“Now many of us celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (instead of or along with Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, Family Feud and/or Family Fun and Games). I see it as a day to learn more about the people whose land we stole (yes, even we whose forebearers came more recently, because we continue to benefit from the theft), and to sit in the complexity that is the building and continuation of our civilization.” LearningCivilizationComplexityThanksgivingTheftBuildIndigenous PeoplesIndigenous Peoples Day Author:Shellen Lubin
“We need to learn more. We need to do better. We are all woven together in the fabric of the Earth and over time we will all thrive or fail together.” LearningCivilizationComplexityThanksgivingTheftBuildIndigenous PeoplesIndigenous Peoples Day Author:Shellen Lubin
“Whatever the intentions behind land acknowledgments, I am intrigued that otherwise well-educated listeners (especially university audiences) require continuous reminders that they occupy stolen land. Settler colonialism not only erases, it feeds on its own forgetfulness.” Native AmericanAcademiaNorth CarolinaIndigenous PeoplesAmerican IndiansLumbee IndiansIndigenous Peoples DayLand Back Book:On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice Source: On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice
“The native population of this continent deserves more notice taken than on Indigenous Peoples Day. But this day at least, please, let's learn more about the people whose land we stole (yes, even we whose forebearers came more recently, because we continue to benefit from the theft), and to sit in the complexity that is the building and continuation of our civilization.” JusticeEducationSocietyAwarenessCivilizationAwakeningComplexityTheftIndigenous Peoples Day Author:Shellen Lubin