-Caroline

stories of complex kingdoms
stories of loving and fighting for
our sovereign lands and our unceasing freedom and our enduring survival and resistance my lola is from cebu 

she tells the story of when
lapu lapu killed magellan
so that the white world would never forget that
our sovereignty cannot be taken and we are sick and tired
of white men trying to take our stories from us
they cannot and they will not
our stories are
you
my dear gabriela
you standing on the front lines at four in the morning in the year 2020
in the wind and the rain
many ocean miles away from your lola you are
striving to work in solidarity with
and to support the Indigenous land defenders
who have blocked the rails in Tkaronto
to stop Canada from invading Wet’suwet’en lands
to stop Canada from building toxic pipelines on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent the capiz shell earrings that your lola gave you from the visayas are dancing across your neck reminders of kapwa stories
dear gabriela
you stare down a cop
you stare down another white man trying to take stories that are not his
in a land that is not his
and is not yours either
you stand on the frontlines as a settler a treaty person a kapwa person
you carry responsibility
your arms linked with the arms of other settlers
you have built a wall so that the cops cannot get through so that the cops
cannot illegally arrest the Indigenous land defenders protecting their sacred rights and
these sacred Indigenous lands
Indigenous sovereignty cannot and will not be taken and
Indigenous lands have never been surrendered they never will be 

you stand on the frontlines as a settler a treaty person a kapwa person you carry responsibility
you carry with love 

Ashley

-Sam

Boozhoo Books (Anishinaabe): https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/

Quiet Quail Books (Maara'yam & Kumeyaay): https://quietquailbooks.com

Pacific Islanders in Publishing: https://www.pacificislanderbooks.org/

Black Walnut Books (Southern Pomo and Coastal Miwok): www.blackwalnutbookshop.com

- Imani

- Imani

- Imani

I'm not sure if this counts, but I personally celebrate the changing of the seasons, the equinoxes and solstices. when i move away from family, i will not be celebrating US designated holidays and solely focus on the changing of the seasons. I'm excited for winter solstice, the solstices are my favorite. i also started focusing on more handmade gifts for the winter, and purchasing from small businesses.

I call in my grandma, who passed a couple years ago. She survived Japanese occupation in the Philippines during WWII by hiding for weeks on end with her siblings in the land around her village. She was barely a teenager. She passed at the age of 86. I had a complicated relationship with her; she loved us dearly and showed up without hesitation. And also, much of that love was also filtered through the loss that happens from assimilation into empire and catholicism. She sang and danced with us; she still talked to the spirits in her plants, her belongings, and her environment. She adorned herself colorfully and joyfully. She helped her family back home as long as she could.

cruel joke - Ken Pomeroy (she is Cherokee but this album is in english): https://kenpomeroy.bandcamp.com/album/cruel-joke

i like those two the most, but have also listened to the following recently:

• what did the blackbird say to the crow by Rhiannon Giddens (AfroIndigenous, specifically Lumbee, Occaneechi, and Seminole)

• wapna'kik by Sons of Membertou (Mi'kmaw)

• Taima by Taima (Inuk)

• unbound by Bizhiki (Ojibwe)

• Innocent Allies by Cary Morin (Crow)

• Bekka Ma'iingan by Zoon (Ojibwe)

• Inuktitut by Elisapie Isaac (Inuk)

• Ispiciwin by Andrew Balfour (Cree)

• Theory of Ice by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Mississauga Nishnaabeg)

• Anvdvnelisgi (Cherokee)

• In harmony, we journey by R Carlos Nakai (Diné)

• Trapline by Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Haisla)

• Verbathim by Nemahsis (Palestinian)

• Kawaipunahele by Keali'i Reichel (Kānaka Maoli)

If you are unable to participate directly in the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, MA, here are some ways you can stand in solidarity with United American Indians of New England (UAINE) and the National Day of Mourning.

1. Watch the National Day of Mourning livestream from Plymouth beginning at 12 noon on November 27. The livestream link is:

2. Help to spread the word about National Day of Mourning on social media. Would you rather support National Day of Mourning in Plymouth than engage in a celebration of white supremacy, the theft of a continent and the genocide of Indigenous peoples? Say why on your Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram account.

3. Donate! You can donate to UAINE here: or to other Indigenous organizations.

While we are grateful for your donations to UAINE, this year we also urge everyone to make donations to Palestinian-directed organizations that are currently able to have a direct impact on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, or to organizations where you live that are providing direct assistance to unhoused, food insecure, or other people in need.

4. Use Thanksgiving Day as a ‘teachable moment’ and educate family and friends. If you gather for a Thanksgiving meal, read aloud to your friends and family about the real history of Thanksgiving and National Day of Mourning before you sit down to eat. Matthew Hughey’s “On Thanksgiving: Why Myths Matter” is one possible text that is just about the right length for a pre-meal reading. You can also read the suppressed speech of Wamsutta Frank James, the founder of National Day of Mourning, and check out the UAINE website. You can watch the livestream from Plymouth. If you or your family members are hungry for more truth-telling, you can recommend books for further reading such as Our History Is The Future by Nick Estes, An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, and David Stannard’s American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World.

5. Spread the truth and give the “hidden” story of Thanksgiving a human face by arranging for a member of UAINE to give a talk at a school or community center near you. Email info@uaine.org for more information.

6. Help to champion Indigenous voices by supporting other Indigenous struggles. You can support Native Nations and struggles where you live. You can join the fight against racist and demeaning Native sports team mascots, name brands and products. You can support the fight to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on the 2nd Monday in October. You can amplify Indigenous voices in raising awareness about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Relatives. Check out the UAINE Facebook group and other Indigenous social media outlets for information about what is happening in your area and what you can do to help. Express your solidarity, and urge others in your community (trade union, social justice organization, religious community, etc.) to join in, too!

7. Support Indigenous climate activists and landback efforts. Indigenous people are on the frontlines defending the water and land from pipelines, fracking, mining and much more. Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas are fighting to stop fossil fuel extraction, megadams and mining and to preserve land, water and treaty rights. Support Indigenous-led climate justice organizations!

• Rest IS Resistance

• Hate capitalism while acknowledging that we have to participate in it to survive.

• Land back IS possible!

not caught up with this one but i remember listening to the episodes about the love of the mauna in 2020/2021 and absorbing a lot

https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast