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Martin Rizzo-Martinez

@rizzomartinez.bsky.social
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Professor of Film & Digital Media @ UCSC, historian, settler on Awaswas Ohlone lands, author tinyurl.com/3x538386, co-producer of podcast - Challenging Colonialism, rss.com/podcasts/challengingcolonia…. Advocate for decolonization.

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
In biggest land-back deal in California history, the Yurok get back the final piece of 73 sq mi of their homeland on the state's far northern Klamath River. Good piece by Grist highlights how this Yurok land deal is just part of the extraordinary changes taking place in this part of N America.
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In California's largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River
More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in northern California,have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history.
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Planthropologist 🇲🇽🌱 @thatsophiareyes.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I went with AMLT to the San Benito grasslands yesterday and there were so many incredible plants! #CaliforniaNativePlants
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John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books
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Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This is how it’s done, university presidents!
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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Pro Publica updated its database of compliance with returning Indigenous ancestors under NAGPRA. While some sincere efforts were made by places such as Dept. of the Interior, there are others incl. Harvard (5,400) and Berkeley (4,700) with 1000s of remains. projects.propublica.org/repatriation...
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Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?
Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.
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Dog the Wag @dog-the-wag.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
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Dr. Joely Proudfit @nativeprof.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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U.S. Department of Education’s 14-Day Ultimatum on Equal Opportunity: Will Universities Surrender or Resist?
Craig TrainorActing Assistant Secretary for Civil RightsUnited States Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Acting Assistant Secretary Trainor, I write to you …
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Jeff Ostler @jostler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Excellent review of Adam Kirsch's On Settler Colonialism by @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social . www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Reality of Settler Colonialism - Boston Review
Writers like Adam Kirsch mock the idea to demonize critics of Israel. The phenomenon itself remains.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
I lost my job. USDA Forest Service.


My probation was up next week.


I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it.


Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know.


And now? Just like that, I’m out.


Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.
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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
hey bluesky, if you're a historian please give this a read and consider signing. www.historiansforpeace.org/2025/02/08/p...
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Historians for Peace and DemocracyPetition to Members of the AHA Council
[To sign this petition please complete this form.] We urge you to rescind your veto of the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza and put theresolution to a vote of all AHA members. The Council’s ...
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Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 08/02/2025
The Empire Self-Destructs | Chris Hedges We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression. chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
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The Empire Self-Destructs
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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Chris Hedges: The Western Way of Genocide
The genocide in Gaza portends the emergence of a dystopian world where the industrialized violence of the Global North is used to sustain its hoarding of diminishing resources and wealth.
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The fact that Native Americans are being caught up in immigration raids seems like the ultimate insult--one that shows how the logic of settler colonialism turns Indigenous people into foreigners in their own homelands. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Navajo alarmed by reports of Indigenous people caught up in Trump immigration raids
Group takes steps to protect members after ‘traumatizing’ reports of people being stopped or detained by agents
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Weyodi OldBear- The Root and The Seed is available. @weyodi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#indigisky #booksky
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