Indigenous Mourning Day. Today I choose to keep on my path of remembrance. Of those who fell before us. And those who continue to fall in this society under the declaration of independence. This week signifies the historical impact of European colonization & settlement. This week signifies the separatism within our sovereign state. This week signifies the fall of our native indigenous peoples.
But I choose to not shame you for living in tradition of your forefathers, I just choose to respect and honor mine.
Honor the strong warriors who rode across plains and mountains to preserve the tradition of the sacred.
Honor the women and children who were caught in the cross fire of greed and destruction, fear and anger.
I choose to walk a path of remembrance on this day to show that the spirit of indigenous lives strong within the children who have survived.
That we are paving the way for ancestral healing and decolonizing our own lives.
You sit and give thanks to your God under a roof with heat and an abundant meal tonight, I ask that you return some to the land. Return the food that feeds you back to the soil. And give thanks that you are not living in suffering. The reality that a lot of Native Americans still face today.
Today we are still in a war for freedom. We got sex trafficking, violent crimes on people of color, vaccination mandates, oil and crude spilling into the environment, cancer rates sky rocketing and our food & water has been contaminated. The war is over you. And your freedom just as much as it is over the enslavement of indigenous races.
I dont ask that you split away from your traditions but I do ask that you acknowledge the truth behind your meal tonight. That you send forgiveness to those that do wrong and those who have been wronged. I ask that you educate yourself on the matter of the colonization of America. And I ask that you remember those who stood before you.
Not in fear or indifference but as a people, as a spirit, as a child of creator.
I ask that we honor our privilege in new ways by sharing and giving back to our communities.
I ask that we teach our children the truth. #indigenous #noDAPL
WARRIOR WOMAN 