Tomrrow is the National Day of Mourning, organized by the United American Indians of New England. An annual tradition since 1970, it is a solemn, spiritual and highly political day by United American Indians of New England.

@n8fr8

Interesting. Lead me to look for the region where Creek Indians lived (maternal great-grandmother). I may well be living in that territory:

sites.rootsweb.com/~prsjr/na/m

Thanks,

Nathan

@rrb Once you start looking, considering who was on land for 10,000+ years, how, and where they lived, and understanding they are still here in body (your own, in your case) and spirit, it changes the way you see little things around you. Here's another project I've been a part of "Footprints, a neighborhood walking tour of Indigenous history": firstparishinbrookline.org/foo

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