The Collectivity Project
by Alyx Somas
We all come from a people who gathered around fires, storytelling, dancing, and grieving together
We have been separated from village.
Stripped of our initiation rites
Raised without our grief rituals
Taught independence (isolation) and scarcity
Severed from reciprocity with the earth
Born into dismemberment
We grieve
We were not meant
to do it alone
We are rebuilding our village
Recreating our initiation rites
Befriending our grief
Learning collectivity and mutual care
Reunifying our relations to the earth
Re-membering
We praise.
The
Collectivity
Project
The Collectivity Project, founded by Alyx Somas, is dedicated to fostering belonging, reciprocity, and cultural re-indigenization. Grounded in Indigenous teachings, it creates spaces for healing, ancestral connection, and communal rituals such as grief work, ceremony, and storytelling. With a vision of dismantling supremacy and nurturing interdependence, the project honors ancestral ways while inspiring restored relationships with the land, each other, and all life.
