PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Bortriramkamanis Qucano Nur, Member of the Public and Tradition Bearer of the Maranao People
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Bortriramkamanis Qucano Nur, a Filipino nurse and tradition bearer of the Maranao people from Southern Philippines, testifies about the importance of preserving indigenous traditions and visibility in New York City. She emphasizes the need for indigenous representation and the significance of cultural continuity for her children.
- Explains her background as a Filipino nurse recruited during the AIDS crisis in the 1990s
- Discusses the complexity of indigenous identities within the Philippines
- Highlights efforts to connect with local indigenous groups in New York, such as the Hinanda Shawnee
- Calls for support from the city council to maintain indigenous visibility and cultural preservation
Bortriramkamanis Qucano Nur
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Good morning.
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Good morning, everyone.
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Thank you very much for councilwoman Rivera.
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My name is Buturang Kamaniskee Anunor.
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In my passport, I am a Filipino.
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I was a nurse that was transported recruited from the Philippines in the height of AIDS I the AIDS during the 1990.
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But I am an a tradition bearer of the Maranao people, Southern Philippines.
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In the Philippines, there are groups of indigenous people that is actually included, I mean, included or embedded in the monolithic, you know, Philip being a Filipino.
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But as a tradition bearer, I carried the the tradition, legends, epics, and myths as what, the previous natives who were presenting indigenous representing how the language we carry and our stories and our history are carried through our dance music and chants.
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And we in the Philippines, in the Mindanao in particular, we became part of the Philippines only in 18/98 when Philippines was sold to USA together to Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Guam.
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And here in New York, I would don't want my children to be cut off from the tradition that I I grew up with and also to assert the presence and the visibility of who we are as indigenous people.
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We also honor, the indigenous people who whose land we are now, living.
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And so the first thing that I created or I made was to to, to greet and to greet and introduce myself to the indigenous people here.
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And, I met, the Hinanda Shawnee, and that's for him.
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He said I told him we are the 7th nation.
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So every time we go there during, a strawberry harvest festival, he said, oh, the 7th nation is here.
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Now what I mean here is that the only way for us to be visible and
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Your time has expired.
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Thank you.
Bortriramkamanis Qucano Nur
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Is for the council to take care of us.
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And also thank you, Diceli.
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Thank you so much for this, session that we're being given a chance to speak.
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And, I would like to assert our presence as indigenous people here in the land of the Lenape people.
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Thank you so much.
