We are Indigenous

RudyDeuceTruth questions “before I was me” and journeys through DNA and our shared humanity. 
Authored by Rudy TwoMoon

The so called illegals have more rights to this land than many of the occupiers of today. … We are Indigenous….. The border crossed us, not the other way around.

Before California became a state, we people were called Indians, then after it became the property of the US, the people were called Mexican. I’m Yaqui, Mescalero, Aztec, Mayan, Spanish, Scottish and Basque . I may also carry African blood. I have ancestors on both sides of this invisible line. We traveled all the way up to Canada down to deep Mexico. Half of us got stuck wherever we were when that line was drawn. Some of my lineage fought with Poncho Villa and some fought against. I am history. I carry the stories in my DNA. I am…