Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
So, I'm in Tucson at a week long conference of addictions professionals - kilted for comfort. A presenter this morning, a Native American lady, pointed over to me and said, "I saw a brother over here in a kilt - he knows Scottish people were colonized too."

Her presentation was on decolonization of the mind - for Native Peoples to go back to their old ways for healing.

The conference is heavily attended my Native American therapists so it was pretty special for me. Realized I have Navajo, Hopi, and Apache friends there with me.

And, nice to be recognized as a descendent of a colonized culture with parallels to Native American experiences. Yes, many threads about this before and many books on it.

Just felt great to have it pointed out in front of 500 folks.
This is a beautiful thing you describe, but I do feel compelled to say that despite some popular misconceptions Scotland was not colonised, unless of course you mean by the Scotti who came to Dalriada from Ireland.