Healing The Divides From The Native American Genocides with Elder Franklin Thom

This is quite the sacred occasion, and we're fortunate to have some live music to make it even more so. Quick back-story: Leslie went on a mission to drive several hours near the northern border of California to pick up her friend and guest of honor Franklin Thom and bring him to a mutual friend's house for this episode to actually happen! A story to tell in itself, but for now, let's just allow Franklin to guide us 'walking backwards' into the future from the present.

His website that seems to be share by a collective of Karuk people who've been active in spreading knowledge and awareness to their tribe and sacred ways of life.. https://www.walking-backwards.com/frank-thom

What he spoke with us was very interesting and confirming from what (at least) I've come to learn about the tragedy & hope of growing up on stolen land and having conflicting thoughts/feelings come up nearly every thanksgiving.. Ironic how there's a genocide of turkeys every year for that occasion, which is "something a vegan would say" most would immediately think, but I said that years prior to becoming one.. With that in mind, do we honor the lives of any and all sentient beings sacrificed for our appètit? Btw, in regards to native teachings, in line with animism, pretty much everything in nature has sentience.. Some tribes see rocks as elders.. So if everything has a soul and is connected to creation, or the all/creator or the singularity, whatever, wouldn't we want to live more in harmony with that and treat things and people more sacredly? So in light to diets and such, how many are thanking the lives or life-energy we're consuming from all these plants, animals and such? enough of that tangent, but there's a point to be made in context to what Franklin touched on in this segment.

So what can we do as good intending people who want equality for all? it's tricky within this Gordian Knot of socio-political-geographical entanglement, but we can make positive changes through our actions on a daily basis for starters.. Leave any comments to share your thoughts and solutions!

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