Honor the Indigenous History of the Land on Which You Stand #TheBodyRemembers

DemCast Staff

4 years ago

As I celebrate Thanksgiving today in Chicago with my family, we stand on the land of the Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi), Miami, and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) people.

You can learn about the local indigenous history of the land on which you stand via @nativelandnet at https://native-land.ca/.

Post on social media with #TheBodyRemembers to honor the tribes.

I’m moved by seeing so many non-Natives posting Indigenous land acknowledgements today. It’s good medicine.

I’m in ancestral treaty lands on the Lake Traverse Reservation in SD, home of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota of the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) #TheBodyRemembers
— R u t h H o p k i n s (@RuthH_Hopkins) November 28, 2019

As I gather with family today in Compton, I stand on land of the Tongva nation.

What Indigenous Territory are you on? Find out at https://t.co/mpWwP0efbC.

Then use #TheBodyRemembers to honor the tribe + celebrate the acclaimed Indigenous drama now on @Netflix via @ARRAYNow. pic.twitter.com/u8sfbvz0GP
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) November 28, 2019

My house is warm with the smell of cozy foods in the oven and the overwhelming feeling of thankfulness for so much. But, this is also a time to acknowledge the history of this holiday. My home sits on Seminole + Tequesta land. #TheBodyRemembers
— Viviana Moreno (@morenoxviviana) November 28, 2019

Today, my family will gather together on Osage, Miami, and Sioux land.

Enjoy the love and joy that this day hopefully brings to you-but never forget, and never let those you love forget, on whose land we stand.

❤️✊🏾

Via https://t.co/t8bwXBrfOJ pic.twitter.com/F2ICfZynlc
— brittany packnett cunningham (@MsPackyetti) November 28, 2019

Via Brittany Packnett Cunningham, important resources for today:

Indigenous people are not gone-they are still here, shepherding the land and society, in so many ways often unnoticed and unacknowledged.

May today be a day to start to truly listen, learn, and take ACTION of solidarity in the ways our Native family directs us.

❤️✊🏾
— brittany packnett cunningham (@MsPackyetti) November 28, 2019

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