Category Archives: decolonize

Indigenous People’s Day 2020

Welcome morning. This is the sky’s greeting for us this day. Two of my turkey vulture friends just flew over. The colors of the leaves are glorious. Today is Indigenous People’s Day. I’m looking forward to seeing friends and attending … Continue reading

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Mutual Aid in Brazil and Iowa

A recent article caught my attention, SOLIDARITY, DIRECT ACTION, AND SELF-DETERMINATION: KASA INVISÍVEL. An Occupied Social Center Becomes A Hub Of Mutual Aid In Belo Horizonte, Brazil. I had not known about the concept of Mutual Aid, nor its global … Continue reading

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A White settler colonist and Indigenous people’s day

This is one of those times when I’m really uncomfortable as I begin to write because this is solely based on my own experiences. Which is a bit silly compared to the perspective of people putting their lives on the … Continue reading

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Indigenous People’s Day Des Moines

Following is information about Indigenous People’s Day, this coming Monday, Oct. 12. Organized by my friends of the Great Plains Action Society (previously known as Indigenous Iowa). You may have heard me talk about Seeding Sovereignty, where my friend Christine … Continue reading

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Ceremony to Stop the TMX Pipeline

As the day awakens, this article transported me back to other times of celebrations to stop a pipeline. I’ve witnessed and felt the power of prayer as we’ve worked to protect Mother Earth and the water from the Black Snake. … Continue reading

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Stranger in a strange land

We are living in dangerous times. Man made crises related to the concepts of possession and separation. Of unjust and unsustainable economic and political systems that are failing here and elsewhere. Organized religions that have been used, some for centuries, … Continue reading

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Native Voices for Votes

In these days of multiple, ongoing crises, it is easy to loose our focus. To be distracted by the chaos. We must work harder to strengthen our connections with and care for all living things. How many love their neighbor … Continue reading

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Be Vulnerable

[Note: with multiple disasters occurring now, and since environmental devastation has been a focus of my life, its hard not to write about these unfolding disasters. But what is important to me, what I am led to think about now, … Continue reading

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Led to each other

I know the Spirit leads us to what we are supposed to do. Resist the draft. Don’t own a car. Work in a children’s hospital. The Spirit also leads us to people, to each other. Raised in the Bear Creek … Continue reading

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What kind of ancestor do you want to be?

Many of my friends are very discouraged about the condition of the land called the United States. The perversion of our political and economic systems has been happening while we look on. Feeling helpless to stop this deterioration. Feeling hopeless. … Continue reading

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