Do you know whose land you live on???

So in light of indigenous people's day I hope people take the time to learn about the ones closest to you. The ones who still have active tribes and communities amd those who no longer exist. I am Mattaponi and Cayuga but that doesn't mean I know every tribe on the east coast or the total history of other people's so I still strive to learn beyond my own tribe. I suggest looking at the native land digital site and looking whose land you live on and looking into the tribes and seeing if they are still there at all or active. While we will never have our lands back we can still have our histories known and the impact to the area we were from known. I am proud of my heritage and also sad. There are still a lot of issues us natives face and most non natives don't even think about us or that fact. I travel as a job and visit as many tribes as I can and have learned so much about rhe different challenges we face in different areas but many are the same and not talked about beyond natives. The Mattaponi people's history is one deeply entwined with the white history that is taught but as a kid I was told my history was irrelevant to what I needed to learn in school. John Smith and Nathaniel Bacon I was taught about but my tribe who John Smith had named and contact with and Nathaniel Bacon who attacked my tribal lands and ancestors was considered unimportant and not real American history. While that side is history too please don't forget the people whose history is older and farther back. History has many sides and we need to stop only learning 1 if it.

Edit*** this is the website I suggest. There are others but this one is most accurate and they are always learning and adding.

https://native-land.ca