Indigenous living
Just north of Ketchikan, Alaska, is Totem Bight State Historical Park, a 33-acre space dedicated to preserving elements of the Indigenous Haida and Tlingit cultures of this area. Visitors can walk through the low door of the Clan House to see how families from the tribes once lived. The park also boasts a collection of 14 traditionally crafted totem poles based on 19th-century originals. The order and positions of the symbolic faces on the poles show the progression of a specific story that can be interpreted by those who know how to ‘read’ the carvings.
Many US cities and states celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the second Monday in October. The holiday has been embraced across the Americas, though the date of the observance varies depending on where it’s being celebrated. Does your area observe this holiday?
That’s right!
Friends are we all
I am a friend to you
Because you saved my life
Then I took your life
And bedded your wife
Then tortured our children both day and night?
That’s right!
The indigenous are not workers in the casinos
They are people kept in the cold
They are people kept out of the know
Black skin thrives and grows
We all need them
They don’t know
That’s right!
We hurt their feelings
Cause them fright
Cause that’s how
We sleep at night
We are proud of all the evil we do
To hold them near us is what we do
We are dying without them
That’s right!
Look at everything
We took from you
We are proud of what we do
That’s right!
Just remember all of this stuff is created for your entertainment. None of it is real.
| Alaska State Park Southeast Area Office 400 Willoughby Ave., Suite 500 P.O. Box 111071 Juneau, AK 99811 (907) 465-4563 |
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