I used to live in St. Petersburg, FL, and was there for almost ten years. One thing you hear a lot, especially during hurricane season, is how blessed the area is with not being directly hit by major hurricanes due to the Native Americans of the area blessing the land or finding spiritual importance in the land that protected them from major disasters.
At first when I heard this I thought it was so cool. But it never sat right, because the Tocobaga Indians ceased being in the area hundreds of years before white settlers came and settled on their land and taking advantage of their blessing.
And I just feel like this blessing from them on the land has become moot bc we dont take care of the land or have a relationship with it like they did and we have turned our back to the numerous tribes we have decimated in the name of building our country.
Like I doubt the Tocobaga would be chill with a bunch of settlers taking advantage of their blessing after the genocide they committed to the natives of the land across the country.
Anywhoo theres another hurricane in the gulf projected to make a direct hit to St. Pete and after Helene I am worried for the people there bc its not gonna end well 😞