#AutumnVibes
#DoorsDay
Happy Harvest Day from unceded Lenape land, to those who celebrate. I denounce this day’s roots in genocide and its historical whitewashing. But I’ll take today and every day as a chance to be grateful for family and life’s blessings, and a call to be kind and do better.
#unthanksgiving #nationaldayofmourning #door #autumn #photography #thanksgiving #brooklyn #nyc
The creative seasonal decorations in my neighborhood continue to impress. Here’s a local giant skeleton, as seen on October 31… and the day after, when it was suddenly decked out in Pilgrim robes for Thanksgiving. One version is, of course, a reminder of death and destruction; the other is a naked Halloween skeleton. #Unthanksgiving #NationalDayOfMourning
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #halloween #thanksgiving #skeleton #selectivecolor #colorpop
It felt very satisfying to help clear old blackberry brambles on Indigenous land, and see the 400 or more people who showed up to help weed and mulch on a chilly, sunny Autumn day.
It’s not quite justice, but it’s one gesture toward community.
It’s a beautiful day on Native Land.
Out here with NAYA Family Center, Portland.
"I'm Wampanoag and I'm still here." — Paula Peters
Paula Peters is a Mashpee Wampanoag writer, historian, and activist.
This National Day of Mourning/Unthanksgiving, her words remind the rest of us that Indigenous people are not stories from the past, but people living, working, creating, struggling, and loving right now.
Thread:
#Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of #Indigenous resistance to colonialism, held yearly at Alcatraz
https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/111426235629910859
"Out of Alcatraz came the “Red Power” movement of the 1970s, which has been called the lost chapter of the Civil Rights era."
An abstract for the PBS documentary, Alcatraz Is Not an Island
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/alcatraz-is-not-an-island-dvd/
excerpt:
https://youtu.be/pBtWknpytvg
Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism, held yearly at Alcatraz https://theconversation.com/unthanksgiving-day-a-celebration-of-indigenous-resistance-to-colonialism-held-yearly-at-alcatraz-216956
"We forfeited our country. Our lands have fallen into the hands of the aggressor. We have allowed the white man to keep us on our knees. What has happened cannot be changed, but today we must work towards a more humane America, a more Indian America, where men and nature once again are important; where the Indian values of honor, truth, and brotherhood prevail." - Wamsutta James, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, 1970
#NationalDayofMourning #IndianCountry #Unthanksgiving #Thanksgiving
Now's the time to share your most cherished values with the youngest members of the family.
We have a responsibility to ensure that cultural traditions & values continue in the next generations.
#NationalDayOfMourning #Values #FamilyValues #Culture #CulturalIntegrity #UnThanksgiving #Thanksgiving #Genocide
Last year we shared Leonard Peltier 2019 Thanksgiving message in this thread.
He is not the only indigenous activist and PoC suffering behind steel bars this day, bars from the for-profit prison industrial complex perpetuating colonialism.
Indigenous people are incarcerated at 15X - 20X the rate of whites whose ancestors run the prison system. These men and women are NOT criminals.
Indeed, the statistic remains true for EVERY continent has experienced colonialism (prison industrual complex).
In Montana, for example, the #ACLU reports: ¨Indigenous people comprise approximately 6.5 percent of the Montana state population and yet account for 20 percent of the men’s state prison population, 34 percent of the women’s state prison population, and 27 percent of the state’s arrests for failures to appear in court or for probation or parole violations.¨
See the video[1] of the Peltier statue´s dedication:
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBftM1CLBsM&feature=emb_title
[2] https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/leonard-peltier-statue
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