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NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS

1/6/2023

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Happy New Year from the Motherland. I can't believe it's 2023. I hope you are doing well. Thank you for sharing this space with me. I've never been too big on New Year Resolutions but this year I'm feeling a bit different. I'm going to start being more strategic. I've had a little over a month to get grounded and start listening to my body. 

There's a fine balance between empathy and apathy. I'm not going to sit here and try to tell anybody where that line is but I can say from experience that too much empathy can create apathy. It can lead to burnout. Doesn't matter what you are doing or how much you love it, if you're not balanced out it can lead to a situation that you may or may not want to be in. 

There is so much noise in the western hemisphere. There's so many agendas and talking heads trying to scream down your throat. I tried to take a more underground approach this year. A couple times, I will admit, my studies boiled up to the surface. It's so frustrating to hear so many Americans talk about freedom and liberty and equal protection under the law and (really) anything in the constitution while we simultaneously violate Article 6, Clause 2 of the US Constitution. "All Treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land and Judges in every state shall be bound thereby,."

The constitution is very very clear about Treaty compliance but America just will not hear it. The schools don't teach about it and the churches don't preach about it because history literally implicates both institutions. So Americans understanding and (lack of)) respect for Indigenous Peoples sits comfortably in the minds and imaginations of the American politic. Nothing is more American than shutting an Indigenous Person down who is trying to educate and/or inform. That is the history of the western hemisphere over the last 531 years. 

There is nothing appetizing about the Struggle for Indigenous Liberation.  Liberals and Conservatives alike are against it. Both political parties are against it. The church is against it and so is the state.

I am going to continue doing my part for the struggle. I am going to go back underground and continue my studies. There is a creative solution here. It will surely start with education. And then the constitution. We have a long way to go America. If any of you love any of your rights that are "protected" by constitutional law, it would be very wise and prudent of you to ask yourself how secure your civil liberties *really* are because Article 6, Clause 2 is being ignored outright. Just poof, the 6th Article of the Constitution is just null and void. How secure does that make you feel about your first or second Amendment? All constitutional sections are bound together by the same cloth of destiny. When America realizes that; things might start to change. 
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HELLO FROM SOUTH AFRICA

12/11/2022

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I'm so grateful for music. 
I'm grateful to be able to travel and share such deeply personal songs all over the world. It's crazy how consuming the west is. Like, it'll chew you up and spit you out if you let it. Being an artist is a crazy job. It's exciting and depressing all at the same time. I wouldn't change for it anything. Even when it gets hard. I'm grateful. 

I'm looking forward to being back out here in South Africa. My family and I are ready to disconnect from the west. Build some healthy boundaries and get back to the land. Thank you all for a great two years. I'm really grateful to be able to share my music with all of you, even if it's challenging sometimes. The challenges is what reminds me that people are listening.

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STEVEN NEWCOMB

11/21/2022

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Steven Newcomb (Lenape/Shawnee) is a legal scholar who is the leading authority of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. Steven Newcomb credits his friend Birgil Kills Straight (Oglala Lakota, 1940-2019) as one of his most influential teachers. Mr. Newcomb is the author of the book 'Pagans In The Promise Land' and he is the co-producer of the documentary film, 'The Doctrine of Discovery, Unmasking the Domination Code.' Steven's scholarship has been highly influential for me personally as well. I highly recommend watching some of his videos on YouTube or reading his book or any one of his published essays. Some of my favorite esays are below.

What 15th Century Papal Bulls Can Teach Us About Indigenous Identity

Decolonial Theology and Changing the Global Church

Steven has two websites with an incredible amount of resources. I highly recommend reading through his essays, videos and blogs. His scholarship is not understood by the masses which is why it's so important to get educated about what the current law of the land says and how it effects Indigenous Peoples today. 

Look up Original Free Nations and Indigenous Law Institute for cutting edge research for Indigenous Liberation. 

Here are a few other essays that I found very informative. 

Was the United States Founded as a Democracy?

'Conquest' is Another Word for Domination
Oak Flat and Pope Alexander VI's Papal Decree of Domination in U.S. Law
Scholar Calls on Pope to Pull the Bull from Under U,S, Federal Indian Law

Americans are simply not educated about these subjects and that is not a coincidence. The U.S. Gov't cannot prove in a court of law that it legally acquired all the land it currently occupies. Read that last sentence again. You may be surprised to learn that today, the United States federal gov't is still litigating land claims. They're NOT Indigenous Land Claims it's land being claimed by the US Federal Gov't. The US Federal Gov't does not have a receipt from a bill of sale nor do they have a Treaty that explicitly transfers the jurisprudence from Sovereign Indigenous Nations to the United States. 

It's important that the American People ask themselves what do you call someone who takes something that they did not purchase nor did they get consent from the original owner? If anyone can think of any other word besides THIEF, please send me a message because I can't think of another word.

So why is "discovery" so important to the US Federal Gov't? Because without the doctrine of discovery it would simply be called theft. But from a legal perspective it's not theft because there's this legal doctrine that says white European Christian monarchs supposedly had permission from God to come to this hemisphere by boat and impose their domination on everyone and everything. 

Is it possible or is it impossible to "discover" land that is already inhabited by tens of millions of other Peoples? It is impossible. The only way you can claim terra nullius is by dehumanizing. You have to first claim that tens of millions of other humans are not humans and then, once their humanity has been declared null and void THEN you can legally steal someone else's property. And that's exactly what America continues to do.  No stranger can come to your private house of residence and hold a gun to your head and legally make you forfeit your property, right? If someone was to do that without consent, they would be liable to be met with the Castle Doctrine. But, this twisted view of federal (anti) indian law is legal statute the United States gov't is using to claim it's ownership over land that is not, and has never been theirs.

The Doctrine of Discovery is alive and well. Ruth Bader Ginsburg reinforced the Doctrine of Discovery in the first footnote of her majority opinion in City of Sherrill v. Onieda Nation of New York (2005). Read it for yourself.

Left wing, right wing, same bird. 

This is the Original Free Nations Anthem by Steven Newcomb.
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TRICK OR TREATY

10/31/2022

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"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."

- Article 6, Clause 2 (U.S. Constitution)


There is no amendment that renders this Constitutional Clause null and void.  Congress just said *poof* no more Treaties = no more broken Treaties, problem solved. What I want to ask Americans is to remember our beloved soldiers. Every single solider takes an oath of office that says they will defend and protect the constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic. Soldiers die on foreign soil fulfilling their oath, YET, America, for some reason, does not believe these soldiers deserve constitutional compliance. Soldiers die on foreign soil defending our constitution. If Indigenous Peoples don't deserve constitutional compliance then why don't soldiers? I thought America 'supports the troops.' Is America really supporting our troops by violating one of the constitutional clauses they die on foreign soil defending?
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A MANIFESTO (244th anniversary of the treaty of fort pitt)

9/17/2022

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Today is the 244th anniversary of the Treaty of Fort Pitt. It’s the first Treaty the United States ever signed with a foreign nation. The American People signed this constitutionally protected Treaty with the Lenape (Delaware) Nation, which is also the Nation that I’m a dual citizen of. I would like to respectfully celebrate my Sovereign Lenape Ancestors, who signed this legally binding Treaty, 244 years ago today. I also respectfully celebrate all the Veterans and Soldiers, past and present, who defend and protect the Constitution, which includes Article 6, Clause 2, “all Treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land.”

I love you all.
And I love both of my Nations.
Wanishi (thank you)
​Brian Ernst
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SO, THIS JUST HAPPENED...

8/30/2022

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ANNOUNCING SOUTH AFRICA GROUP TRIPS

5/30/2022

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Katie and I are really excited to announce that we are going to be leading another group trip! This time we are heading to South Africa and you are invited!! We have organized two group trips (10 people max per trip). The first trip is sold out so if you're interested in coming out please let one of us know. Take Care!! 
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIVESTREAM

1/21/2022

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[TRAVEL ARCHIVES] CHINA, THAILAND, QATAR

1/20/2022

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[from the archives] 2019

1/7/2022

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I've been going through old hard drives from our travels over the years. Here are a couple videos I made from when we were in Guatemala, Vietnam and South Africa.
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