11/29/2024
Grow Your Good is based in what is now called Western North Carolina, land that was and is still home to the Cherokee people.
We've had the honor of working with Cherokee-led organizations and Cherokee individuals over this past year and have learned a lot about their unique culture and history. There is a wealth of knowledge we can learn from Indigenous cultures about building community and fostering a symbiotic relationship with our environment if we choose to learn.
This Native American Heritage Day, we encourage everyone to find and to learn from and instead of buying into capitalist crap, find and to support!
And while we don't want it to be the focus of our post, as non-Indigenous individuals, we would be remiss if we didn't mention the centuries of colonization and brutality that Indigenous people endured in what we now called America, and how we as white individuals continue to benefit from this legacy. From the depleted land we live on to the lower life expectancy of Native Americans, this history of colonization continues to this day and is worth speaking out about.
