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Native American Heritage Day
(26 November 2021)
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Hundreds of years
And last year
Too late
And, no, first families
Weren’t always good
With each other
We’re not celebrating
Perfection
We’re hedging against
Annihilation
So much more is needed
Against the situation
Mostly
Whites have caused
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Is there hope
On reservations,
The better land having been
Cheated away?
I don’t know—do you?
Real homes for real people
Real lives
Real race
To stand alone
Or add into the melting pot—that’s
Self-determination
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Give us a day
But we’ll need tomorrow, too
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C L Couch
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Six panel high resolution mosaic of the Cygnus region from the Butterfly nebula to the Crescent nebula. 3 hours of integration for each panel from a dark sky location in Spain. Zoom in for details in the various regions.
Photo by Aldebaran S on Unsplash
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clcouch123 
October 12, 2021 at 5:39 pm
Wow, Christopher. Thank you for these words. Yes. This.
October 12, 2021 at 8:45 pm
Thank you, Judith. I know it’s not unusual to conquer the indigenous; it happened here, in Africa, in Australia, in New Zealand, in India, and on. I suppose it happened whites against whites, maybe the Romans against Germanic tribes or Vikings against Wessex people. It’s wrong in every time and place, and maybe celebrating the heritage of all first peoples can help remember and repair.
November 27, 2021 at 10:30 pm
Thank you!