I would like to quote a very prejudicial doctrine that was handed down by the Supreme Court in 1823. It said that the Indian Nations do not have title to their lands because they weren't Christians. That the first Christian Nations to discover an area of heathen lands has the absolute title. This doctrine should be withdrawn and renounced to establish a new basis for relationship between indigenous peoples and other peoples of the world.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the historic injustices faced by Indigenous peoples due to prejudiced legal doctrines. It calls for the renunciation of such doctrines to foster better relationships between cultures.
Floyd Red Crow Westerman's quote addresses a significant historical injustice that marginalized Indigenous peoples by stripping them of their land rights based on discriminatory beliefs. He cites a Supreme Court decision from 1823 that declared Indigenous nations had no title to their lands simply because they were not Christians, suggesting that the first Christian nations to discover these lands held absolute title. Westerman advocates for the withdrawal and renunciation of such prejudicial doctrines to pave the way for a more equitable relationship between Indigenous peoples and the rest of the world, emphasizing the need for recognition and respect for Indigenous rights and sovereignty.
In practice
In a speech advocating for Indigenous rights at a university event.
Before I discovered the concept of the 5 love languages, a bit of advice I was given was to become a student of my wife and to take time to learn what makes her feel loved. I soon learned that what makes her feel loved may not always be the thing I want to do because it may not come natural to me. But learning to love her in the way that makes her feel loved is a greater demonstration of my love for her, because I've chosen to do it with a goal of pleasing her.
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing.
Toughening up, performing masculinity, pretending to enjoy things I didn't enjoy all enabled me to dodge the gender policing of the adults around me. But the way I really was - the swished hips, the Double-Dutching, the hair flips - seemed to always prevail and attract Dad's disdain.
The good life is built with good relationships.
She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.
For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.
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