Letter: When land and water taken, we become disconnected
When land and water are taken from a people, and then their culture, language, ceremonies and entire way of life, they become a people disconnected and lost, cut off from everything that defined them as a people, that told them who they were. The rest of us have little understanding of the depth of this loss. On average, we move every five years and have little or no connection to where our people are buried or the land they lived and walked on. We, who are truly homeless. When this happens, a shadow falls upon the land and all its people. For those who are now without home or ...
