Tomorrow morning I am having open heart surgery to have my aortic valve replaced. I sure could use your prayers and good thoughts❤️I still have lots of work to do🙏
Darren Parry
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Darren Parry
@shoshonelder
Former candidate running for Utah Congressional District One, Author, Storyteller, and Shoshone Tribal Leader #utahvalues #darrenforutah
- Colonial settler mindset is “I have rights.” Indigenous mindset is “I have obligations.” Instead of thinking that I am born with rights, I choose to think that I am born with obligation to the past, present and future generations.
- Pioneer Day is complicated. A couple of years ago I asked my Bishop if he would let me speak in Sacrament Meeting on that day to give the rebuttal. HE let me! Best Pioneer Day ever!
- Saving the Great Salt Lake is not a science problem, it’s a values problem.
- I absolutely love the University Of Utah. This is a table in the Student Union Center today and the students were lined up😂
- This past Nov-Jan I had radiation treatments for cancer. Today I had my 3 month follow up with blood work. I am so grateful to announce I am cancer free. Watch Out World.
- This Saturday is the 159th Anniversary of the Bear River Massacre. This was one of the largest massacres of Native Americans in the history of this country. To learn more from the perspective of the Shoshone you can read my book. DM me your name and address or Amazon
- My friends at the Church History Library found this gem from 1958. My Great Grandparents Moroni and Amy Timbimboo. Among other things he was called as the first Indian Bishop in the Church. I spent many summers at his home at Washakie.
