This event is a continuation of the series titled the Monthly Indigenous Voices Reading and Listening Circle, facilitated by Climate Justice Co-Chair S. Louie (settler). We will meet monthly on the last Thursday of each month (note: November’s adjusted date).
Following the lead of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a San Francisco Bay Area organization led by urban indigenous women that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people, we will be reading together and discussing selections from the Recommended Reading List offered on the Sogorea Te' Land Trust’s website, Indigenous-created writings, art, or music about environmental and climate justice, and campaigns assessed in the 2021 Indigenous Resistance Against Carbon report. This report concluded that Indigenous resistance against carbon in the United States and Canada has kept BILLIONS of tons of carbon in the ground equivalent to one-quarter of annual emissions from both the U.S. and Canada combined!
Suggested "readings" and actions:
Check out this episode of the All My Relations podcast: ThanksTaking Or ThanksGiving? (Transcript at the link.)
Educator Paula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag) and historian Linda Coombs (Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah) tell the real story of "Thanksgiving." Hosts Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) and Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) talk about "how to be in good relationship with the Indigenous people and land that you occupy." Wampanoag land agreements predate the American Constitution!
Attend the Indigenous Peoples 2023 Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, or listen to the live broadcast on KPFA 94.1 FM.
Support the National Day of Mourning on November 23, 2023 in Plymouth, MA by watching the United American Indians of New England (UAINE) livestream at http://www.uaine.org/, and checking out their suggested actions (pdf) for supporting the National Day of Mourning even if you can’t come to Plymouth.
Check out the National Museum of the American Indian's Native Cinema Showcase 2023. It's free and online!
If you’re interested in a low pressure, high connection way to hang out, learn, and reflect together about decolonization, rematriation, and how communities are healing the history of the land and our relationship to it, come join us!