The oppression of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, esp. the USA is a twin atrocity to the oppression of African Americans.

Colonizers have been trying to turn us against each other for the sum of this country’s existence. In this instance they were very successful.

Your ancestors were enslaved and brutalized, forced to turn a profit for greedy colonizers on the land that they committed genocide to steal.

Then they convinced African Americans to kill natives and protect colonists as they moved west to steal more land.

It saddens me, deeply!

Today, we see a growing alliance between indigenous activists and African American activists.

It is my hope that our peoples can continue this collaboration. That we continue to stand tall, resisting the gail of white supremacy that seems to force us, again, to the ground.

Together, we increase our sna7em, meaning spiritual power in my peoples’ language, the Lil’wat.