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> He was buried in a traditional indigenous funeral at the same location where his body had been found in August. His burial place was desecrated by farmers sho
by alsetmusic 2y ago
> He was buried in a traditional indigenous funeral at the same location where his body had been found in August. His burial place was desecrated by farmers shortly after, leading to renewed calls for permanent protection of the land where he and his people had dwelled.
I just don’t understand such pettiness. It’s one of our worst traits.
- tetris11 2y agoI want to give the farmers some benefit of the doubt, and claim they were desperate for the land or their families would starve, but I don't even believe it as I'm typing it.
- ivm 2y agoThis is not pettiness, but typical behavior of settler-colonial landowners who view indigenous peoples as subhuman pests unworthy of their land for "using it unproductively." They have already committed genocide against his tribe and will try their best to erase his history to prevent him from becoming a symbol of indigenous resistance. We can currently observe the same behavior on the other side of the planet, with the genocidal settler force desecrating and razing to the ground everything they can find.