why I don't use sage or palo santo anymore.
Channel: The Brown Yogi
Date: 2020-12-14

TIME STAMPS
Disclaimer lol: 01:04
My background, who I am: 01:44
The Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978: 03:03
Forced Assimilation of Native Americans: 03:55
"Indian" Boarding Schools of the 19th Century: 04:05
Prosecution & Genocide: 04:50
What then, if not smudging?: 05:11
What I do instead of smudging: 06:03
My spiritual experience with sage/smudging: 06:48
Self Reflection on Cultural Appropriation, Antiracism Training & Why I stopped using Sage: 07:14
Commercialization & Capitalization of Native Spiritual Practices: 08:04
POC profiting off of Smudge/Sage: 08:31
Holding space for supporting black people winning, but not how they do it: 09:13
The Complex History of intermixing Native & Black ancestry in America: 09:31
Overharvestation of Sage & The Erasure of Native Pleas: 10:23
"Snatch n Grab": The Raping of Mother Earth for Sage Sales: 11:04
On Palo Santo: 11:26
What do Native People/Tribes think about Non Native use of Sage?: 12:16
Solidarity for Natives as PoC: 12:31  
Closing Remarks: 13:30

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