FROM RUSSELL MEANS: I adhor the term Native American.It is a generic government term used to describe all the indigenous prisoners of the United States.These are the American Samoans,the Micronesians,the Aleutes,the original Hawaiians and the erroneously termed Eskimos,who are actually Upiks and Inupiats.And ,of course, the American Indian. I prefer the term American Indian because i kinow its origins. The word Indian is an English bastardization of two Spanish words,En Dio,which correctly translated means in with God. As an added distinction the American Indian is the only ethic group in the United States with the American before our ethnicity. At an international conference of Indians from the Americas held in Geneva,Switzerland at the United Nations in 1977 we unanimously decided we would go under the term American Indian. We were enslaved as American Indians,we were colonized as American Indians and we will gain our freedom as American Indians and then we will call ourselves any damn thing we choose. Finally,i will not allow a government,any government ,to define who i am. Besides anyone born in the Western hemisphere ia a Native American. The L.A. times has described him the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Russell Means is a natural leader.His fearless dedication and indestructible sense of pride are qualities admired by nations worldwide. His vision is for indigenous people to be free... Free to be human,free to travel,free to stop,free to trade where they choose,free to choose their own teachers ~free to follow the religion of their fathers free to talk,think and act for themselves and then they will obey every law or submit to the penalty. The most difficult lesson of all is to respect your relatives visions.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:12:59 +0000
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