Many of us know this, and ways to by-pass the
oppression is via art in our experience, via
making-our-own-way, and as long as expressions of this
uniqueness that each of us are as individuals is
viable, then our spirits will remain strong. It is
the loss of creativity that is a warning that we are
losing ourselves to become robots simply following
orders of the cultural order. This leads to sickness,
a feeling for rebelliousness, alcoholism, depression,
loss of a sense of self, a feeling of isolation, and a
feeling of insanity, etc... Here is a quote by a
person named freelakotah:
"We innately react in Matriarchal ways, rather
than the paternal, mean, and terrible ways of the
Oppressor. Rather than truck bomb, we drink ourselves
to death. Rather than inflict our hurt and pain upon
the masses, we keep things predominantly to ourselves.
We react in ways of Affinity and Relatedness even in
the depths of our pain. It is because of our binding
ties to the very Roots of the Land.
Ahead is the road of Aboriginal Identity and Original
Lifeways. A path so introspective and personal it is
not yet widely chosen. This is the way to real
Sovereignty and renewed Strength. This is the route to
engaging the Syndemic Symptoms of Oppression. This is
a route not already constructed for us, but one
needing our nurturing, our dedication and our
patience. We must be the building blocks and the
mortar ourselves. This generation has to find the
ability to smell the wind and sense the changing of
the season. Our Youth outnumber us. Our Elders all
grew up in the boarding school period. Both
generations nearest the Great Mystery are calling to
us to solidly mark this road of Identity. If we do not
learn Sovereignty, we will be truly defeated as
Peoples and become simply another "American minority".
We are still early in the Period of Re-Awakening. We
are only beginning to Heal."
woods,
SA
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