Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
Featuring Jared Qwustenuxun Williams of Quw’utsun Tribes
Lots of people throw around the term land back. I think to most non indigenous people it can be so intimidating that it's just a non-starter. But I want to talk about what I think when I hear "land back."
First and foremost I think it's hard for non-indigenous people to think of anything other than indigenous people taking their homes and property back. But that is a very western thing to do. I don't believe that indigenous people would steal back land leaving colonists, their elders, and children, homeless and landless. Sure we say land back, but we aren't without respect and compassion. It's more like governance back. Get rid of these colonial governments and start replacing them with indigenous governments. Replace municipalities with tribes, provinces with nations or language groups. It is more of a return of the right to access and protect the land. It's about stopping resource extraction, stopping the capitalist machine, it's about leaving the world better for the next generation.
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