armeleia:antifainternational:Detroit. Where the Columbus statue used to be.(photo credit: Rosa Marí
armeleia:antifainternational:Detroit. Where the Columbus statue used to be.(photo credit: Rosa María Zamarrón)I hope she’s posing for the statue that’s gonna replace him.Photographer Rosa María ZamarrónTop: Courtney (Three Fires Nation GTB Chippewa). Bottom, L to R: Teia (Anishinaabe and Mexican), Hadassah (Little Traverse Bay Bands Odawa), Joelle (Kauwetsa:ka/Cherokee)Zamarron says the photo was taken as part of a “Waawiiyaatanong Resurgence” ceremony on July 1, “which creates a political and social paradigm shift that will divert power away from the colonial patriarchy, and into an indigenous matriarchy headed by women and two-spirited people.”“Showcasing Jingle Dress dancers who are known as healers creates the motion of […] a healing action for land reclamation,” she says.According to a website for the event, the “Waawiiyaatanong Resurgence” ceremony was held in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests.“The celebration of American independence on July 4th signifies the ongoing oppression of African Diasporic Peoples and Indigenous Peoples of North America through a continuing legacy of stolen land and stolen labor,” the site reads. “This settler society on occupied Turtle Island continues these traditions of violence and oppression to this day.”(source) -- source link
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