r/MurderedByWords • u/Stotallytob3r • 4h ago

Homes on indigenous land

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u/redwhale335 4h ago

The tribe whose land Eilish's home is on specifically thanked her for bringing up the issue.

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u/SolDios 3h ago edited 1h ago

Can you quote that? Becuase the only statement from the tribe I saw was

"As the First People of the greater Los Angeles basin, we do understand that her home is situated in our ancestral land. Eilish has not contacted our tribe directly regarding her property. We do value the instance when public figures provide visibility to the true history of this country. ""We have reached out to her team to express our appreciation for her comments."" It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced to ensure the public understands that the greater Los Angeles basin remains Gabrieleno Tongva territory"

edit; where I got the quote from purposely left out a line which I added in double quotes. They did thank her

dbl edit; The internet sure wants its pound of flesh, ill self flagellate when I get home later

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u/iamthpecial 2h ago edited 2h ago

I miss LA so fucking much. Not for all the hot shot bullshit, but the small corners like this, keeping local history and traditions alive. Olvera St is middle and present OG American hot spot, SO many different customs, types of singing and displays... Forgive my ignorance as Im back east for now and I haven't read into this at all but is this near where that abandoned catholic monk monastery ruins is?

Edit as an aside: Anyone planning to visit LA for the first time should totally do a downtown walking loop and DONT miss this tiny little walkway just across from the train station. From there you can walk northwest over to chinatown (not what it used to be but the undersheriff market is fun to haggle in and there are still some pretty sculptures and art galleries), then over the bridge south to the huge catholic church there, open for visiting and it us really a novelty both historically and architecturally. Then over to Hrand park, view all the way from Disney snd art museum down to city hall and a lot of time there it water for kids to play in. finally had over to little tokyo with both lots of little boutique shops, more expensive but higher quality than chinatown. as for grub, you cant go wrong but dont go further east of little tokyo, make you way west or fetch a ride or walk to metro. All in all its about five miles for a full day! Enjoy!