Speaker 1: A man.
Speaker 2: T s and.
Speaker 1: So one of the main things that we discussed today
Speaker 1: was the presence of indigenoity as a source for not
Speaker 1: only knowledge, for not only upliftment of the earth and
Speaker 1: challenging of climate change, but also as a source of resistance.
Speaker 1: And when we are seeing the indigenous people of Brasil,
Speaker 1: the indigenous people of Ecuador, of Peru, of Nepal, Burkina, Fasso, Niger,
Speaker 1: molly rising up and saying we have had enough. This
Speaker 1: is not just waiting for land back. This is taking
Speaker 1: land back. And it's not It may not be in
Speaker 1: the immediate overwhelming fashion that people want, because that is
Speaker 1: the goal. However, it is an actual move towards and
Speaker 1: it is a no if that's not even fair. It
Speaker 1: is movement. It is not just movement towards. It is
Speaker 1: movement on business, and it is people who are connected
Speaker 1: to their indigenuity as it exists, beyond something to capitalize on.
Speaker 1: It is something that is within them. It is something
Speaker 1: that drives them. It is something that has spirit attached
Speaker 1: to it. Right, it has something greater than just their
Speaker 1: physical form attached to it. And that right there is
Speaker 1: something that black people in the United States have been
Speaker 1: lacking because it was stolen from us. And I say
Speaker 1: in my book what would the ans astors say? And
Speaker 1: I say on my book tour, and I continue to
Speaker 1: say this here. If we are not paying attention to
Speaker 1: the efforts of indigenous communities to get their land back,
Speaker 1: then we are completely disregarding a huge aspect as black people,
Speaker 1: and just as folks who want there to be land
Speaker 1: backed in the United States and in western spaces, we
Speaker 1: are completely disregarding not only sources of knowledge, but sources
Speaker 1: of strength. When I see black mainstream media and I
Speaker 1: see black folks who are not talking about this, I say,
Speaker 1: those are people who are one disconnected not only from
Speaker 1: other factions of information, but they are also disconnected from
Speaker 1: the value of indigenous knowledge. For black people in the
Speaker 1: United States who had to form our own version of indigenousity,
Speaker 1: we will not win, we will not succeed, we will
Speaker 1: not come together, We will not do anything that we
Speaker 1: claim we want to do until we identify ourselves as
Speaker 1: truly indigenous, not just the way that people be like
Speaker 1: we wasn't slaves, we was indigenous. No, that's not what
Speaker 1: I'm talking about. I mean as in a collective that
Speaker 1: understands the world in a shared way, that understands our
Speaker 1: existence in the world in a shared way that is
Speaker 1: connected beyond our attachment to material things, beyond our goals
Speaker 1: of exceeding or succeeding in this capitalist mainframe. No, until
Speaker 1: we identify that, until we bring in our African indigenity
Speaker 1: and combine it with all of the uniqueness that we
Speaker 1: have created here, we will never get anywhere. So when
Speaker 1: you are watching black folks out here who say they're
Speaker 1: for black folks, make sure that they are also speaking
Speaker 1: about indigenous folks all over this world as a source
Speaker 1: of knowledge, as a source of wisdom, and also as
Speaker 1: a source of strength, because we are all being actively
Speaker 1: disconnected from that source for a reason, to keep us
Speaker 1: able to be squelched, suppressed, and repressed. So stay alert,
Speaker 1: stay coalitioned, and keep expanding.
Speaker 2: A man against Amasil an now against Amain, not finding
Speaker 2: end