A lot of people think the genocide of the native people occurred hundreds of years ago, they think it’s ancient history. But I think the genocide is still happening. When one of our people dies from diabetes or heart disease or from alcohol, that’s genocide. When one of us dies only knowing a couple words of their ancestral language, that’s genocide. When one of us dies with his hair cut short, that is genocide.

Bunky Echo-Hawk, “An Evening of Art and Talk With Bunky Echo-Hawk” 9/14/2015 (via osteoarchivist)

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Sat, Sep 19th 2015 at 13 PM