~This lust for money, power, and conquest did not escape moral condemnation at our hands, nor did we fail to contrast this conspicuous trait of the dominant race with the spirit of the meek and lowly Jesus...I remember the words of one old battle scarred warrior...I was at the time meeting with groups of young men - Sioux, Cheyenne, Cree, Ojibwe, and others...the old warrior got up and said, "Why, we have followed this law you speak of for untold ages...we owned nothing, because everything was from the Creator. Food was free, land as free as sunshine and rain. Who has changed all this? The White man...and yet he says he is a believer in God. He does not seem to inherit any of the traits of his Father, nor does he follow the examole set by his brother...Christ. Another of the older men, called upon for his views, kept a long silence...finally he said, "I have come to the conclusion that this Jesus is an Indian...He was opposed to material acquisition and to great possessions, He was inclined to peace. He was as unpractical as any Indian and set no price upon His labor of love...these are not the principles upon which the white man has founded his civilization...it is strange that he could not rise to these simple principles which were so commonly observed among our people." ~Wisdom of the Native American ~ The Soul of an Indian by Charles Alexander Eastman~
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