Elizabeth Mariani: In support of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elizabeth Mariani, an internationally published poet, spoken word artist, teaching artist, mindfulness educator and activist currently living in Burlington. She would like to thank Charles Megeso (Nulhegan-Coosuk Abenaki) for his knowledge, assistance and guidance with this commentary.
I am a third-generation Italian-American. My family comes from the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy and arrived in the U.S. and Canada about 100 years ago. I support the