I am observing a day of remembrance and mourning for our land's Native Americans. Her first stewards, who loved her, and the cultures we destroyed and women and children and innocents we slaughtered so we could steal their homes and colonize, pollute, and desecrate.
Never forget. It was theirs and we stole it. It belonged to the Choctaw and the Blackfoot and the Nez Perce and the Apache and the Mohican and the Aztec and Inca and Maya and the Inuit and the Miq Maq and so many beautiful civilized nations.
We should really clean it the fuck up and give it back.
"The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back.."
-Midnight Oil, Beds Are Burning, about the destruction of Australian aboriginal cultures, but it suits our US and south and north of the the border massacres as well.
Thank you for being my friend. I am sorry that I have been invisible. Right now, I am going through trauma, so I am thinking about what happened in my past, so I am going to a therapist that will help me with my trauma in the past. How are you doing? What is going on with you? Have a good day. I hope to hear from you soon. Talk to you later.
ReplyDeleteI have been so worried about you, Jess. Are you okay? Is there anything I can do to help you?
DeletePlease take good care of yourself. Unpacking trauma can be really hard. You are a strong person, and you have family and friends who love you, so remember that you are not alone, okay?