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POPSIndigenous People The brand, Indian was placed upon us by the Spanish and has carried on since that time. This alone clouds our heritage. Cougar
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POPSTested At this time in my life all I can do is write. It is my way of fighting for the equality, truth, Justice and Rights of my Aboriginal Brothers and sisters. It takes alot of research, time and patients with very little return, but with every response I feel a realization of recognition for my words and that maybe, just maybe, I have gotten through to someone. Cougar
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POPSEducation Education is vital for our survival, how ever the education provided is not up to standards with the rest of the world, you see the poor education programs provided to the Native communities lags far behind, for a reason, it's just another way the governments use to keep the Indigenous people under their control. Cougar
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POPSNative People It is most difficult to live within our culture and spirituality, in my experience, I have found that this generation do not even know their own culture, nor speak their own language, language is so important in understanding our culture. Cougar
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POPSLaughter In this day and age, the one thing we Natives have learned is to laugh at our selves. Cougar
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POPSMother Earth Indigenous Peoples speak of the earth as their mother, while others walk on the earth as their trash. Cougar
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POPSSharing "INDIAN" This word is insulting, we are not Indians, Indians are from India, Christopher Columbus put this label on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas because he didn't know where he was. So why should we live with a lable that is not our's. Sharing is part of our culture, as Indigenous people, it comes naturally to those who follow the Red Path. Cougar
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POPSBright Days and Dark Days The Great Spirit created the world in which all mankind lived in peace and harmony at one time, the polititions of Canada and the United States do not believe in the Great Spirit, oh they say these believe in God, but look at what they do, can anyone who does the things they do in the name of the people they are supposed to represent or do the evil they inflict upon the people of the earth, the indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, believe in God. Can anyone take their word on anything, they act like they are the minions of Satan, instead of followers of Christianity. Cougar
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POPSTecumseh, Shawnee Creator, let my decisions have the strength of the bundle. "Hear me! A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong." One of the hardest things I have ever tried to do was to unite Native Tribe's. For a few years I worked with 15 different Hereditary Chiefs and Headmen, and I found that when dealing with the Federal Government of Canada, they listened to what was being said to them. This would never happen with one Chief or with Elected Chiefs and Councils under the Indian Act. This is a proven fact. One Hereditary Chief has written to the Government and even over a year had not heard from them. I wrote one letter and received an answer before a week, it was amazing what the power of unity could do. In the past year I have seen some of that unity with the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, but this is still not enough, there are some many out there who are still under the thumb of the Colonial Government, held there by greed a learned thing from when the Government
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POPSAlanis Obomsawin, Abenaki I see this as a true reason, no Treaty is valid with the New Comers to this land, The Treaties are written in English full of words that have no meaning to the Aboriginal Peoples of Turtle Island. There was no written language, history was past down by word of mouth, word for word. The New Comers could write what ever they wanted without the Aboriginal Peoples understanding. In Council meetings one did not lie, so the Natives trusted what was said to them. Creator, let me learn the lessons You have taught my people. Cougar
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POPSTessie Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo This is so, so true, we need to return to our roots, before it is to late, some have no idea what their roots are or culture really is, they try to find their way, but in these times it is very hard, they forget to speak to the elders because they are to busy following the white mans road. In the end they will never know who they really are. Stop, look around you, remember who you are and remember what is lost already. Cougar
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POPSBe an Indian Parents can only guide, if the children listen, that is up to them. Cougar
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POPSJohn (Fire) Lame Deer, Rosebud Lakota "Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar." Before the white man arrived there was no money, it wasn't needed the natives looked after one another, the Creator blessed them all with every thing they needed, today money rules the world and look what that as done to man. Cougar
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POPSWilma P. Mankiller, Cherokee This is the 21st Century, but the 13th Century is still alive within us, the combination of both is what it will take to make us whole. Cougar
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POPSChief Pontiac, Odowa Most people don't know this, but because our for-fathers had no alcohol to drink in our culture the Natives of North America were not born with the gene to cope with this danger. Natives of Turtle Island had good pure water to drink, where the Europeans had bad, polluted water thuse drank wine and beers to compliment there liquid needs and through generations acquired this gene. The people of Turtle Island do not have this gene and therefore cannot cope with alcohol. Cougar
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POPSTewa Tewa, is a Pueblo American Indian that speak the Tewa Language Cougar
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POPSOren Lyons, Onondaga In the times before the white man, the peoples of the Turtle Island lived in relative peace with each other, Natives had their own laws and they were followed by all, the teachers were the elders. I know that if this was sill the norm today we would all be living in peace and harmony. Cougar
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POPSEarth If only all man could understand this, we may someday be able to save our selves. Cougar
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POPSMohawk Indian Prayer This prayer is not only for the Mohawk but for the European who came to there lands and were starving, without the Mohawks prayers and assistance the Europeans would have starved to death in their first winter. You can see from history how the Europeans repaid that trust.
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