THEIR LIFE, THEIR LAND, THEIR WATER!

The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. 

Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. 

The man who preserves his self-hood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astir on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool - his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. 

What are the fruits of silence? They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character. ~ Ohiyesa / Santee Sioux

There is a BAD situation we have across these United States.  This land is rich and abundant with respects to archaeology & artifacts!  There is North American Indian trace beneath our land and within our waters... BUT it was NEVER exclusively "OURS".   A BAD WIND has been blowing across these lands since before you and I... a bad wind, long blowing.  

We should have NO tolerance for the ignorance of men which has gone to seed.  We should literally MOVE their persuasions with wisdom, strength & intelligence.  How could a man tolerate living in a Land where the ignorant and presumptuous dictate when we bend over and pick up a rock!  How completely foolish to consider such artifacts “hands off”.  They look to appease their own guilt.  

The substance of Stone Age tools was utilitarian and expendable resource!  It was akin to our own plastic bottles or silverware or a multitude of other tools we use!!!  THESE artifacts are NOT sacred to the People… what WAS sacred to them was THEIR LIFE, THEIR LAND, THEIR WATER!  Think about this...

The same presumptuous people who frown on artifact collection are the ones buried in guilt posing amendments to sanctify broken promises!!!!  They posture protection of Indian “artifacts” while standing on raped land wet with blood they shed unmoved!

May the express Spirit of the Creator touch all men's heart to teach & to learn.  Can we look at the root to legal policies based on greed and self-seeking honestly... can we stand resistance & proud to represent the truth of the North American Indian?  Can we be honest as to what continues to be sacred to them?  

The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the wildness in us dies. 

- Mary Brave Bird / Oglala Sioux