Remember…

“Remember the earth whose skin you are: / red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth / brown earth, we are earth. / Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their / tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them, / listen to them. They are alive poems.“

Joy Harjo, excerpt from “Remember”

In Native American Heritage Month, it seems a good time to recognize not only the legacy of Native people and how we continue to survive but also how our approach to treating our Earth is the only way civilization as a whole will remain… As the stewards of the land, the water and the sky, Native Americans have great historical lessons to teach of kindness, of respect, of temperance. I would argue that these are lessons for all people on Thanksgiving Day.

Alli Joseph, “Thanksgiving, a day of mourning for Native Americans”