National Day of Mourning 2024

The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Nation

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The Red Nation attended this year’s 55th annual National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1970, Indigenous people and organizations of New England and the American Indian Movement protested at the settler colonial monuments of the Mayflower 2 and Plymouth Rock, disrupting and disproving the myth of so-called Thanksgiving and providing a counter-narrative that cuts the myths of colonization right to the core. Today’s episode is an edited version of the line of speeches from this year’s event.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Hello, comrades and relatives. Today it's Justine. Thank you for tuning into this week's podcast. For today's episode, we have audio from the 2024 National Day of Morning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, that the Red Nation podcast recorded and edited, and we'll also have video from the live stream on our YouTube channel for today's video.
0:53.2	Heads up, there are a couple glitches in the video, but it won't be much of a worry as we're able to record great audio that day.
0:59.0	So four members of the Red Nation had the honor of attending National Day of Morning, and it was our very own Demetrius Johnson, who we nominated to read our speech alongside other awesome organizations, including United American Indians of New England, Palestinian youth movement, and more.
1:16.6	We also recorded a bonus episode with the Red Nation comrades, Demetrius, Mayura, Levi, and myself, where we break down the true meaning of Thanksgiving and expand on why National Day of Morning is such a powerful event.
1:30.3	You can subscribe to us on Patreon to hear its release later this week or by supporting us on YouTube by subscribing to our channel.
1:38.3	Thank you to all the organizers of National Day of Morning. The event has been life-changing for me, and it lives so much of the
1:45.5	weight of the struggle for decolonization off of our shoulders. And thank you to our supporters
1:51.7	on Patreon and to all those who have donated to our GoFundMe during Native American Heritage Month.
1:57.6	We have been able to hit a portion of our goal because of your support,
2:01.4	and we are continuing to fundraise on GoFundMe through the end of the year. Please empower our
2:07.8	work in red media. This is perfect timing for people looking to support organizations for this
2:13.5	so-called Giving Tuesday. We hope you enjoy these line of speakers, and thank you all so much.
2:23.7	Again, we want to welcome everybody to Coles Hill, Massachusetts for this, the 55th National Day of Morning.
2:37.4	I want to thank everybody for coming out.
2:41.4	We're going to have a few words about the rain in a minute.
2:46.3	But before I do, I first want to acknowledge that we have our interpreters here.
2:52.6	They're doing all that they can to make sure that this program is accessible.
2:58.6	And so for all of our speakers, all of our people that are relying on interpreters,
3:05.6	just ask that we speak in a slow, respectful, we're all going to get the words out.
3:17.3	My name is Jean Lucerne. I'm from the Tunic of Alexei tribe of Louisiana.
3:25.4	My dad's side, my grandmother is Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
3:30.0	I am the president of the North American Indian Center of Boston
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