I’m extending my love and thoughts to all Native Americans this Thanksgiving.
This is a day that’s absolutely saturated with cultural and generational trauma for us. It’s okay to feel anger and grief and confusion today, and it’s okay to express that. It doesn’t matter that we weren’t around to see the events transpire. We’re still feeling the trauma in our bones. You aren’t being dramatic or overreactive, and you are not alone.
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To non-natives, please support us by giving us a space and platform to feel and discuss the pain that is deeply engrained in us surrounding this holiday.
//this post is okay for non-natives to reblog, but we do not want your justification of why you celebrate thanksgiving. i guarantee we’ve heard it all before, and it doesn’t make it less painful, it just feels dismissive and invalidating.//
