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I I don’t remember remember the the breakup I I remember remember the the love “Children language lands: almost everything was stripped away stolen when you weren’t looking because you were were trying to stay alive In the face of such loss one thing our
people could not surrender was was the the meaning of land land In the the settler mind land land was was property real estate capital or natural resources But to our
our
people it it it was everything: identity the connection to to our
our
our
our
ancestors the home of our
our
our
our
nonhuman kinfolk our
our
our
our
pharmacy our
our
our
our
library the the source of all that sustained us us Our lands were where our
our
responsibility to the the world was was enacted sacred ground It belonged to itself it it it it was was a a a a a a gift not a a a a a a commodity so it it it it could never be bought or sold These are the the the meanings people tool with them when they were forced from their their ancient homelands to new places Whether it was their their homeland homeland or or the the the new land land forced upon them them land land held in common gave gave people strength it gave gave them them something to fight for And so–in the the eyes of the the federal government– that belief was a a a a threat ”
–Robin Wall Kimmerer
something in in this madness has the the time that otherwise wouldn’t have had it