Reply #30: Hey, Spider Man. What politician actually gives a rip for ANY people? [View All]

[scarletwoman]

They are all about maintaining the power structure, and their place within it.

"The Earth is gonna roll and shake. She's gonna throw off the wasicu like a dog shaking off fleas." This is the only resolution that I know of. Heard it from a Wicasa Wakan from Rosebud, some years back.

I don't know what else to say. I can say that I understand. I can say that I unequivocally support the Lakota's right to the Black Hills. But I have no power to make it happen.

I live in Anishanaabe Ani, far east of you. They are welcome to hunt deer and gather medicines on this small piece of land where I live, they are friends of mine. They have graciously invited me to their dances and feasts.

I know nothing except to do my best to honor the earth, to do my best to live as a true human being, and to do my best to teach others. I know it is not enough, but I am getting old, and I don't know what else to do.

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