Monday, January 30, 2006

 

View from the Red Road

View from the Red Road

Movie Review

“End of the Spear”

Promoting and perpetrating all the old stereotypes and racism inflicted upon Indigenous Red Nations and Peoples, this poorly acted film “set back Indian/White relations 40 years” (to paraphrase the racist statements permeating in the media when “O.J” was freed as the blacks jumped up and down in glee [having witnessed first hands their entire life corrupted cops and a racist system] and whites held their hands to their faces and cried – wishing death upon the African who dared capture the beautiful blonde white girl).
It was SO LUCKY the white people and their great religion SAVED the savage Indians from themselves with the great awareness that there WAS A GOD (dumb Indians, anyway). Now we learn that it was ENTIRE white families that saved the Indians and settle this land (THANK GOD).
The story fails to mention any corruption that such a group would have had (if they had really existed nearly that way) from contact with the “Pyramid Hierarchy First Wave.” This pre-columbus wave 5,000 years ago by mideastern/Egyptian sailors delivered unto central america, enslaving and building pyramids and male-dominating systems until finally repelled by the oppressed, fed-up red people who then left the pyramids to cover over with growth. They had it extra bad down there because they got a second wave from the spanish conquistadors. A simple note of this fact would have helped greatly, instead, the large xtian crowds in attendance (urged by their preachers to attend and see that their way IS right and legit) left just as confused as when they entered.
One scene showed that the Indian “leader” (although with freedom that was enjoyed before columbus - no murder, fences, chiefs) saw angels come to take the missionary he just killed, and the Indian would later cut off his hair and “admit” the “white, christian way” was best to the missionary’s grown son – who did NOT take revenge upon his father’s killer (such a great tribute to the good white people and their “forgiveness” [bad Indians!]).The movie would be excellent for missionary and religious fanatics looking for reinforcement in this time of awareness when their fantasical beliefs often seem so ridiculous to so many toady. I suppose some xtianized Indians might feel better also (there are some still caught up in the lies that Red People came from Africa, via Siberia as cavemen – dragging their women all the way by the hair (an actual scene in the movie!).

Thursday, January 26, 2006

 

View from the Red Road

View from the Red Road

Being Indigenous
A Guide To Being A Human Being
Upon Sacred Grand Mother Earth

Indigenous Red “Indian” Nations and Peoples came forth from Grand Mother Earth over 60 million years ago to populate their original homelands upon “Great Turtle Island”, the area now sometimes referred to as “north, central, and south america.” Over eons, the many unique Indigenous Ways of Life evolved by living in respect and appreciation of and with the Natural World, with assistance from the various “visions” and “dreams” (Fire, Bow & Arrow, Homes) of individual citizenry which enhanced their lives - all in harmony and balance with Tunkasina Mahpiya (Nakota) “Grand Father Sky” and Unci Maka “Grand Mother Earth” which comprise “Wakan Tanka”, all of Nature and “All That Is”, more commonly referenced as “The Great Mystery.”

Many common factors are prevalent among the many Indigenous Red Nations – over 500 which existed when columbus washed up 514 years ago to begin the unfortunate “columbus era”, each with their own language and manner of living depending upon the individual features of their pristine homelands. Basic similarities include the Indigenous reverence of MiNi “My Life” or “Water”, respect for the Natural World, appreciation and thankfulness of their food, fire, and shelter, and use of the Sacred Drum and Music, Eagle Feathers, Tobacco, and Incense Purification with the Sacred Sage, Cedar, and Sweet Grass.
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“Sacred Little Ones”
In the Indigenous Way of Life, which mirrors the Nations who Grow (Trees, Plants), who Fly (Birds), who Crawl (Insects, Snakes), who Swim (Turtles, Fish), and who Walk (Animals), a human being “man” and “woman” create a newborn child, which is referred to in the Nakota (misnomer “Sioux”; Nakota, DaNakota, Dakota, Lakota) Language as Wakan Yeja or “Sacred Little One.” The baby is perfect at birth - and has done no wrong or harm to any person or being of Nature. The Wakan Yeja begins life upon Grand Mother Earth and beneath Grand Father Sky, learning to appreciate the gifts of Nature throughout his or her life.
Wakan Tanka & “All That Is”
In the Indigenous Way of Life, there is no “god, creator, grandfather, higher power” concept. Each individual is responsible to their self and to their families and communities. There is only the Great Mystery of Grand Mother Earth and Grand Father Sky. There is no “prayer” to a fantasical object or being - only expressions of appreciation and thankfulness to the Earth and Sky for all the gifts of Nature that the human being is so fortunate to have available for their living, or in today’s survival.

Nature as Superior
The Two-Legged human needs to take life in order to live upon Grand Mother Earth in relative comfort. Fire needs to be burned, Animals
and Plants killed, hides and fibers used for clothing. But the superior Tree stands tall, shed-
ding leaves for winter, only to come to life to provide shade and oxygen to those that move upon the Earth each spring. Such superiority!!

Crying For A Vision
Often referred to as “fasting”, the Nakota practice an Appreciation Exercise called “Crying For A Vision”, in order to learn to better appreciate the gifts of life. An individual stands upon a hilltop over night and throughout the day - without food, water, clothing - which teaches appreciation and respect. This practice insures balance within a person, which radiates out to their family, community, and nation. Often, an Eagle Feather is carried in hand and is held continuously, offered to the Six Directions. The sheer beauty of Grand Mother Earth and Grand Father Sky can easily be understood by employing this simple practice.
Six Directions
It is most important to always know where you are at on this Earth. To the Nakota, the first direction is the direction where the Sun Comes Up (“east”). It represents childbirth and infancy. The second direction is where The People Face (“south") and is symbolic of teenage years, while the direction where the Sun Goes Down is adulthood, and the direction of the Evergreen Trees represents the winter age of life. Within the Grand Father Sky is the Mother Moon and Father Sun. Within the Grand Mother Earth is the Mother Water and the Father Rock. This understanding of balance keeps the human being from being greedy, desiring alcohol/drugs or other escapes from life and reality.

Food and Survival
The direction where the Sun Comes Up is also the start of recognizing the importance of My Life “water.” This is the first of the four main food groups of the Nakota Nation. The Vegetable, Meat, and Fruit are the other three food groups, which are dried during the late summer to insure a pleasant life throughout the winter months (avoiding “survival”).
There were only two meals per day (at around 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in today’s terms), with only the amount of food that could fit in the palm of an individual’s hand as the meal. The highly nutrified “Sun-Dried” food sustains proper weight and condition for each individual. Bison Robes were used by the Nakota, which guaranteed they would never freeze to death during extreme cold. Bison hide Tipis, coupled with personal robes, made each winter pleasant and rewarding for the Nakota.

Care of Your Body
In Prior to 1492, the Nakota were free of disease and illnesses. They were always outside in the fresh air. Today, each winter the non-Indigenous get the “flu” and “colds” from being penned up in their poorly-ventilated homes with deadly, toxic gasses providing them heat.
Lack of sex in the stressful, greedy, male-dominating, corporate-controlled society today also causes lack of exercise and obesity. Understanding dangers to your body prevents sicknesses. Common sense dictates that a person would not approach a rattlesnake and calmly pick it up off the ground - for they would surely be bitten. The snake is not bad but should be respected and not used or abused. Just as uranium (used to make nuclear bombs) should not be gouged from Grand Mother Earth as it causes cancer, marijuana is not to be disturbed for human being dysfunction and habit.

The “Time Line”
Ten thousand years ago, man ‘domesticated’ animals and invented the term “money” and “god.” This moment in time was the beginning of the time called the “pyramid hierarchy system” era. This was the start of ‘property’ and the male-dominating quest for ego power and greed. Fences were built, and eventually walls and forts. The presidents, kings, leaders, and dictators then went out to fill their “yards” with resources stolen from others. The concept of a “higher power” was employed in order to keep the masses confused and with a ‘low self esteem’ (always under something), which allows the rich to have, while the enslaved masses remain the have nots.

History Through Language
Upon Great Turtle Island, Indigenous nations watched the small, “grass-eater” dog-like animal with three toes sprint in herds across the prairies - only later over millions of years to grow into the single-hooved “horse” seen today. This Sunka Wakan or Mysterious Dog (symbolic of the creatures evolving over time right in front of the eyes of Indigenous Peoples) served to assist human beings.
The mere use of the word MiNi reveals a Way of Life so appreciative of even the most basic needs, as opposed to so-called “civilized” societies, which are based in greed and also pollute and contaminate their own basic drinking water supplies.
All races of human kind including the Yellow, Black, and White, had similar concepts of love fro Grand Mother Earth and Water ten thousand years ago and prior to the “pyramid hierarchy system.”

Stereotypes & Racism
(See www.canunpa.com for more Facts & Fiction regarding stereotypes)
Many lies were told about Indigenous Red nations and Peoples as the pilgrims and Americans forged west, murdering, stealing, occupying in the world’s largest, quickest and deadliest holocaust the world has ever seen (100 million innocent Red Lives taken).
The act of “scalping” was invented by Europeans and transported to Great Turtle Island, perpetrated and inflicted upon and against Indigenous Peoples for monetary bounties by the early settlers, pilgrims, and americans.

Indigenous Peoples - who are now themselves blamed for this barbaric act (the Nakota used horse hair for personal decorations, which may have confused early americans who were eager to “blame the victim”). This process of dehumanization is still designed to relieve or “forgive” the white man for atrocities committed so that they might possibly sleep better at night and remain in denial that Indigenous resources and daily living objects (misnomer “artifacts”) remain stolen and occupied by the u.s. government and their american citizenry. The Nakota and many other Indigenous Red Nations utilized horse hair for decorating clothing and personal effects, but it is doubtful that this is what confuses american society, a society unfortunately too often eager to ‘blame the victim.’

As an example, over nine ($9) trillion dollars in thefted Nakota “Black Hills” gold remains as stolen property in Fort Knox, Kentucky, while trillions in Nakota “Wyoming” coal is transported illegally each day across state lines from within 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie Homelands to serve the electrical needs (lights, heat, computers, TV) of millions and millions of americans - all this without one penny to the struggling Nakota People.


True Democracy “Oyate Omniciye”
(See www.1851Treaty.com for more information about Indigenous governing)
For millions of years in the Indigenous Nakota Way of Life, women and men gathered together in large Talking Circles to share their ideas and act upon issues affecting their communities. Their consensus was unanimously agreed to by all and insured peace and happiness for all.

The People authorize and select an Itacan (Expert Spokesperson) an individual - female or male - who is the most eloquent and trusted of speakers to serve the community during national and international public gatherings. The Itacan only speaks what they are instructed to say. They articulate the true feeling and national intent of all The People.
World “governments” today are “led” by dictators, presidents, kings, corporate executives, or elected officials who control the masses through such male-dominating systems usually of “majority rule” - which only masquerade as “democracy.”

Oyate Omniciye (Nakota) or “Circle Meetings of The People” are currently endangered and ‘hanging by a thread” in places like among the Ihanktunwan DaNakota or “Yankton Dakota” peoples in “southeastern South Dakota.” The good people of the world must strive to protect, preserve and enhance this near-extinct Way of Life known as democracy.

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Friday, January 13, 2006

 

View from the Red Road

View from the Red Road


2005-2006 - Regular Season - Power Play Scoring - POWER PLAY GOALS
As of January 13, 2006
(Cheechoo # 3 in NHL)


NHL 2005-2006 - Regular Season
“POWER PLAY GOALS” SCORING LEADERS
As of January 13, 2006
(Cheechoo # 3 in NHL in Power Play Goals)

Rank
Player
Team
Power
Play
Goals
Power Play Assists
Power
Play
Points
1
ILYA KOVALCHUK
ATL
18
20
38
2
ROD BRIND'AMOUR
CAR
13
8
21
3
JAROMIR JAGR
NYR
12
15
27
3
DANY HEATLEY
OTT
12
13
25
3
ALEXANDER OVECHKIN
WSH
12
12
24
3
JONATHAN CHEECHOO
SJS
12
9
21
4
OLLI JOKINEN
FLA
11
13
24
8
PATRICK MARLEAU
SJS
11
11
22


Cheechoo scores second ‘hat trick’
in two weeks!
January 5, 2006

In San Jose’s 6-3 romp over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, Team Teal had everything go right for them offensively. Once again, Jonathan Cheechoo, led the way with a three goal in one game “hat trick” and Nils Ekman tied the franchise record that he tied just the other night as he posted four assists. Joe Thornton also posted four points. Cheechoo now has two hat tricks in his last six games. “The puck is just finding spots,” said Cheechoo. “My linemates are just creating havoc and I’m able to get loose. The puck is going through the pack. Joe is a great passer and Ek is as well.” And what of the hats that hit the ice? “I’m starting to collect them,” laughed Cheechoo. He is now on pace for a 50-goal season – the Sharks current record is 44 goals set by Owen Nolan in the 1999-2000 campaign. “When you get as many opportunities as he gets, you’re going to score a lot of goals,” said Wilson. “He is being set up incredibly by both Joe an Ek. I can’t really say I’ve seen a guy with that much confidence. In terms of just being relaxed and allowing those guys to do their thing. He is reading the play very well and getting himself open. When the puck gets on his stick, he is going to put a quality shot on goal. When you get seven or eight shots on goal, you’re going to score a lot of goals.” And Wilson has coached a few goal scorers, having been around Pavel Bure, Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne and Jaromir Jagr. Cheechoo is staying focused on the important matters. “As long as we keep winning, that’s the important thing,” said Cheechoo. While a natural goal scorer, Cheechoo hasn’t traditionally put up a large amount of hat tricks as a professional, so the two within the short span is a little bit of a surprise. “My last year of junior I had quite a few, maybe six or seven,” said Cheechoo. “I had a couple in Kentucky and Cleveland.” Cheechoo doesn’t have the stick he used for the first hat trick, but this one might stay close to the vest. “Maybe I’ll use it next game,” said Cheechoo. “Maybe I’ll keep this one for myself. I don’t want to get too greedy, but . . .” Cheechoo’s three goals match the number of teeth he is still missing from the December 22 Phoenix contest. “I wouldn’t mind waiting (to get them fixed),” said Cheechoo. “It doesn’t hurt now.” Thornton enjoys playing the setup man to Cheechoo. “He’s been playing great, but when he scores three, everyone is happy, not just me,” said Thornton. “To see a guy get a hat trick is exciting for us and for the fans.” Cheechoo’s center has known his winger from long before their San Jose days. “We have a mutual friend and he water skied behind my boat about three years ago,” said Thornton. “I know the story of Moose Factory and things like that. We knew each other just a little bit, but he is a good friend now. I’m not quite ready for Moose Factory yet. I have to know him better.” Many try to draw comparisons between Cheechoo and Glen Murray, but Thornton doesn’t see it quite the same way. “I haven’t seen anyone like that to be honest with you,” said Thornton. “Everything just looks smooth and sometimes when he scores, it’s awkward. I don’t know who he reminds me of. He is a great player.” STRANGE MOVE Ekman obviously enjoys playing with Cheechoo and Thornton as his four helpers attest. “I’m happy that things are going my way right now,” said Ekman. “I’m not complaining.” On the Sharks third goal, a Thornton pass put Ekman on a two-on-one with Cheechoo. Ekman’s move was a surprise to just about everybody in that he made a jerky motion with his leg before passing the puck. “He fooled me,” said Thornton. “I thought he was going to shoot the backhand, but it obviously fooled the goalie, so it worked well for us.” Whatever the move was, the result was a goal. “I don’t know what I did,” said Ekman. “I saw it on the replay and it looked stupid. I was just trying to deke a shot and put the puck on my backhand and hopefully get the goalie down. I made my mind up when I got the puck that I was going to pass it. I might try it again, but so it looks better – not stupid.” “I think he was trying to get the goalie to bite a little on his move and it gave me enough time to get it upstairs,” said Cheechoo. Ekman is enjoying his time on the line and especially how Thornton raises everybody’s game, not just his. “That is the best compliment to give to a teammate or anyone is that you make other players better,” said Ekman. “He makes me better when I’m playing with him. It hurt to lose those teammates in a trade, but the good thing about it is we got Joe and I speak for everyone when I say we’re all thrilled to have him here. He is an unbelievable hockey player.” Coach Wilson wishes a few other Sharks would fire on net a little more. “I wish a few guys would pay a little more attention to Cheechoo in that he shoots the puck all the time as opposed to trying to make the types of passes Joe makes,” said Wilson. “More of our guys would be successful if they shot as much as Cheechoo does.” STREAKING With his hat trick tonight, Cheechoo is on a four-game point streak (7-2=9) and has tallied 16 goals in his last 14 games. (Jonathan Cheechoo scored the most goals in December of 2005 of all NHL players with a total of 14 in just one month; most NHL players will never get a hat trick in their entire career)
Ekman is currently on a five-game point streak (2-8=10), posting eight assists in the last two games. Ekman’s eight assists in the past two games, ties Kelly Kisio’s franchise record for the most points in consecutive games. Kisio’s record was set in Dec. 1992, when he posted one goal and three assists in consecutive games. Posting a goal and adding three assists, Thornton extended his point streak to four games (3-6=9). Thornton has posted points in 12 of the 14 games he has played as a member of the Sharks, posting multi-point efforts in eight of them.

NHL Top Ten Goal Scorers
(as of January 7, 2005; Cheechoo TOP SIX;
Cheechoo led entire NHL from December 5th to January 5th, 2006)

Rank
Player
Team
Goals
Assists
Points
1
ILYA KOVALCHUK
ATL
30
31
61
2
SIMON GAGNE
PHI
29
18
47
3
DANY HEATLEY
OTT
26
30
56
4
ERIC STAAL
CAR
26
26
52
5
JAROMIR JAGR
NYR
25
38
63
6
DANIEL ALFREDSSON
OTT
25
30
55
7
ALEXANDER OVECHKIN
WSH
25
22
47
8
BRIAN GIONTA
NJD
23
19
42
9
JONATHAN CHEECHOO
SJS
23
12
35
10
MARIAN HOSSA
ATL
22
30
52

Cheechoo Train A Rollin’!
December 31, 2005

(At the end of December, San Jose Shark’s forward, Jonathan Cheechoo, lead ALL NHL goal scorers with 13 goals for the month of December 2005!!)

The December 20th, 2005 “last evening of fall” brought out some of the best in the sporting world and athletics. NBA Los Angles Laker star, Kobe Bryant, scored 62 points in just three periods (30 in the third alone) as the San Jose Shark’s Jonathan Cheechoo finished out his own third period with his second and third goal of the night to record the first NHL “Hat Trick” of his career
The day before winter also saw Montreal Canadiens superstar, Alexei Kovalev, score his 300th career goal for a total of over 700 career points.
Cheechoo, who scored numerous two-goal games in his few years in the NHL, began his Hat Trick quest against the division rival Mighty Ducks by scoring the first goal of the game. Cheechoo has approximately nine points in the last five games. He opened his scoring with a remarkable goal from the side of the net during a man-advantage “power play” as he quickly corralled a loose puck from beside the goal and moved it skillfully to his forehand, jamming it home behind the helpless Duck superstar goaltender, Jean-Sebastian Giguere.
The shot almost looked like the Cheechoo goal of the last NHL season played, when he recorded the “Goal of the Year” by receiving a pass from the side-wall corner with the blade of his stick back between and behind his outstretched feet, deflecting the fast moving puck perfectly into the net passed the goaltender.
The Sharks, who acquired Boston Bruins superstar Joe Thornton just six games earlier and who joined the “Cheechoo Line” along with Joe’s cousin, Scott Thornton, have combined together to score a remarkable two dozen points (now called the “Thornton/Cheechoo Line”).
Later, in the third and final period of play, Cheechoo, a Moose Factory, Ontario Canada native, exploded on a breakaway to be hauled down from behind with a hooking penalty by a Mighty Ducks defenseman – with a subsequent “penalty shot” awarded by the referee. Cheechoo then took the puck from center ice one-on-one against the Duck’s netminder, calmly skated down as the crowd cheered, then faked Giguere into dropping to his knees, and finishing the play by lifting the shot into the net - his second goal of the night as the San Jose fans roared.
As the crescendo of the standing room only crowd continued to climax, Cheechoo – not thirty seconds later on the same shift - grabbed the puck off the boards after a play set up by Thornton, and forced himself between and past two Anaheim defensemen to, once again, come on-on-one with the surprised Duck goalie. And once again, the “Cheechoo Train” was-a-rollin’ as the sure-handed right-winger faked and shot the puck past the Anaheim netminder. The crowd went into a frenzy as Cheechoo spun around – legs flailing like an Olympic figure skater – as he celebrated in his infamous “Cheechoo” fashion.
After struggling the previous month before the Thornton trade (for three fine San Jose players who have made an impact with the Bruins club) the Sharks are now on a roll heading into the middle of the season, recording around five goals per game since. The talented Cheechoo was in need of some help and the Thornton trade was all that was needed to trigger the Cheechoo Train back into motion and rejuvenate a struggling Shark dynasty.
Cheechoo now leads all San Jose scoring with 16 goals for the season thus far, and is second in overall points to star center, Patrick Marleau, who leads with 39 total points.The night also saw outstanding play by the San Jose netminder, Evgeni Nabokov, and also saw the return of forward, Scott Parker, who added the second goal of the night in only his second game back from the injured list.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

 

View from the Red Road

View from the Red Road

MiNi “My Life” Water

Sacred MiNi
The Nakota (misnomer “Sioux”) word “Mi Ni” or “water” in english translates literally into “My Life”, with “Ni” meaning “Life.” It is an ancient word – millions of years old, although this understanding of human existence dispels western “history” theories and misconceptions of “time” based largely upon “christian religious occurrence.”

Within the four language groups of the Nakota Nation (the Nakota, DaNakota, Dakota, and Lakota) the sound and letter “n” in the word MiNi does not change to MiDi for the Dakota language speakers, nor MiLi in the Lakota language. Just as the change does not occur in the ancient and sacred word “Canunpa” (misnomer “pipe” or “peace pipe”). This language sound similarity implies the most ancient and sacred aspects of the word. It also signifies the reverence with which the people had for this most sacred, precious, and needed Life Form for human existence.

(See www.canunpa.org for more info on this subject)

Today, MiNi is contaminated by greedy corporate and government policies and misguided ideas, based upon ignorance. The health and well being of individuals and communities is sacrificed for the corporate bottom line. Farmers and ranchers employ toxic chemicals and fertilizers in order to squeeze out the maximum profits – creating cancer and disease in their wake.

Mainstream americans have become numb and ignorant to this fact, ignoring it completely as they struggle through their stressful lives in the “Wal-Mart-era” of cheap, slave-type labor where they do not question the nefarious actions of the genocidal companies controlling their political leaders and society as a whole.

The two-legged must return to their old ways when water was held precious and sacred.


The Importance and Truth of Pure Language
The Nakota have a very beautiful language. It is very pleasant to hear a person speaking this language. Many words are very significant and explain their true meaning and the meaning of life. It is not a conglomerate of other languages - not a confused, “bastardization” such as is the case with the “english” language.

Sunka Wakan (“Mysterious Dog”; horse) is another significant word in the Nakota language. Tens of millions of years ago, the “Dog on the Prairie” was small with three toes and roamed the plains in herds. Millions of years later, the “Dog” mysteriously grew taller and needed only two toes. Later (today) Sunka Wakan is tall and has one “hoof”. The importance of the word Sunka Wakan is that it reveals factual evidence that the Nakota are indigenous and were always from Great Turtle Island (not from Asia; bering strait theory lie).

The language and word Sunka Wakan also serve as proof that the “horse” has always been here. “Historians” and government officials attempting to conceal facts and condemn the existence of Indigenous Nations claim (it is believed to be a from of denial , being ashamed of what their forefathers wrought) the Red People came from somewhere else, although recent DNA testing has proven the unique bloodline of Indigenous Red Nations and its total contrast to “Asian” or “Siberian” blood. This dysfunction is known as the “musical chairs syndrome”. They also tried to say the “Spanish” brought the horse to “america”. These “historians”, however, can never quite explain why the Nakota and other Indigenous Red Nations are of the world’s best horseback riders, the best horse trainers, and the world’s greatest “light cavalry” – it is surely not because the Spanish recently brought the horse!

The word Wakan Yeja means “Sacred Little One”. This is the word for “baby” or infant under seven winters old. To the Nakota, the newborn are sacred (not sinners at birth as some christian faiths believe) and special. Their first language is what we all have had as first language – crying!

Before columbus, Indigenous Red Nations and Peoples were without “greed”, without “murder”, without “god.” The only way to describe this dysfunctional phenomenon is through the grouping of words describing a questionable action. The word Wasin Icuna or “Takes the Fat” is used to describe greedy, white men. An example of how this translates into “greed” is as follows. If you are a Nakota and you are sharing some meat with a friend, you always give that person the best part or portion – this is the Indigenous way. On a nice piece of Ptehcaka “Buffalo” meat, a good part would have a nice section of “fat” on it. Again, the Nakota would give the piece with the fat to their friend in a sharing, generous manner – which is all the Nakota knew!

The language of the Nakota throws out all the lies taught in America’s schools and can free the minds of the suffering children – if the truth is allowed into the minds of the adults who teach them, care for them, and are responsible for their well-being.

(See www.1851treaty.com for more information about the Nakota Indigenous Red Nation)

The Canunpa, as referenced above, is made out of wood and from a small piece of the Ihe Duta “Sacred Red Stone” of the Ihanktunwan DaNakota Homelands, the area which is today known as “Pipestone, Minnesota.” Ihe Duta is in very limited supply and found only in this one single place in all of Unci Maka “Grand Mother Earth.”

Ihe Duta is in danger of extinction by greed and mining by the u.s. government and a few of its citizenry. It is against Nakota Law, for example, to use a constructed Canunpa just to hang over a mantle or other type of “display” purpose, or to make “jewelry” or other “trinkets” out of the special and Sacred Red Rock. This rare stone was gifted to the Nakota People and is solely for the purpose of constructing the sacred Canunpa only.

The Canunpa directs Seven Sacred Canunpa Ceremonies (sometimes referred to as the Seven Sacred Rites). The Canunpa is only to be cared for by a very few qualified caretakers, who are selected by their communities and who must conduct each of the seven sacred ceremonies within their communities throughout the year – a most difficult, time consuming, and dedicated duty. The Canunpa ceremonies come directly from a dream vision of a Nakota person many millions of years ago. The ceremonies were received and are conducted in order to maintain balance and happiness within Indigenous communities through a series of “thanksgiving /appreciation” exercises.

As with MiNi, the Canunpa must be protected and the two-legged must learn to love once again so that out children and grand children can grow healthy and strong. We owe them that much.
(A petition calling for such measures appears at the following website address: http://www.petitiononline.com/wakan/petition.html)

Sunday, January 01, 2006

 

View from the Red Road

View from the Red Road

Rescind Congressional Medals of Honor NOW!

Whereas, approximately 575 Lakota Citizenry, primarily woman, children, and old people and a few men, of the Indigenous Community known as the “Big Foot” Camp began fleeing the area of what is now called the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in north central South Dakota, were fleeing marauding and genocide-intending u.s. military units scouring 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie Homelands illegally (in order to try to establish the currently illegal state of South Dakota) immediately after the u.s. government agent assassination of their close relative, friend and ally, Tatanka Iyotake “Sitting Bull”, and,

Whereas, u.s. army Colonel Forsyth did remove all sewing and cooking items, sharp objects, knives, bows and arrows and all items considered “weaponry” by the military in totality from each and every Lakota woman, child, and elder of the refugee Big Foot community of Mnicojou Lakota upon their interception 13 days later near Porcupine Butte on December 28th, 1890, and,

Whereas, many soldiers strip searched, abused, kicked, spat upon, beat and otherwise violated international laws of military engagement prior to force-marching the 575 three miles down to “Wounded Knee Creek” where they forced all of them into overcrowded conditions, without fires to keep warm, in only thirty eight Tipis and set up a perimeter, including many “Hotchkiss” machine guns of mass destruction above the hills around the cold and suffering, and,

Whereas, at dawn the next morning of December 29th, 1890, Forsyth did fire his sidearm in order to start the genocidal mass murder of 453 of the innocent Lakota where only just over 100 souls survived, and,

Whereas, the army immediately began to spread propaganda, lies, and rumors to the racist press that “a Lakota ‘fired their weapon first’” to start the “battle”, and

Whereas, the dead and dying were shoveling into a large open mass grave without proper and moral ceremony, and,

Whereas, nearly two dozen “congressional medals of honor” were “awarded” to many of the soldiers who committed the treacherous acts of barbarism and genocide, and,

Whereas, these two dozen medals have yet to be rescinded by congress.

Therefore be it resolved that we demand the immediate rescinding of the nearly two dozen “medals of honor” and we will continue steadfastly to put pressure our local politicians to see that this is done immediately.

(The petition can be viewed online here: http://new.petitiononline.com/rescind/petition.html and you should copy and take to your legislator’s office for their work getting rescinded)

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