and Jesse Deer in Water (Cherokee).

The conversation addressed the impacts of both nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons, which disproportionately affect Indigenous communities—causing disability and long-term health and environmental harms—in the so-called “U.S.” and around the world.

➡️ Comment “watch” to receive a DM with the full talk, or “donate” to receive the link to support Indigenous storytelling. You can also click the link in our bio.



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Three Indigenous speakers are seated in front of a backdrop displaying the UN logo, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) logo, and the We Are Indigenous logo. Jen, a white-coded, femme-presenting, Two-Spirit person from the Cherokee Nation with a partially shaved head, is shown from the chest up speaking to the camera while wearing a red dress and a black blazer. Petuuche is a brown-skinned Indigenous elder and male-presenting person from the Acoma Nation with short grey hair, wearing a traditional colorful vest over a checkered shirt. Jesse is a white-coded, male-presenting person from the Cherokee Nation, wearing a traditional vest over a red shirt and a brown feathered hat.

closes its environmental issue with reporting by poet, a freelance writer and a lover of humanity, Favour Amoye, on th...
04/24/2026

closes its environmental issue with reporting by poet, a freelance writer and a lover of humanity, Favour Amoye, on the Ecuadorian Amazon, where the Sarayaku are recording the forest as living data—turning sound, species, and silence into evidence of environmental harm.

➡️ Read the complete article here: https://crushingcolonialism.org/in-the-amazon-indigenous-communities-are-recording-the-forest-to-prove-it-is-alive/

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Slide 1 reads: The Magazine | Dispatches from our Relatives | In the Amazon, Indigenous communities are recording the forest to prove it is alive by Favour Amoye. In the background, an aerial photo of the Amazon river and forest. Slides 2-3: Excerpts from the article. Slide 4 reads: “Support our mission | crushingcolonialism.org/subscribe”

04/22/2026

At the UN, “equal rights” is the promise—but not the reality.

Our Founding Executive Director, Jen Deerinwater, is on the ground at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, calling out a critical gap: disability is being ignored in conversations on Indigenous health.

And because “Indigenous peoples are disproportionately disabled due to colonization,” there can be no Indigenous health without .



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Jen, a white-coded, femme appearing, Indigenous, Two-Spirit person with partial shaved head is shown from the chest up speaking to the camera. They wear a blue top and white Indigenous accessories.

04/21/2026

Opening ceremony of the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, held at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters on Lenapehoking (NYC).

We made it to the United Nations for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues! 🌎And today from 3–4 p.m. (Eastern US/Cana...
04/20/2026

We made it to the United Nations for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues! 🌎

And today from 3–4 p.m. (Eastern US/Canada), our Founding Executive Director Jen Deerinwater will be moderating a conversation on nuclear energy with two powerful anti-nuclear community organizers in Indian Country.

The session will be livestreamd by Cultural Survival—join us live:

- YouTube: www.youtube.com/

- Facebook: Cultural Survival

This conversation matters. Be part of it.



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Slide 1 announces that we made it to the forum and the livestream, and shows a photo of Jen posing in a wheelchair in front of a world sculpture in Lenapehoking (NYC). Slide 2 details what the forum is and that we’ll be attending to document, report, and build relationships, as well as participate in the conversation mentioned above. Slide 3 explains the importance of the work through a diagram showing the intersection of chronic illness and healthcare access, q***r and Indigiq***r communities, disability justice, and Indigenous rights, noting that our organization is the only one working at these intersections. Slides 4–5 encourage donations via crushingcolonialism.org/donate to support our activities there.

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