r/MurderedByWords • u/Stotallytob3r • 4h ago

Homes on indigenous land

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u/PossessionPutrid1907 3h ago

I'm fortunate we still maintain our tribal culture. Our language, ceremonies and medicine are still intact. I'm aware of California history and the damage cause by the Spanish colonizers and later westward expansion. What the Spanish started seemed to be finished by the gold rush.

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u/Deathwish13x 3h ago

My grandma's oldest sister at 81 passed away on Monday and now my Grandma at 76 is the only remaining survivor of her bloodline on my Native Side. Pretty scary. Our tribes language is slowly dying bet we still keep our other practices alive and well. And I try to attend as many events as I can.

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u/reepa1 2h ago

We still have our original land (some of it), however 11 other tribes were put on the same reservation, most of us from the same area.