Day 2: Tom Kav, Why we came here, a conversation with Uncle Wounded Knee

Today, as I sit in front of that sacred fire, I hear stories being exchanged, songs being sung, and silence being spoken. I started to think about why did I come here to Tom-Kav. I then remembered my ancestors and remembered my grandma who is many ways is a second mom to me, I came here to pray and put my body on the line. During this time of sitting around the fire at Tom-Kav, I have had the honor of sitting at the feet of Uncle Wounded Knee. He talks story about sacred sites all around this country. He told me that “We (Indigenous peoples) have been compromising for 520 years. Took our land, killed our people. How much more do we have to have to take as Indian people?” With that see him speak for himself on why we came to this land, all 11 people from different parts of California.