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“Ultimately, it’s not enough to simply understand where we’ve been. We also have to consider where we are going. If we want to heal, that means we must learn to move beyond the roles of victim and perpetrator.”

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Book:Awaken Your Roots: Reclaim Your Ancestry and Sovereignty by Heeding the Jaguar’s Call
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“Many of us are awakening to the potency of the ways and wisdom of our ancestors. Many of us are awakening to the beauty of our cultural traditions. At the same time, we cannot make the mistake of romanticizing ancestral work; reconciliation with our roots can only happen because something got broken! This means that ancestral work can be painful— whether the people in our lineages were victims or perpetrators.”

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Book:Awaken Your Roots: Reclaim Your Ancestry and Sovereignty by Heeding the Jaguar’s Call
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