June 15th, 2021

"Deep down the issue is simple: the so-called indian wars from the days of sitting bull and red cloud have never really ended in the Americas. The indian people of southern Mexico, of Guatemala, and those left in El Salvador, too, are still fighting for their lives and for their land against the cavalry patrols sent out by the governments of those lands. the americas are indian country, and the 'indian problem' is not about to go away...

I don't remember how or why the people left aztlán to journey farther south, but the old story says that one day, they will return."

- Leslie Marmon Silko, "The Border Patrol State," Nation, 1994