Watching this again after the death of my mother... She was Arab-Sicilianu & Slovak, but according to my research I'm ye Iswä (or Catawba native) on my father's side. He was only around when it was convenient for him, but I feel such ties to my indigenous culture - especially during times of mental and emotional duress as current... My Mammala was always very supportive of that connection, reminding me of my heritage when I doubted because of my white passing quality. I get teary eyed just as much each time I watch this video, I'm just as joyous each time I watch this. Thank you for sharing this blessing with us 💋🧡🫂
Jayli, I'm so glad you are speaking on something so important and it's a pleasure to watch your story unfold. You are an inspiration. I am loving Fools Paradise as well! Keep it up
seeing you're an ex JW makes me emotional. my great grandmother was cherokee, she joined the JW's and my grandma (as well as some of her siblings) followed. my father was raised in it and so eventually was i. many of our closer relatives have died due to drugs, alcohol, and various other health issues- so on top of being isolated as children due to "the faith", we have no connection to our direct family besides memories. my brother and i have done a lot of research, trying to understand where we come from. there is much heartache and generational trauma to work through- but we've managed to find our great uncle who is on the dawes rolls. he is not alive, but my grandmother has told me stories. my father has mentioned wanting to reach out to the cherokee nation to see what we can do to reconnect- it feels like such an injustice for our family to have gone through what they did. no body deserves to feel alone... if we can reconnect, i can't help but feel we'd be putting that piece that was stolen from my family hearts back in it's place. i hope you have found that for yourself, and congratulations on meeting your grandmother
@@JayliWolf I'll have to do some research into that as I don't know enough about the dialects of the Cree Nation (kinda uninformed about all the various nuances...).
Very beautiful story to watch. Your Grandma seems like a real character.
🌿🌾🌿 Beautiful 🌿🌾🌿
thank you!
Watching this again after the death of my mother... She was Arab-Sicilianu & Slovak, but according to my research I'm ye Iswä (or Catawba native) on my father's side. He was only around when it was convenient for him, but I feel such ties to my indigenous culture - especially during times of mental and emotional duress as current... My Mammala was always very supportive of that connection, reminding me of my heritage when I doubted because of my white passing quality. I get teary eyed just as much each time I watch this video, I'm just as joyous each time I watch this. Thank you for sharing this blessing with us 💋🧡🫂
sending so much love to you x
Absolutely heart warming. I am so happy you found your family.
Warms my heart ❤️ tons of love
HOW WONDERFUL
so beautiful, I am so happy for you, finding your way back home, kúkwstumkacw (thank you) for sharing your story
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Thank you so much for sharing love you💙
So much love
so lovely
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I'm So Happy You got to reconnect with Your Family and I wish You All the Best in Finding Out More. Much Love and Respect from Australia 🙏👩👩👧👧😘🤗💖💖
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I wish this really was longer but it’s a lovely video.
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I'm still looking for my dad's family reclaiming is a hard fight 💞
It is. Sendng you love on your journey.
@@JayliWolf Thank you
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Lovely family👪🖤🖤
Thank you!
this is so beautiful. i'm so happy for you!
Jayli, I'm so glad you are speaking on something so important and it's a pleasure to watch your story unfold. You are an inspiration. I am loving Fools Paradise as well! Keep it up
You are so sweet! Thank you 😘
seeing you're an ex JW makes me emotional. my great grandmother was cherokee, she joined the JW's and my grandma (as well as some of her siblings) followed. my father was raised in it and so eventually was i. many of our closer relatives have died due to drugs, alcohol, and various other health issues- so on top of being isolated as children due to "the faith", we have no connection to our direct family besides memories. my brother and i have done a lot of research, trying to understand where we come from. there is much heartache and generational trauma to work through- but we've managed to find our great uncle who is on the dawes rolls. he is not alive, but my grandmother has told me stories. my father has mentioned wanting to reach out to the cherokee nation to see what we can do to reconnect- it feels like such an injustice for our family to have gone through what they did. no body deserves to feel alone... if we can reconnect, i can't help but feel we'd be putting that piece that was stolen from my family hearts back in it's place. i hope you have found that for yourself, and congratulations on meeting your grandmother
Thank you for sharing this with me. Sending love to you and your family.
Such an incredible story!
Deserves more views
Beautiful. I am so happy for you and your family!
This is incredible 💕☘️
I'm happy you found your blood. It's good they welcomed you; some of us are not so lucky.
Jayli, I’m so happy for you love 🖤🐺 Xo Jess
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What a beautiful story! Thank you so much for sharing 💚
thanks for watching!
subscribed
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Beautiful
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That’s great, I’m trying to find my aunties and families, I lost my dad but it’s okay (I’m strong)
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Interesting, the Cree use a french word to say thank you.
My grandma speaks the Y dialect of Cree :)
@@JayliWolf I'll have to do some research into that as I don't know enough about the dialects of the Cree Nation (kinda uninformed about all the various nuances...).
@@hiroprotagonist525 I am just beginning to learn too! :)
It's like the real midsommer movie, be careful😂😂😂
Hey babe i love u
An incredible story, of abuse of indigenous communities.