Our Pre-History needs to be reclaimed as part of decolonization. Our sacred roots may be only remembered by our long gone from body ancesters, but if we are brave we can call them. Lyla June speaks to this in her article in Moon magazine__ long long ago another aspect of history to value. http://moonmagazine.org/lyla-june-reclaiming-our-indigenous-european-roots-2018-12-02/
And then hear her song:
Lyla June / Sodizin
Lyla June, of Diné and European heritage, is an Indigenous water protector active in the struggle at Standing Rock. Her spoken word/musical recording, “All Nations Rise“, has received almost 2 million views since posted on Facebook last fall. In the post that accompanies the video on FB, Lyla writes: “I want to acknowledge that some of the first Indigenous Peopel’s that were forced into hiding were the medicine women of Old Europe. They estimate that 6-9 million women were raped, beaten, tortured, burned alive or drowned alive for being “witches.” Let us reclaim our Earth Selves no matter what “race” you are and do it soon! The earth may depend on it.”
In the following essay, which Lyla has graciously allowed us to repost on White Awake, she shares her personal story of connecting with loving ancestors from ancient, “Indigenous Europe”. May her story…
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