Hart adoptees Murder Case | #FamilySeparation | Tweets

 

👆New book out by Texas Tribune writer Roxanna Asgarian (@strawburriez ) about the Hart case. Great @NYTimes review here by @jenszalai https://t.co/VZDofzfESF

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) March 9, 2023

Just another reminder how the #Adoption industry, parasitic of vulnerable women to take their children for financial gain, also lurks in the shadows on social media to borrow the language of adopted persons to promote its brand of #FamilySeparation as "love." There is no bottom. pic.twitter.com/R7sLQrmNOv

— RudyOwensMemoir (@RudyOwensMemoir) March 9, 2023

Adoption is racist. Adoption is classist. Adoption is a tool of genocide. It is a white savior delusion to think that you are saving a baby through legally dismantling their family. #AdopteeVoices #adopteetwitter

— Ungrateful Chicanx Adoptee (@Domestic_Supply) September 27, 2022

https://t.co/Hn6bOg0697 This what #TransracialAdoption looks like. If you haven’t seen @Kaepernick7 series on Netflix, you need to watch it. #adopteetwitter #adopteevoices

— Lina Vanegas (She/her) (@LinaLeadsWLove) March 9, 2023

SOUTH DAKOTA tweets - Adoptees OBC + more

 

By a vote of 35-0 on the consent calender, the South Dakota Senate passed HB1231 today. It now goes to the Governor. Congrats and thanks to Rep. Mellissa Heermann!

A simple bill with amazing impact. Apply for your OBC. Get it . #adopteetwitter pic.twitter.com/CYR1tjNXZH

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) February 28, 2023

The heartbreaking truth : 💔😢🌎 https://t.co/Hpj1v2k5V6

— SurfersRoom! 🌻 🇺🇦 (@SurfersRoom) February 13, 2023

Good Morning Friends! pic.twitter.com/VJvKF8DcBz— RedPaint (@Tomahawk903) February 28, 2023

Today we remember the Wounded Knee Occupation began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Feb 27, 1973-May 8, 1973 pic.twitter.com/0kxwrgKDNx

— Lakota Law Project (@lakotalaw) February 28, 2023

"Mindfulness enables you to be an “observer” of your thoughts and feelings rather than a victim of them.

The chaos of mental activity has no purpose other than to make you a prisoner of its perpetual circle of craziness."

— Y. Chavan, 🪶✨ pic.twitter.com/DB8ro9ABJC

— Native Red Cloud🪶Maȟpíya Lúta~Hińhan Wakangli⚡️🦉 (@Native3rd) February 28, 2023

National Adoption Awareness Month #NAAM2022 #adoptiontraffickingmonth

 

Here's where we are in the US today. Vermont will become the 13th unrestricted state on July 1, 2023. https://t.co/60IH4RW4pF

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) November 4, 2022

 

MORE MAPS: here 

 

Poof! Starting today, all Massachusetts-born adopted people have a right to obtain their own preadoption birth records, no donut holes, no muss. Here's how it works and how to apply. https://t.co/bRpSTfta6I

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) November 3, 2022

Australia: "While we have recently marked the tenth anniversary of the NSW Apology for Forced Adoption Practices, adoptees are still calling for easier steps to have our fathers recognised, to help us connect with our culture, identity and families." https://t.co/ugOxliixSc

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) November 3, 2022

I think we need to rethink adoption. I’m boycotting National Adoption Month. It’s #adoptiontraffickingmonth pic.twitter.com/YZ1SoRKlNx

— Moses Farrow (@MosesFarrow) November 1, 2022

No More Stolen Sisters. ⚪🟡🔴⚫ #MMIW #MMIWG #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth pic.twitter.com/7uzmhdBm7J

— Ember Spotted Elk (@SpottedElk7) November 4, 2022

stolen children: gimoodinaan binojiinhyan (+tweets) #LandBack

Especially when these things were Not Created with Truths n Honor. #LandBack pic.twitter.com/F5foG6V0Yq

— Ember Spotted Elk (@SpottedElk7) September 24, 2022

 

In Ojibwe our words for stolen children are gimoodinaan binojiinhyan. This week let’s learn to be gentle and patient with our students- their history has been difficult. Painting by Cree artist Kent Monkman. pic.twitter.com/KgWK5LuhhF

— Dominic HK Beaudry (@DhkBeau) September 26, 2022

On Sept. 10, the Quinault Nation, under the leadership of President Guy Capoeman, amended their Constitution to eliminate fictional blood quantum as a metric of belonging. Instead "[a]ny person who has a biological parent or...grandparent who is currently enrolled," will belong. pic.twitter.com/jBBw8rjNqp

— Gabe Galanda, Indigenous Rights Lawyer (@NDNlawyer) September 26, 2022

This how "christians" came to be on Turtle Island. They did not come with Peace n Love, but with Violence n Death. #everychildmatters #doctrineofdiscovery #LandBack pic.twitter.com/agFObrdc7V

— Ember Spotted Elk (@SpottedElk7) September 25, 2022

If you cant come Truthful, what good are you? #LandBack pic.twitter.com/RRxxJrGAxU

— Ember Spotted Elk (@SpottedElk7) September 24, 2022

Tweets #Orange Shirt Day

 

PLEASE Support First Nations and Inuit Survivors that Survived these horrid schools. Post an Orange Shirt logo or even better, wear Orange Shirt. pic.twitter.com/hZln46WQ1d

— angusandersen900 (@AndersenAngus) September 19, 2022

 

TW: Suicide
So back in 2015 there was a spirit going around all the reservations in SD by the name of Tall Man, and when he was around the suicide rates raised so much. Anyways, after awhile it seemed like he left, but on Thursday night he was spotted here in CRST.

— k (@iamlakotak) September 19, 2022

I haven’t heard his name in a long time, but last Thursday my Lakota teacher says he was spotted in a small community on my rez. It’s called Tiospaye Topa, and that’s where Elora and I stay. 🥲 They had to smudge the students at school the next morning.

— k (@iamlakotak) September 19, 2022

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/VjAEfmGbrz

— Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) September 18, 2022

 

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/vfBdY3vhdH

— Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) September 18, 2022

 

We're not all dead yet #INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/4uw0yDNPp3

— Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) September 18, 2022

Face the Truth

 

We are Strong! 💪🏽 We are Resilient! ✨ We are Still Here! ⚪🟡🔴⚫ #AIM #LandBack pic.twitter.com/xp9WWGBZAk

— Ember Spotted Elk (@SpottedElk7) August 20, 2022

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/0w1TIxju9T

— Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) August 20, 2022

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/jXyaIQHymV

— Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) August 20, 2022

#TakeItAllBack #AdopteeVoices

⚪🟡🔴⚫ #LandBack #TakeItAllBack pic.twitter.com/hCnB7HMkRM

— Ember Spotted Elk (@SpottedElk7) August 7, 2022

As someone who is an #adoptee, i just want to exist, in peace, without people/people in power/systems always attacking our existence, gaslighting us, and silencing us. Is that really too much to ask? I feel like I’m just shouting into the void. #AdopteeTwitter #AdopteeVoices

— Chiền Binh (@CBNS77) August 6, 2022

 

I don’t understand the “happy adoptee ™️” desire to always defend adoption when it’s horrors are shown on full display pic.twitter.com/0PPZeEu0Ra

— Severed Origins (@SeveredOrigins) August 6, 2022

Equal Right for Adoptees: OBC Access

 

Solid news story about Louisiana and the advocates who made equal rights a reality there. https://t.co/T8BdN9JE1q

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) August 2, 2022

I was on a call while the Massachusetts Senate PASSED H2294 on a 40-0 vote! It will now be engrossed and prepped to send to Gov. Charlie Baker for signature. pic.twitter.com/ZKW9Fvpcg7

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) July 29, 2022

It would join ten other unrestricted states (pictured), including Vermont, which enacted its equal rights law earlier this year, and Louisiana, whose equal rights law goes into effect on Monday, August 1. pic.twitter.com/CYYkW8hhie

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) July 29, 2022

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/F7SslLKd7m

— Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) August 3, 2022

 

OBC ACCESS: Original Birth Certificate has all the names and information on your birth record that adoptees need to have

Gauthier has not been criminally charged in relation to abuse at St. Michael's

 

St. Michaels was a residential school where generations of Indigenous children were abused. https://t.co/4qpnZ89uWf

— Ruth H. Robertson (Red Road Woman) (@Ruth_HHopkins) July 7, 2022

He was still working with First Nations people in 2019 in Edmonton at Sacred Heart of the First People’s church. 😠

— Covid is airborne (@Shanon04098546) July 7, 2022

In response to our reporting, the Oblates say they now plan to open an investigation into him. According to their policy, they could refer him to secular authorities.

To date, Gauthier has not been criminally charged in relation to abuse at St. Michael's.

— Devon Taylor (@seedevonwrite) July 6, 2022

There is so much more to this story. The people accused of these crimes were part of a much larger system. And the damage it caused still reverberates today.

To understand what happened at St. Michael's — and schools like it — listen to Stolen.https://t.co/8sAiNAokbw

— Devon Taylor (@seedevonwrite) July 6, 2022

Adoptee Rights and other disturbing news

 

Two states still have pending adoptee rights bills, though Rhode Island’s is now on the Governor’s desk. Massachusetts is again in familiar territory: stuck in the Senate. Details for all state bills: https://t.co/8elfiRWREH pic.twitter.com/UnMOFLsXHU

— Adoptees United (@AdopteesUnited) June 29, 2022

"We have the treaties, which have been in existence in promising this tribe since before the trail of tears, they would not be subject to state jurisdiction precisely because states were known to be their enemies." -Justice Gorsuch #CastroHuerta

— Jiselle Halfmoon (@JiselleHalfmoon) June 29, 2022

If you don’t know where to start, a donation to national #AdopteeRights organization @AdopteesUnited is a great first step. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/d4vpbCV4af

— Rebekah #CitizenshipForAdoptees Henson (@bekhenson) June 27, 2022

 

DISTURBING👇

⚠️Content warning for adoptees: images of anti choice extremists holding signs. I corrected the signs with accurate adoption narratives.⚠️

Non-adoptees, feel free to share these instead of those memes that do nothing. pic.twitter.com/ABLfqK18Jh

— ❤️‍🔥s.bee❤️‍🔥Domestically Supplied Infant (@saribeeadoptee) June 29, 2022

and then when we find out we can have biology children we will return them or give them to someone else

— moth ✨domestically supplied infant✨ (@queenannethur) June 29, 2022

around twitterland

 

“The right thing to do.”

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History recently returned thousands of Chumash remains and funerary objects to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.https://t.co/VTuJ5Rwy2A

— Ruth H. Robertson (Red Road Woman) (@Ruth_HHopkins) May 27, 2022

Prior to the recent @USATODAY series on failed adoptions there was this remarkable, complex, in-depth article by @rowanmg in @atavist. I recommend listening to it if you can. https://t.co/GcAe8SrjLf

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) May 26, 2022

Podcast featuring Sandy White Hawk’s life and work, as well as the importance of ICWA. https://t.co/RSoPMAxjUt

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) May 25, 2022

I truly do not know how #adoptees are holding their shit together right now.

— Devon M. McCauley (@devon__mccauley) May 28, 2022

Kudos to @USAToday investigative reporters @byMarisaK and @aleszubajak for the series on disrupted adoptions, specifically those that sent kids back into foster care---or worse. Well done, especially for including so many adoptee voices in the telling. https://t.co/MjydAc4jaw

— Adoptee Rights Law (@adopteelaw) May 20, 2022

Ray Liotta was an important voice for adoptees. He openly shared his truth, his journey, and helped shed light on what search and reunion feels like. What a loss. RIP #adopteevoices

— Domestic Infant Supply Class of 68 (@mindyonrye) May 26, 2022

you should take a deep dive into #adopteevoices. There is trauma there. Adoption is a parenting decision, also, not a pregnancy one.

— KJ (@notabrokenthing) May 30, 2022

 

Increase in Native American children entering the system + tweets

NEW MEXICO: There was an increase in Native American children entering the system—from 134 or 6.1 percent in 2019 to 147 or 7.4 percent in 2020. The increase of Native children in the foster care system happened after children’s biological or legal guardians have passed. Native American families often live with several generations in one house, and we saw that, tragically, many family members in one household would contract COVID. 

 

Take action now to stop this horrific attack on Native rights! https://t.co/WjXC3cDybi

There was an increase in Native American children entering the system—from 134 or 6.1 percent in 2019 to 147 or 7.4 percent in 2020. https://t.co/yvHl442Emf pic.twitter.com/IN2G0Xl72G

— Lakota Law Project (@lakotalaw) December 6, 2021

“Indigenous resistance” doesn’t cut it. Fighting back against murder and enslavement so widespread = genocide.

— Stacy Parker Le Melle (@StacyLeMelle) December 5, 2021

Those who refuse to acknowledge the trauma adoptees experience likely have never had to submit an empty page when attempting to complete "Family Tree" or "Life Timeline" assignments in school or write "N/A" in the Family Medical History section on forms at the doctor's office.

— Christina (@DiaryAdoptee) December 6, 2021

Bank of Canada to work with Indigenous groups on reconciliation https://t.co/phOk6Es43u

— Trace kalala Hentz (@StonePony33) December 6, 2021

#AdopteeArmy #adoptee #adoption (around twitter)

1985 article from The Odessa American. Director of the Direct Adoption Center of Midland cites adoptive couple infertility as the reason for confidentiality in #adoption placements. This was 1985 and we are still, in 2019, dispelling myths about birth parent anonymity.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - The future of the Indian Child Welfare Act https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-april-2-2019-the-future-of-the-indian-child-welfare-act/

The Indian Child Welfare Act has some tough opponents in the courts and in the court of public opinion. ICWA proponents suffered a setback in the Brackeen vs Bernhardt case. Both sides just presented oral arguments in the appeal. We will go live from the annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect to hear first-hand stories from those affected by ICWA. We'll also get expert analysis about the possible trajectory for the 40-year-old law going forward.

 

Only 3 minutes. Do it!https://t.co/vndB9RfEx7 @adopteelaw

— The ALMA Society (@thealmasociety) April 9, 2017

It is overwhelmingly evident that we are nowhere near achieving equality for adoptees within the adoption narrative...#Adoptee #Adoptees #Adoption #AmplifyAdoptees #FlipTheScript pic.twitter.com/psfH6cWYt1

— Christina (@DiaryAdoptee) March 30, 2019

We are denied OUR OWN information, history, family relationships, health info; updates, identities, genealogy, files, records, equality & rights. We have lost SO much, many of us from birth, like OUR traits, similarities, coincidences & biological quirks also, due to #adoption

— akaalison🇮🇪☘️ (@akaalison1) March 31, 2019