You can always tell people of Faith from those who only claim belief as means of political weaponization. People of faith know that churches are just buildings, just wood, stone and glass. Buildings can burn, be rebuilt but you can't bring back the dead.
People of Faith know and understand the Church must be held accountable their sins, that forgiveness, redemption and salvation are not possible without contrition, accountability, amends and commitment to change. As humans we know some things can only be cleansed in fire.
I also have a sneaky suspicion these fires are being started by the Churches themselves to get rid of evidence now that folks are finally taking a deeper look, not to mention many of these churches are insured and with shrinking congregations and the pandemic...easy money.
Easy money with the added bonus of vilifying Indigenous people and flipping the script to paint themselves not as the perpetrators of crimes against humanity but as victims because they know their political allies value property and wealth above justice and life.
But even if it is Natives burning these churches, who are you to judge or condemn how injustice on our lands is dealt with by our communities. The government and the church have had centuries to do right by Native people and failed. We're not waiting anymore.

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4 Jul
This has become more important to me than I could ever express. It's been over a year since I wrote this thread & knowing what & who we have lost, knowing the price that NDN country has & continues to pay for refusing to be silent, invisible and extinct, it is even more relevant.
We need to keep preserving, reclaiming and revitalizing everything they have tried to burn in the fires of colonization and passing that knowledge to our younger generations, empowering them to forge new paths forward and to not only imagine but create brighter futures.
We need to encourage, empower and support them but more importantly, we need to trust them and get out of their way and let them run with the torches we pass.

They make not makes the choices we would, do things the way we would or want them to. Things may change drastically.
Read 6 tweets
3 Jul
The burning of any religious place is immoral? But not the Church and those it employs abusing, raping, murdering, and trafficking Indigenous kids?

The irony of saying Natives can't contextualize atrocity
I mean, if you really want more context, 7 schools have been searched in Canada. They had around 139 residential boarding schools, the US had 367. The bodies of 1505 Native children have been found at just 7 schools.
It is not normal or justifiable in any regard for school grounds to house incinerators and graveyards for its students. These institutions were not tools of education or even civilization, but tools of genocide.
Read 11 tweets
2 Jul
This right here.....the days and weeks following my mom's death, I don't think I would have survived if i hadn't smoked a little weed to help me through. I hate this happening to Sha'Carri because grief is overwhelming in ways we never see coming until we're fighting not to drown
Compassion and understanding is more needed than punishment because at 21 she is suddenly thrust into a global limelight while dealing with grief and visibility on a scale that would have a lot of us hyperventilating and hiding in a hole somewhere.
It's a lot of responsibility to be carrying the hopes and expectations of an entire nation, of strangers who now feel that your sacrifices, work and effort aren't enough for you to deserve your platform if you don't perform the way they want, when they want.
Read 4 tweets
2 Jul
3 months ago today, they told us our mom would not recover and it was time for us to let her go. The only thing my sister and I could do was think about what was going to happen next and we went shopping to find her burial clothes.
We went to a mall in ABQ, sat in the parking lot, calling family and letting them know that we'd be withdrawing care. We went inside, neither of us could stop crying and our masks were soaked with tears and snot by time we left.
We were so grossed out cuz we didn't have any back ups or time to stop at our hotel to pick some up before we went to sit with my mom for one last time. Our masks were so nasty.
Read 14 tweets
2 Jul
There is a wonderful couple who run an antique store near 28th in Echo Park, the guy and gis buddy make these life size replicas of Predator. I NEED ONE, but so do you.
Echo parkish...near Figueroa and 28th. I am bad at knowing where I am lol but you can't miss it cuz of the awesome predator outside, it's 5K but totally worth it.
They also have this amazing zombie mask that the dude hand crafted as well.
Read 4 tweets
30 Jun
Sometimes I get so tired of living but I need to survive until October 15 and October 14 of 2022 and I swear to jeebus if I don't because of my health or covid variants, I need ya'll to riot and tear blumhouse apart
Cuz if they hadn't been greedy and pushed back the release dates instead of streaming, I'd only have to survive til October of this year and whatever happens after I would be okay with, live or die it would okay.
But now.....now I have FOMO and it's torture knowing I should have already seen Halloween Kills last October. I know I seem pretty normal but I am one of those Halloween freaks that could lead a guided tour through the Halloween Franchise by heart.
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