WAMBLI MATO SEZ: WHILE I RECEIVED MINIMAL RESPONSES FROM ARTICLE ON WHAT IS AN INDIAN, IT WAS STILL STIMULATING, ENCOURAGING AND INTERESTING. MY VIEW REGARDING IS TOPIC ARE BOTH STRICTLY AND SOLELY MY OWN AND DO NOT REPRESENT FACEBOOK, ANY NDN ORGANIZATION AND/OR A TRIBE OR ANY FIRST NATION FROM KANATA(CANADA)! FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY DEFINTION IS A SIMPLE ONE---ONE CANNOT TRULY BE NATIVE, NDN, INDIGENOUS OR A FIRST NATION MEMBER, UNLESS YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR UNIQUE TRIBAL LANGUAGES, WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL AND SPIRITUAL LANGUAGES AND WHICH ARE TUNKASILA-LENT, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. YOU CAN STACK ON ALL THE LAKOTA BEADWORK, DINE JEWELRY AND ZUNI INLAID JEWELRY YOU WANT----THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. HOWEVER, IT DOESNT MAKE YOU INDIAN. IN ESSENCE, MANY OF YOU ARE WASICU(FAT TAKERS)IN BROWN BODIES, SIMPLY STATED. OF COURSE, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN YOUR FAULT GIVING THE HISTORICAL CIRMCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE WELL AWARE THROUGHT LEGISLATIVE, CHRISTOLOGICAL FIAT AND REINFORCED THROUGH SCHOOL POLICY AS WAS DONE TO MANY OF US IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOTTED ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TRIBAL HOMELANDS AKA RESERVATIONS----WE ALL KNOW THIS. YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE IS YOUR SOLE IDENTITY, IT IS YOUR INHERITANCE TO BE PASSED-ON FOR POSTERITYS SAKE, SO WE CAN CONTINUE AS TRIBAL CIVILIZATIONS, PERIOD. IN MY VIEW SO GREAT YOU ENROLLED, HOWEVER. WE MUST STICK TO THE SUBJECT. REMEMBER THIS AND REMEMBER IT WELL: A PEOPLE WITHOUT FAITH IN THEMSELVES CANNOT SURVIVE--HOPI TEACHING THE JEWISH PEOPLE NEARLY LOST THEIR LANGUAGE, HOWEVER, INSTEAD CHOSE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND HAVE--THEY SIMPLY ROLLED-UP THEIR SHIRT SLEEVES AND WENT TO WORK, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. WE, AS NATIVE AMERICANS CAN ALSO DO THE SAME THING AND I APPLAUD THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT ON THEIR OWN PAINSTAKINGLY. I HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO CHAT WITH ME ON FACEBOOK, ATTEMPTING TO THEIR LANGUAGE AND I DO GIVE THEM WHAT LITTLE TIME I HAVE. SO, HERE IS IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH---IF YOU VALUE YOUR SO-CALLED INDIANNESS, FIRST LEARN YOUR LANGUAGE. OF COURSE, IT IS ALWAYS EASIER SAID THAN DONE, HOWEVER, I REMIND, DIFFICULT, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE! I DONT GIVE A DAMN HOW MANY NDN CONFERENCES YOU ATTEND OR SAW DANCES WITH WOLVES FOR THE UMPTEENTH MILLION TIMES OR HOW MANY WACIPIPOW-WOWS)YOU ATTEND, IT WILL NOT MAKE YOU NDN, EITHER YOU KNOW IT OR FEEL IT IN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU, YES, YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! WHILE LEGAL DEFINTIONS EXIST, SUCH AS THE BLOOD QUATUM CRITERIA FOR MANY, IF NOT ALL TRIBES AND EVEN ENROLLMENT THROUGH DESCENDENDY, AN UPCOMING PHENOMENA, IT STILL ALL COMES DOWN TO LEARNING YOUR RARE, BEAUTIFUL AND SPIRITUAL LANGUAGES, WHICH AS I INDICATED MANY TIMES, ARE TUNKASILA-LENT. HO HECETU WELO!!!!!!!
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:28:52 +0000
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