While parallels exist between the colonization of Palestine and Turtle Island, each Indigenous peoples’ experience was distinct. To learn more about the specific history of the Indigenous people whose land you’re on, go to native-land.ca.

Supporting Palestinians’ right to return and right to self-determination in their homeland goes hand in hand with supporting Indigenous people’s demand for #LandBack —for restoration of Indigenous sovereignty and stewardship, and respect for their deep connection to and knowledge of their lands.

Today and every day, we contemplate parallels between the colonization of Turtle Island and Palestine.

The whitewashed story of unity with the Wampanoag people—who have long lived in what is today southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island—obscures the true history and ongoing violence against Indigenous life.