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  • Vayl Larkin (they/them)VaylLarkinPoet@disabled.social
    Sep 10, 2025, 11:42 AM

    The Monongahela were murdered by European incursions and diseases, and after the dissolution of the Nation, Haudenosaunee and other Nations fled their own persecution to live here.

    I am drawn to the mixing places. I hesitate to even Allude to identification with Native faith, and if I am out of line, I hope someone will tell me, but this feels more like something fundamental to the land itself. For better or for worse, this is where I live. I would rather feel its energy, than not.

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  • Vayl Larkin (they/them)VaylLarkinPoet@disabled.social
    Sep 10, 2025, 4:06 PM

    Addition for Transparency:
    My info comes from work with the Oswego Historical Society and study with members of Seneca Nation. When I lived there, Native history was slightly more integrated into our local education/experiences, in part because the older generations were often mixed-heritage.

    My own background is almost solidly Irish, dash o'Swiss. My family arrived during the Civil War and settled near Pittsburgh. I have no Native American ancestry that I'm aware of.

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