My favorite thing my tribe ever did was hold fireworks (and really they were a better show) on July 3rd EVERY year even if it was raining (this was Tucson, this hardly ever happened) in a kind of "We were here first you colonials" type deal.
The thing that amuses me the most about it? That tribe was not even HERE, let alone able to be incorporated until WELL after the US was good and exorcising the Native folks. They fled (some of them) genocide in Mexico but they are hardly "Native American" except with the fireworks, the casinos and the Sovereign nation thing. I don't know how they pulled it off, really.
Color me impressed though, to be honest. If you can do that, you should.
Like, I'm from Australia and I would love to have a sovereign nation of "one' or even "a select few" with land awarded to me (only I pick it, none of this let me put you on this piece of waterless, shale and scrub in the middle of No Place.)
I would let anyone and EVERYONE have a vape emporium, hell, I would have a vape ALLEY of stores, honestly. Etc.
LOL it's always nice to say "Happy 4th" but then also muse about "The 4th." All countries are built on genocide (don't think the aborigine people had it any different for example) and this race to find the edge of the world, coated in Gold ensured it, kinda. But, Genocide does seem to be deep, deep within our bones.
Now stop trying to harm me damn it! I need to create my own Sovereign space where the government pays me no mind unless they have something I want, like the site of a hydro electric dam, and all of a sudden it becomes this odd battle where the government becomes the "Indian Givers" and the native folks are like, "Hey not TAKE BACKS!"
Happy 4th. Safe to say I am awake-er now. I hope we all have fun in whatever fashion. You know safely. I must say I am NO fan of the stupid COVID mutation, I even question whether too many people have the regular COVID and are JUST fine so they had to do something about it. But not enough of a "no fan" to do without it frankly, TBH. If I have to travel to WV on my own, I am either camping, or sleeping in my car. That is JUST how it is. I'm not HAVING another 8 weeks of "deathly sick" thanks all the same. Etc.
I will not bathe for a week, either. Oh, it won't be pretty but you do what you gotta.
Anna
Anna