It no longer seems relevant

I have no idea what the world really looked like in 1492. The written accounts were kept by those who would alter our ways, stamp out our cultural connections and annihilate all that was not patriarchal, sexist and racist. It no longer seems relevant. I refuse to throw away life. I grant no one the authority to destroy anyone's life or toss it away. I extend permission to no one to throw away stone, flora or fauna in dumping grounds, which are no longer places.

"The Lost Days of Columbus," in Memory Serves: Oratories by Lee Maracle