Sky Roosevelt-Morris on the meaning of Four Winds
When we talk about decolonization, we’re talking not only about giving land back but about decolonizing our minds and our lives.
One of my first memories of this place was of my Auntie Jolynne’s daughter’s funeral. She was 19 years old. I was four when she passed in 1995. [Later] I remember coming to meetings here. There was a real community, there was a real vibration in this space. It was very empowering, especially for a young native person. This space is where I came into consciousness. It’s a safe space for native people to just be who they are. And that’s a revolutionary thing. I always tell native people that come through that door, “This is your home, you know, this is your home too.”
It’s good for us to see that not all religious-oriented folks are indoctrinated in colonialism or indoctrinated in racism—that there are people who see the error in the history of their religion or their spirituality or their life ways, and take an opportunity to do something different.
