"Violence against the land is violence against the people"
#Dine' #KleeBenally: #Colonialism, #police and #genocide in the U.S.

Dine' Klee Benally. Video by @subMedia

"Klee speaks on how colonialism, #capitalism and police are part of the dynamic affecting violence against women and the destruction of sacred places, and the roles of Treaties and sovereignty.

"Klee shares the Indigenous way of being and peacemaking in parallel to police and prisons, and the need for the restoration of traditional Indigenous systems for healing.

"Watch the video, in English, with new French subtitles by Christine Prat. Klee passed to the Spirit World in December.

"Klee's book, finished shortly before his passing, can be ordered at Detritus Books. "No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred"

Original post (via #CensoredNews):
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/dine-klee-benally-violence-against-land.html

Klee's book is available via #DetritusBooks
https://detritusbooks.com/products/no-spiritual-surrender-indigenous-anarchy-in-defense-of-the-sacred

Link to video by #SubMedia:
https://vimeo.com/978417283

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Remembering #KleeBenally, For the People

"A true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love" -- #CheGuevera

by Shannonlynn Chester, via #CensoredNews
June 13, 2024

"In February, a local publication ran a piece on Klee that said 'RAGE. In Beauty'. But sometimes the world didn't see him (or any of us associated with him) that way. His way of 'raging in beauty' didn't fit into what society saw as normal or peaceful at all, but I'm reminded today that Klee saw beauty in everything. If it didn't exist in something, he did something about it, he spoke the truth on it. He was someone who lived and breathed beauty, love, kinship, respect ... he embodied hózhó -- we should all be like that.

"I'm one of three still here at #TaalaHooghan Infoshop. I'm still holding it down, I've been here consistently since January. There are times I have to take a one or two week break, as it's exhausting 'work' ... not just physically, but emotionally and mentally as well

"Most days I can just be here on autopilot -- cleaning, organizing and packing but some days are different ... because I come across things and will reminisce about everything we've done here in the name of #MutualAid. I've spent 4 years here, I know every crack in the floor, every hole in the wall. Ever since Klee joined the ancestors, it hasn't been easy to be here but most times it is healing and has just become part of my grieving process, I guess.

"Some days unsheltered relatives come by and I have to tell them that we're shutting down. Every so often someone will come by asking for #Klee, sometimes just describing him -- saying that he helped them years ago and they want to thank him. I'm still having to break the news to others here and there. There's been a lot of tears shed outside in the parking lot ... from that we gain strength and resilience and speak affirmations to do better. And be better.

"I'm finally getting down to the last of the supplies that we were distributing as #KinlaniMutualAid and #DinéHealersRelief (as part of a larger collective and network we started called #IndigenousMutualAid). Along with the help of a few individuals, I've been making sure it's all getting back into the community somehow, because everything here has always been for the people."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/06/remembering-klee-for-people-by_13.html

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