And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: This I believe.... Ish &&&&& Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:01:00 -0500 From: *Noquisi* or Evergreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 'DIPITY What I was told last night What goes around comes around. The occupation military/government has been sowing the wind and will soon be reaping the whirlwind. And those of us Native people, descendants of the very peoples who were the earliest victims of the same occupation government, will reap the same whirlwind if we follow them down their road to doom. The spirits of our ancestors can protect us but so far. If we blindly follow the road of those who slaughter us, and justify it as they go after other non-White people, a severe price will be paid. This Yonega society has led us into a world of polluted air, water, food, a world of alcoholism, drug addiction and abuse of women and children. A million people fill our prisons, nearly that many fill the soup-kitchens and homeless shelters. Lynchings are happening with regularity. Our children are committing suicide because they don't want to live in this world. Many women must choose to end the life of an unborn child because times are just so hard. This is where the Yonega road has led us. Do not cheer for this road. Do not fight to force others upon this road. Last night the voices of our ancestors spoke to me. It was not Crazy Horse, or Sitting Bull, or Geronimo. I heard the voices of our ancestors, the ones whose names were not written and remembered. Our ancestors who walked the red road, and were cut down because they were Indians; because this occupation government wanted all that they had. It is their prayers, that have been a source of protection for us - and through us - for this whole Turtle Island. We are the seventh generation that they prayed would survive, as they left this life. Our ancestors made great sacrifices to keep us alive. Some went onto reservations. Some escaped reservations. Some hid who they were. Some rode and marched bravely against the Occupation Government that was trying to exterminate us. Some died, covering our great grandparents bodies with their own. I have heard that something is in the wind. If no differences can be found between our causes and the cause of the Occupation government, between our beliefs, and the beliefs of the Yonega society, that our children are forgotten while we risk our lives for the stealers of our country, that we will find ourselves standing outside of the protective circle. Noquisi Iga - Back To The Blanket Journal: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/BackToTheBlanket Heroine Mu Gui-Ying http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/7111 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`
