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Halito!
Welcome to our family site, especially all you
Choctaw
and Cheyenne Itikanomi
other
Indins and Human Beings!
February 2009
What
Is Life?
It
is the flash of a firefly in the night. It
is the breath of the buffalo in the winter time, It
is the little shadow which runs across the grass... and
loses itself
in the Sunset.
Crowfoot
Joe Bill went to Sue Fred’s
house
to see if Jim Billie was still going to ask Fred Jim
if Robert Joe was coming to
dinner.
But Tom Jefferson met Naomi Franklin in town who said that Doyle
Washington
knew Robert was gone to an Indin education conference with Sara
McConnell
and Barbara Podemski. John Smith called Joe Bill to say that if
Robert
Joe wasn’t coming, Ted Sam, Rodney Pete, Phil Jake and Maggie Bob
wanted
him to come by Wally Bighead’s house and go the basketball game with
them.
Wally was excited because George One-Bear, Tom Keeps-His-Feather, and
Roland
Many-Bad-Horses will be playing on the Indin team.
Halito, akana ma
Sa hochiffo kvt James BlueWolf
Aiokpanchi Moma!
We've
added some graphics to make your visit more pleasant--the pages load
more
slowly but if you're patient the images are worth the wait--
yakoke
You
will
notice that we do not use the words Native
American on our site. That
is because we prefer the real names of our Peoples, or
American Indin, and
object
to the use of this media-created pc label. If the
bones of your relatives lie here in the earth, you are
a native american... if your
are descended from the Indigenous Peoples that
lived upon the back of this Great Turtle-- you
have
your own name.
If you've been
thinking about having a gastric bypass--
here's the journal I've kept since my surgery
Recently
the FBI's forensic methods
and ballistics testing and identification techniques have been called
into question. A singificant amount of cases. over 3000, have
been incompetently handled resulting in the unjust convictions of many
innocents. Of course, the FBI's case against Leonard was built on
the identification of ballistics that supposedly tied the bullets which
killed the agents to a gun that was supposedly his. Even though the
bullets were proven not to match the gun, these new findings show just
how shoddy and inept the FBI"s experts were, and just how far these
scumbags were prepared to go to put "someone"
away for killing their agents.
These new findings
further emphasize the government's complicity
in imprisoning an innocent man for revenge and as a warning to other
warriors who believe in tribal sovereignty and Native rights.
And these
Indigenous
come to say no: that the land is mother, it is the depository of
culture,
that history lives here, and the dead live here; absolutely absurd
things
that cannot be entered on any computer and that are not listed on a
stock
exchange. There is no way to convince them to be
good,
to learn to think right, they simply do not want to.
Marcos-Mexica
The
Final Frontiers Of Colonization
(Cultural and Spiritual Exploitation)
"It
is the last way in which indigenous peoples can be exploited.
Everything
else is familiar. Our foods, natural resources, and lands have
been
taken or altered so they will no longer support the ancient ways of
life.
Our names have been appropriated for usable nouns. Our images have been
used for entertainment, our arts copied and sold as novelties or
antiquities,
even our bones dug up as objects of study or curiosity. Why should our
most sacred ceremonies and spiritual concepts be free from this
continued
onslaught from the children of Colonialism, Manifest Destiny and
progress?
And who says they must be represented accurately or respectfully?
After all, this is the final frontier of colonization. The scavengers
have
picked over our bones long enough. Now their
children are intent
on devouring our minds and spirits—because, as the price of their
ancestor’s
conquests, they have lost their own."
The bombings in New York have
prompted
us to write our response to this tragedy. We pray for the
victims,
that their Spirits reach the next world, that their families be
consoled,
and that the perpetrators be punished and then forgiven.
Never
believe in something so desperately that
you do not allow for contradiction or the possibility of
a different reality. Fanaticism
is the root of the tree of Human sorrows. The
acceptance of Mystery is
the only benevolent faith.
The
things
that will destroy us are:
politics
without principle;
pleasure
without conscience;
wealth
without work;
knowledge
without character;
business
without morality;
science
without humanity,
and
worship
without sacrifice.
"Live your life that the
fear
of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble
no one about their
religion;
respect others in their view, and demand that
they
respect yours.
Love your life,
perfect your
life,
beautify all things in your life. Seek to
make your life long and its
purpose in the service of your people.
Prepare a noble death song for
the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give
a word or a
sign
of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a
stranger, when in a lonely
place.
Show respect to all people
and grovel to none.
When you arise in
the morning
give
thanks for the food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason for
giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
Abuse no one and nothing, for
abuse
turns the wise ones to fools and robs the
spirit of its vision.
When it comes
your time to
die,
be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear
of death, so that when their time
comes they weep and pray for a little more time to
live their lives over again in
a different way.
Sing your
death song and
die
like a hero going home."
Tecumsah (Shawnee)
Our Books are for our children but...
If
you would like to order -- "Sitting
By His Bones" poetry "Grandpa
Says"
stories Call 1-800-233-6367
Always
take the time to talk to the elderly, their
memories are all they may have left to share and
there is no guarantee that
anyone else is listening. Be
kind.
If
you love when Indins challenge the status quo represented
by the communities that worship
science, technology and mainstream
religion, read
this review (and
then the book)
"It may seem dangerous to tinker with nature without knowing the
long-term
effects, but without the threat of environmental disaster caused by the
short-sighted unbalancing of natural forces, how are we to bring about
positive change in the world around us?"
"Modern science has a long, proven track record of correcting the
mistakes
it inadvertently unleashes on the world. I'm confident that if the
worst
ever came to pass, science would find some way to fix it. That's what
science
does."
"People shouldn't see man-made global disasters as a bad thing. They
should
see them as scientific breakthroughs waiting to happen."
Dr.
Nathan
Oberst, Texas A&M Mad Scientist
vs
"Behold my
brothers, the Spring has come; the Earth
has
received the embraces of the Sun and we shall soon see the result of
all
that love!
"Every seed is awakened and so has all animal life. it
is through this mysterious power that we too have our being and we
therefore
yield to our neighbors, the same right as ourselves, to inhabit this
land.
"Yet hear me,
people, we have now to deal with
another
race; small and feeble when our fathers first met them but now great
and
overbearing, strangely enough they have a mind to till the soil and the
love of possession is a disease to them.
"These people have made many rules that the rich may
break but the poor may not. They take tithes
from the poor and weak to support the rich who rule.
"They claim this
Mother of ours, the Earth, for
their
own and fence their neighbors away; they deface Her with their
buildings
and their refuse.
"That nation is like a spring freshet that overruns its
banks and destroys all who are in its path."
[Sitting
Bull, Hunkpapa 1877)
The following was composed by the US Government
in
a plea to Great Britain to honor Treaty Agreements,
xerpted
from Congress assembled, April 13, 1787,
and
unanimously accepted:
"
...When therefore a treaty is constitutionally made, ratified and
published
by us, it immediately becomes binding on the whole nation, and
superadded
to the laws of the land...
Treaties derive their obligation from being compacts between the
sovereign
of this and the sovereign of another nation; ... surely the treaties so
formed are not afterwards to be subject to such alterations as this or
that state legislature may think expedient to make. ... Were the
legislatures
to possess and to exercise such power, we should soon be involved as a
nation, in anarchy and confusion at home,
...Contracts between nations, like contracts between individuals,
should
be faithfully executed, even though the sword in the one case, and the
law in the other, did not compel it. Honest nations, like honest men,
require
no constraint to do justice; and though impunity and the necessity of
affairs
may sometimes afford temptations to pare down contracts to the measure
of convenience, yet it is never done but at the expence of that esteem,
and confidence, and credit which are of infinitely more worth than all
the momentary advantages which such expedients can extort. ...
Be pleased, sir, to lay this letter before the legislature of your
Nation
We
flatter ourselves they will concur with us in opinion...that the most
honorable
way of delivering ourselves from the embarrassment of mistakes, is
fairly
to correct them!"
"Aim
at the heavens...set yourself goals and standards that in the
beginning seem beyond reach. Enjoy the challenges this brings. Do not
look for perfection....but one day you might get close to it. If you
aim low, that is where you will always be."
"Even failures make a positive contribution. They keep us
humble...they
help us find and fix our mistakes. Failures also tell us to
practice
more until we are better. Things are never automatic."
"I
don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians,
but I believe nine out of ten are,
and
I shouldn't inquire too closely into the case of the tenth.
The
most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian."
-
Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919)
A
civilized man, walking in the garden, seeing a late melon sprout, sneers
and says: "Foolish
plant, why waste your energy--you will never bear fruit!"
An
Indin, seeing that same sprout, kneels down to say; "Relative,
you are brave to struggle toward your purpose with
no fear of tomorrow."
We
are like that sprout. The
Whites say our ways are lost and
we should give up struggling to be as we were. But
it is not what we were that we struggle to realize again. It
is what we still are! Each
spring our seed gets more fertile and our roots deepen. Our
Peoples will be Nations again, and
our prophecies fulfilled!
Amoshi
FirFor the time
being we're off the air--pray for our return!
Don't
feel you're a stranger here. This is your land, this is my land. This
is Indian country. My ancestors lived here; The
Great Spirit put them here, Just
like he did the oak trees and the water. Feel
welcome. Let your Spirit be free.
"The
Pioneer has before declared that our only safety
depends
upon the total extermination of the Indians."
"Having
wronged them for centuries we had better, in order to protect our
civilization,
follow
it up by one more wrong
and
wipe these untamed and untamable creatures from the face of the earth."
Frank
L. Baum (author--The Wizard of Oz) 1/3/1891
"You
talk of loyalty, but we Cheyenne are loyal- to
our families, our Societies and our People. We
have no loyalty to individual men as leaders- they
lead because of their talent and strength of will. We
do not understand what you mean. I
think this is just another word the White Man uses to
turn wolves into sheep. We
are not obligated to follow our leaders. We
follow because of their character and talents and power. The
General says our lack of loyalty weakens him, but
if his leadership were true all people would follow him naturally. The
White Men claim loyalty to their Great Father, yet
they fight among themselves and few of them have an equal voice. Among
us, every man has the same voice. If
we step in behind one of our own it
is because of what they can achieve for the People. If
someone with greater power arises we are free to follow them. Loyalty
follows from achievement and service not
because it is appointed or demanded. We
Cheyenne are not dogs, whimpering at the feet of their masters- we
are free men- we are wolves."
Unknown
"For
the Christian, there is enough, I am sure, in the character, condition
and history of these unfortunate people to engage his sympathies,
For the Nation, there is an unrequited account of sin and injustice
that
sooner or later will call for national retribution, and
For the American citizens, who live, everywhere proud of their growing
wealth and their luxuries, over the bones of these poor fellows, who
have
surrendered their hunting grounds and their lives to the enjoyment of
their
cruel dispossessors, there is a lingering terror to appear and stand
with
guilt's shivering conviction, amidst the myriad ranks of accusing
spirits
that are sure to rise in their own fields at the final day of
resurrection
!
George Catlin circa 1832-1833
"The
fool does what makes himself feel good while
the wise man does what
makes him feel good about himself."
Amafo
Mexica
From a 1999 speech
by Subcommandante Marcos:
Apart from being
full of oil and uranium, the
problem
is that it is full of indigenous. And the indigenous, in addition to
not
speaking Spanish, do not want credit cards, they do not produce, they
are
involved in planting maize, beans, chile, coffee, and they think about
dancing to a marimba rather than using a computer. They are neither
consumers
nor producers. They are superfluous. And everything that is superfluous
is expendable. But they do not want to go, and they do not want to stop
being indigenous. There is more: their struggle is not to take over
power.
Their struggle is to be recognized as Indian peoples, that their right
to exist is recognized, without having to turn into other people.
But the problem is
that here, in the land that is at
war,
in zapatista territory, are the main indigenous cultures, there are the
languages and the largest oil deposits. There are the seven Indian
peoples
who participate in the EZLN, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Tojolabal, Chol, Zoque,
Mam and mestizos. This is the map of Chiapas: communities with an
indigenous
population and with oil, uranium and precious wood. For neoliberalism,
everything is merchandise, it is sold, it is exploited. And these
indigenous
come to say no, that the land is mother, it is the depository of
culture,
that history lives here, and the dead live here; absolutely absurd
things
that cannot be entered on any computer and that are not listed on a
stock
exchange. And there is no way to convince them to be good, to learn to
think right, they simply do not want to. They even rose up in arms.
On October 19, human rights
attorney
Digna Ochoa
from Mexico, was assassinated.
The justice system in Mexico does
not seem committed
to finding the roots of the
terrorism
directed at
environmental and civil rights
leaders.
It appears that Vincente Fox is
just one more,
in a long line of Conquistadors,
who talks sweet, but tastes
bitter.
Enrique Gomez writes:
The ELZN and Indigenous Nations of Mexico
have overwhelmingly rejected the government
amendments...
the fight goes on.
Visions
and spiritual messages that are truly representative of the Creator
leave
one with a feeling of peace, joy and exhilaration,
never
pride or arrogance.
The
correct expression should then be gratitude.
Malachi
Martin
I'll show you my kids, but my wife doesn't like this
cyberspace world, doesn't trust it's openness-
sooo- don't look for family albums or other personal info.Here
"Traditional people of Indian nations have interpreted the two roads
that
face the light-skinned race as the road to technology and the road to
spirituality.
We feel that the road to technology.... has led modern society to a
damaged
and seared earth. Could it be that the road to technology represents a
rush to destruction, and that the road to spirituality represents the
slower
path that the traditional native people have traveled and are now
seeking
again?
The earth is not scorched on this trail. The grass is still growing
there."
William Commanda, Canada, 1991
This page is
dedicated to the memory
of my friend and brother warrior-
whose sacrifices for all the People
should be honored
and
remembered...
ian once said:
Mexica 
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