Hill & Holler Column

There's A Day Coming.........

“There are many differences between the races. Creator gave each their own direction on the Wheel of Life and Sacred duties to perform. And this was good and as it should be.

I don't know how many thousands of years People stayed put on their own lands and lived the way Creator intended before mankind realized there was something else beyond the horizon.

And because he just had to know what was out there,  man dared to plunge into the dark unknown and take great risks to see for himself if there were other People out there and what they were like.

The first explorers met People of different colors who lived different ways. They tasted new foods, attended ceremonies to honor gods whom they didn't know, and fell in love with foreign women.

Soon the world began to change. Traditional People tried desperately to hang onto their cultures but were powerless to stop the hordes of men who coveted wealth, claimed the land and enslaved the People in the name of their god.

After Christopher Columbus'  amazing "discovery" in 1492, the floodgates were thrown open and those who wanted land and wealth risked everything to set their feet upon the "Promised Land."The destruction of the culture of the  Original People began almost immediately and the repercussions of that act resonate today.

The differences between Traditional Peoples and those of "hybrid" greed based societies are far too great to expound upon here. But it makes me deeply sad and very angry when I hear that good People who only want to go back and live the way their Ancestors did, are being duped and cheated out of money and land by those pretending to be "Indians."

Having either no knowledge of Traditional Ways and Values, or no regard for anything but their own selfish greed,  self proclaimed "chiefs" form "tribes" and continue the legacy the white man cursed this continent with over 500 years ago. This is simply unforgiveable.

There are many liars and thieves out there right now who are guilty of this crime. I can name dozens of so called "tribes" and phony "Chiefs"who are victimizing the People every day. But I won't..... Not today I won't.

But be warned. There is a day coming when all of the guilty will answer for what they've done..... Maybe not to the law of the land, but they will pay the price.  The Ancestors are watching and they are very powerful - and very angry.”

Comments

[name with held]

you mean the rez right?

[Name withheld]

To tell you the truth, I didn't understand this blog entry or the one Thomas Wabnum had. Will somebody translate for this old country boy.

[name withheld]

Its not just you that can't understand Wabnum, its sounds like gibberish, to me too.