The vast majority of US holidays are some celebration of war. Memorial Day is just one of many. But it kicks off the Summer season and revs us up for the 250th celebration of the United States' first war; the war for independence! But still no justice for all and still no "all men are created equal."

I am not an "Indian" and I am not a "member" of a "tribe." Not my words and not my identity!

We spend the hour promoting our station and discussing Hawaii and our connections.

We continue to wreak havoc on the planet as we pretend 250 years of this behavior is something to celebrate.

DNA cannot determine ethnicity, origin stories or nationality. and why is it romantic for country singers to sing about refusing to sell land to developers. THAT was one of the reasons the US claimed for taking our lands.

Allegiance is literally in the definition of "citizen." But left out of the processes in the 14th Amendment, the takeover of Hawaii and the Indian Citizenship Act!

I try once again to explain why more should be outraged over Native people being cast as a subclass of human existence in the US. That is exactly what "ward" status is! 

Native People were NOT made citizens under the Constitution!

Being a "citizen" is about having an allegiance to a government in exchange for protections. Freedom is not in the definition of citizenship.