Rob Torres
@zorratowers.com
Lumbee/Boricua. Seeking and working towards a world in which we live the truth that we are all related - every person, animal and fellow denizen of this earth and universe.
Native Heritage Month Offering 30
Books by Natives
Post 3 - Non-fiction
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
Books by Natives
Post 3 - Non-fiction
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 30
Books by Natives
Post 3 - Non-fiction
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
Books by Natives
Post 3 - Non-fiction
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
Native Heritage Month Offering 29
Books by Natives
Post 2 Fiction
So many great ones to choose from now and I've left too many off including from the previous generation that published our stories back when very few were. Add your favorites into the comments.
Books by Natives
Post 2 Fiction
So many great ones to choose from now and I've left too many off including from the previous generation that published our stories back when very few were. Add your favorites into the comments.
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 29
Books by Natives
Post 2 Fiction
So many great ones to choose from now and I've left too many off including from the previous generation that published our stories back when very few were. Add your favorites into the comments.
Books by Natives
Post 2 Fiction
So many great ones to choose from now and I've left too many off including from the previous generation that published our stories back when very few were. Add your favorites into the comments.
Native Heritage Month Offering 28
Books by Natives
Post 1 - Children/youth
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
Books by Natives
Post 1 - Children/youth
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 28
Books by Natives
Post 1 - Children/youth
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
Books by Natives
Post 1 - Children/youth
So many great ones to choose from now. Missing many due to forgetting, still on to read list, or just unaware. Add your favorites into the comments.
Reposted by Rob Torres
The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters.
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them.
The Trump administration is reviving the visual language of manifest destiny and weaponizing the US’s founding myths.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters.
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
Is this the beginning of the end or
the end of the beginning?
The US has been cosplaying with Fascism.
Will we let it continue or will we bring it to an end?
We are still at a point where "We the People" decide, but will soon be at the point where it will be much harder to turn around.
the end of the beginning?
The US has been cosplaying with Fascism.
Will we let it continue or will we bring it to an end?
We are still at a point where "We the People" decide, but will soon be at the point where it will be much harder to turn around.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Is this the beginning of the end or
the end of the beginning?
The US has been cosplaying with Fascism.
Will we let it continue or will we bring it to an end?
We are still at a point where "We the People" decide, but will soon be at the point where it will be much harder to turn around.
the end of the beginning?
The US has been cosplaying with Fascism.
Will we let it continue or will we bring it to an end?
We are still at a point where "We the People" decide, but will soon be at the point where it will be much harder to turn around.
Native Heritage Month Offering 27
Gratitude and Thanksgiving are not a day, but a way of being in the world. The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address is an example of the thanks and reciprocity with all Creation.
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Greetings to the Natural World
Gratitude and Thanksgiving are not a day, but a way of being in the world. The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address is an example of the thanks and reciprocity with all Creation.
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Greetings to the Natural World
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 27
Gratitude and Thanksgiving are not a day, but a way of being in the world. The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address is an example of the thanks and reciprocity with all Creation.
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Greetings to the Natural World
Gratitude and Thanksgiving are not a day, but a way of being in the world. The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address is an example of the thanks and reciprocity with all Creation.
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Greetings to the Natural World
Native Heritage Month Offering 26
In the earlier days of YouTube on the internet if you were thirsty for representation, you came across the 1491s comedy skits. Once you stopped laughing you realized that this was filling a representation space that had been sorely missing.
In the earlier days of YouTube on the internet if you were thirsty for representation, you came across the 1491s comedy skits. Once you stopped laughing you realized that this was filling a representation space that had been sorely missing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 26
In the earlier days of YouTube on the internet if you were thirsty for representation, you came across the 1491s comedy skits. Once you stopped laughing you realized that this was filling a representation space that had been sorely missing.
In the earlier days of YouTube on the internet if you were thirsty for representation, you came across the 1491s comedy skits. Once you stopped laughing you realized that this was filling a representation space that had been sorely missing.
Native Heritage Month Offering 25
"We were never extinct—just renamed, rewritten, and reborn"
Tribes that have survived the long struggle of genocide and erasure should be proud of keeping language, culture and community intact despite the colonizer attempt.
"We were never extinct—just renamed, rewritten, and reborn"
Tribes that have survived the long struggle of genocide and erasure should be proud of keeping language, culture and community intact despite the colonizer attempt.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 25
"We were never extinct—just renamed, rewritten, and reborn"
Tribes that have survived the long struggle of genocide and erasure should be proud of keeping language, culture and community intact despite the colonizer attempt.
"We were never extinct—just renamed, rewritten, and reborn"
Tribes that have survived the long struggle of genocide and erasure should be proud of keeping language, culture and community intact despite the colonizer attempt.
Native Heritage Month Offering 24
At his death in 1866, Little Priest chief of the Winnebago (Ho-chunk) said: " Be Strong and Educate my Children". This is now the mission statement of Little Priest tribal college in Nebraska.
At his death in 1866, Little Priest chief of the Winnebago (Ho-chunk) said: " Be Strong and Educate my Children". This is now the mission statement of Little Priest tribal college in Nebraska.
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 24
At his death in 1866, Little Priest chief of the Winnebago (Ho-chunk) said: " Be Strong and Educate my Children". This is now the mission statement of Little Priest tribal college in Nebraska.
At his death in 1866, Little Priest chief of the Winnebago (Ho-chunk) said: " Be Strong and Educate my Children". This is now the mission statement of Little Priest tribal college in Nebraska.
Native Heritage Month Offering 23
During the Civil War, Lumbees were conscripted into helping the war effort and some like Henry Berry Lowry's father were killed by the "Home Guard". Melting into the swamps that they knew the best,
During the Civil War, Lumbees were conscripted into helping the war effort and some like Henry Berry Lowry's father were killed by the "Home Guard". Melting into the swamps that they knew the best,
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 23
During the Civil War, Lumbees were conscripted into helping the war effort and some like Henry Berry Lowry's father were killed by the "Home Guard". Melting into the swamps that they knew the best,
During the Civil War, Lumbees were conscripted into helping the war effort and some like Henry Berry Lowry's father were killed by the "Home Guard". Melting into the swamps that they knew the best,
Native Heritage Month Offering 22
Ohíye S’a (also known as a Charles Eastman) was a Santee Sioux who explains their philosophy on the spirit of reciprocity well in a way more should embrace in this day of age:
"It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome.
Ohíye S’a (also known as a Charles Eastman) was a Santee Sioux who explains their philosophy on the spirit of reciprocity well in a way more should embrace in this day of age:
"It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome.
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 22
Ohíye S’a (also known as a Charles Eastman) was a Santee Sioux who explains their philosophy on the spirit of reciprocity well in a way more should embrace in this day of age:
"It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome.
Ohíye S’a (also known as a Charles Eastman) was a Santee Sioux who explains their philosophy on the spirit of reciprocity well in a way more should embrace in this day of age:
"It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome.
Native Heritage Month Offering 21
Some see inevitable change, fear it and out of that fear lash out at others in their fear to commit horrendous acts. Others see that same change and use it to unite to survive.
Oⁿpoⁿ Toⁿga (Big Elk) Chief of the Umóⁿhoⁿ addressing his people
Some see inevitable change, fear it and out of that fear lash out at others in their fear to commit horrendous acts. Others see that same change and use it to unite to survive.
Oⁿpoⁿ Toⁿga (Big Elk) Chief of the Umóⁿhoⁿ addressing his people
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 21
Some see inevitable change, fear it and out of that fear lash out at others in their fear to commit horrendous acts. Others see that same change and use it to unite to survive.
Oⁿpoⁿ Toⁿga (Big Elk) Chief of the Umóⁿhoⁿ addressing his people
Some see inevitable change, fear it and out of that fear lash out at others in their fear to commit horrendous acts. Others see that same change and use it to unite to survive.
Oⁿpoⁿ Toⁿga (Big Elk) Chief of the Umóⁿhoⁿ addressing his people
Native Heritage Month Offering 20
When you treat a people as less than people to justify taking what have have, you will do horrible things to them even when they are assimilating the way you were requiring them to.
When you treat a people as less than people to justify taking what have have, you will do horrible things to them even when they are assimilating the way you were requiring them to.
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 20
When you treat a people as less than people to justify taking what have have, you will do horrible things to them even when they are assimilating the way you were requiring them to.
When you treat a people as less than people to justify taking what have have, you will do horrible things to them even when they are assimilating the way you were requiring them to.
Native Heritage Month Offering Day 19
Do you know about the almost US State of Sequoyah?
What is now the state of Oklahoma was a US dumping ground for what they considered "the Indian Problem." And yet, even giving tribes small patches of land in "Indian Territory" was not enough
Do you know about the almost US State of Sequoyah?
What is now the state of Oklahoma was a US dumping ground for what they considered "the Indian Problem." And yet, even giving tribes small patches of land in "Indian Territory" was not enough
The State of Sequoyah - University of Oklahoma Press
Few people today know that the forty-sixth state could have been Sequoyah, not Oklahoma. The Five Tribes of Indian Territory gathered in 1905 to form their o...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering Day 19
Do you know about the almost US State of Sequoyah?
What is now the state of Oklahoma was a US dumping ground for what they considered "the Indian Problem." And yet, even giving tribes small patches of land in "Indian Territory" was not enough
Do you know about the almost US State of Sequoyah?
What is now the state of Oklahoma was a US dumping ground for what they considered "the Indian Problem." And yet, even giving tribes small patches of land in "Indian Territory" was not enough
Native Heritage Month Offering 18
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
DAKOTA 38 - Full Movie in HD
YouTube video by SmoothFeather
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November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 18
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
Native Heritage Month Offering 17
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 17
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
Ken Burns in interview about his new documentary on the American Revolution:
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ken Burns in interview about his new documentary on the American Revolution:
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
Native Heritage Month Offering 16
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 16
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
There are a number of things you could debate this country needs right now
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are a number of things you could debate this country needs right now
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
Native Heritage Month Offering 13
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 13
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
Native Heritage Month Offering 12
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 12
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
Native Heritage Month Offering 11
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 11
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
Native Heritage Month Offering 10
While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
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While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 10
While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
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While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
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