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Community members gather in Downtown Portland for a memorial service on the 158th anniversary of the Dakota mass hanging.
Hey y'all,
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
I'm in downtown #Portland for this event where there's a sizeable crowd of about 60 here listening to music. pic.twitter.com/gr9TT95C0R
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
A speaker has taken the mic and thanks everyone for being here.
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
She introduced herself as Angela Osso (sp?) and is going to do land acknowledgements before the many drummers here go into song.
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
She made the large feather with all 38 names of those killed in the Dakota Massacre.
The prayer songs just ended
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
The Abraham Lincoln Statue mentioned below was pulled down by activists in October on Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage; the pedestal still remains in the park.
It's been reiterated that this execution was at the order of President Abraham Lincoln—whose statue pedestal we are at.
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
"This is, and always will be, Turtle Island," a speaker just said.
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
Indigenous gathering of resistance in PDX. This is where the people took the Lincoln statue down. Reclaiming this land as a memorial for all the Indigenous Peoples of this land and specifically the Dakota 38. #landback #pdxprotests pic.twitter.com/ITPG3xqG4F
— Cozca Ītzpāpālōtl (@cozca503) December 27, 2020
The memorial comes to an end around 8:45 pm.
The crowd is starting to thin out a little and I'm going to make my way out of downtown.
— ????? – ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵗᵉˢᵗ – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) December 27, 2020
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Some context and images of the memorial:
On December 26th, 1862, Abraham Lincoln ordered the largest mass hanging in US history. 38 indigenous men were killed in this execution. #Dakota38 pic.twitter.com/GpqymDDp2j
— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 27, 2020
The area where the statue of Abraham Lincoln *once was* is now known as the Dakota 38 Memorial pic.twitter.com/Ke0SaHfNRm
— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 27, 2020
The feather says the names of the 38 who were murdered, along with two others who were executed a few days after. pic.twitter.com/B8bsXRNE14
— Alissa Azar (@R3volutionDaddy) December 27, 2020
Media Present
- Alissa Azar @R3volutionDaddy – CashApp: $pdxalissa / Venmo: @R3volutionDaddy
- Cozca Ītzpāpālōtl @cozca503 – CashApp: $cozca
- James Croxton @jwcroxton
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