All is not well.
Today, my people remember that our literal and spiritual ancestors once had to flee their homes and their country to seek refuge for their families. They traveled in a large group for safety and support taking whatever they could carry. 1/
Today, my people remember that our literal and spiritual ancestors once had to flee their homes and their country to seek refuge for their families. They traveled in a large group for safety and support taking whatever they could carry. 1/
Hasty graves marked the wake of the caravan from the many who died along the way, including children; but the families who left felt the dangerous journey was their only way to be safe, free, and prosperous. They did not stop in the first place they could, 2/
but went on to the place they felt was best, "Far away, in the West." "This is the place," they declared. We too were refugees once.
But in our search for asylum, our efficient colonization also displaced the Native inhabitants 3/
But in our search for asylum, our efficient colonization also displaced the Native inhabitants 3/
who did not fare as well in their resultant search for refuge.
We have not fully grappled with how our story affected the past or the present, or what our story entails for those escaping violence and destitution today. 4/
We have not fully grappled with how our story affected the past or the present, or what our story entails for those escaping violence and destitution today. 4/
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