by Minga Claggett-Borne | Dec 5, 2021 | Climate Justice
Letter to the Descendants of Tisquantum I am borne Elizabeth, a daughter of a long line of settlers. I recognize innumerable harm done to peoples living along the Quinibequin (long winding river) and Chesapeake (shellfish bay) watersheds. Some of my family settled in...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Oct 29, 2021 | Quakers in the Field
Taming the Tiger Who will grab the tiger Raytheon and its military production by the tail? It’s unbelievable that Cambridge, saturated with higher education, we have the second largest weapon manufacturer in the USA, and the largest generator of guided missiles....
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Aug 12, 2021 | Climate Justice
Wild Rice on Water Part III Honoring Anishinaabe Treaties In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed, and forgetfulness, the sun gives clarity.… the sun is a relative, and illuminates our path.Our earth is shifting. We can all see it.I hear from my Yupik relatives...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Jun 26, 2021 | Climate Justice
Reweaving the Dawn Part II of the Anishinaabe Sojourn Sunrise Sunrise, as you enter the houses of everyone here, find us.We struggled with a monster and lost.Our bodies were tossed in the pile of kill.We were ashamed and we told ourselves for a thousand years,We...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Jun 19, 2021 | Climate Justice
Sparks Fly — Part one, the Anishinaabe pilgrimage I AM A VISITOR ON A JOURNEY. My work is to learn from the Earth and the people living close to the Earth. I’m a visitor who arrived for the Peoples Treaty Gathering in northern MN. I listened to Jasper* welcome 30 of...
