"Remember" by Joy Harjo--excerpt.
"Remember the earth whose skin you are:
red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
brown earth, we are earth.
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their
tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them,
listen to them. They are alive poems."
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/11/joy-harjo-remember.html
#TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poetry #poems #poem #JoyHarjo #PoetryOfPresence
Quotations from Indigenous people to share on this day, known to some as the National Day of Mourning. Shared with appreciation for the Appleton, WI branch of AAUW, who included some of these in their newsletter. Quotes and links to something by or about them make this too long to post so I'll provide the quotations in replies to this. Share any of your favorites.
#Indigenous #Native #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
"I’m going to eat some turkey. But not in honor of some mythic coming together of Natives and colonizers. Because it’s delicious. The fight will still be there after that turkey, and I’ll be ready."
--Adrienne Keene, citizen of Cherokee Nation and founder of Native Appropriations, blog on contemporary Indigenous issues including representation and appropriation in popular culture https://nativeappropriations.com/
#Native #Thanksgiving #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #RebeccaKeene #Cherokee
"Thanksgiving is nothing less than an annual white victory lap. It’s a celebration of aggressive Christian domination and imperialism."
--Simon Moya-Smith, enrolled citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation and Chicano, author of Your Spirit Animal Is a Jackass and journalist https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/pride-means-knowing-lgbtq-history-including-indigenous-two-spirit-people-ncna1272564
#Native #Indigenous #SimonMayoSmith #NDN #LGBTQ #TwoSpirit #OglalaLakota
"The path to reconciliation starts with honest acknowledgement of our past, with open eyes and open hearts for a better future."
--Matika Wilbur, Swinomish and Tulalip, photographer http://www.matikawilbur.com/
#Indigenous #photographer #MatikaWilbur #Swinomish #Tulalip #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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