DoomsdaysCW<p>Bringing the Ancestors Home</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>Sept. 9, 2024</p><p>OKEMAH, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> --"Les Williston, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Choctaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Choctaw</span></a>, spoke on living life with honor, during the Convening of the Four Winds gathering at the Phillip Deere Round House on Sunday, hosted by the<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mvskoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mvskoke</span></a> family of the international rights leader Phillip Deere. </p><p>"'Your ancestors are always around,' Williston said, speaking of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredPlaces</span></a> along the rivers. Williston is entrusted with bringing the Chahta ancestors home."</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Williston said that all along the rivers, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KiamachiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiamachiRiver</span></a> in southeastern Oklahoma, there are sacred places, places that are the heart of the people, places where the council was built. </p><p>"Speaking on bringing the ancestors home at the Phillip Deer Roundhouse on Muscogee Creek land, Williston was joined by Native people from throughout the nation during the two-day weekend gathering. They shared the history of the struggle for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanRights</span></a>, the hard-won victories of the 1970s, and the ongoing struggles to protect the water and rivers -- as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>, threats of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> seizures, the violence of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManCamps</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> industry, the desecration of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> in burial places, and the manipulations of the United States government continue.<br>With gratitude to the Native women gathered here, Williston said he appreciates the strength of the women speaking and their leadership, for it is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/matriarchal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matriarchal</span></a> culture. </p><p>"'It is important that the women take the lead,' he said. 'I hear the wisdom come from these ladies.' 'We should always listen to the women, our clan mothers and clan sisters.'"</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/bringing-ancestors-home.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09</span><span class="invisible">/bringing-ancestors-home.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chahta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chahta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourWinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourWinds</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConveningOfTheFourWinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConveningOfTheFourWinds</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HonorTheAncestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HonorTheAncestors</span></a></p>