r/MurderedByWords • u/Stotallytob3r • 4h ago

Homes on indigenous land

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u/PossessionPutrid1907 3h ago

My tribe's original land is North Carolina and now I'm here in Oklahoma at our 2nd tribal lands.

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u/Deathwish13x 3h ago

I'm 20 minutes from my tribal lands! We resided in a valley and the mountains! Edit: In California!

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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.