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Letter from Affiliated Faculty Dr. Leonardo Figueroa Helland on Indigenous People's Day

Today, we want to emphatically recognize, enthusiastically welcome, and joyfully join the many celebrations of Indigenous Peoples' Day. Yet we also want to underline that for Indigenous Peoples and those who stand side-by-side with Indigenous struggles, every day is a day of resistance, survivance and resurgence. Every day is a day to protect and defend Indigenous communities, territories, lands and Mother Earth. Every day is a celebration of the community of life in all its relations -- a daily ceremony dedicated to regenerating the cycles of life in all their rich diversity and vitality.

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