Thanks for this lovely piece. The sense of belonging to a place is something I’ve been thinking and writing about recently as well.
You mention being the colonist and the colonised. This resonates with me as I grew up as a Protestant in Northern Ireland, but if you go back on my mother’s side my ancestors were Gaels who fought against the British, but who eventually swapped sides!
I believe you become indigenous when you become rooted to land and community in a place.
Thanks for this lovely piece. The sense of belonging to a place is something I’ve been thinking and writing about recently as well.
You mention being the colonist and the colonised. This resonates with me as I grew up as a Protestant in Northern Ireland, but if you go back on my mother’s side my ancestors were Gaels who fought against the British, but who eventually swapped sides!
I believe you become indigenous when you become rooted to land and community in a place.