Bisons, die im Tiefschnee schlecht vorankommen...
- früher von Indigenen auf Schneeschuhen gejagt, um das Überleben ihrer Familien zu sichern.
- heute kümmern sich #Indigene um die Bisons, um das Leben dieser Art zu sichern! #nativeamerica #MitakuyeOyasin ("all meine Verwandten")

Passè

Someday, perhaps, the hype of skin
will be less about melanin...
But til that day I hope you wear
what nature gave without despair,
that pride is part of who you are
as much as any random star
whose aspect close is red or blue
but from a distance shines a hue
too bright to adequately define
your light... it sparkles just like mine.

#poetry #love #race #WeAreAllConnected #MitakuyeOyasin

Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address: Greetings to the Natural World...

Full text linked below.

#appreciation #FirstNations #greetings #indigenous #MitakuyeOyasin #Mohawk #NaturalWorld #thanksgiving #WolfClan

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3 Good Things, Thanksgiving Edition

1. Shared land, honored spirit; we are in a turmoil of land and habitation and stewardship that is centuries and millennia old, and I believe that's what we are here to reimagine.
2. My son was born during Thanksgiving dinner, and sometimes his birthday and the holiday coincide; this is one of those years. He's a wonderful and appreciative soul. Both kids are (his brother was born on Indian Independence Day, aligning with my side of the family).
3. My children are descended from Mayflower people on their dad's side and that has been both a conflict and a blessing - today, I recognize the blessing in the invitation to be part of a larger conversation about who we are.

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings @3goodthings

#appreciation #birthday #colonialism #coparenting #indigenous #mayflower #MixedRace #MitakuyeOyasin #reimagine #spirit #stewardship #thanksgiving