Ꭷ ᏃᏊ ᏥᎩ
To be honest.... I am very political, but often I am unable to be openly political about a great many things.
I fear that in my Ceremonial life that I am not allowed to have an opinion sometimes. If I choose one candidate over another I am causing factionalism and knowingly opening our ᏗᎦᏚᎯ to division. I don’t belong to any political party or Church, and even though I vote in the ᎠᏍᏆᏂᏱ elections, I will not discuss it. I belong to the political unit of our ᎪᏛ ᎦᏘᏲ ᏗᎦᏚᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏌᎰᏂ ᏗᎩᏴᏫ and I feel in my heart everything else is less than.
ᏗᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ is a gamble and that seed corn can go bad if it is not planted, I also feel that those ᏗᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ - ᏌᎪᏂᎨ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎦ are a gamble too.
ᎠᎹᏰᎵ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎠᏂᏲᏁᎦ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ
Even our ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ political system was developed in response to ᎠᏂᎦᎵᏏ ᎤᏂᏴᏫ ᎠᏰᎵ and the other colonial states we initially dominated politically. To use their standard for self identification is handy but ᎦᏂᏰᎩ
ᏂᎦᏓ ᎠᏂᏲᏁᎦ ᏗᎧᏃᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏧᏠᏱ
Don’t get fooled by the cards, like our ᏧᏂᎦᏴᎵ we are still gambling people but we always knew the stakes in the past - I am not so sure we do this time.
ᎢᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ ᎤᏠᏯᏃ ᏫᏓᏤᏢᎢ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏓᏃ we need to talk about what that means and use that dialogue to inform our decisions.
I know we cannot bastardize and prostitute our ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ and I know we are not even allowed to promote it. The sad truth is - if we don’t educate our people on ᎠᏂᎦᏚᏩᎩ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ our live ways will become prostituted, bastardized, corrupted and raped. We will bleed to death, and no one will even hear the sobs and no one will see the ᎪᏛ our Fire light glisten in the tears.
Without maintaining our responsibility to ᎢᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᏃ we will continue to wage their war against our own ᎠᏂᎦᏚᏩᎩ ᏧᏂᏴᏫ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ. Don’t promote it, live it ᎢᏣᏛᏁᏗ live it in our schools, at work, in the political office and at home. Rekindle that ᎪᏛ while you can and ᎪᏖᏍᏗ ᏂᎪᎯᎳ
ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏕᏣᎳᏏᎦᏕᏍᏗᏊ we are stronger than any colonial system or foreign power, the blood of our grandmothers’ runs in our veins, its time to talk about what’s at stake and let them know it is the same blood as their’s. ᏂᎦᎥ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎪ ᎢᎦᏓᏠᏯᏊ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎠᎦᏴᎵ ᎢᎨᏥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏫᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓ
ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᏯ ᏩᏕ ᏥᎪᏪᎸᎦ
To be honest.... I am very political, but often I am unable to be openly political about a great many things.
I fear that in my Ceremonial life that I am not allowed to have an opinion sometimes. If I choose one candidate over another I am causing factionalism and knowingly opening our ᏗᎦᏚᎯ to division. I don’t belong to any political party or Church, and even though I vote in the ᎠᏍᏆᏂᏱ elections, I will not discuss it. I belong to the political unit of our ᎪᏛ ᎦᏘᏲ ᏗᎦᏚᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏌᎰᏂ ᏗᎩᏴᏫ and I feel in my heart everything else is less than.
ᏗᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ is a gamble and that seed corn can go bad if it is not planted, I also feel that those ᏗᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ - ᏌᎪᏂᎨ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎦ are a gamble too.
ᎠᎹᏰᎵ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎠᏂᏲᏁᎦ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ
Even our ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ political system was developed in response to ᎠᏂᎦᎵᏏ ᎤᏂᏴᏫ ᎠᏰᎵ and the other colonial states we initially dominated politically. To use their standard for self identification is handy but ᎦᏂᏰᎩ
ᏂᎦᏓ ᎠᏂᏲᏁᎦ ᏗᎧᏃᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏧᏠᏱ
Don’t get fooled by the cards, like our ᏧᏂᎦᏴᎵ we are still gambling people but we always knew the stakes in the past - I am not so sure we do this time.
ᎢᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ ᎤᏠᏯᏃ ᏫᏓᏤᏢᎢ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏓᏃ we need to talk about what that means and use that dialogue to inform our decisions.
I know we cannot bastardize and prostitute our ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ and I know we are not even allowed to promote it. The sad truth is - if we don’t educate our people on ᎠᏂᎦᏚᏩᎩ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ our live ways will become prostituted, bastardized, corrupted and raped. We will bleed to death, and no one will even hear the sobs and no one will see the ᎪᏛ our Fire light glisten in the tears.
Without maintaining our responsibility to ᎢᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᏃ we will continue to wage their war against our own ᎠᏂᎦᏚᏩᎩ ᏧᏂᏴᏫ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ. Don’t promote it, live it ᎢᏣᏛᏁᏗ live it in our schools, at work, in the political office and at home. Rekindle that ᎪᏛ while you can and ᎪᏖᏍᏗ ᏂᎪᎯᎳ
ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏕᏣᎳᏏᎦᏕᏍᏗᏊ we are stronger than any colonial system or foreign power, the blood of our grandmothers’ runs in our veins, its time to talk about what’s at stake and let them know it is the same blood as their’s. ᏂᎦᎥ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎪ ᎢᎦᏓᏠᏯᏊ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎠᎦᏴᎵ ᎢᎨᏥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏫᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓ
ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᏯ ᏩᏕ ᏥᎪᏪᎸᎦ
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