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Native American Elders</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">by <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Richard J. Boylan,
Ph.D.<br />
(C) 1997</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Blockquote" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>For four days in
mid-March, fifteen Native American Elders [1] assembled at a conference next to
the Western hub of the U.S. Military/Intelligence Complex. San Diego was
displaying Chamber of Commerce weather, with brilliant sunshine, warm days, and
nights cooled by ocean breezes The Indian teachers had come to finally
disclose, in simple yet compelling terms, long-held sacred knowledge about
past, present and upcoming contacts between their people and the Star Nations
(extraterrestrials). These are matters that the Office of Naval Intelligence,
several miles away, would consider classified Top Secret Ultra, Q Clearance,
above Level 10. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Joining the Native Elders at this Star Family Gathering
were fifteen other specialists [2], speaking from a non-Native perspective on
the changes in our society being wrought by growing awareness of expanding
human consciousness and of extraterrestrial visitation. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Also standing by "in the wings" were certain
extraterrestrials, invisibly monitoring this educational process. These Star
Nations emissaries signaled their presence by a daring daylight appearance of
their craft about 300 feet over San Diego Bay, between the conference hotel and
Coronado Island Naval Air Station, an appearance captured on Polaroid film by
Jose Fernandez, a speaker at the conference. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Because of limitations of space, and the physical
impossibility of covering all the Speakers, some of whom presented
concurrently, this report will present a representative summary. Native
Speakers will be presented, not necessarily in actual order of appearance at
the Conference. Non-Native Speakers, while substantive, are not included here,
since their remarks have been reported from other conferences. The reader
should not infer that either the Conference organizers or this writer
necessarily agree with every remark reported from this Conference. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>The Gathering was opened with traditional Sioux chanting
and smudging with cedar. Dakota spiritual advisor Standing Elk introduced two
traditional Elders, Looks For Buffalo/Floyd Hand (Lakota) and Galen Drapeau
(Dakota), who stood and prayed in their native tongue. After they had finished,
they announced in English that they had prayed in the energy of the Elk People,
"who are the Helpers of the Indian people." Standing Elk then
introduced the first Speaker, characterizing him as the most respected seer
among the Sioux. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>The thin, youthful Dakota mystic Wobleza, "Vision All
Over", shyly stepped to the microphone and began to teach. He told the
crowd that in 1981, the sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe was brought back
out from where it had been reverently and secretly stored. This was in response
to the many changes Wobleza was seeing. He talked of going to a sacred
visioning site to pray. There he heard Sitting Bull talk about how the people
are suffering, and that we are going into the Fifth World (total geophysical
and societal turnover). An Unce Maka (Grandmother) gave him a sacred stone from
an old Ghost dance site. Another woman seer came to him, saw the stone, and
said that the beige stone told of the world at the time of creation, (no
distinct colors). She said that it had seen all the rising and falling of civilizations.
Wobleza noted that the children now living will make the changes, as this
(Fourth) world transitions to the Fifth World. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>He told the legend of Rock Boy, who went on a spiritual
quest up on a mountain. Later he was met by the Spirit of the Plant People, who
taught him how the plants could meet with (be reverently harvested by) the
people. "When you come to harvest a little of the medicinal plant, being a
sacred gift, you only take a little." Rock Boy grew up to be a great
leader. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>The Dakota seer spoke of being in an Inipi (sweat lodge)
ceremony and seeing a large, silvery cylindrical UFO with lights along its
side. It came from the Buffalo Nation (the people of the Pleiades star system),
"who are our relatives and come here to check on us, and who loves
us." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>He explained that the Third World, (the era before the rise
of the present civilizations), was destroyed by flood. "People went to
higher ground to escape but drowned." One Indian maiden was taken by an
eagle to high ground to save her. Later the Indian people came to understand
that the "eagle" of the legend "was a flying saucer, which took
her to another planet, where she met other people." Of these, she became
pregnant and had twins, who became the restart of the Sioux people. Wobleza
said his sister, a Native Reader, was told by Spirit "to get ready for a
new world." He noted that their Prophecies tell of Earth's Changes. He said,
"Don't worry about Earth Changes. You'll live to have much work to do.
Tunkasila (Grandfather Spirit) will come and take away the water in the future.
There will be a Great Drought for many years. Over 50% of humans and other life
will die. There will be diseases because of the drought, (because) people
violate the spiritual laws against poisoning the water, and the Earth. We must pray
daily for our families that they are healed and strong, and also for the animal
families. The animal families went to Tunkasila to complain that the humans are
poisoning the Earth." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Wobleza stated that Little Elders will come in the children
now being born, who will suddenly talk early, to tell us what we need to hear.
"Sitting Bull predicted the world will go faster and faster, not paying
attention to their brothers and sisters. Slow down, then, and ground yourself
with Mother Earth. The Stone People are the ancient Wisdom Keepers: sit and
pray with them, and they can give you knowledge (of what they have witnessed).
The stones are like computers." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>He told of a buffalo standing on the bowl of the White
Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe. In each age (World) the buffalo loses a leg. After the
buffalo loses all four legs (as it has), it will lie down. When the White
Buffalo Calf Woman (the ancient Pleiadean extraterrestrial teacher who showed the
Sioux sacred ways, healing ceremonies, and future prophecies) departed, she
changed colors as she left: black, red, yellow, and white. The White Buffalo Calf
born several years ago went through the color changes in reverse: white,
yellow, red, and black. This signals that it is time for us to pray hard. When we
see another buffalo calf born who goes through the original color sequence,
"then we'll know that we did our work right," because it will be the
time of the Buffalo People's return from the Pleiades! <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Fernando Limarco, a Peruvian experiencer, spoke about the
extraterrestrial presence being part of our cosmic history. "We are an
answer to stellar hybridization, stellar shipwrecks, importation, and
deportation. We come from various places," he said. "Our role is to
return a new dynamic to those places of our origins." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Standing Elk introduced Cherokee teachers Pathfinder and
Silver Star, who spoke about their joint work in interpreting the symbols found
on panels of the UFO which crashed near Roswell, NM in 1947. They told of
getting guidance from the Elohim spirits who come in. Each symbol has a dual
interpretation: as a Universal Law and as a Spiritual Law. While it would be
too lengthy to recount their explanations of each symbol, I will provide some
comment excerpts. [3] <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Pathfinder noted: "These laws are encoded in our DNA
strands. These laws are the heart path. We are responsible for the vibration we
are living with, so bring in the light." He stated that the Pleiadeans are
the ones making the crop circles." And that "Andromedans, Pleiadeans,
Sirius, Orion, and Mera are the Landing Crew."<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>"Think of your chakras as a temple for the holy ones
who live within them: Quan Yin, Sophia, St. Germaine, Maitreya, Krishna,
Shanti, Emmanuel. The Sasquaihiton are coming down from the collapsing Fourth
Dimension, and will become visible in the Third Dimension. They had left
because our vibrations are too harsh [discord]. The Third Dimension is merging
with the Fifth Dimension; thus the Fourth Dimension is dissolving. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>"All the [self-destructive] karma from Atlantis and
Lemuria has been healed. Doing the Teachings is helping the Shift to the New
World. Living the Laws is helping the Shift. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>"Send the light from your heart of hearts to your
children and everyone. Everyone is telepathic. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>"The stones are wisdom-keepers. The plants are healers.
The Animals are helpers. Spirits are [those] who were here. Turtle Island
[North American continent] is the continent of teachers for the New World, so
we need to fast and pray. Some children's dysfunctions are because they haven't
grounded their spirit in this world yet. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>"The Pleiadean-Sirian-Lyran Alliance will move
Earthlings from Karma to Dharma, from "you did it, take the
consequences" to "you did it, but we forgive you anyway." Karma
is no more; but if you think it is, then it is, for you. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>"The Diamondback Rattlesnake (Quetzalcoatl/Kulkulkan)
says to invite him in to transmute the false DNA we have in us. Everyone can
become Christ, Quetzalcoatl, or Buddha, for they are way-showers. Be in balance
with the elemental beings of earth, air, water, fire, ether, manna, and
vibration." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Puerto Rican Jose Fernandez, of mixed Indian and Spanish
ancestry, who spoke from the cultural perspective of his deeply-Catholic
island. He spoke in Spanish, with a translation provided by UFO investigator
Giorgio Piacenza. Fernandez talked as an experiencer who has been asked to
represent an extraterrestrial command group, the Council of 22. He spoke of an
elliptical craft from Venus that took him up into a spaceship where the
Council was. Fernandez showed clear, close-up daytime slides of him being
lifted up [e.g., at 30-foot altitude] towards a spacecraft, and a follow-up
slide of him levitated right below a craft, with a white energy field around
him. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>He told of being contacted in 1991 by a figure he
recognized as Mary [Jesus's mother], who healed his left leg as well as his
dog's eye. The following year he was contacted by an extraterrestrial from
Mars, who was accompanied by a Bigfoot. Fernandez said: "Humans come from
67 different localities in the universe. Our body is but a hologram of what we
really are. The ETs are the Angels of Judgment mentioned in the Bible.
Comandante Elijah is in charge of planetary evacuations. He travels in a
bell-shaped craft." Fernandez showed a slide of that craft, as well as of
a discoid craft which he said hovered near a federal building in Miami on
August 6, 1996, and caused computers and cars to fail. He showed a photo of his
mother from Atlantis, whom he said: "lives at Level 11, in a dimension
where Jesus lives at Level 55." The photo showed a luminous female
humanoid figure floating above the ground. He told of being before the presence
of Jesus, whom he described as "a seven-foot-tall rugged man of rough
appearance." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Fernandez went on top say that extraterrestrial vehicles
move at the speed of thought. He showed another clear, close-up daytime photo
of a structured craft which he identified as a "SQ9 Orion" spaceship.
It was, he said, "completing a mission in Puerto Rico, transmuting
negative energy, using beacons of light built there. We need to prepare for
approaching bad times." During one visit by an extraterrestrial, he was
told that Puerto Rico would be spared destruction by three tropical storms.
That year there were three major hurricanes which came close to but did not strike
Puerto Rico. Fernandez built a seven-foot-high pyramid to avert a storm from
Puerto Rico, as directed. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Mayan Elder Grandmother Windrider revealed that previously
she had not been allowed to speak to white persons of the Mayan traditions kept
by the women. Her Mayan grandmother had to be hidden to be kept from being
killed by the Mexicans because of her power. Her father was Aztec, and taught
her "flying medicine" ways. Grandmother Windrider herself has had
threats on her life and cannot travel to Mexico. She said that the dolphins
have come to her family and saved them various times. But now "the
medicine arrives." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>"Extreme changes are taking place. The Wakened Ones
are listening." She predicted that our food preferences will change.
"Karma cleaning is over. Things are speeding up. Do not hold onto old
victim attachments." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>She noted that the Mayans, Toltecs and Olmecs [4] have a
tradition that this planet was designed by the extraterrestrials as a Club Med
Vacation which has everything, deserts, mountains, seas, etc. "It is no
longer time to pretend that we are not of extraterrestrial origin. "The
Gateways are starting to get into position to allow the celestial avatars in.
The women need to get together to do the work [of preparing for the transition
to the Fifth World]. Our male counterparts need to be healed of the [Fourth]
World they are in. We do not possess our children. We must practice
forgiveness. Pray for those walking on the Dark Side. Do not sit on the throne
of judgment. Unconditional love is practiced in all the galaxies. Pay attention
to the children and treat them with respect." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Next, Lakota elder Looks-For-Buffalo (Floyd Hand) shared
his visions and traditions. He told of the teaching that the Earth's races,
black, red, yellow, white, have all failed in their assigned tasks of caring
for the Earth. In the Native American tradition of the journey of life,
"the female is the doctoring of a plant, and the male is the foundation of
the plant. The woman is the supreme power in North America. The women will
congregate on [Turtle] Island." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Moving to the subject of extraterrestrials,
Looks-For-Buffalo said, "The Star People are already here. Jesus was a
Star Man." It was he who taught the Vision Quest. Back in 1948, his
grandparents told him that by the end of the century it will all come out in
the open. "The animals are getting nervous, telling us to prepare. Each of
us can bring the Star Beings in, but only with purity of heart and intention.
There will be man-made disasters, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc." The ETs
gave Looks-For-Buffalo the message that during 1997-1999 there will be famine,
and that a quarter of the Earth's population will die off. "When man
creates four-leggeds [starts cloning][5], then there will be the overturning."
He predicted that by 2021 we will be back to the 28-day, 13- month cycle. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Looks-For Buffalo ended his remarks with a moving statement
about how he is going to travel from the Conference to join Joe Chasing Horse
and Arvol Looking horse at the Yellowstone Park-Montana border to stop the
slaughter of buffalo by Montana militiamen, who are being slaughtered as they
migrate from Yellowstone Park into Montana looking for forage. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>At the Saturday Opening Prayer Ceremony, six medicine men,
Standing Elk, Looks-For- Buffalo, Galen Drapeau, Panther, Nestor Night Owl and
Wobleza, chanted prayer for the sacred Buffalo People. Then Galen Drapeau said
"It's time for the men to stand up for the Buffalo." He vowed to be
on the front lines, confronting the slaughterers of the buffalo. Handicapped
and able to walk only with a cane, he waved his cane and spoke with the
determination of his Plains warrior ancestors. "If I have to go down [die]
for the Buffalo, I will, and take down a few of the militia with me, for my
buffalo relatives." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Standing Elk spoke to the crowd about the White Buffalo in
the Sky [Native American constellation], which spans the Orion, Sirius and
Pleiades star systems. He noted that there are thousands of extraterrestrial
races in those star systems. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Apache medicine woman Kachinas Kutenai taught about the use
of traditional medicine herbs and their extraordinary powers, including
converting an HIV-positive patient to a condition where no Human
Immunodeficiency Virus could be detected. And with cancer she observed, "Herbs
and natural processes can help where chemotherapy and radiation do not." <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>She reiterated the ancient wisdom saying, to live each day
and order your actions, so that at the end of the day you can say, "It is
a good day to die." The Apache teacher went on to exhort, "Pray for
the Ozone Layer. Human beings are not better than the other species. The immune
systems of trees and plants are affected by the decline in the Ozone
Layer." She then reminded the audience of the scene from the movie Gandhi,
where a contrite Muslim who had killed a Hindu in religious conflict approached
Gandhi and asked what he could do to atone for his evil deed. Gandhi told him
to adopt a homeless orphan, and raise him Hindu. Kutenai noted, "There is
always a way to balance out your karma, to balance deeds with creative
deeds." She also said that we must practice cleanliness. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Blackfoot-Delaware teacher Nestor Night Owl spoke of his
personal journey through very difficult times and human failings until he
arrived at his spiritual calling. He summarized what he had learned by
enunciating his conviction that we must each operate from the guidance of our
heart-place. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>The final speaker I will report on, Dr. Steven Greer, is
not ordinarily thought of as Native American, although he revealed at the
Conference that he is one-quarter Cherokee. Because of that, and because of Dr.
Greer's extraordinary report presenting recent developments of global
significance, excerpts from his presentation are included. He disclosed plans
about an April, 1997 meeting with members of Congress and Congressional and
White House staff, to present testimony from a representative sample of the
more than eighty governmental, military and intelligence witnesses to UFO and
ET events. Dr. Greer told of learning during his 1993 briefing of the then-
Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) that that DCI had no access to
information on UFOs. The current DCI has access to such information. Dr. Greer
learned that one-third of the policy group controlling UFO information, variously
known as MJ-12 and PI-40, wish public disclosure of UFO reality, while the rest
do not support such initiative. He also talked to the Administrative Assistant
to the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, who said that the Federal Reserve
had no problem with the emergence of ET-derived technology. Dr. Greer said that
the military aide who briefed President Eisenhower on UFO evidence and
developments said that Eisenhower was angry, because he was being shut out of
the loop about "black technology", reverse-engineered from captured
extraterrestrial devices. [6] <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Dr. Greer also said that the hot UFO area is not Area 51 in
Nevada, but rather a remote area in Utah not accessible by road. He recounted a
meeting with a four-star General on the Joint Chiefs of Staff who traced UFOs
within the Department of Defense structure, and named the DoD entities involved
in UFO matters. This General admitted that he hadn't been briefed previously,
because those in charge of UFO matters had deemed that he did not have a "need
to know"! Eight National Security insiders, including Navy and Air Force
intelligence officers, told Dr. Greer that Star Wars weapons were being used to
destroy UFOs approaching Earth. The clandestine organization maintaining UFO
secrecy has also engaged in cloning experiments. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>The CSETI Director said the ETs are working in areas of
volcanic instability, trying to stabilize these areas of the Earth. He also
announced that Larry King and other media persons have said that they will help
with a civilian public media event involving disclosure of UFO reality and
extraterrestrial contact. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Blockquote" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b>(c) 1997 </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="Blockquote" style="text-align: center;"><b>ENDNOTES</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1. Presenters included:
Standing Elk (Dakota), Floyd Hand/Looks For Buffalo (Lakota), Wablesa (Lakota),
Galen Drapeau (Dakota), Panther (Choctaw), Pathfinder (Cherokee/ Apache),
Silver Star (Cherokee), Kachinas Kutenai (Apache), Scout Cloud Lee, Ed.D.
(Seminole), Mary Thunder (Metis), Monica Medicine Wind, Grandmother Wind Rider
(Mayan), Nestor Night Owl (Blackfoot/Delaware), Jose Fernandez (Puerto Rico),
and Dr. Steven Greer (Cherokee/Metis) of CSETI. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2. Dr. Richard Boylan, Dr.
Truman Wong (Pine Ridge), NATO/SHAPE Command Sergeant-Major Robert Dean, Lee
Shargel (NASA), Chet Snow, Angela Brown- Miller, Ph.D., LCSW, Alex Collier,
Bettye Binder, Marilyn Carlson, CHT (Yellow Hand), Paula Peterson, Lewis Martin
and Erica Snyder, Jeanette Matacia, Tom Scere and Star Sparks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3. A book, presenting and
deciphering the various Star Nation symbols and the Laws they represent is
coming out soon, has been authored by Standing Elk, with Pathfinder and Silver
Star. It will be published by Truth Seeker Foundation (800) 321-9054, ext. 200.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4. These are three ancient
Indian civilizations in an area we know as Mexico. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5. This Spring the news
media carried prominent stories about successful experiments of cloning sheep.
Currently (5/97), the Clinton Administration is recruiting a Director of the
Federal Bioethics Office. The successful candidate must be prepared to develop
policy directives on the cloning of human beings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Blockquote"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6. Examples of such
back-engineered extraterrestrial technology include antigravity- propulsion
"copycat" UFOs, zero-point energy devices, and advanced fibre-optic
applications. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<br />natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-2410577364102632472022-12-31T14:59:00.000-05:002022-12-31T14:59:25.851-05:00Why do we need organized Religion?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavKgHlXvZGRmvYnZaUnPNi5Xdv8xLDMgiSs7qCn7zLmDcyDf-y-a8l3-hTPZkuwpyn1fIWbJJb7ZTF9du6yCBd8mkgbBROLXDz3VdVR_rfCcWzSkj73E6CJQBkd_ITFkHqHFn9EjdZL6gREm80PxFQfnPlXDhg41mWrx-sGXBqgJHyaD-bPCYtVYq/s450/The-Problem-with-Organized-Religion__v943x396__.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavKgHlXvZGRmvYnZaUnPNi5Xdv8xLDMgiSs7qCn7zLmDcyDf-y-a8l3-hTPZkuwpyn1fIWbJJb7ZTF9du6yCBd8mkgbBROLXDz3VdVR_rfCcWzSkj73E6CJQBkd_ITFkHqHFn9EjdZL6gREm80PxFQfnPlXDhg41mWrx-sGXBqgJHyaD-bPCYtVYq/w320-h320/The-Problem-with-Organized-Religion__v943x396__.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #ebefef; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ebefef; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The point I am trying to get through is all of this was done by human beings, NOT GOD! Therefore, prone to error or opinion of the copiers or the scroll writers. It takes nothing to make an "and" into an "or" and destroy the original intent of the writing. You all have seen the nonsense that comes out in all media, newspapers, news sources, social media etc., enough to make an intelligent man very doubtful of all written sources. Then if you sit through enough sermons like I have you will notice various non-sequential errors in the pastors so called teaching with intent or not, it can throw the original intent into the scrap pile. Then put together what the pastor or priest has experienced in life, you suddenly question how does this guy know, he has not experienced life like you or me? I realize one needs Faith to put all this together in a meaningful life, but you do not need some other fool telling you how to live. All 10 commandments are built into us at birth, and it becomes our responsibility to make sure we don't go destroy them with bad behavior. Eh! Finally - GOD is not somewhere in the Sky looking down on you judging your bad behavior, GOD IS inside you, instructing your every move. If you screw up, GOD will correct you. That's Life...</span></p></blockquote>natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-61557347758881039422022-06-19T13:14:00.004-05:002022-06-20T13:09:22.408-05:00A Talk of Elders - Pt 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnHOaC2lZOMfyqH7AKQTPXmLYQlBxKxhxPR-219-mz9Dv8h8Luqz0C41NVtSrd13gWbsojmj7k6fPSzlf9x0xORTJuAcFYXyJVBzamowqMljWNfr4iM5bW-qizVuPuKjgaWPw6f_pQVOXue9YKNLW6cxgtZuECnvi9CsJxPmqv6pynU5nkCcPyGAU/s419/250holyman.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="287" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnHOaC2lZOMfyqH7AKQTPXmLYQlBxKxhxPR-219-mz9Dv8h8Luqz0C41NVtSrd13gWbsojmj7k6fPSzlf9x0xORTJuAcFYXyJVBzamowqMljWNfr4iM5bW-qizVuPuKjgaWPw6f_pQVOXue9YKNLW6cxgtZuECnvi9CsJxPmqv6pynU5nkCcPyGAU/s320/250holyman.png" width="219" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h4 align="left" class="western" style="break-before: page; page-break-before: always;">
Our Elders in the Sacred - Part 2</h4>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Some years
ago, I was intent upon finding my Native roots. As my native family
migrated back East in search of work, they eventually settled in New
England. I was born in Laconia, New Hampshire. As a child, I never
had an opportunity to know my native roots. In fact, my family, like
so many people of native or mixed blood in those days took extra
measures to cover-up their native blood. I was raised in my younger
years, with little knowledge of my ancestors except when I visited my
Great Grandmother who was a full blood Seneca, in western New York
State on the Oil Springs Reservation. </p><p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> My Great
Grandmother was an elder in every sense of the word. She had a
spiritual glow that shined through a very tough and untouchable
exterior, that I know now was a fabrication in order to fend off the
hurts of life. Even as young as I was I can remember two distinct
characteristics about her. She smoked a corncob pipe continuously,
and her presence dominated the whole place where she was. She
actually burned her charisma into your soul. She was serious about
life and lived in a way that did not take away from, but added to the
beauty of her surroundings. She believed in cleanliness and living in
an uncluttered environment. She had meager possessions, but she had
all that she needed. When I sat on her lap, no matter how chilly it
was outside, I immediately became warm, comfortable and at ease.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">As a boy,
I had the unique experience of living in two very different worlds,
depending upon whether I lived with my grandmother or when I lived
with my mother. On the one hand, I lived in abject poverty and on the
other I lived in a well to do environment. This time worked out to be
about half and half so I acquired a different perspective on life as
compared to most of my peers. During the poverty days, I lived on
top of a mountain in Eastern New York, with little to eat, little to
do and depended upon my own resources to escape a home environment,
which was intolerable at best. I had a very close, spiritual
relationship with Creator and blamed Him for everything negative in
my life, which pretty much turned out to be anytime, I was not with
my Grandmother.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">During the
time I lived with my mother, I knew two old hermits who shared our
mountain with us and lived about a mile up the dirt road from where
we had our home. These old men lived across the road from each other;
about 1/10 th of a mile apart and yet never to my knowledge even
exchanged a glance at the other. It was as if they were living on two
side by side planes of existence, neither one aware of the other.
Yet I knew that they were fully aware of each other, because when I
visited one the other would become jealous and even more reclusive.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">These two
old hermits were a lesson in opposites, except for one very similar
trait. They were both uniquely tidy and fastidiously clean. They both
cleaned everything they owned, every day from the time they got up
until the time they went to sleep. Everything had it’s place, even
the labels of their food goods had to be facing out and everything
had to be in a uniform organizational pattern of military conformity.
What amazed me about these fellows cleanliness the most was during
the winter when we would get a new snowfall. Each one would shovel
their walkway to exact specification that would rival the levelness
of a bricklayer. Then they would put their shovels away on their
designated hanging hooks along the outside, back wall of their cabin
and proceed to sweep the area just shoveled with a broom assigned for
that particular task. They swept until almost every granule of snow
was removed and there was no possibility that there would be any
tracking of snow into the house.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">One my
favorite and looked forward to experiences during that time in my
life was going to talk to these old hermits. I think they looked
forward to my coming as much as I did. I also knew that they felt
some empathy for what I was experiencing in my home life and were
providing a sanctuary for me to come to when things would get rough
at home. I liked them both intensely and of course, during that
period I was not sure why, but as I look back often upon those times
I understand how much presence they had in the sacred.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">These old
men spent much time in meditation, although I doubt they could relate
to their time alone in silence as a meditation, that in fact is what
that is. During that time, they were completely in tune with Creation
and All That Is. When I would come to them they usually new I was
hurting and needed a place to feel safe and they would talk to me for
hours about life and what I could and could not expect from it. They
talked a lot about the wrongs done to them and taught me how to avoid
the pitfalls. (You would think I would have learned something from
such wonderful teachers.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Solitude</b></i>
– The thing I did not understand about these two hermits was their
choice to remain in solitude, completely alone and coping with their
own inner voices. I can tell you from experience that this place of
aloneness has, as it’s major pitfall the consequence of loneliness.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Solitude
leaves us little choice but to look at Self from a very introspective
plane. It forces us to choose to SEE what is good and what needs
improvement in our quest to become complete spiritual beings. What is
more, the choice of solitude shuts out those external entities which
are so hard to trust, and refocuses the energy to the untrusting
inner self. This then becomes a magnifying glass and is a “See All”
of the internal weaknesses and strengths of self. Unless of course,
one has chosen solitude as a hide away from life and still chooses to
see through the cloud of denial.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> It is a
choice of a wise person to spend at least some time, during various
periods in a lifetime in introspection and solitude. Most of us,
however, go to great lengths to avoid this place. Most of us regard
this place of seclusion, as a place to be feared and avoided at all
cost, even if it means stealing the personal power of another in
order to circumvent it. If you think is an idle comment, look around
you at how many people you are acquainted with who are not happy
unless they are in control of all those whom they come in contact
with. Under this perceived control, they think they can feel secure
and never have to face the incredibly hard job we call LIFE.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I have a
very good friend (myself) who has now, because of circumstance or
because spirit has directed it, chosen to remain within the solitude.
I will stay here until I am directed otherwise! I have spent the most
of my existence up until now attempting to avoid spirits directive to
look within, all for the same reasons as everyone else shuns it.
However, I have been thrown here repeatedly, only to see the fear and
attempt to run from it. At this point in my life, I have finally
chosen to stay here in isolation because of the incredibly
destructive path that was placed before me at the hands of others who
thought they saw something in me that they felt was lacking in them
and attempted to claim it as their own. I choose to stay here,
because they very nearly succeeded, because the energy expense is too
great, and because after all this time, I am realizing that within my
solitude, lays my Awakening.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I know
some of you are wondering why this sharing of such personal
information about experiences with life. Many would consider these
things as “In the closet, never to see the light of day except in
the presence of a Therapist, information”. I do not feel that way;
my attitude is that nothing is too personal. If anyone can help
someone else follow a little easier path by others having suffered
through the pain and mistakes, then so be it. Traditionally, my
Native Elders (Grandfathers and Grandmothers), teach by example and I
will be the first to acknowledge the effectiveness of this type of
healing.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The
Awakening I find is happening a little bit at a time, as I peel back
the layers of corruption that has been learned from a society
decidedly out of balance with itself. I guess one could relate the
clearing of perception as a peeling of the union, layer by layer
until we get to the inner core we call Heart. I am not there yet, but
I can say this most assuredly that my relationship to self and to
spirit is becoming solid and defined. I no longer need to be in the
presence of others in order to feel whole. I still feel lonely,
however, but I understand that no man is an island and to be
completely healthy, we all need to be able to share our deep love
with another being.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<h4 align="left" class="western">The Respect of the Grandfathers –</h4>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">A few
years ago, I was fortunate enough to be in Standoff, Alberta Ca.
during Treaty Seven Days. This is a time of coming together of the
Indigenous People of Canada to plan for times ahead. (More info may
be found on the Internet at <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.treaty7.org/"><span lang="en-US">http://www.treaty7.org/</span></a></u></span>).
This was the first time I was to experience Treaty7, and one of my
first exposures to reservation life among my own people. Oh yes I
have been around native people quite a bit, however that experience
was with Eastern People who are in many ways different from the
Plains People. I thoroughly enjoy being with both cultures, however
there is a distinct difference that one notices in the interaction. I
attribute many of those differences to the isolation of the Plains
People as opposed to the Eastern People who have more opportunity to
be in the mainstream of the dominant society of today.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I arrived
at the Red Crow College in Standoff, which is where the meeting was
being held. I was amazed at the number of people there and the
camaraderie that was happening between them. It seemed that everyone
knew everyone, which was ever more apparent when I arrived, because
no one knew me. Everyone checked me out thoroughly and seemed to
deduce that I was there under peaceful skies and then went about
their talk. I asked if I would be permitted in the meeting hall and
was asked who I was. I told them I was looking for my relations there
and was interested in what was going on. They accepted me at my word
and asked me in. Just then, everything became very quiet and all
activity came to a halt. I turn around and looked back through the
entrance way and observed a very old man in what appeared to be
threadbare clothes being helped out of the passenger side of a sedan.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Without
exception, all of the onlookers immediately became quiet and turned
their attention to this old person who seemed at best to be of
limited means. Then one by one as the old man passed, each person
greeted him by name and presented him with a pleasantry of one sort
or another. When he had finally passed through the door to the
auditorium, the conversation return to the previous din before the
old one arrived.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">All sorts
of thoughts were racing through my mind. Who was this old person? Was
he a chief or a holy man or someone whom the tribe looked to for
guidance? I noticed my physical reaction to the energy of this
occurrence. It all seemed so familiar, and yet I had no frame of
reference in this lifetime to compare with such an occasion. I
noticed the intensely warm thrill that swept through me and this
happening unfolded and can remember thinking, “surely this person
was a very special person, even though he seemed to be very poor…”
In retrospect, I have reflected upon the weakness of my own reaction
to this, only relating to the material in how I judged the situation.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Then an
even more profound energy came into my awareness, as another elder
arrived, in much the same situation as the first old man. This person
was an old woman. Everyone once again grew quiet, and one by one paid
their respects to this elder woman. I reacted in the same way, both
physically and mentally and then became aware of the Spirit of this
old person and how present it seemed to be. It seemed the Auric
energy surrounding this person fully encompassed the whole physical
boundaries of the Red Crow College. Powerful and yet peaceful, not
focused upon anything in particular but fully there in beautiful
harmony.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It seemed
as if all of the participants in this gathering were gaining in
strength and harmony as each elder arrived. The same ritual of
respect was paid to each as they arrived. The energy became less and
less spurious as time passed before the beginning of the meeting. All
of the individual energy’s that usually make up a gathering such as
this was beginning to meld into one whole energy, with one intent and
a genuine concern for the welfare of each individual there. There
seemed to be no hierarchy of importance, all were equal and defined
as a piece of the whole and none there seemed intent upon gaining
attention at the expense of someone else.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Today my
heart is full of questions and a pain which is not my own
particularly but that is felt by many, many individuals in this
society. It is very apparent to me that the people in Standoff are
living according to the teachings of Creator (Api-stoh-toh-ki), while
the rest of us live by the teachings of those who have the most
money. My People, the Blackfeet know the priorities of life and they
do not lie in the material realm. They have a deep respect for the
babies, and the Grandparents. They know that all are very close to
Creator and can SEE to the other side. One is coming and one is
going, but the energy is the same.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">We in
mainstream society are trapped by our own base perceptions of where
we think we need to be in order to be whole. The problem with this
pursuit is that it is fraught with the frustration of never getting
to where we think we need to be. As this daily frustration continues
to hang on, we become increasingly desperate to satisfy the need. We
start to slip a bit in our own moral code, where a particular action
was considered unacceptable in the past, now is given more grey area.
“Maybe it will be ok to hurt my neighbor this one time if it gets
me to where I need to be!” “Just this once, won’t hurt anybody
if I do it or allow it this once time!”
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">We find if
there are no apparent consequences to our actions, we continue to
slip farther and deeper into a morass of non-moral actions and all at
once these once unacceptable behaviors are now acceptable and a part
of normal life. Until we get to a point in our existence, where it is
considered acceptable for instance, for a president of our country
violate the trust of the people with his own version of
self-determined morality. This is just one indicator of the “satisfy
my needs – immediately” attitude in this society that has other
people from diverse cultures around the world, so anti-United States.
Why do other societies feel this way? If we satisfy our needs at all
costs, it usually is at the expense of some other less fortunate
entities whether it be an individual or a whole culture. One such,
being the true Natives of this land. Let us consider (those of you
who know the traditions of Native People), how these same actions,
committed in a tribal environment would have been dealt with.</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Without
question, a person who committed and anti-societal act would have
been immediately stripped of any office if they held one. He/she
would have at the very least been shunned or banned from all
encounters with members of their community. They would be in essence
blacklisted with all other tribes, as the word would be spread of
their deeds. In extreme cases, they would be put to death. The result
of these actions is that illicit, antisocial deeds were almost
non-existent among tribal communities. The consequence of the actions
was immediate and sweeping and was the best deterrent to immoral
acts. There were no pedophiles in tribal communities…
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In the
case of a broken relationship where there were children involved? The
situation was quite different from what is seen in present day social
circles. The children were not just children of the couple but were
considered children of the community and thus were never allowed to
be pawns in a dual between two unreasonable partners in a broken
relationship. When these breaks occurred, if there was seen a use of
the children to get what was wanted the children were simply removed
from the care of either party and went to live with a relative. The
couple was not allowed contact with the children until their issues
were resolved.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<h4 align="left" class="western">"If today I had a young mind to
direct, to start on the journey of life, and I was faced with the
duty of choosing between the natural way of my forefathers and that
of the... present way of civilization, I would, for its welfare,
unhesitatingly set that child's feet in the path of my
forefathers. I would raise him to be an Indian!"</h4>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Neither
individual of a failing relationship was allowed to feel they were
alone and without help. The whole tribe would be involved in the
resolution of the issues and whatever the whole tribe determined as
the correct measures to take was the rule. If the resolution was not
unanimous then the issue would remain on the table until it was.
There could be no unresolved issues in the community. The beauty of
these methods was that no one was in a position of feeling as if they
were being dealt with unfairly and none was alone in their pain. The
whole tribe shared in it and was there to lean on in times of sadness
and hurt.
</p>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<h4 align="left" class="western">Out of the Indian approach to life
there came a great freedom, an intense and
</h4>
<h4 align="left" class="western">Absorbing respect for life,
enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth,
</h4>
<p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>Honesty,
generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations.</b></i></p><p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p align="left" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b>To Be Continued</b></i></p>natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-32428216255749901912021-07-08T19:41:00.002-05:002021-07-08T19:41:57.974-05:00Living the Spiritual Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD1vivq4fNTcJeY-pjyGxJAmPQ-DuQxEME7jxaWBPRoHsXoNXZ37WN0EFBJKU-A-Fwb1mIGrjkqJ2D_SemaB3_l-myheu-G_yqf4XXR3eICQhV9-gUsgbHB-wBYiqfQCB3R-VzJadG-U/s1000/living_the_spiritual_life.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD1vivq4fNTcJeY-pjyGxJAmPQ-DuQxEME7jxaWBPRoHsXoNXZ37WN0EFBJKU-A-Fwb1mIGrjkqJ2D_SemaB3_l-myheu-G_yqf4XXR3eICQhV9-gUsgbHB-wBYiqfQCB3R-VzJadG-U/s320/living_the_spiritual_life.jpg" width="320" /></a><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">What I see mostly on these Social Media sites is one political opinion after another. These do nothing but frustrate and do nothing to help quantify your life. So I thought I would share my life experience and hopefully, it will help some of you.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">So I have spent a great deal of time studying The Spiritual life of various cultures around the world and there is a common thread through all of them. That being the Creator. I have come to a place in my mind about the Truth of him and where exactly is this Great Spirit who in reality does very little to preserve and guide life. IE. Your story, my story, other people's struggle through life, and the most concerning issue are millions of babies' lives cut short through abortion. People who do this are Murderers, where is your Loving GOD through all this?</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">Does not make sense unless one looks closely at our Higher Self which resides just above us but outside our body. Now here's the mystery, why do miracles happen to some people and not others? Why as we go farther into the future we see fewer and fewer miracles and wonderful healing stories? Conclusion! Selfish Self-serving religions tell you you're a sinner at birth and if you're of one religion or another but not theirs you're the devil's helper. What this does is Shut you down as someone who believes in themselves so wholeheartedly that a miracle could never happen.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">So I have studied Shamanism, Buddhism, HUNA - Hawaiian Native Spiritual Tradition, and Native American Spirituality and in all of these systems, they are not taught that you are with sin, that the only way you can help yourself is to pray to an invisible GOD who resides above you but out of reach. What you are taught is to be kind to yourself and all other life forms on this planet. You are taught to help others as much as you can and to know that all Life is precious. You also are taught HOW to Help Yourself.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">There is NO Jesus Christ that’s coming back to take you away from all this. This should be apparent after thousands of years of absence if even He truly existed at all. All this does is deceive and hold you in the absence of life.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">You and I and many other folks are Warriors and we have been given difficult lives for various reasons. Some Karma for things we have done in past lives, things in this life that are hard to bear through no fault of our own. ( IE chosen a mate who does not fit, or ungrateful children who it was questionable at best to have had them in the first place.)</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">We can be our own worst enemies because we are taught to be needy. It is through all this that I have concluded the most sensible opinion that within each of us is the Creator. HE resides within each one of us. HE is also within every life form on the planet. If that statement causes you to rebel, then you might want to check your EGO at the door. Humans are NOT the End All.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">If you study HUNA at some point you will be taught that there are Three Selves. One of those selves is the Aumakua who is the higher self or Creator. I believe this is the answer to that question of where is the Creator? He's right there beside you as a part of you. Of course, all religions will go crazy if you announce this to them. The only way they can hold sway over you is to make you think you're unworthy and scare the shit out of you with a pronouncement of going to Hell if you don't follow them. How can any reasonable person even validate a religion that promises you martyr-ism and 73 virgins if you simply go and kill as many people as you can? How stupid do you have to be, don’t the 73 Virgins have a say in this?</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">We use only 10% of our Brains normally, at times we use much more and at those times we see miracles appear. So I have given you a lot to process and I only hope it's not too much. But believe this, all your troubles were given you so that you could grow, not to defeat you. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">Waatowa Pistoto,</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: start;">Two Feathers - Elder<br />AKA - Grant Redhawk<br />Kainaiwa - Blackfoot Nation</p></div>natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-56327150065008317672019-12-20T12:24:00.003-05:002020-10-27T15:10:18.890-05:00A Talk of Elders - A Loss of the Sacred
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By Grant Redhawk – AKA Two Feathers</h2>
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Oki Ni-Kso-Ko-Wa,</div>
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Today we embark on a new and broad category of study. In a
Talk of Elders lies a multitude of learning opportunities from knowledge
available to all of us. I must say very early on that I am only a channel (I
use that term very loosely), of that wisdom, not the wisdom keeper. I only Wish
I knew how to integrate all that is taught to me in my practical life. If I did
I would be so peaceful, I would have no need to strike these keys :) I must
confess that I am like my Spirit friend the Red-tail, only a messenger. </div>
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What I hope to accomplish is a short, bite size insight of
how much we are interconnected with all other beings of this universe. I hope
to give you insights as to how much we really are responsible for each other.
To show you the sacredness of your own path, and how to recognize the
sacredness of all other beings. How to integrate that sacredness back into a
sadly lacking society of even the knowledge of the sacred. Most don’t know the
true feeling of Sacredness simply because they have not had the opportunity to
experience it. </div>
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We know there is sacredness, because of one very special
characteristic of Native People whose energy permeates this Turtle Island. When
we are around them, we sense something different about them. An extra energy
that has been bred out of the rest of society. Not all of them have this energy
as many have followed paths contrary to their culture. But the majority who
have not strayed from Original Teachings have this special energy of
Sacredness. </div>
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In Blackfoot<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we have
a special name for these folks: We call them NIIT-SI-TAPI – The Real People.</div>
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How does one know the difference between what is and is not
sacred? See how this works!</div>
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Go into a tobacco shop and purchase a simple pipe for
personal use. Or better yet make it with your own hands so that it has YOUR
energy in it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you were to use this
pipe for ordinary smoking, there would be nothing sacred in the act.</div>
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However, we can then take this same pipe; cleanse it with
sage, cedar and sweet grass. Fill it with specially prepared tobacco mix or
Native Kinni-Kinnick , all the while giving Creator, the Grandfathers and the
seven directions thanks for all that we have. We can then smoke the Pipe
offering it and the smoke to the ancestors, directions and Creator. Then the
pipe is sacred! Sacred energy is created when we do this. It is sacred when we
create healing energy for the earth and its beings and give thanks for what we
have. </div>
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Normally we would not use this same pipe in an ordinary way
again. As soon as that happened it would no longer be sacred. The next time we
attempted to make this same pipe sacred, we would not succeed. The first time,
was because we intended to bring sacredness into our lives, so the conversion
was allowed. The next time would be seen as manipulating our sacredness, not
respecting it. We would not be given a second chance with this pipe. In
addition, the next time we wished to smoke the pipe in a sacred way we would
have to purchase or make it with the intent to use it in a sacred way.</div>
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In many other lands, greed and self-interest are not taught;
rather the children learn to walk the sacred paths of their ancestors. We in
our almighty readiness to judge have determined that because these people
believe differently than we do that truly they are second and third class
sub-humans. As was the case when the first white man set foot upon our shore
and viewed the specter of half-naked Natives who knew nothing of land
ownership. These same Real People who put their own families at risk during
those first harsh winters, so that their brother the white man would not starve
were so summarily destroyed in the years that followed because “anyone who
would put themselves at risk for total strangers” MUST have hidden agendas. </div>
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If one thinks that, “surely we have grown from these
attitudes in the last 300 years that our spiritual growth and intelligence has
matured to a point far beyond that which would destroy a friend because of
fear!” Then explain why we are still fighting the same wars! How can anyone
conceive of doing to us that which destroyed more than 6000 people at one time?
I.e. World Trade Center destruction!</div>
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“If we study the reactions and reasons of those that despise
us, we can learn a lot about ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If instead we hate those that despise us, we set in motion the wheels of
our own destruction. “– Two Feathers</div>
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When was the last time you have knelt to pray five times a
day to your GOD?</div>
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We have seen many people trade their sacred path for a piece
of the “Cash Cow”. They have walked away from their own sacredness to follow in
the path’s of those whom they see as better off than themselves. If they see
someone with a new SUV and they have a Ford Focus, they have been taught by our
twisted society to be ashamed of that Ford Focus. They then go buy an SUV and
perpetuate the greed and the myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
they see someone with a new home out in the suburbs and they live in a trailer,
they see themselves as something less than equal to those who appear to be more
fortunate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then their focus shifts from
a path of following white to a path of following green. They have sold their
soul’s for perceived moments of bliss, which lasts only until their friends
down the street buy a castle. They are no longer in a sacred place.</div>
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We see many people in divorce because they don’t want to
deal with a difficult partner. They are taught by our society to see divorce
and quitting as acceptable. This is the great denial of a society filled with
the process of unawareness. If society accepts this behavior from others, it
sets everyone up to easily walk away from accountability just in case the going
gets a little rough for them. We have bastardized the sacred teachings of our
Elders to fulfill the selfish cravings of a society collapsing upon itself. The
prophesy of the Ghost Dance by Wavoka it seems may be coming true after all. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“Then medicine men tell
Indians to send word to all Indians to keep up dancing and the good time will
come. Indians who don't dance, who don't believe in the word, will grow little,
just about a foot high, and stay that way. Some of them will be turned into
wood and be burned in fire. “</span></div>
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It is seen as OK to deny the sacredness of the path that
Creator has put us on in the coming together in love. Creator put us together
in love and in the spirit of His beauty way. This is a Sacred gift, from
Creator to be treasured and cherished and held to ones heart. There are always
more reasons for the uniting of two than just a relationship, and it is a wise
person who realizes that growth never is easy and the growth of relationship is
no exception. When we question Creators wisdom in what He has done, we are in
effect putting ourselves above His teaching. We all realize the terror that a
dysfunctional relationship can bring, however to walk away is indolence and a
failure to use the intellect Creator gave us to solve difficult problems. If
you loved a person once, you still do no matter what curtains you raise between
you and them. You can free the love within, again by simply putting more effort
into resolving the issues than you have up until now. No problem is
unsolvable….</div>
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Stephen Butterfield, Tricycle: The Buddhist<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Review, Vol. 1, #4 </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Buddhist challenge to conventional Western </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>notions of
spirituality illuminates the way we set flesh </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and spirit
at war with each other. In Buddhism there is </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>no original
sin. Although noticing how we express our </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sexuality
can certainly lead to an awareness of right </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>conduct,
the flesh is not regarded as representing a </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>corruption
or punishment of any kind, nor as an </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>obstacle to
the attainment of enlightenment. The root </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of human
suffering is not sin, but our confusion about </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ego. We
suffer because we believe in the existence of </div>
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individual self. This belief splits the world into "I" </div>
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These questions can be debated repeatedly:</div>
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What about the battered spouse? Then of course the
relationship should end! What about infidelity? Then of course the relationship
should end! What about entering a relationship using false premises, which feed
our self-interest at the expense of the person one decides to prey upon? Then
of course the relationship should end. What about falling out of love? The
bigger question would be, “why did you fall out of love? “ There are many
instances like this when the relationship should end! In all instances one or
both in the relationship have lost their sacred path, they have not fulfilled
their responsibility to each other to stay in love and stay in the intended
energy that Creator provided. A sobering fact of leaving a relationship in this
way is the intended healing of the relationship has been broken necessitating a
repeat of the experience further on in the soul’s journey!</div>
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Review, Vol. V, #1</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are not
innocent children victimized by a big bad</div>
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our world is big and bad, we made it that</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>way. This is what the
Buddha taught. The "other" is</div>
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boogeyman, the projection of our own fears</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>onto a
terrifying object of our imagination, which in</div>
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terrorizes us. Our ignorance is not seeing that we</div>
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other. We cannot afford to confuse innocence</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with this
ignorance. Violence is not a permanent,</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>immutable,
fixed object. It is a state of mind, an</div>
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of ignorance, with no more solid substance</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>than a cloud. We cannot make a
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>violence.
Even protecting ourselves from it fuels its</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>boogeyman
existence. But the Buddha taught that we</div>
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good news: that there is a</div>
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alleviate suffering by freeing our minds from</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>greed,
anger, and ignorance. Yet until we apprehend</div>
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which we are Oklahoma City, the bombs</div>
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baby bears, the victims and the violators, we</div>
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continue to blame "them," all the while</div>
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innocence and evading our</div>
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Coming together in a love relationship is one of the most
Sacred experiences one has in life. From the High feelings of exuberant energy,
to the loss of appetite for food which is replaced by an unquenchable thirst to
make love repeatedly. The incredible loneliness, one feels when they are not in
the presence of their love partner is a direct correlation to the sacred gift
that Creator has bestowed upon both. What other experience in life is so
powerful as a true love relationship? I can think of only one other that
matches this and that is to participate in the birth of a new child. Why in
heavens name after experiencing this “Beauty Way” that Creator has given you,
would you not fight tooth and nail to maintain it? What has gone out of us as a
society that we would not take a stance against the failure of such
relationships of our brothers and sisters, and step in and help to resolve the
disharmony. Such things were common in my own experience of my Native
relatives.</div>
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Kornfield, A Path with Heart</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The basic
precepts are not passive. They can actively</div>
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compassionate heart in our life. Not killing</div>
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into a reverence for life, a protective caring</div>
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who share life with us. Not</div>
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can become the basis for a wise ecology,</div>
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the limited resources of the earth and</div>
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</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>actively seeking ways
to live and work that share our</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>blessings
worldwide. From this spirit can come a life of</div>
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healing simplicity. Out of not lying we can</div>
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our most intimate relations can also become</div>
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joy, and tenderness. Out of not</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>abusing
intoxicants or becoming heedless, we can</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>develop a
spirit that seeks to live in the most awake</div>
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conscious manner in all circumstances.</div>
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precepts are a practice. Then they become a</div>
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and finally they become a joy. When our</div>
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awakened, they spontaneously illuminate our</div>
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This brings us to an area of contention that weighs heavily
on those who have meditated frequently on the sacredness of life. In native
family, there is no one more sacred than children and the elderly. Children
have just entered into the great circle of life, are unspoiled by society, and
have not yet been taught to covet earthly desires. They only know the purity of
that which they have come from. The elderly are in final preparation to
complete the Circle and rejoin the ancestors from whence they have traveled.
They indeed are walking with sacred energy. If we could only SEE…..</div>
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White Smoke, look can you hear it? - Michael Hull</h4>
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child is more tolerated than revered. The quantity and quality of attention
given to children is directly proportional to their cuteness or how much
attention their parents or relatives may glean by being seen as the “doting
parent/relative”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There seems to be no
awareness of the sacredness of their new arrival upon our plane of existence. A
problem child stands no chance of attaining the same quality of love as one who
appears to be more developed. Therefore, they are surreptitiously dumped into a
“special class” which is equivalent to being given one last chance to acquire
our society’s expectation of them or else they will be forever relegated to a
cage of hopelessness. I often wonder if any of the so-called saviors of our
children, give any thought to the psychological, long-term damage done to a
child who has to undergo “special class stigma”! In my experience of problem
children, I being one of them, all that most of them need is a little less
Ritalin and lot more extra love and patience!</div>
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Sending our children to public school is a crap shoot at
best and I for one am very uncomfortable at the thought of entrusting my
child’s safety to say nothing of their education to a total stranger in today’s
society of kooks, junkies and hypocrites. What does that say of us when we are
so callus with Creators gifts to us? I understand the pressure is intense to
conform to society’s dictates and customs but these are the same mindsets that
so willingly accepted the kidnapping of Native American Children to such
schools as the Carlisle Indian school in Pennsylvania. These schools were
created for the express intent of genocide of the Native American Race.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know many people
out there do not want to acknowledge that there is any difference between what
went on in the genocidal schools and the intent of other infamous figures in
history who believed in a superior race, but the fact remains that it happened
in this country. The fact remains that it is still happening in this country on
many reservations where the Native people are not yet convinced that only they
can make their lives different. The government has attempted to destroy the
Native People. Why? </div>
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The Native People are a financial burden and an
embarrassment to the Federal government. Much of Native land sits on rich
mineral reserves, which public and private concerns would love to get their
hands on. How did the entire imbalance in the Native circles start? Because you
(Native People) allowed yourselves to be convinced that, the spiritual path of
Europeans was acceptable for you to adopt. If creator wanted you to follow that
path, he would have given it to you in a spiritual way, not by forcing it down
your throats by men of greed and self-interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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What has all this resulted in on the reservations?
Alcoholism, high unemployment, low self esteem, sub-standard living conditions,
low life expectancy, poor health and a dependence on the public dole. What do
we think our ancestors are thinking about what we have allowed ourselves to
become? What do we think they are saying to us now? I believe I know. They are
saying, “take control of our lives back from these non-connected people”. They
are saying “resolve our issues amongst ourselves, only then will we regain the
pride in self that is so necessary to SEE clearly”. They are saying, “go back
into the Sacred”.</div>
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The grave mistake that Native people made and still are
making is that they believe that because the Europeans have superior material
goods, that their religion must be superior as well. When in truth if they
stayed true to their own spiritual path, they would know that they do not need
the material products to make their lives complete. If in fact, the non-native
people found fulfillment in their spiritual beliefs there would be little
reason to strive for material goods to provide them with a false sense of
accomplishment. </div>
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Look back through the True religions of history and one will
find that the people who found perfect peace in their spiritual lives found
little need for the material things in life. Native people, go back to your
true paths, the one that has been provided for your survival and well being,
thousands of years ago. There is a reason for that path on this Turtle Island. </div>
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Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness, edited by Sidney Piburn</div>
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understanding of the true nature of happiness,</div>
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fear and suspicion within oneself. Such</div>
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beings. Here, love means wishing that all</div>
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of openness and trust that provides the</div>
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I know this has not much to do with Native issues at least on the surface.
However if allowed to happen – I think would be the end of any resistance by
Native folks.<br />
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I first posted this on my Facebook page and am now expanding coverage because
I thinks deserves the widest dissemination in the USA.<br />
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I actually don't know how many people get to read my posts. I have a strong
inkling that it is not many given the offensive comments of Truth I make against
idiotic Democrats who have no idea what patriotism entails and Facebook itself
who censors comments from folks it disagrees with. However if you have any idea
that you could love this country "IF". I would suggest you listen to Kate
Hopkins speech as she gives a synopsis of what has happened to Great Britain
since they have fallen prey to the influx of Muslims and their ilk. If you think
you would rather not have that fate foisted upon the USA you need to hear
this.<br />
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natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-24710693586700616632017-02-16T14:16:00.000-05:002020-01-18T14:03:39.258-05:00Thing About Skins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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‘Who’s Your People?’ A Note About Real Indians and Native Identity</h3>
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Thing About Skins: An award-winning Canadian author you should know</h4>
<a href="https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/author/gyasi-ross/">Gyasi Ross</a> • January 9, 2017 <br />
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Probably 8 years ago, a good friend of mine named “Chad” told me that ‘Native identity’ is going to be the biggest and most contentious issue in the future. I disagreed with him. I believed (and still do, to a large degree) that many Native nations were on the precipice of moving more toward a “nationhood” regime where blood quantum <em>wasn’t </em>the primary consideration of citizenship. I believe that, at some point in the near future, Native nations are going to publicly acknowledge that an <em>ethnically homogenous </em>populace is not required to be a nation. Instead, you need a certain level of common values, common language(s), and common goals. <br />
I still think that’s gonna happen—Indigenous people will work together (as we saw in Standing Rock) because of common values and common goals. Standing Rock showed us that when Indigenous people work together because of common goals and values, irrespective of tribal or ethnic difference, we can change move mountains (and pipelines). <br />
However, we’re not out of the “identity” era yet. <br />
For those of you folks who do not know who Joseph Boyden is, he’s an award-winning Canadian author who has written some pretty amazing works. As a writer, I admire him and wish I could write like him. He’s written with incredible passion, accuracy and insight about topics such as residential schools. He’s <em>probably </em>partially responsible for the Canadian government and so many non-Native Canadians learning some level of empathy and understanding about the residential schools’ horrible, horrible history. That’s powerful—he’s been an advocate, no doubt. Problem is that he’s always represented himself as a writer of Aboriginal descent although the particular “Aboriginal descent” has been a bit fluid. At times, evidently, he has said it was Metis. Sometimes Cree. Sometimes Micmac. <br />
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) recently did a pretty exhaustive examination of Boyden’s Indigenous bonafides and they found out that there were none. <em>If </em>what they are saying is true, there <em>is </em>no middle ground for him to be partially right. <em>If </em>what APTN says is true, he is a liar, a jive turkey, a huckster, at least at it concerns his lineage. <br />
I don’t know if what they found <em>is </em>true. It sounds like they covered their bases and I certainly respect their journalism. But I’m not sure. <br />
What I <em>do </em>know is that regardless of whether or not Boyden truly comes from Indigenous blood, he is an incredible writer. Whether or not he’s Indigenous has zero to do with that. He writes largely Native subject matter and maybe that gave him a bit more of a “hook”—an Indigenous descendant writing about Indigenous topics. Maybe that makes him more marketable. I don’t know. I do know that there is a long history of non-Native storytellers telling Native stories (books, movies, television) and those were oftentimes successful without that Indigenous “hook.” So who knows? <br />
I don’t know the answers. As I get older, I realize that I know less and less of the identity answers. I remember last year someone accused me of not being a “real Indian.” My first impulse was to brush it off or to get defensive, but then I thought about it a bit more. I thought, “Hey, maybe that’s correct.” I realized, I don’t even know what a “real Indian” is. Like, if I were writing a mathematical formula to create a 100% “real Indian,” I don’t know what that formula would look like. Certainly biology is a part of the equation. But how much? 50%? 63%? But certainly biology cannot be all of it, I don’t think. How important is membership in a particular Native nation? That one is likewise tricky; there are full-bloods who are not enrolled in any particular Nation for a host of reasons. Conversely, there are Nations that require a member to only be a descendant of an enrolled member to be enrolled themselves. Therefore, would an enrolled person who is 1/16<sup>th </sup>Indigenous blood biologically be more of a “real Indian” than a unenrolled person who is 4/4<sup>th</sup> Indigenous blood biologically? <br />
I don’t know. <br />
What about language? For me, I speak my language laughably bad. Yet, language conveys a particular people’s values and worldview. So can I <em>really</em> be a real Blackfeet—no matter what my biological makeup and/or enrollment status—if I don’t speak our language? Geography is likewise important. With so many sites with historical value, import and sacredness, how “real” can we be without consistently being in the land of our people? <br />
So what’s the equation? 25% biology + 25% membership + 25% language + 25% geography = a 100% “real Native?” Hmmmmm…what about wearing your hair down and looking stoic? Extra points? Geez, I used to be so certain. <br />
So back to Joseph Boyden…I simply don’t know. I wish he would answer his critics because I don’t think, in any event, the relationship between Natives and Joseph Boyden should be over. I’m pretty sure of just a few things though. Here they are: <br />
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<li>Yet just because a person chooses to identify as a particular thing does not mean that they <em>are </em>that thing. g., If I want to be and choose to identify myself as a three-toed sloth, cool. Still, there’s still a strong chance that I probably am <em>not </em>a three-toed sloth. </li>
<li>People have an absolute right to identify as whatever they want. </li>
<li>Also, whether or not I have a <em>right </em>to identify as whatever I want, it’s just kinda <em>weird </em>to act like a sloth when I’m not. Or a Mongolian. Or a Mexican. Or a Native. We have a right to, but why? </li>
<li>Although we can identify however we want, people have every right in the world to question that identification, and particularly: </li>
<li>If a person identifies as having Indigenous ancestry (or black or Mongolian or Pakistani) <u>and</u> that identification with a particular community becomes a large part of their professional/money-making schtick, it is absolutely fair for members of that community to question them about that ancestry. </li>
<li>At the same time it’s <em>okay</em> to identify with a community that you’re not a member of, it’s also okay <em>not </em>to have a professional/money-making angle to it. I <em>think</em> a reason why these stories come out (Rachel Dolezal, Ward Churchill) because these folks seem to want to push themselves to the forefront of leadership and make money off of their identification. </li>
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Ultimately, there are no easy answers. But I personally don’t think these so-called “fraud” moments are the worst things in the world. But to quote Tlingit writer Ishmael Hope, “…it’s about accountability. He just hasn’t been accountable to Native people in many ways, with having so much trouble answering the simple question of “who’s your people” just being one of them.” <br />
I think “who’s your people” is a perfectly fair question and <em>should be </em>answered. What do you all think? <br />
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Gyasi Ross, “Thing About Skins,” Editor at Large <br />
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Blackfeet Nation/Suquamish Territories <br />
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<br />
December 29, 2012 marks the 122nd Anniversary of the murder of <br />
297 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian <br />
Reservation in South Dakota. These 297 people, in their winter camp, <br />
were murdered by federal agents and members of the 7th Cavalry who <br />
had come to confiscate their firearms ?for their own safety and <br />
protection?. The slaughter began after the majority of the Sioux had <br />
peacefully turned in their firearms. The Calvary began shooting, and <br />
managed to wipe out the entire camp. 200 of the 297 victims were <br />
women and children. About 40 members of the 7th Cavalry were killed, <br />
but over half of them were victims of fratricide from the Hotchkiss <br />
guns of their overzealous comrades-in-arms. Twenty members of the <br />
7th Cavalry's death squad, were deemed ?National Heroes? and were <br />
awarded the Medal of Honor for their acts of [cowardice] heroism.<br />
<br />
We hear very little of Wounded Knee today. It is usually not <br />
mentioned in our history classes or books. What little that does <br />
exist about Wounded Knee is normally a sanitized ?Official <br />
Government Explanation?. And there are several historically <br />
inaccurate depictions of the events leading up to the massacre, <br />
which appear in movie scripts and are not the least bit <br />
representative of the actual events that took place that day.<br />
<br />
Wounded Knee was among the first federally backed gun confiscation <br />
attempts in United States history. It ended in the senseless murder <br />
of 297 people.<br />
<br />
Before you jump on the emotionally charged bandwagon for gun- <br />
control, take a moment to reflect on the real purpose of the Second <br />
Amendment, the right of the people to take up arms in defense of <br />
themselves, their families, and property in the face of invading <br />
armies or an oppressive government. The argument that the Second <br />
Amendment only applies to hunting and target shooting is asinine. <br />
When the United States Constitution was drafted, ?hunting? was an <br />
everyday chore carried out by men and women to put meat on the table <br />
each night, and ?target shooting? was an unheard of concept. Musket <br />
balls were a precious commodity and were certainly not wasted on ? <br />
target shooting?. The Second Amendment was written by people who <br />
fled oppressive and tyrannical regimes in Europe, and it refers to <br />
the right of American citizens to be armed for defensive purposes, <br />
should such tyranny arise in the United States.<br />
<br />
As time goes forward, the average citizen in the United States <br />
continually loses little chunks of personal freedom or ?liberty?. <br />
Far too many times, unjust gun control bills were passed and signed <br />
into law under the guise of ?for your safety? or ?for protection?. <br />
The Patriot Act signed into law by G.W. Bush, was expanded and <br />
continues under Barack Obama. It is just one of many examples of <br />
American citizens being stripped of their rights and privacy for ? <br />
safety?. Now, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is on the table, and <br />
will, most likely be attacked to facilitate the path for the removal <br />
of our firearms, all in the name of ?our safety?.<br />
<br />
Before any American citizen blindly accepts whatever new firearms <br />
legislation that is about to be doled out, they should stop and <br />
think about something for just one minute-<br />
Evil does exist in our world. It always has and always will. <br />
Throughout history evil people have committed evil acts. In the <br />
Bible one of the first stories is that of Cain killing Abel. We can <br />
not legislate ?evil? into extinction. Good people will abide by the <br />
law, and the criminal element will always find a way around it.<br />
<br />
Evil exists all around us, but looking back at the historical record <br />
of the past 200 years, across the globe, where is ?evil? and ? <br />
malevolence? most often found? In the hands of those with the power, <br />
the governments. That greatest human tragedies on record and the <br />
largest loss of innocent human life can be attributed to <br />
governments. Who do the governments always target? ?Scapegoats? and ? <br />
enemies? within their own borders?but only after they have been <br />
disarmed to the point where they are no longer a threat. Ask any <br />
Native American, and they will tell you it was inferior technology <br />
and lack of arms that contributed to their demise. Ask any Armenian <br />
why it was so easy for the Turks to exterminate millions of them, <br />
and they will answer ?We were disarmed before it happened?. Ask any <br />
Jew what Hitler?s first step prior to the mass murders of the <br />
Holocaust was- confiscation of firearms from the people.<br />
<br />
Wounded Knee is the prime example of why the Second Amendment <br />
exists, and why we should vehemently resist any attempts to infringe <br />
on our Rights to Bear Arms. Without the Second Amendment we will be <br />
totally stripped of any ability to defend ourselves and our <br />
families. Jeffrey E.<br />
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John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a Native
American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was
the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of
Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During
most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian
Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<br />
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After his pregnant
wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a
suspicious fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to
writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in three films in
the 1990s. The documentary Trudell (2005) was made about him and his
life as an activist and artist.<br />
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I know Europeans think with different brain synapse that don't quite
connect, but if you can. Imagine 1000's of Indian children being
forcibly removed from their homes and taken to a distant school whose
goal is to turn the Red man into a White man.<br />
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The children were
punished for using their native language and forced to learn
Christianity in the face of the freedom of their Tribal Spirituality.
Idiots assume these children were less than human and treated them as
such.<br />
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T<span class="text_exposed_show">hese memories do not go away and serve to separate and beget animosity even today! </span><br />
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It is time for the white/blacks to acknowledge that <span style="color: red;">RED LIVES MATTER</span> and should be at the forefront of Societal debate today.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Little Running Deer writes<br />
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The Ojibwa Indian “midewiwan” befriended an English couple who settled in
Northern Ontario, Canada, at the turn of the century. The couple and other
prospectors had come to the region hoping to get rich in the forested
wilderness where the Ojibwa still lived according to traditional Native
American ways.</span></div>
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The prospector’s wife developed a hard mass in her breast. When the Ojibwa
healer heard of the woman’s condition, he offered a remedy that had been passed
down by “the grandfathers.”<br />
He told the woman and her husband that the remedy was “a holy drink that would
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Skeptical, the couple traveled to Toronto where the mass was diagnosed as
breast cancer. The doctors urged immediate removal of the breast. The two were
afraid and had no money for the operation, so they returned to the frontier, where
the Ojibwa midewiwan prepared a brew. It is the Ojibwa expression for healer or
medicine man.</span></div>
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The Englishwoman was to drink the brew two times a day until, as the story is
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Twenty years later, a 33-year-old nurse in a small provincial Ontario hospital
met this Englishwoman. The woman’s breast was scarred where the cancerous mass
had been. When the country nurse inquired, the old Englishwoman told her how
her breast cancer had been cured by the Ojibwa medicine man.</span></div>
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The nurse was Rene Caisse. She kept notes of the herbs that the Englishwoman
told her were used in the brew. Her notes were put away and forgotten until
Rene Caisse’s aunt developed cancer of the stomach and liver. The aunt’ s
condition was terminal. Nurse Caisse consulted the attending physician, who
said that trying the herbs could do no harm since the aunt was condemned to die
from the cancer.</span></div>
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Her aunt recovered after two months of treatment with the herbal cure and lived
20 more years. This began rural nurse Rene Caisse’s lifelong devotion to
treating and curing patients with terminal cancer at no charge—only the
satisfaction of bringing condemned cancer victims back to life. The Ojibwa
medicine man’s cure was never accepted by the medical establishment. Nurse Rene
Caisse began what became a 60-year struggle to have the herbal mixture
clinically tested and administered as a treatment for cancer.<br />
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The herbal brew that has been passed down contains ingredients well known for
their curative properties. Sheep Sorrel has been used in healing poultices from
earliest times. It was recorded in use in 1475 in Iceland for boils and tumors.</span></div>
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The extracts of sheep sorrel are rich in vitamins A, B, C, O, E, K., P,
carotenoids, chlorophyll, and minerals. Japanese researchers at Nagoya
University found burdock root to reduce cell mutation, and Hungarian scientists
found it to adversely affect tumor growth. Chinese medicine has used burdock
root for thousands of years as a blood purifier rich in vitamins B, E, P and
many minerals.</span></div>
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Slippery elm bark contains mucilage and has been used to prevent and cure
inflammation of membranes and to contribute to healing when used externally on
wounds by having antimicrobial and antibiotic effects.</span></div>
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Rhubarb root was reported in Chinese medicine in 220 B.C. as a healing
medication to remove toxins from the blood and small intestines. Rhein,
contained in rhubarb root, has been shown by Japanese scientists at the
Oriental Medicine Research center in Tokyo to inhibit the growth of harmful
bacteria in the intestines.</span></div>
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To understand how a cancer cure works, it is important to understand how cancer
begins and acts in the human body.</span></div>
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“The basic premise of all this is the change which occurs in the body caused by
things that do not belong to the body,” Dr. Brij Sood, M.D., a veteran cancer
surgeon and former clinical director of Radiation Oncology at the Einstein
hospitals said.</span></div>
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Cancer cures witnessed by the late nurse Rene Caisse and Dr. Charles A. Brusch
as well as others who have used the Ojibwa Indian’s brew, prove its healing
properties have conquered cancer. The Ojibwa Indian herbal tea is a natural
cure that does no harm. “The first insult to the cell is by an initiator. Then
there are promoters that change the cell into cancer. That’s how science sees
it,” Dr. Sood explained. “When change is initiated by environmental or dietary
factors, then the next step is promotion. Tobacco, alcohol, ultra violet rays
can alter the cell, and the cell responds by doing just what it wants to do as
the body’s immune system is altered and the body’s response is altered,” Dr.
Sood added. Describing the genetic factor in cancer, Dr. Sood explained: “There
are expressive genes and suppressive genes. Suppressive genes may be absent in
some people. Consider them the police. When the police are absent, genes which
otherwise would have kept quiet grow. How it happens is a mystery. “In a
person’s lifetime, certain things are done to the body so that the normal
healthy way of living is not there anymore; the suppressor gene is gone and
cancer cells grow. In Indian language, as Don Cardinal expressed it, they want
to put the whole body in harmony, put the body where it belongs, acting in
perfect physiological balance,” Dr. Sood said.</span></div>
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Don Cardinal, a Cree medicine man from Canada, believes the herbal blend of
sheep sorrel, burdock root, slippery elm bark, and rhubarb root are keys to the
treatment of cancer. Don Cardinal is known as Kiweeten, or Healer of the North.
“There are two more herbs that have been secretly guarded and held back when
the original ingredients were passed down,” Don Cardinal said. {Those herbs are
thought to be bloodroot and cleavers.} When asked by Dr. Brij Sood, M.D., then
clinical director of the Department of Radiation Oncology of the Montifiore
Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, whether he knew the precise
ingredients of the original Ojibwa brew, the Cree medicine man replied that he
did. The additional ingredients help the main herbs interact and provide
healing for the body,” Cardinal said. “It is important that the herbs are mixed
in the correct proportions,” he said, describing the spiritual importance he
placed on using nature’s bounty in the right way. “When I pick
the herbs myself, I always say a prayer and make my offering of tobacco
to say thank you to the Creator for giving us these herbs,” he said.“Even when
I do not gather the herbs myself, when I buy them, in case those who gathered
them did not offer thanks, I always say a prayer and make an offering before I
use them,” the Cree healer said. He shows respect in a spiritual way that is
the essence of Native American healing and medicine.</span></div>
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“Chemotherapy kills good and bad cells. Herbs may strengthen the strong
elements of the body so that the body’s defenses can take over the cancer,” Dr.
Sood said. “How herbs affect it is beyond the scientific community to explain.
They may strengthen the body’s immune system.”<br />
This doctor with 30-years experience in treating cancer patients spoke openly
and inquisitively. He listened carefully to the Cree medicine man describe, in
almost the same language originally used by the Ojibwa healer, the Indian
herbal drink that acted as a detoxifier: “a holy drink that purified the body.”<br />
<br />
<br />
Chemotherapy can cause cancer cells to grow!<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/shock-study-chemotherapy-backfire-cancer-worse-triggering-tumor-growth-article-1.1129897" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/shock-study-chemotherapy-backfire-cancer-worse-triggering-tumor-growth-article-1.1129897</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2184277/Chemotherapy-encourage-cancer-growth.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2184277/Chemotherapy-encourage-cancer-growth.html</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cancer.net/survivorship/long-term-side-effects-cancer-treatment" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.cancer.net/survivorship/long-term-side-effects-cancer-treatment</span></a><br />
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These herbs may cause an increase in cells at first in the tumor area but then
the cancer cells break down and are reduced. The tumor will harden at first and
then soften and then dissolve. I know of someone who watched chunks of the
cancer tumor come out in his urine using this. Don Cardinal would not have
suggested it if he thought it would only increase cancer cells. Naturopath
Doctors would not be using it if they thought it would only increase cancer
cells. There are a large number of testimonials.<br />
<br />
Dr. Mike Thrasher head of native studies at Trent University in Ontario. He
taught the PhD Native Studies program at Trent University in Peterborough,
Ontario and worked in his Native community for more than 25 years on health
issues. He said on Essiac<br />
<br />
The original rhubarb available to the INDIANS was the correct one to use.
Availability of herbs is NOT the prime criteria for choice of herbs in Indian
medicine, the right and correct plant is. This is not to say the formula cannot
be improved, simply that the original First Nation master of this herbal remedy
knew and understood it completely.<br />
<br />
<br />
Peg Ghost Dancer Wene writes<br />
<br />
As to your questions about the rhubarb there is basically no difference between
the two of them as far as potency goes.<br />
<br />
<br />
Dr. M. Martin ND writes<br />
<br />
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Essiac and Type 2 Diabetes<br />
<br />
<br />
The four-herb tea was really good. As a matter of fact we had to put a
warning in there. People who were on insulin that were taking the tea
needed to monitor their blood sugar because sometimes the pancreas would kick
back in, but not all the time it would. Let’s say, for instance, the
person had been on insulin for fifteen years. The chances of the pancreas
kicking back in are going to be a lot slimmer than if a person has just come
down with diabetes. Any time we give it to a diabetic patient we have to
make sure that they watch their sugar because if their sugar drops down they
don’t need to be taking their massive doses of their drugs. The tea did
in fact make very radical improvements in some people that were type two
diabetics. We’ve had people come off the insulin with the Essiac, but
those are people who are very strict about not eating sugar. The problem
with diabetics is that they go to their doctor and the doctor tells them
that they’re diabetic and they give them insulin shots and they go home and eat
their Twinkies. They continue to eat sugar, that’s where the problem is.
They’ve got to stop eating sugar. And the people that will quit
eating sugar, change their diet and then work with the tea and some other
supplements like vanadium (they found that vanadium is deficient in diabetics),
they can reverse it. But they can’t reverse it if they won’t change their
diet. Dr. Banting, a co-discover of insulin, also found a correlation
between Essiac, insulin, and the pancreas.<br />
<br />
If they do have to take the tea with an arthritic condition, we recommend that
they just add in a calcium supplement, that’s all. Because an arthritic
condition is an acidic condition and the oxalic acid makes it a little bit
acidic. Essiac can aggravate it a little bit, but it’s not harmful.
People report that they’re a little stiffer, so we supplement calcium and we
don’t have a problem with the stiffness. The calcium counterbalances that.
That’s what an arthritic condition is, the body is not getting enough
calcium and is pulling calcium from the bones. So you have to supplement
calcium and then you don’t have a problem, unless it’s an arthritic condition
caused by infection. There’s a couple different causes, but most common
is lack of calcium.”<br />
<br />
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Essiac and Cancer<br />
<br />
<br />
"The research showed Sheep Sorrel, the most acidic ingredient at pH 4.5,
to be the one herb that had a directly destructive effect on cancerous cells.
<br />
<br />
It was discovered that one of the most dramatic effects of taking this remedy
was its affinity for drawing all the cancer cells which had spread back to the
original site at which point the tumor would first harden, then later it would
soften, until it vanished altogether or more realistically, the tumor would
decrease in size to where it could then be surgically removed with minimal
complications.<br />
<br />
In certain cases and at certain stages of the disease, the cancer would act as
if it were 'coming to a head', similar to an abscess. It would then break down
and slough away. When the mass breaks, it isn't like pus but like a
cottage cheese substance that comes away. Still other types will enlarge
until the mass is localized, then loosen and reduce in size until there is
nothing left, having been absorbed into and carried off by the blood stream and
body waste.<br />
<br />
No matter where the malignancy may be in the human body, surgery would be much
more successful after six to eight treatments of Essiac, followed by further
treatments once a week after the operation for a period of three months; then
there would be no recurrence of the tumor. In the case of breast cancers,
the primary growth will usually invade the mammary gland of the opposite breast
or the auxilla (armpit), or both. Essiac reduced the secondary growth into the
primary mass, enlarging it for a time. When it became localized, it was
encapsulated and could then be removed without danger of recurrence. In
one instance, a patient with breast cancer was instructed by her doctor to have
six Essiac treatments before undergoing surgery. After the fifth treatment,
however, the cancer disappeared, with no recurrence.<br />
<br />
It is very important to use the dosage as recommended. The herbs are very
potent, and in particular Sheep Sorrel can have the effect of enlarging the
tumor too quickly, so that it may burst, or a vital organ may be blocked
because of its increase in size. Sometimes the tumors will soften,
dissolve into small pieces and be eliminated through the bowel or the urinary
tract. Cancer growths in the breast have been known to become encapsulated
within six weeks to three months, and can then be removed surgically with
little danger of metastasising in the future. Cancers of the esophagus
have also become encapsulated and removed cleanly and safely by surgery.<br />
<br />
The following reactions may occur when treating cancer with Essiac:<br />
<br />
a) swelling--occurs when metastasized cells gather into the primary tumor
{increase of cells in the tumor area}<br />
<br />
b) cottage cheese effect--resembling curds and clear liquid, occurs as the
cancer breaks up and discharges from either the body orifices or from localized
cysts or swellings. A jelly-like substance can also be discharged or
coughed up from the lungs.<br />
<br />
c) More frequent passing of urine/defecation and other inexplicable
discharges--occurring as the body detoxifies. If the symptoms are severe,
with related nausea and pain, stop taking the formula for a few days until all
the symptoms have subsided. When you start drinking it again, take half
an ounce every other day, gradually resuming the original dosage. Remember
that all diseases have a life cycle and a rhythm of their own, so follow your
own judgement according to what your body is telling you about the dosage it
needs.<br />
<br />
d) Aching 'on site' and headaches, linked to the detoxification process, have
been noted as sometimes occurring when taking Essiac after surgery. Treat
as for (c) and drink more water to flush out toxins from the body.<br />
<br />
e) Fever or chills--sometimes occurring when the Essiac starts working directly
on the cancerous cells." (Essiac Facts)<br />
<br />
A Naturopath or healer will work with you through the process and also help
with diet changes and other health concerns you may have. I would prefer to go
this non-toxic route along with IV Vitamin C therapy, Mistletoe therapy and/or
cannabis which is legal for cancer treatment and a sound cancer diet. There is
a reason why Don Cardinal was not a fan of toxic chemotherapy and neither am I.
Cancer treatment should always be a personal choice. Cate Crow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://natalk.blogspot.com/2010/05/essiac-natures-cure-for-cancer.html" target="_blank" title="Essiac: Nature's Cure for Cancer"><span style="color: blue;">Essiac: Nature's Cure for Cancer</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://natalk.blogspot.com/2010/05/essiac-natures-cure-for-cancer.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">natalk.blogspot.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Note: While this article states that
Essiac has been in use since 1922 - in actuality it has been in use for many
hundreds of years by the Native community of this country. - Two Feathers An
Interview with Dr Gary Glum by Eli...</span></div>
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natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-27330956683048877112015-07-29T10:17:00.003-05:002015-07-29T10:18:10.610-05:00First Nation Lands<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Long road winding began in the stars,<br /> spilled onto the mountain tops,<br /> was carried in the snow to the streams,<br /> to the rivers, to the ocean…<br /> It covers Canada, Alaska, America,<br /> Mexico to Guatemala,<br /> and keeps winding around the indigenous.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The Red Road is a circle of people <br /> standing hand in hand,<br /> people in this world, people between<br /> people in the Spirit world.<br /> star people, animal people, stone people,<br /> river people, tree people…<br /> The Sacred Hoop.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> To walk the Red Road <br /> is to know sacrifice, suffering. <br /> It is to understand humility.<br /> It is the ability to stand naked before God<br /> in all things for your wrong doings,<br /> for your lack of strength,<br /> for your uncompassionate way,<br /> for your arrogance - because to walk <br /> the Red Road, you always know<br /> you can do better. And you know,<br /> when you do good things,<br /> it is through the Creator, and you are grateful.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> To walk the Red Road<br /> is to know you stand on equal ground<br /> with all living things. It is to know that<br /> because you were born human,<br /> it gives you superiority over nothing.<br /> It is to know that every creation carries a Spirit,<br /> and the river knows more than you do,<br /> the mountains know more than you do,<br /> the stone people know more than you do,<br /> the trees know more than you do,<br /> the wind is wiser than you are,<br /> and animal people carry wisdom.<br /> You can learn from every one of them,<br /> because they have something you don’t:<br /> They are void of evil thoughts.<br /> They wish vengeance on no one, they seek Justice.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> To Walk the Red Road,<br /> you have God given rights,<br /> you have the right to pray,<br /> you have the right to dance,<br /> you have the right to think,<br /> you have the right to protect,<br /> you have the right to know Mother,<br /> you have the right to dream,<br /> you have the right to vision,<br /> you have the right to teach,<br /> you have the right to learn,<br /> you have a right to grieve,<br /> you have a right to happiness,<br /> you have the right to fix the wrongs,<br /> you have the right to truth,<br /> you have a right to the Spirit World.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> To Walk the Red Road<br /> is to know your Ancestors,<br /> to call to them for assistance…<br /> It is to know that there is good medicine,<br /> and there is bad medicine…<br /> It is to know that Evil exists,<br /> but is cowardly as it is often in disguise.<br /> It is to know there are evil spirits<br /> who are in constant watch<br /> for a way to gain strength for themselves<br /> at the expense of you.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> To Walk the Red Road,<br /> you have less fear of being wrong,<br /> because you know that life is a journey,<br /> a continuous circle, a sacred hoop.<br /> Mistakes will be made,<br /> and mistakes can be corrected <br /> if you will be humble,<br /> for if you cannot be humble,<br /> you will never know<br /> when you have made a mistake.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> If you walk the Red Road,<br /> you know that every sorrow<br /> leads to a better understanding,<br /> every horror cannot be explained,<br /> but can offer growth.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> To Walk the Red Road<br /> is to look for beauty in all things.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> To Walk the Red Road<br /> is to know you will one day<br /> cross to the Spirit World,<br /> and you will not be afraid…</span></span></div>
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natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-51020673984648720292015-07-25T09:33:00.000-05:002015-07-25T12:57:42.347-05:00QUESTION -WHY ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">What are you doing on Facebook? </span><br />
<br />
What are you doing on Facebook?<br />
<br />
1. Are you here to gain
accolades for your daily activities, which have to be daily reinforced
in order for you to feel like a human being each day? Egotism handled
incorrectly is one of the greatest destructive forces of our
personalities that cause more mental disorders than any other
destructive action that one person can do to another.<br />
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2. Or are you truly concerned about what is happening in our society
today, aware of the attempts by controlling governments and controlling
religions to create little voting robots out of you with no thought to
who or why your voting? Or do you truly want to pay attention to the
egalitarian intent of this country and do something about it?<br />
<br />
Personally I find it disgusting how so many people seek so much
attention to something so insignificant such as your day at the beach
and yet no attention at all is placed on the total governmental
destruction that is going on right in front of your face.<br />
<br />
If
this government succeeds in it's destructive attempts what do you think
is going to affect you more! A day at the beach or a day without a home,
or food, or a table to put it on?<br />
<br />
With the exception of a few
Lone Wolfs out there who realize the import of their personal
involvement in determining how our government functions - am worried
about how few of you folks are truly paying attention. YOU can make a
difference if we stand together!<br />
<br />
Want proof of staying
disinterested does to your society and how you know it. Simply look back
at the near total destruction of the Native American Nations and their
lack of interest in the success of a united front! Look to the
philosophy of Tecumseh to understand the import of what I say.<br />
<br />
Redhawk</div>
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natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-11019744117845185682015-05-28T12:23:00.000-05:002015-05-28T12:23:18.792-05:00Obama's, the best I've heard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>This was a true statement written & verified on "Fact or Fiction and
Snoops" . A good read . She hit it right on.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>The below summary of Barack and Michelle Obama's 5</b> <b>-</b><b> year
reign in the White House is by far the best I've ever read as it squarely hits
the nail on the head. And it took a black female reporter writing it to make it
as effective as it is. A white man's account would be instantly criticized by
the liberal media as pure racism. But, how can anyone scream Racist when an
exacting description of the Obamas is penned by a well- known journalist of
color? </b>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<b>BEST SUMMATION OF BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA EVER!</b>
<br />
<b>(Mychal Massie is a respected writer and talk show host in Los Angeles
.)</b>
<br />
<b><br /></b><b>The other evening on my twitter, a person asked me why I didn't
like the Obamas. Specifically I was asked: "I have to ask, why do you hate the
Obamas? It seems personal, not policy related. You even dissed (disrespect)
their Christmas family picture."</b><b> </b>
<br />
<b><br /></b><b>The truth is I do not like the Obamas, what they represent,
their ideology, and I certainly do not like his policies and legislation. I've
made no secret of my contempt for the Obamas. As I responded to the person who
asked me the aforementioned question, I don't like them because they are
committed to the fundamental change of my/our country into what can only be
regarded as a Communist state.</b><b> </b>
<br />
<b><br />I don't hate them per definition, but I condemn them because they are
the worst kind of racialists, they are elitist Leninists with contempt for
traditional America . They display disrespect for the sanctity of the office he
holds, and for those who are willing to admit same, Michelle Obama's raw
contempt for white America is transpicuous.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>I don't like them because they comport themselves as emperor and empress.
I expect, no I demand respect, for the Office of President, and a love of our
country and her citizens, from the leader entrusted with the governance of same.
President and Mrs. Reagan displayed an unparalleled love for the country and her
people. The Reagans made Americans feel good about themselves and about what we
could accomplish.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>His arrogance by appointing 32 leftist czars and constantly bypassing
Congress is impeachable. Eric Holder is probably the MOST incompetent and
arrogant DOJ head to ever hold the job. Could you envision President Reagan
instructing his Justice Department to act like jack-booted thugs?</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>Presidents are politicians, and all politicians are known and pretty much
expected to manipulate the truth, if not outright lie. But even using that low
standard, the Obamas have taken lies, dishonesty, deceit, mendacity, subterfuge
and obfuscation to new depths. They are verbally abusive to the citizenry, and
they display an animus for civility.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>I do not like them because they both display bigotry overtly, as in the
case of Harvard Professor Louis Gates when he accused the Cambridge Police of
acting stupidly, and her code speak pursuant to now being able to be proud of
America. I view that statement and that mind set as an insult to those who died
to provide a country where a Kenyan, his illegal alien relatives, and his
alleged progeny could come and not only live freely, but rise to the highest,
most powerful, position in the world.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>Michelle Obama is free to hate and disparage whites because Americans of
every description paid with their blood to ensure her right to do that. I have a
saying, that "the only reason a person hides things is because they have
something to hide." No President in history has spent over a million dollars to
keep his records and his past sealed.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>And what the two of them have shared has been proven to be lies. He lied
about when and how they met, he lied about his mother's death and problems with
insurance, Michelle lied to a crowd pursuant to nearly $500,000 bank stocks they
inherited from his family. He has lied about his father's military service,
about the civil rights movement, ad nausea. He lied to the world about the
Supreme Court in a State of the Union address.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>He berated and publicly insulted a sitting Congressman. He has surrounded
himself with the most rabidly, radical, socialist academicians today. He opposed
rulings that protected women and children that even Planned Parenthood did not
seek to support. He is openly hostile to business and aggressively hostile to
Israel.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>His wife treats being the First Lady as her personal American Express
Black Card (arguably the most prestigious credit card in the world). I condemn
them because, as people are suffering, losing their homes, their jobs, their
retirements, he and his family are arrogantly showing off their life of
entitlement - as he goes about creating and fomenting class warfare.</b>
<br />
<b>I don't like them, and I neither apologize nor retreat from my public
condemnation of them and of his policies. We should condemn them for the
disrespect they show our people, for his willful and unconstitutional actions
pursuant to obeying the Constitutional parameters he is bound by, and his
willful disregard for Congressional authority.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>Dislike for them has nothing to do with the color of their skin; it has
everything to do with their behavior, attitudes, and policies. And I have open
scorn for their constantly playing the race card.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>I could go on, but let me conclude with this. I condemn in the strongest
possible terms the media for refusing to investigate them, as they did President
Bush and President Clinton, and for refusing to label them for what they truly
are. There is no scenario known to man, whereby a white President and his wife
could ignore laws, flaunt their position, and lord over the people, as these two
are permitted out of fear for their color.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>As I wrote in a syndicated column titled, "Nero In The White House" -
"Never in my life, inside or outside of politics, have I witnessed such
dishonesty in a political leader.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>He is the most mendacious political figure I have ever witnessed. Even by
the low standards of his Presidential predecessors, his narcissistic,
contumacious arrogance is unequaled. Using Obama as the bar, Nero would have to
be elevated to sainthood.</b><br />
<b> </b>
<br />
<b>Many in America wanted to be proud when the first person of color was
elected President, but instead, they have been witness to a congenital liar, a
First Lady who has been ashamed of America her entire life, failed policies,
intimidation, and a commonality hitherto not witnessed in political leaders. He
and his wife view their life at our expense as an entitlement - while America 's
people go homeless, hungry and unemployed.</b>
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<b>Please resend to all your address book. America has to wake up before it
is too late.</b></div>
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To stop receiving emails, <a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/unsubscribe?e=5ebfa7e8dcc07dc2eec0385dfa786a32&utm_source=idlenomore&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inmroots8&n=52">click here</a>. <p>Developed by <a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcstreet.ca%2F&e=5ebfa7e8dcc07dc2eec0385dfa786a32&utm_source=idlenomore&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inmroots8&n=53">cStreet Campaigns</a> Created with <a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationbuilder.com%2F&e=5ebfa7e8dcc07dc2eec0385dfa786a32&utm_source=idlenomore&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inmroots8&n=54">NationBuilder</a> <p><img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.idlenomore.ca/r/o?e=5ebfa7e8dcc07dc2eec0385dfa786a32&utm_campaign=inmroots8" width="1" height="1"> natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-67112549583277678772015-05-16T08:47:00.001-05:002015-05-16T08:47:09.909-05:00Onondaga Nation Elder on the Sacredness of Mother Earth<iframe height="366" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/76004072?color=ff9933" frameborder="0" width="500" allowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/76004072">Onondaga Nation Elder on the Sacredness of Mother Earth</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user9013478">Bill Moyers.com</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> <p>It is a source of wonderment when a reporter asks the questions he does with a sense of wonderment and awe. As if this is the first he has heard of this way of relating to Mother Earth. <p>It is no wonder that most of the world's human population are running around with a "Sky is Falling" fear every day! The reporters are so important in forming the civil views of society and if they are getting it wrong (which they certainly are) then we all are getting it wrong, unless we teach ourselves a higher WAY! <p>Onondaga Nation Clan Mother Audrey Shenandoah, who passed away two years ago, spoke with Bill in 1991 about her personal kinship with nature and the Onondaga Nation's concerns for our Earth in a society that "feels dominant over the elements of the creation." natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-47858017125562447792015-05-16T08:41:00.001-05:002015-05-16T08:41:32.644-05:00SUFFERING<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lhNWeJb7JAU/VVdJCUMFu0I/AAAAAAAAAhs/1JOPK2yj8HA/s1600-h/root-of-suffering-is-attachment-570x377%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="root-of-suffering-is-attachment-570x377" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px; display: inline" alt="root-of-suffering-is-attachment-570x377" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uQzYjEqhdX4/VVdJC_Y0-8I/AAAAAAAAAhw/yaL_4WVhK50/root-of-suffering-is-attachment-570x377_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" align="left" height="159"></a></p> <p>"Close the door on old, painful memories. Close the door on old hurts, old self-righteous forgiveness. You might take an incident in the past where there was pain and hurt–something that is hard for you to forgive or look at. <p>Ask yourself: "How long do I want to hold onto this? How long do I want to suffer because of something that happened in the past?" <p>Now see a stream in front of you and take this old experience, this hurt, this pain, and put the whole incident in the stream and see it begin to dissolve and drift away until it disappears. You have the ability to let go. You are free." <p>- Louise Hay. <p>Note: Most of us have been hurt terribly by those we loved with all our hearts. This creates a formidable pain in your soul! Those in my own family have created such pain for me out of jealousy, animosity and just plain rebellion against authority. <p>What do you do with this will have a large impact on your life if you cannot let it go. I'm not a big fan of forgiveness of others, but I am totally convinced that forgiveness of self is paramount to the peace of your soul. If I am to forgive another then that person must show remorse and sorrow for what they have done. If they do not do this then they are not welcome in my home. <p>It's that simple - you LET GO and move on and forgive self for your anger and hurt and you walk away from it. If you take the correct stance then you will be rewarded with peace. This can be a very lonely road but it will be a High Road that few of us have the courage to walk. When you can walk the high road it is a road to internal peacefulness. <p>Remember the High road of Jesus, Buddha and Russell Means! They all walked with a Higher Purpose.</p> natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-4372663575644192432015-05-15T08:50:00.001-05:002015-05-15T08:55:45.889-05:00Alberta Tar Sands<p>I am a bit reticent to share this because I know the need for oil is serious! However I know how beautiful Alberta is and can't reconcile this in my head. I would ask you to put your home in the center of this and then condone what is very obviously total destruction of the environment. My people come from here and in their interest and in the interest of the world I strongly object to this short sighted, coffer filling, Native Spirit-Land destructive project. Please share! - Grant Redhawk</p><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_5aXo87N6nU?rel=0" frameborder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>Please visit <a href="http://www.climate-change-guide.com/tar-sands.html">http://www.climate-change-guide.com/t...</a> for more information on Canada's oil sands.</p> <p><br>Tar Sands in Alberta is Canada's worst environmental disaster. Please share this video with your friends and family in order to help spread the word. Together we can make a difference, together we can stop the destruction.<br>Soundtrack: Adagio for Strings by Boston Symphony</p> <p><br>Facts:<br>It covers an area the size of England: APRIL 2011 UPDATE: Total area= 140,200 km squared, or 54,132 square miles. Currently, this is actually larger than the size of England (it's about the size of England and Wales combined).<br>Oil from the tar sands is one of the world's most carbon-intensive fuels<br>Two tons of tar sand produces a single barrel of oil.<br>The tar sands generate 40 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than every car in Canada combined.</p> <p><br>The oil itself is bitumen which contains cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.</p> <p><br>To reach the bitumen, the Boreal Forest is destroyed.<br>Because of the tar sands, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions have grown more since 1990 than those of any other G8 nation.</p> <p><br>Important waterways like the Athabasca River are being contaminated by 11 million liters of toxic waste every day.</p> <p><br>Because of the Canada oil sands, the air is polluted with dangerous toxins, poisoning communities with rare cancers and autoimmune diseases.<br>It destroys critical animal habitats and some of Canada's most pristine landscapes.<br>Unfortunately, the Alberta government has approved every proposed project.<br>Take action and spread the word!</p> <p><br>This video was created by Laurent Cousineau</p> natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-39822996306103761632015-04-27T10:15:00.001-05:002015-04-27T10:15:22.445-05:00New York State Buffalo Herd Slaughter<p> </p> <p>Oki NIksokowa <p>The few of you left that still read my posts know how angry I am about what was done to still another Buffalo herd here in New York State this weekend. My anger is a healthy anger because I believe it speaks for those who do not have the courage to evolve out of the mass ignorance that has overrun this country since the white/black man came here. <p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/buffalo-herd-escape-upstate-n-y-farm-swim-hudson-river-article-1.2197459" target="_blank">Buffalo herd shot dead</a></p> <p>I am not done with my protest by a long shot and will post a very interesting video on my Web sites as soon as I have time to make it make sense to a senseless population of people who have gone mad. My anger of what is happening to this country is not just relegated to the white man but also the Black man who seemingly have started to regress back to the lower intelligence of the ape man in their continual asinine protests every time the law is enforced on their people. <p>HEY BLACK people, if you want the law to start respecting you - then start controlling your out of control Black race who seem to flaunt the law in the face of the people. What are you all - idiots? <p>I am going to share a wonderful writing by a very insightful White man who took the time to realize that just maybe the White/Black race was stepping across the line of decency and just maybe we could take a lesson from the First Americans of this continent who actually did KNOW how to live properly in accordance with Creators Laws. <p>I will reemerge down the trail! - Redhawk <p>George Catlin’s Creed <p>I love a people that have always made me welcome to the very best that they had. <p>I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses. <p>I love a people who keep the commandments without ever having read or heard them preached from the pulpit. <p>I love a people who never swear or take the name of God in vain. <p>I love a people “who love their neighbors as they love themselves” <p>I love a people who worship God without a Bible, for I believe that God loves them also. <p>I love a people whose religion is all the same, and who are free from religious animosities. <p>I love a people who have never raised a hand against me, or stolen my property, when there was no law to punish either. <p>I love and don’t fear mankind where God has made and left them, for they are his children. <p>I love a people who have never fought a battle with the white man, except on their own ground. <p>I love a people who live and keep what is their own without lock and keys. <p>I love a people who do the best they can. And oh how I love a people who don’t live for the love of money. <p>Gakina-awiiya (We Are All Related) <p>“Teach us love, compassion and honor…that we may heal the Earth, and heal each other.” - Ojibwe prayer <p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/buffalo-herd-escape-upstate-n-y-farm-swim-hudson-river-article-1.2197459" target="_blank">Buffalo herd shot dead</a></p> natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-30077664891116259962015-03-15T14:22:00.000-05:002015-03-15T14:22:32.753-05:00Neither Wolf Nor Dog - Movie Trailer <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-63749820192014020332014-12-31T10:13:00.001-05:002014-12-31T10:13:25.897-05:00Buffalo Field Campaign Weekly Update from the Field 12/18/14<p><a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/121814.html">Buffalo Field Campaign Weekly Update from the Field 12/18/14</a></p> <p><strong> Weekly Update from the Field December 18, 2014</strong> <p><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/buffbreak.jpg" width="505" height="1"> <p><a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/index.html">Home</a>> <a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/updatearchive.html">Updates from the Field</a> > <a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/update1415.html">Updates from the Field 2014/2015</a> <p><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/buffbreak.jpg" width="505" height="1"> <p><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/t/7926/signUp.jsp?key=3378">Subscribe to our email list</a> and receive our weekly Update from the Field <p><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/buffbreak.jpg" width="505" height="1"> <p><strong>Bison Threatened, Bighorn Dying in Gardiner Basin</strong><br>* Update from the Field<br>* <strong>TAKE ACTION!</strong> <em><strong>Support ESA Listing for Wild Bison</strong></em><br>* VIDEO: BFC Volunteer of the Week: Clarence Gilmer II<br>* 2015 Wild Bison Calendars ~ Get Yours for the Coming New Year!<br>* VOLUNTEER! Seeking Buffalo Warriors for This Field Season<br>* By the Numbers<br>* Last Words of Buffalo Inspiration ~ Chris Barns, BLM Wilderness Specialist<br><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/roamfree540.jpg" width="540" height="50"> <p><strong>* Update from the Field</strong> <p><a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/update121814/update121814a.jpg"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/update121814/update121814aa.jpg" width="250" height="167"></a> <p><em>Buffalo Field Campaign photo by Kim Acheson. Click photo for larger image.</em> <p>Another bull buffalo was killed by a Montana hunter this week, bringing the total to five. One by one the buffalo migrate across Yellowstone's boundary, and one by one they are killed. Once again, there is not a single wild buffalo in Montana. The current hunt is no more than an extermination program set up to satisfy livestock industry's intolerance for this national icon. <p>Government agencies plan to kill 900 to 1,000 buffalo this season through hunting and slaughter. BFC and Friends of Animals Wildlife Law Program filed an <a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/press1415/pressreleases1415/091514.html">emergency rule-making petition</a> to stop the slaughter but the government has yet to respond. Mild weather has so far stemmed large migrations, keeping the larger population of buffalo alive for now. <p><a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/update121814/update121814b.jpg"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/update121814/update121814bb.jpg" width="250" height="167"></a> <p><em>Gardiner Basin bighorn ram. Buffalo Field Campaign photo by Stephany Seay. Click for larger image.</em> <p>Tragic events have also befallen the wild bighorn sheep population in the Gardiner Basin: some have contracted pneumonia and they are starting to die. At least ten bighorns have been found dead already. Pneumonia is incredibly contagious and has wiped out entire sheep populations. It is inconclusive how the bighorn were exposed to pneumonia, but it is highly likely that they contracted it from domestic sheep that were moved into the Basin <a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1213/052313.html">two years ago</a>. BFC volunteers have spent a lot of time with these bighorns, and our hearts are breaking as they die, not knowing if they will all vanish. We are taking action, but there is little that can be done to ensure the survival of this population. Domestic sheep also carry diseases that can kill bison and other even-toed ungulates; as easy prey they pose a threat to wolves and other predators, and they destroy natural habitat. <p>Letters to the Editor of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle (<a href="mailto:citydesk@dailychronicle.com">citydesk@dailychronicle.com</a>), Billings Gazette (<a href="mailto:speakup@billingsgazette.com">speakup@billingsgazette.com</a>), and Livingston Enterprise (<a href="mailto:enterprise@livent.net">enterprise@livent.net</a>) can call attention to this tragedy and put pressure on the sheep rancher, Bill Hoppe, to remove his sheep. When other actions become available we will let you know. <p>WILD IS THE WAY ~ ROAM FREE!<br><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bufffamilia_neg150.jpg" width="150" height="34"> <p><strong>* TAKE ACTION!</strong> <strong><em>Support ESA Listing for Wild Bison</em></strong> <p><a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/update121814/update121814c.jpg"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update1415/update121814/update121814cc.jpg" width="250" height="167"></a> <p><em>Photo by Stephany Seay, BFC. Click to Take Action!</em> <p>You can take action to support our petition to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to list the Yellowstone Bison under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The USFWS has 90 days to issue a finding on whether the compelling ESA petition filed in November by BFC and <a href="http://www.westernwatersheds.org/">Western Watersheds Project</a> leads a "reasonable person" to believe a listing is warranted. A positive finding means the USFWS will open a public comment period to allow citizens to contribute substantive information. The USFWS, however, is notorious for using lack of funding as an excuse to not list species that warrant federal protections. This is where Congress -- and you -- come in. Congress can allocate the funding, and we need you to put pressure on them to do so. <p><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16770"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/buttons/TakeAction.jpg" width="130" height="42"></a> <p>Please contact your US Senators and Representative and strongly urge them to fully fund the Endangered Species Act and to designate the necessary financing to review the science for listing wild bison. More information about our ESA petition and about the Act itself is also available at the bottom of <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16770">this alert</a>. <p><img alt="" src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bufffamilia_neg150.jpg" width="150" height="34"> <p><strong>* VIDEO: BFC Volunteer of the Week: Clarence Gilmer II</strong> <p><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16"></a> <p>In addition to being an outstanding BFC volunteer, Clarence is also scheduled to film for The Discovery Channel's show, "<a href="http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/naked-and-afraid/">Naked and Afraid</a>" later this winter. He will be the third BFC volunteer to appear on the program! We will let you know when his episode is scheduled to air. <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=87741124305&link=http%3A//www.youtube.com/attribution_link%3Fa%3DmRItuduJfKI%26u%3D%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DA29d_lf4dpo%2526feature%253Dshare&display=popup&name=Volunteer%20of%20the%20Week%202%20Clarence%2012%2010%2014%201&caption=Uploaded%20by%20BFCMEDIA&description=Clarence%20is%20Buffalo%20Field%20Campaign%27s%20second%20%22Volunteer%20of%20the%20Week%22.&picture=https%3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/A29d_lf4dpo/hqdefault.jpg&source=https%3A//www.youtube.com/v/A29d_lf4dpo%3Fversion%3D3%26autohide%3D1%26autoplay%3D1%26feature%3Dshare%26showinfo%3D1%26autohide%3D1%26attribution_tag%3DmRItuduJfKI&ref=share&actions={%22name%22:%22Subscribe%20on%20YouTube%22,%20%22link%22:%22http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRWaQWXjK1RXc6_hG-kZzQ?sub_confirmation=1%22}&redirect_uri=https://www.youtube.com/facebook_redirect"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/buttons/share_facebook.jpg" width="194" height="25"></a> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bufffamilia_neg150.jpg" width="150" height="34"> <p><strong>* 2015 Wild Bison Calendars ~ Get Yours for the Coming New Year</strong> <p><a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bfccalendarcover2015.jpg"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bfccalendar2015200.jpg" width="200" height="266"></a> <p><em>Order your 2015 Wild Bison of Yellowstone Country calendar now!</em> <p><strong><a href="https://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/t/11564/shop/shop.jsp?storefront_KEY=554">BFC's 2015 Wild Bison of Yellowstone Country calendar also makes a perfect gift!</a></strong> As you have come to expect, this 2015 Wild Bison calendar is a joyous celebration of this awesome animal, with breathtaking photos, interesting facts, inspirational quotes and poetry, and beautiful artwork. We are thrilled to bring you more photos from some of the best photographers both familiar and new, including the incredible images you have come to love from <a href="http://wildatheartimages.photoshelter.com/index">Sandy Sisti</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/silvercloudpix">Pam Talasco</a>, <a href="http://www.rickessler.com/">Ric Kessler</a> and for the first time, <em>largely featuring the fantastic photographs of <a href="http://mangelsen.com/"><strong>Tom Mangelsen</strong></a><strong></strong></em>. Celebrate the Wild Buffalo of Yellowstone Country 365 days a year! <a href="https://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/t/11564/shop/shop.jsp?storefront_KEY=554"><strong>ORDER YOUR 2015 Calendar NOW!</strong></a><br><img alt="" src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bufffamilia_neg150.jpg" width="150" height="34"> <p><strong>* VOLUNTEER! Seeking Buffalo Warriors for This Field Season</strong> <p><a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/aboutus/volunteeringatcamp.html"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/buttons/Volunteer.jpg" width="130" height="42"></a> <p>Buffalo Field Campaign has seasonal openings for field volunteers. We have opportunities for every season, but are <strong>in great need of folks during our field season which runs from mid-November through May</strong>, and is when wild bison are migrating into Montana. Any buffalo within Montana's borders is in danger of being shot on sight, hazed, or captured and shipped to the slaughterhouse. All volunteers are provided room, board, gear, and training. We cater to most any dietary need and respect vegan and vegetarian diets. We are located in a warm log cabin by beautiful Hebgen Lake, just a few miles outside of West Yellowstone, Montana. Click on the button above or <a href="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/aboutus/volunteeringatcamp.html">HERE</a> to learn more and make your plans. See you on the front lines!<br><img alt="" src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bufffamilia_neg150.jpg" width="150" height="34"> <p><strong>*By the Numbers</strong> <p><strong>The last wild, migratory buffalo populations are currently estimated at fewer than 4,900 individual animals, living in and around Yellowstone National Park. Wild, migratory bison are ecologically extinct throughout their native range in North America.</strong> <p><strong>2014-2015</strong><br>Total Buffalo Killed: 5<br>Government Capture:<br>Buffalo Released from Capture:<br>Government Slaughter:<br>Tribal - ITBC Slaughter:<br>Tribal - CSKT Slaughter:<br>Tribal - Nez Perce Slaughter:<br>Died in Government Trap:<br>Died in Government Research Facility**:<br>Miscarriage in Government Trap:<br>State Hunt: 5<br>Treaty Hunts:<br>Unknown Hunts:<br>Poached in Yellowstone:<br>Sent to Quarantine:<br>Sent to APHIS Research Facility:<br>Shot by Agents:<br>Shot by Landowner:<br>Highway Mortality:<br>Cause of Death Unknown: <p><strong>Total Killed in Previous Years*</strong><br>2012-2013: 653<br>2012-2013: 261<br>2011-2012: 33<br>2010-2011: 227<br>2009-2010: 7<br>2008-2009: 22<br>2007-2008: 1,631<br>Total Killed Since 2000: 4,896 <p>*includes lethal government action, trap-related fatalities, quarantine/experiments, hunts, and highway deaths<br>**bison stolen from the wild and placed in APHIS research facilities (such as for GonaCon) have already been counted as being "eliminated from the population" so bison that have died in a government research facility are not reflected in the total. <p><img alt="" src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/bufffamilia_neg150.jpg" width="150" height="34"> <p><strong>* Last Words of Buffalo Inspiration ~ Chris Barns, BLM Wilderness Specialist</strong> <p><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16"></a> <p>It is important that you watch this. Chris Barns is a Wilderness Specialist with the Bureau of Land Management. He gave the keynote speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Wilderness Act in Albuquerque, NM this October. With courage, eloquence and huge amounts of integrity he truly represents Wilderness and highlights threats that come from unlikely places: agencies and wilderness defense groups. <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=87741124305&link=http%3A//www.youtube.com/attribution_link%3Fa%3D_bnBmrlgL60%26u%3D%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DUWb9TXnL1YQ%2526feature%253Dshare&display=popup&name=%22Have%20We%20Heard%20the%20Chimes%20at%20Midnight%3F%22%20%282014%29&caption=Uploaded%20by%20The%20Montana%20Experience%3A%20Stories%20from%20Big%20Sky%20Country&description=Are%20we%20are%20in%20danger%20of%20losing%20the%20Wilderness%20System%3F%20%20Chris%20Barns%20is%20the%20Wilderness%20Specialist%20for%20the%20Arthur%20Carhart%20National%20Wilderness%20Training%20Center%27s%20BLM%20National%20Landscape%20Conservation%20System%20in%20Missoula%2C%20Montana.%20%20With%20millions%20of%20acres%20of%20designated%20Wilderness%20in%20Montana%20and%20many%20millions%20more%20of%20undesignated%20roadless%20country%20on%20federa...&picture=https%3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/UWb9TXnL1YQ/maxresdefault.jpg&source=https%3A//www.youtube.com/v/UWb9TXnL1YQ%3Fversion%3D3%26autohide%3D1%26autohide%3D1%26autoplay%3D1%26showinfo%3D1%26feature%3Dshare%26attribution_tag%3D_bnBmrlgL60&ref=share&actions={%22name%22:%22Subscribe%20on%20YouTube%22,%20%22link%22:%22http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Psw3TOXXGULurBj5mtofQ?sub_confirmation=1%22}&redirect_uri=https://www.youtube.com/facebook_redirect"><img src="http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/images/buttons/share_facebook.jpg" width="194" height="25"></a> <p><a href="mailto:bfc-media@wildrockies.org">Please keep sending quotes</a>, poems and other words of buffalo wisdom. You'll see them here! natalk.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036097247902768070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180718582045666192.post-38546788274433557282014-12-01T16:37:00.000-05:002014-12-01T17:46:40.058-05:00The Identity Imperative by Serge Kahili King<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>As I watch</b> from afar the inane antics taking place in Ferguson, Mo I am struck by how ignorant and fruitless the effort to destroy has become. These otherwise intelligent Black people who have hearts and souls can let themselves become so out of control is a source of wonder to me that I have a hard time understanding. They have done more to set themselves back into a 1950's mentality and environment in this one act of oppressive violence and that it is condoned by so called self-proclaimed moral leaders of their race than any other act they have done in the last 100 years.<br />
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Being from a minority race I find myself wondering what would cause this reaction in one race that doesn't necessarily happen in another. I know Black people to be kind and decent folk most of the time and what I believe is one way of viewing this is that the Black people are not at a geographic advantage. They do not have a sense of place like Native Americans do because they are not on their own land. Scoff if you will but there can be much said about being connected to the land.<br />
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I have spent much time studying the ancient Hawaiian path to Spirituality and have come to respect a major proponent of the HUNA path, a man named Serge Kahili King! He wrote an opinion of why people react in various ways as a group and I thought I would share it here as a probable explanation of why Ferguson is happening. In order to solve an issue one has to understand the driving forces of the issue and it goes much deeper than being imaginably oppressed by people who are actually trying to help. - Hope you gain a better understanding of these happenings after reading what Serge has to say. - Redhawk<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Identity Imperative</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">by Serge Kahili King</span></div>
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As we listen to and look at national and world news reports we
see evidence of enormous conflicts between people who have identified
themselves with very different ways of thinking and feeling and
behaving. People who identify with different religions are at war with
each other; people of the same religion who identify with different
interpretations of it are at war with each other; people who identify
with different political systems are at war with each other; people who
identify with different interpretations of the same political system are
at war with each other.<br />
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On a more local level, people who identify with different
athletic teams in the same sport seem to be getting into sometimes
serious fights with each other more frequently; people who identify with
specific groups called gangs often have serious fights with each other,
as well as with non-gang members of the society around them; and
identity conflicts of a serious nature often arise between families or
even individual strangers.<br />
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Two important questions that come out of this observation are:
"Is there a fundamental urge to identify with something - an 'identity
imperative,' so to speak - that is more powerful than other urges?" and
"why does such identification so often lead to conflict?"<br />
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To answer the first question, the urge to identify with something
- an idea, a belief, a philosophy, a religion, a way of life, a
political system, a group of some kind, a territory, or even another
person - is no more nor no less than a combination of the two
fundamental urges to connect and to be effective.<br />
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We have an initial urge to connect because feeling connected,
feeling ourselves to be part of something else, is a source of pleasure.
By itself this leads to pleasurable relationships with people, animals,
plants, and other aspects of the world around us. When the thing we
connect to also helps us to feel more effective or powerful, another
source of pleasure, then we have a strong tendency to identify ourselves
with that thing, to consider it and us to be virtually identical.
That's why so many people proudly declare that they are "members" of
something or other (the word "member" means a "limb" or an integral part
of something). It's also why people like to wear clothing, costumes,
badges, pins, and tattoos that help them feel more connected and
powerful.<br />
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The answer to the second question above is that the more insecure
we feel about our connection and our effectiveness, the more fearful we
become about their loss, which leads to painful feelings of isolation
and helplessness. When this insecurity and its related fear become
intense enough there may be a very strong suppression reaction. A common
effect of this reaction is to perceive contrasting or opposing forms of
identity as a threat to one's very existence. So a losing sports team,
or its fans, may feel compelled to fight the winners, or their fans, and
even destroy anything associated with them. Do something that an
insecure identifier interprets as an insult to his or her source of
identity and you may receive a death threat, or worse. In some cases
people become willing to sacrifice their lives to maintain their own
identity as well as the "life" of what they identify with. That will not
happen, however, unless such people have decided that their own lives
have no worth in any other context. Self sacrifice with the intention to
harm members of another identity is therefore a desperate attempt on
the part of extremely insecure people to maintain a sense of belonging
and personal power.<br />
<br />
The more secure you feel about your identifications, the more
tolerant you naturally are of other identifications. If you have no
doubts about the goodness or rightness of your ideas, beliefs, or
behaviors, then you tend not to care about the ideas, beliefs, and
behaviors of others (as long as they don't physically threaten you, of
course). On the other hand, the more insecure you feel about your
identifications, the more you will react with fear and anger and the
desire to destroy anything and and anyone that doesn't agree with your
way of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Unfortunately, although this is
essentially a position of weakness, it can cause great damage among
those who are basically more tolerant, but not yet secure enough or wise
enough to realize that tolerance is not the same as unbounded
permissiveness.<br />
<br />
Nevertheless,<br />
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<i>Ma'alahi ka ha'ina, pu'ika'ika hana</i><br />
"Simple the explanation, difficult the execution
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Note: Have you ever heard of the Law of Reciprocity? Well apparently the whites of Wyoming have not nor do they wish to follow it as usual. However they are now finding out what it feels like to have what they considered theirs taken away from them. Very much like what they did to the Native People a 100 years or so ago. Greed is never permanently rewarded no matter what your color. If you do wrong it’s going to come back on you. Leave no footprints…… “What goes around, comes around!” - Redhawk <br />
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Have you heard the story of the residents of Riverton, Wyo.? One day they were Wyomingans, the next they were members of the Wind River tribes — after the Environmental Protection Agency declared the town part of the Wind River Indian Reservation, undoing a 1905 law passed by Congress and angering state officials.<br />
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The surprise decision was made by officials of the EPA, the Department of Interior, and Department of Justice early last month, and has invoked the ire of Gov. Matt Mead, who has vowed not to honor the agency’s decision and is preparing to fight in court. <br />
“My deep concern is about an administrative agency of the federal government altering a state’s boundary and going against over 100 years of history and law,” Mead said in a <a href="http://governor.wy.gov/media/pressReleases/Pages/WyomingtoEPAPlaceTribalBoundaryDecisiononHoldand.aspx">statement</a>. “This should be a concern to all citizens because, if the EPA can unilaterally take land away from a state, where will it stop?” <br />
The EPA declared that Riverton was part of the Wind River Indian Reservation after granting a “Treatment as a State” application from the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes. The tribes submit such applications to get funding for air quality monitoring under the Clean Air Act. However, this seemingly innocuous application ended up undoing the tribal boundaries set by a 1905 congressional act. <br />
The EPA granted the tribes’ claim that the Wind River reservation extended over one million acres of land beyond what the 1905 Congressional Act established. By doing this, the agency effectively overruled an act of Congress, state officials charge. <br />
The worry by state officials is that turning Riverton, a town of over 10,000 people, over to the tribes will come with a slew of tax and law enforcement complications. Since Riverton is now part of the Wind River reservation, it is technically no longer eligible for state services and no longer falls under local law enforcement. Mead, however, has ordered that state agencies conduct “business as usual” in regards to Riverton, meaning state services, law enforcement and regulations will continue.<br />
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“This is an alarming action when you have a federal agency step in and start to undo congressional acts that has really been our history for 108 years … with the stroke of a pen without talking to the biggest groups impacted,” state Sen. Leland Christensen told The Daily Caller News Foundation, “and that would be the city of Riverton and the state of Wyoming.” <br />
According to the Mead’s office, the EPA’s decision came as a surprise to him, and he only found about it from the media — not the EPA itself. This comes after Mead wrote to EPA administrator Gina McCarthy last August detailing his concerns about the implications of granting the tribes’ request to effectively override the 1905 act. <br />
The tribes remain adamant that Riverton and the one million acres of land is theirs, arguing that state officials once supported such a conclusion. Tribal officials have <a href="http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/tribe-claims-state-of-wyoming-changed-its-tune-on-epa/article_83480027-42b8-5ad9-bb90-6806f9e5f6dd.html">criticized tthe governor’s office for changing its tune on Riverton</a> and the reservation’s boundaries. <br />
“Now that the [Interior Department] and EPA have issued their determinations, state officials have changed their tune, claiming to be outraged by the decision and suggesting that the federal government has no say in such matters,” the Northern Arapaho Business Council wrote in a letter to Mead, adding that the state’s shift in rhetoric could hurt tribe-state relations. <br />
The dispute has received little national attention as of yet, but the Wyoming congressional delegation has written the EPA on the issue. <br />
“The EPA’s decision has in effect overturned a law that has been governing land and relationships for more than 100 years,” wrote Wyoming Sens Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, along with Rep. Cynthia Lummis. “We are also very concerned about the political ramifications this decision could have for the tribes and the state of Wyoming.” <br />
The boundary dispute between Wyoming and the tribes has been going on for some time now. It arose from a 2009 tax case that the state urged the courts not to drop because of the “implications of ruling on a boundary without the federal government and Eastern Shoshone being involved in the case,” <a href="http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/tribe-claims-state-of-wyoming-changed-its-tune-on-epa/article_83480027-42b8-5ad9-bb90-6806f9e5f6dd.html">reports</a> the Casper Star-Tribune. <br />
“We don’t have a fully binding decision,” Deputy Attorney General Marty Hardsocg in 2009. “We do in the state, but the state is then put in a position of having to rely on the federal government’s view for its direction.” <br />
“At the end, of the day state lawyers acknowledge that this determination is a federal question and must be determined to a final point in the federal courts,” Mark Howell, the lobbyist for the Northern Arapaho tribe, told the Star-Tribune. “That’s what this EPA decision will allow all parties to do.” <br />
State courts have heard at least two cases on the boundary in the last three decades — one 1980s Wyoming Supreme Court case found that Riverton was part of the reservation, and another state high court case in 2008, which found that the town was in Wyoming. <br />
The only problem is that the state court decisions don’t set a solid precedent, since neither case involves both tribes living on the reservation, nor the state and the federal government all at once, Howell told the Star-Tribune. <br />
The EPA did not immediately respond to TheDCNF’s request for comment. <br />
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