In response to The killing of 1 alpha male and 3 pups. “Oregon” Fish And Wildlife on 2 permits and by helicopter. The illegitimate stewards are at it again. The colonial practice of raising invasive European bovine. Ecocide. Removing keystone species is suicide. Wolf is sacred to many indigenous peoples Genocide. One of the things in this case that really pissed me off was it seemed to have no time lapse between when the announcement was made on the ODFW website and when the helicopter went out on the second permit. The permit was on “private” land so stolen ndn land which people need to be reminded of. Its hard to react to something like this since the offices are closed due to covid. I pride myself at being ready at a moments notice. I had a short time to try to rally people in response. I had planned to camp out at the office to try to change the decision but it was too late. I resent being reactive and coming in after the fact while i prefer to be proactive. Realizing it been 10 months since i had been to this office. It also makes it impossible to change things physically with the hunt because its done by wildlife agents on private land and by helicopter. They know they are wrong. Nothing will remedy the situation except building power.
“A people without authority and power are a people without respect”. Marcus Garvey
The left suffers for its disunity. Indigenous people suffer from their lack of unity. The whole planet suffers from disunity and some are in love with it. They have found a way to benefit from it. I challenge this pattern and lay a pathway against it. 7 group rules. 7 barriers to unity identified. It seems like tension is likely to build in coming years around climate catastrophe, any social group not talking about that isn’t very social. And people are still overcoming their skewed priorities, nepotism, jealousy. Some are the limitations of tribalism some people want to play family feud more than they want to be a keystone species. Planet issues are people issues. We are not done suffering for our disunity.
“We cannot protect that 7 generations without protecting the planet”. John Trudell
I was daydreaming as i do and using the radical imagination to dream up a better future. I dreamt of one where indigenous people are in control of our own destinies on our own land. I dreamt of us being in control of immigration. I thought of what it would be like to deport colonists that refuse indigenous rule by ship. I dreamt of what it would be like to put some of the remaining ones on trial. I thought would it not be appropriate to see some of these unapologetic colonists in leg irons and force them to plant trees and remove invasive plants. Indeed. If they do well at that we could step them down to the tree farm another year. Perhaps talk about rehabilitation at that point if they can stop being exploitive and we remove their power to do so. Reverse the curse? Ironic? Humorous? I will struggle to bring this dream into reality. Much work to be done.
We sharpen our political analysis and make daily steps to build political power. We understand full well that wolves are necessary for the restoration of Turtle Island and will never rest until that is a reality. Our descendants will see colonialism sweep thru this continent like a wildfire and burn itself out. If it takes years we will see it thru. The empire is collapsing. The vampire feeding off our lives and resources is in its death throws. It has no sustainable future; now exposed to the world to see. Despite all threats and setbacks we set our resolve and nothing can stop us. We will be keystone species again.
Illahee Spirit Runners 