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For the past few Mondays now, we’ve spent the Mag uplifting the voices of protestors at rallies and marches at the state’s Capitol. Bringing all you listeners out there impactful speeches and testimonies from those standing on the frontlines of the fight against Trump’s mass deportations, mass discrimination and hate and attacks on marginalized communities across the country and around the world.
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MorningMagazine_2025-02-24 Gabrielle Mendoza
At a lot of these protests, speakers have stressed the importance of intersectionality, and the importance of supporting your trans and queer siblings, your Indigenous siblings, your siblings of color – not meaning actual biological siblings, but siblings you have through your shared identity as those who are marginalized and under attack right now.
They’ve also talked about allyship. About not waiting until your identity specifically is under attack to speak out and stand up for what you believe is right and just and humane.
And a lot of signs with the sentiment, “We are all immigrants on stolen land.”
That’s a lot to unpack.
KGNU’s Jackie Sedley sat down with Waylon Pretends Eagle last week to look at all of these issues – the mass deportations, the need for community, the importance of allyship – through an Indigenous lens.
They started by talking about how the current attacks on those who are being told they don’t have the right to live in the United States parallels the origins of this country, with the forced removal and murder of Indigenous people.
Waylon is a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota and a local community member here in Boulder.
