Exploring Turtle Island
So I'm trying a thing. As I explore what it means to be a settler ally on Turtle Island (the indigenous name for North America - for Lanape, Iroquois, Anishinaabe and others) I want to practice learning more about the first peoples who have lived, and continue to live, on this land. And so as I explore the majesty and beauty of this continent in my regular travels and journeys, I want to commit to learning whose land I am visiting, the the Indigenous names for places I only know the English name for, and hopefully some of their stories and history. I'm inspired in this by the recent travels of a friend of mine and a comment he made on Facebook about using and learning Indigenous names of places you visit. You can find more of his story here: https://www.nationsandvoices.com/. (He has some amazing pictures you should check out!) I've made a facebook album to post pictures, names and peoples - but I thought I might also blog here, among my many thoughts and rambles about...