Rob Torres
@zorratowers.com
Lumbee/Boricua. Seeking and working towards a world in which we live the truth that we are all related - every person, animal and fellow denizen of this earth and universe.
Native Heritage Month Offering 18
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
DAKOTA 38 - Full Movie in HD
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November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 18
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
On December 26, 1862 under the orders of President Lincoln 38 Dakotas were hung. It was part of the land disputes in Minnesota between settlers and those that had lived there.
Native Heritage Month Offering 17
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 17
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
Protect our ancestors and ancestral history
We are still here, but people with both good and bad intentions assumed we wouldn't be. So some collected artifacts, robbed graves, took our ancestors "to preserve the record" while others did so with less good intentions.
Ken Burns in interview about his new documentary on the American Revolution:
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ken Burns in interview about his new documentary on the American Revolution:
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
"for most of human history, most people had been subjects under authoritarian rule and that what happened in the eastern seaboard of North America created citizens — this new thing with responsibilities."
Native Heritage Month Offering 16
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 16
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
Protect our Food and Culture Ways
Buffalo were purposefully hunted and wasted in an active attempt to take them away as a key food and resource relationship with a number of tribes in order to starve those tribes, get them on reservations and
There are a number of things you could debate this country needs right now
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are a number of things you could debate this country needs right now
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
Really, really hard to see a debate on the country needing to start a war though.
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
Colonialism is still with us. The bad choices and decisions of the past that oppressed and dispossessed Natives are written into our very systems. In that way, it is not possible to fix the problems tribes face without significant changes to our US systems.
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 14
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
Protect our Women
MMIW and MMIWG2S - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (Girls and 2-Spirit)
Due to a large number of factors - complicated legalities at and around reservations, proximity of man camps for work on things like pipelines, impacts of colonization,
Native Heritage Month Offering 13
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 13
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
Protect our children
ICWA is the Indian child welfare act. It was created in the 1970s to try to overcome over a century of removing native children from their families for any number of reasons -
Native Heritage Month Offering 12
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 12
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
Reciprocity - many tribes have teachings and ways that are rooted in the importance of reciprocity with an emphasis on what we can give instead of the modern emphasis on what we can take.
Native Heritage Month Offering 11
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 11
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
The Native veteran role in the US is complicated
Codetalkers played a vital role in WW2 fighting fascism.
Native Heritage Month Offering 10
While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
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While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AHd...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 10
While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AHd...
While the US is refusing to attend and take a leadership position, climate warriors of many indigenous tribes across Turtle Island are exercising their sovereignty to lead in the protection of Mother Earth.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AHd...
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 8
"What Native people face is different. The media, pop culture, and school curriculum do not just represent us poorly. They represent us almost never. Our existence is erased from the public eye. Americans don’t think about our absence.
"What Native people face is different. The media, pop culture, and school curriculum do not just represent us poorly. They represent us almost never. Our existence is erased from the public eye. Americans don’t think about our absence.
Rebecca Nagle (@gohini)
In celebration of Native American Heritage month I want to talk about erasure. Erasure is how anti-Indigenous racism functions in the U.S. today. When you scroll through your phone, read the news, or...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 8
"What Native people face is different. The media, pop culture, and school curriculum do not just represent us poorly. They represent us almost never. Our existence is erased from the public eye. Americans don’t think about our absence.
"What Native people face is different. The media, pop culture, and school curriculum do not just represent us poorly. They represent us almost never. Our existence is erased from the public eye. Americans don’t think about our absence.
Native Heritage Month Offering 7
"Across Turtle Island, Indigenous nations are revitalizing languages once banned, restoring ceremonies once outlawed, and reclaiming lands once stolen. Young people are learning the songs their great-grandparents had to whisper.
"Across Turtle Island, Indigenous nations are revitalizing languages once banned, restoring ceremonies once outlawed, and reclaiming lands once stolen. Young people are learning the songs their great-grandparents had to whisper.
We Are Still Here:
The History They Don’t Teach
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November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Native Heritage Month Offering 7
"Across Turtle Island, Indigenous nations are revitalizing languages once banned, restoring ceremonies once outlawed, and reclaiming lands once stolen. Young people are learning the songs their great-grandparents had to whisper.
"Across Turtle Island, Indigenous nations are revitalizing languages once banned, restoring ceremonies once outlawed, and reclaiming lands once stolen. Young people are learning the songs their great-grandparents had to whisper.
Native Heritage Month Offering 6
Before authorities abused and then arrested peaceful protestors in Chicago, LA, Portland, etc, they abused and arrested peaceful protestors in Standing Rock in Dakota territory in 2016 and 2017.
Before authorities abused and then arrested peaceful protestors in Chicago, LA, Portland, etc, they abused and arrested peaceful protestors in Standing Rock in Dakota territory in 2016 and 2017.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 6
Before authorities abused and then arrested peaceful protestors in Chicago, LA, Portland, etc, they abused and arrested peaceful protestors in Standing Rock in Dakota territory in 2016 and 2017.
Before authorities abused and then arrested peaceful protestors in Chicago, LA, Portland, etc, they abused and arrested peaceful protestors in Standing Rock in Dakota territory in 2016 and 2017.
Native Heritage Month Offering 5
I had this grandmother who said this to me earlier, “You don’t even own your own life, my dear. You’re only taking care of it for the next generation.” That’s fairly profound when you think about it. It is really what the Dakotas think about themselves and the world.
I had this grandmother who said this to me earlier, “You don’t even own your own life, my dear. You’re only taking care of it for the next generation.” That’s fairly profound when you think about it. It is really what the Dakotas think about themselves and the world.
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Native Heritage Month Offering 5
I had this grandmother who said this to me earlier, “You don’t even own your own life, my dear. You’re only taking care of it for the next generation.” That’s fairly profound when you think about it. It is really what the Dakotas think about themselves and the world.
I had this grandmother who said this to me earlier, “You don’t even own your own life, my dear. You’re only taking care of it for the next generation.” That’s fairly profound when you think about it. It is really what the Dakotas think about themselves and the world.
Get out of your box.
Beware of Self-betrayal from the Arbinger Institute
1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of “self-betrayal.”
2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal.
Beware of Self-betrayal from the Arbinger Institute
1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of “self-betrayal.”
2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal.
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Get out of your box.
Beware of Self-betrayal from the Arbinger Institute
1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of “self-betrayal.”
2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal.
Beware of Self-betrayal from the Arbinger Institute
1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of “self-betrayal.”
2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal.
"The more sure I am that I'm right, the more likely I will actually be mistaken. My need to be right makes it more likely that I will be wrong! Likewise, the more sure I am that I am mistreated, the more likely I am to miss ways that I am mistreating others myself...
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"The more sure I am that I'm right, the more likely I will actually be mistaken. My need to be right makes it more likely that I will be wrong! Likewise, the more sure I am that I am mistreated, the more likely I am to miss ways that I am mistreating others myself...
Native Heritage Month Offering 4
Learning from the past, being in the present and planning for multiple generations into the future is key to the worldview of a number of tribes.
Learning from the past, being in the present and planning for multiple generations into the future is key to the worldview of a number of tribes.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 4
Learning from the past, being in the present and planning for multiple generations into the future is key to the worldview of a number of tribes.
Learning from the past, being in the present and planning for multiple generations into the future is key to the worldview of a number of tribes.
Native Heritage Month Offering 3
Ecuador was the first country to officially recognize the Rights of Nature which also fits the interconnectedness of Mitakuye Oyasin.
Ecuador was the first country to officially recognize the Rights of Nature which also fits the interconnectedness of Mitakuye Oyasin.
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Native Heritage Month Offering 3
Ecuador was the first country to officially recognize the Rights of Nature which also fits the interconnectedness of Mitakuye Oyasin.
Ecuador was the first country to officially recognize the Rights of Nature which also fits the interconnectedness of Mitakuye Oyasin.
There is no honor in hurting or killing the weak you are ordered to harm or kill by the powerful…
There is no safety in carrying out atrocities against people because of some vague perceived threat they pose…
There is no lasting peace that comes from violence…
There is no safety in carrying out atrocities against people because of some vague perceived threat they pose…
There is no lasting peace that comes from violence…
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
There is no honor in hurting or killing the weak you are ordered to harm or kill by the powerful…
There is no safety in carrying out atrocities against people because of some vague perceived threat they pose…
There is no lasting peace that comes from violence…
There is no safety in carrying out atrocities against people because of some vague perceived threat they pose…
There is no lasting peace that comes from violence…
Native Heritage Offering 2
Mitakuye Oyasin in Dakota/Lakota/Nakota means All My Relations. The concept is shared across many indigenous nations across Turtle Island and is taught via many stories. It fundamentally teaches that we are all interconnected and
Mitakuye Oyasin in Dakota/Lakota/Nakota means All My Relations. The concept is shared across many indigenous nations across Turtle Island and is taught via many stories. It fundamentally teaches that we are all interconnected and
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Native Heritage Offering 2
Mitakuye Oyasin in Dakota/Lakota/Nakota means All My Relations. The concept is shared across many indigenous nations across Turtle Island and is taught via many stories. It fundamentally teaches that we are all interconnected and
Mitakuye Oyasin in Dakota/Lakota/Nakota means All My Relations. The concept is shared across many indigenous nations across Turtle Island and is taught via many stories. It fundamentally teaches that we are all interconnected and
Native Heritage Month Offering 1
The Great Law of Peace that inspired the best of the founding principles of the US (which is failing to act in Great Peace).
Confederacy's Creation - Haudenosaunee Confederacy www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/confederacys...
The Great Law of Peace that inspired the best of the founding principles of the US (which is failing to act in Great Peace).
Confederacy's Creation - Haudenosaunee Confederacy www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/confederacys...
Confederacy's Creation - Haudenosaunee Confederacy
The Haundenosaunee Confederacy has been in place since time immemorial. The Peacemaker was sent by the Creator to spread the Kariwiio or good mind. With the help of Aiionwatha commonly known as Hiawat...
www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Native Heritage Month Offering 1
The Great Law of Peace that inspired the best of the founding principles of the US (which is failing to act in Great Peace).
Confederacy's Creation - Haudenosaunee Confederacy www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/confederacys...
The Great Law of Peace that inspired the best of the founding principles of the US (which is failing to act in Great Peace).
Confederacy's Creation - Haudenosaunee Confederacy www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/confederacys...
Actions are a clear signal of whether there is true fiscal responsibility. The current policies and moves that significantly increase the debt, hurt job creation, cut small important programs while growing large ones inefficiently, and
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Actions are a clear signal of whether there is true fiscal responsibility. The current policies and moves that significantly increase the debt, hurt job creation, cut small important programs while growing large ones inefficiently, and
From an older post: America, you are in an abusive relationship with your politicians. Time to get out of it, stop making excuses for your abuser, and connect once again with others.
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
From an older post: America, you are in an abusive relationship with your politicians. Time to get out of it, stop making excuses for your abuser, and connect once again with others.