Native Americans in Iowa have been waiting over 400 years for a colonialist sticker campaign that addresses their needs. With the word "Native" inexplicably thrust onto a sticker, First Nations can now rejoice in their identity without worry.
"I feel invisible in a land that was once ours. Now I am seen. I cannot be dismissed," stated one member of the Baxoje. "Thousands of my ancestors were killed by colonizers—we see this sticker as a kind gesture."
Apparently, Raygun, the store who prints them, may donate all of the proceeds they have collected due to a marketing confusion. Raygun intended for all of the stickers to be bought by Native Americans, but apparently, many ancestors of colonists bought them up.
"I was born and raised in Iowa! Go Hawks," said Krystyne, an ancestor of colonists. "I love everything about Iowa. Have you ever been to the forested parts? They are so, so nice," she continued.
Raygun's donation may go to the Little Creek Camp that has recently started up in Williamsburg, Iowa. This camp is run by members of Indigenous Iowa, a wonderful group of individuals devoted to strengthening Earth and its people.
Indigenous Iowa is focused on environmental causes right now, especially concerning #NoDAPL—the movement against the construction of a massive oil pipeline that will negatively affect Native land.
The pipeline, who is still being constructed, had a statement: "I will inevitably burst causing major disaster, but thanks to settler colonialism, I'll be built anyway!"
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