I’m thinking about how we can leverage the incredible immense energy that we collectively have toward the healing of indigenous nations.
That is a hard question, right? A lot of us want to help, but we don’t quite know how; but there are ways.
I would humbly ask that you include these people in your prayers in the morning and when you think about what you want to do with your life, what you want to do with this sacred breath, what you want to do with this sacred sight that the Creator has given to us.
Include this in your prayers: “Creator, help me to find a way to do my small part to heal what has happened on this land, not just for indigenous people but for the whole nation.”
Because as Martin Luther King said, “We’re not free until we are all free.”
Lyla June Johnston gave me permission to submit her words to the Herald after her performance at the Rhythm & Soul Festival in Mancos on Oct. 1.
Jorie McCann
Mancos