In the Old Days, Everyone Who Was Born Had a Purpose
"In the old days, everyone who was born had a purpose, but that belief had faded away some over the years. Now we are working with our kids to re-instill that mind set. We want our future to remain strong and to continue to move forward." — Jennifer Porter (Kootenai) Read more at https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/notable-quotes #Robohontas #JenniferPorter #quote #education #children #future
We still live under a sort of colonialism here, at least in the United States.
“It is important because the second Monday in October is officially recognized nationally and even internationally as Columbus Day. As countless people have pointed out over the past decades of trying to abolish Columbus Day, it is a holiday created to celebrate the genocide of Native people. This is experienced by Native people as a violent event that has not ended. We still live under a sort of colonialism here, at least in the United States.” -Melanie Yazzie (Diné) From "T
We Share a Language, History, Religion, Foods, the Bonds of Family...
"Growing up as I did, on the Ojibwe Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, it was patently obvious to me that Indians came in all different shapes and colors. I’m fairly light-skinned and have been told many times that, looking the way I do, I can’t be an Indian, not a real one. I’ve heard this from colleagues, writers, neighbors. Once I was told I couldn’t be Indian because we’d all been killed. And yet I am. We are bound by much more than phenotype or blood quantum;
It Is Those Songs, It Is Those Prayers, and Everything That We Do in Our Language That Connect Us
“When you lose that language, you lose your culture completely. Because it is those songs, it is those prayers, and everything that we do in our language that connect us -- not just with each other, and with our community -- but also with everything around us.” -Deleta Gasco Smith (Anishinabek) From "Native American boarding schools have nearly killed Michigan's native language" on www.michiganradio.org #DeletaGascoSmith #Robohontas #language #community
