Colonialism Has Completed The Destruction Of The

I’m A Human Being, I’m Not Anyone’s Mascot! And I Am America’s Conscience. And That’s What They Don’t Want To Look At. They Would Rather Look At A Cartoon Character Than At The Deceit Of This Country And This Government.

We Indians Do Not Teach That There Is Only One God. We Know That Everything Has Power, Including The Most Inanimate, Inconsequential Things. Stones Have Power. A Blade Of Grass Has Power. Trees And Clouds And All Our Relatives In The Insect And Animal World Have Power. We Believe We Must Respect That Power By Acknowledging It's Presence. By Honoring The Power Of The Spirits In That Way, It Becomes Our Power As Well. It Protects Us.

[the Is] A Mistaken Belief That [the Word Indian] Refers Somehow To The Country, India. When Columbus Washed Up On The Beach In The Caribbean, He Was Not Looking For A Country Called India. Europeans Were Calling That Country Hindustan In 1492.... Columbus Called The Tribal People He Met "indio," From The Italian In Dio, Meaning "in God."

Golden Eagles Don`t Mate With Bald Eagles, Deer Don`t Mate With Antelope, Gray Wolves Don`t Mate With Red Wolves. Just Look At Domesticated Animals, At Mongrel Dogs, And Mixed Breed Horses, And You`ll Know The Great Mystery Didn`t Intend Them To Be That Way. We Weakened The Species And Introduced Disease By Mixing What Should Be Kept Seperate. Among Humans, Intermarriage Weakens The Respect People Have For Themselves And For Their Traditions. It Undermines Clarity Of Spirit And Mind.

I Had Often Wondered How To Best Decolonize My People... It Must Be Done One Human Being At A Time. Without That Kind Of Help, Western Society Does Not Allow People To Come To Terms With Their Feelings. With Honesty And Therapy, My People Can Be Made Whole Again.