Can we stop highlighting and glorifying the resilience of indigenous young people?
The truth is CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IS FORCING INDIGENOUS YOUNG PEOPLE TO GROW UP FAST.
And where is this childhood trauma and resilience stemming from?
Colonialism.
A thread:
An article from @PsychCentral highlights this, from the lens of young people in general.
Jul 1, 2022 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
A thread on why Canada isn’t even real:
Legally, Canada holds absolutely NO TITLE to the Land.
Even though they play it out like they do.
Canada having political say over our people, as indigenous peoples, and governmental dictatorship is all a grand illusion your chief and councils are buying into…
It’s all being done illegally, based on the history.
Mar 8, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
We are living in a time where the role of matriarchy has been twisted and skewed to fit the agendas of colonialism.
(A thread):
Orignally, the matriarch role was a healing role. It was a role of retribution for those who have had wrong done to them. It was a role of fulfilling the laws we had and aiding in the decision making of the outcomes against those who committed crimes that went against our laws.
May 9, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
White people love the story of the young indigenous person who grew up in homes of violence and alcoholism, who then struggled with violence and alcoholism themselves, and who then turned to their culture - which ultimately, saved them and allowed them to become successful today
Success stories.
But the part that they really love?
It's the part where our people are successful from a colonial standpoint. Where our people are successful in colonial universities or in colonial job titles, or in their colonially political systems.
