I'm mixed-blood and when my full-blood grandmother died some relatives questioned whether I should handle her sacred items during the funeral preparations and I don't know how to prove my worthiness to mourn her.
More people experience this than they realize.
The violence of colonial measurement systems infiltrates our most sacred moments, making grief conditional on degrees of authenticity.
“Where Are You with Indigenous grief ceremonies?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.