I live in the larger community where the young man shot all the students. I feel a deep loss at this. We are a small communitiy and everyone is affected by this and most people no someone who has lost someone. There are many issues coming up related to the loss and how many of our youth feel so isolated and how to we reach them before they snap. But there are other issues surfacing because of the racial polarization in this community and historic racism. Red Lake tribal leaders are controlling media access to the reservation. They don't want them harrassing and exploiting people for their stories. Red Lake is one of 2 closed reservations in the US. Closed means that their original land base is intact. The media interprets that as they can control who can come on the reservation. They of course can control who comes in and out if they want but that has nothing to do with being a closed reservation. This business whether intended as overt racism or not certainly stirs the historic wounds caused by racism and the entrenched racist beliefs that live in the community everyday. I believe some good can grow from tragedy and maybe we can get at these issues. My question to those who live in areas where there are similar historic wounds waiting to surface for healing is simply please share your experiences, especially about the forming of the question and bringing community to the circle. I feel this will be an opportunity for this community to address bigger and older wounds. I personally feel the need to address the media assault and show solitarity with Red Lake Nation for the control they are exercising here and offer support and build healing between the community and the reservation. Any thoughts out there? Pat Black
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