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Future Genocide
“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shore, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured … Continue reading
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Leonard Peltier’s 2019 Thanksgiving Message: “Walking on Stolen Land”
COLEMAN, FLORIDA – Leonard Peltier, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, who is incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in Coleman, Florida, for his 1977 conviction in connection with a shootout with U.S. government forces, where two FBI agents and one young American Indian … Continue reading
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Spiritual Warriors and Truthsgiving
Warrior 1. One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.2. One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflicthttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/warrior Warrior seems an unlikely term for Quakers to use, since the word is usually thought of in terms of battles and wars, which Quakers oppose and work against. I like the second definition above though, related … Continue reading
Another view of thinking about decolonization
I’ve been writing a lot about colonization for awhile because Thanksgiving/Truthsgiving is a time when people may think about Native Americans: https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/?s=decoloniz I was glad to come across a series of articles from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) that … Continue reading
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Enjoying Thanksgiving/Truthsgiving
Some of the responses to my recent blog posts ask why we can’t just enjoy being together and thankful at Thanksgiving (Truthsgiving) time? That, of course, is what should happen. In addition, though, if the circumstances allow, this holiday is … Continue reading
“The most grim moment in human history”
Almost everything I’ve done and written about for years has been about some aspect of our environment and the terrible damage being done to Mother Earth. In recent years climate scientists and activists have been pressured to not be too … Continue reading
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You don’t know what you don’t know
My thinking about the holiday called Thanksgiving has changed dramatically over the past couple of years. That is because I’ve been blessed to spend time and make friends with some Native people. And I’ve been studying to learn more. One … Continue reading
Forgive Everyone Everything
Yesterday I wrote about the beautiful and tragic video, “Dakota 38”. Although this annual ride occurs in December, I was led to write about it now as part of my ongoing consideration of what decolonizing means today. This time around … Continue reading
DAKOTA 38
I’m continuing to pray and write about the opportunities the upcoming holiday known as Thanksgiving offers for improving knowledge and relationships among Native and non-native peoples. Decolonizing is a process of both education and healing and the movie “Dakota 38” … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 