This past summer during a trans & dyke pride march in my city, a two-spirit Cree person led us in a ceremony of thanksgiving, along with prayer and reflection, and it was everything I understand a Land Acknowledgement to be about: recognizing our place in all things, the place we are, and our relationship to one another and that place, p…
This past summer during a trans & dyke pride march in my city, a two-spirit Cree person led us in a ceremony of thanksgiving, along with prayer and reflection, and it was everything I understand a Land Acknowledgement to be about: recognizing our place in all things, the place we are, and our relationship to one another and that place, prior to embarking on a community gathering.
A small number of bigots came out to shout about how much they disliked our existence in the name of their belief. It was a weird thing to be doing our own spiritual practice while someone else was justifying their hatred of our existence with their spiritual practice. It really gave a sense of the difference between connecting with a genuine spirit that is obviously interconnected, and weaponising spirituality in order to justify separation and division. We smudged and prayed and thanked our ancestors and while we were not loud about it, the crowd of over a hundred people acknowledging our connection was much more powerful than the hate mongering of two.
This past summer during a trans & dyke pride march in my city, a two-spirit Cree person led us in a ceremony of thanksgiving, along with prayer and reflection, and it was everything I understand a Land Acknowledgement to be about: recognizing our place in all things, the place we are, and our relationship to one another and that place, prior to embarking on a community gathering.
A small number of bigots came out to shout about how much they disliked our existence in the name of their belief. It was a weird thing to be doing our own spiritual practice while someone else was justifying their hatred of our existence with their spiritual practice. It really gave a sense of the difference between connecting with a genuine spirit that is obviously interconnected, and weaponising spirituality in order to justify separation and division. We smudged and prayed and thanked our ancestors and while we were not loud about it, the crowd of over a hundred people acknowledging our connection was much more powerful than the hate mongering of two.
I love this.