on this 4th of july, remember the indigenous people this land was stolen from by the europeans. remember the indigenous children taken and murdered by the us government. remember the treaties broken with tribe after tribe and how the us government confined them to less than a tenth of the lands they used to roam. remember how the us government forced them into poverty. remember that 4th of july should not be a holiday, but a national mourning day.
i can’t control you, but for the sake of the 1000+ children found recently in Canada, and for all the children both found here and yet to be discovered, please don’t celebrate 4th of july.
and if you do, take a moment to remember the people this country harmed to get to where it is today.