If you really respect women you'd respect the strength it takes to speak up after you've had your humanity and bodily autonomy taken violently from you. You'd not try to silence them further to protect predators.
#believewomen
I'm committed to Indigenizing every space I have access to and those I don't. I will take up whatever space I need. I will speak hard truths. I will make people uncomfortable. I was born into rebellion* so I'm not only ready I'm just getting started.
*To borrow an amazing phrase from Sterlin Harjo
CW federal Indian boarding "schools" canadian residential "schools"
If you think what happened in the reeducation camps depicted in Sugarcane didn't happen in the so called united states ask yourself why Native youth are called survivors instead of graduates, there were graveyards instead of playgrounds, and why we're still bringing our relatives home.
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is not folklore. It is science based on observation of surroundings and the outcomes different plant medicines have on Indigenous community.
Indigenous Peoples have known since creation that living in balance with our relatives (and that everything and everyone is our relative) is what is needed for strong, healthy community.
