While these places may be on our traditional homelands, and within our tribal territories: Brownfields properties and Supferfund sites are neither appropriate, nor respectful gifts of atonement to the Indigenous People the entire Western Hemisphere was stolen from. It is a waste of resources for indigenous non-profiteers, like Corrina Gould, to focus primarily on post-industrial… Continue reading Save Shellmounds Not Parking Lots
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Alternatives to Paying Shuumi (Sogorea Te’s “Land Tax”)
Acknowledging our occupation of Native Land; and the way we benefit from Mission Enslavement of Native Americans, the enslavement of people we know as African-American, and the California Genocide is not this easy. The Sins of Colonialism can not be washed away with more blood money. Direct investment in the community is what’s needed, instead.… Continue reading Alternatives to Paying Shuumi (Sogorea Te’s “Land Tax”)
