Kris,
Beautifully written - words like these are never wasted!
Ronni
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deb...you are never alone on the red road sis...there are lots like us, brothers and sisters..and of course, not to sound maudlin, but our ancestors are always with us, supporting us in our journey...and dont forget Creator is with us too...our steps are guided even when we dont know it! if i had never come 2000 miles from Pa to Co. i would never have met the gramma who put me on the right path to the Lakota band Blackfeet, and not the Montana Blackfeet Nation...there will always be those that to them, we dont "look" indian enough! or we werent raised in the "traditional" culture...there are snobs in every culture it seems! too many people still romantisize indians...Indian people are like everyone else...there are the kind, those willing to help, and also on the other side of the coin, the rude, snobbish and unkind, ready to critisize...oh well...that is human nature, and we are all of the same human family...i had one native man jump alllllllll over me because i agreed with him that all of Mother Earth is our church...he really layed into me! called me a wannabe, and worse, and told me to go back to my own culture! well one of the gramma's happened to be standing there, and SHE was all over HIM! she really layed into him...she told him he was not only disrespectful to me, as his elder, ( i was old enough to be his grandma) but.....that it was bigots like him who turned all the old teachings around about helping people find thier heritage and instructing them in indian ways...the elders will all help you once they know you are sincere, no matter what race you are! he later came and reluctantly apologized to me...i dont think he was really sorry, but i accepted his apology...so you see...there will always be those who will treat you this way...the solution, as i was taught by the elders, is not to get mad or defensive...but to be kind to them...! .sooner or later anyone who has hatred or rasicm in their hearts will suffer the consequences..it is not up to us to teach them, but thier own hearts and Creator...
whew...sorry...didnt mean to preach! i just wanted to let you know that Creator knows who we are...our ancestors are with us, and WE in our hearts know exactly who we are...nuff said now...getting off my soapbox!
Kris
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