It’s about power, and context, and histories of persecution.The Native Americans had their land and livelihoods taken away, their cultural identity erased and derided, and now people are taking their spiritual practices. Some Christians hold Passover Seder meals immediately before Easter communion; this completely changes the meaning of the Passover Seder; and also there is a long history of Christian persecution of Jews, so this feels inappropriate to me. I am neither Jewish nor Native American, so it’s not my personal fight, but I do want to be a good ally here. Some may argue differently.

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