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POPSIndigenous People The brand, Indian was placed upon us by the Spanish and has carried on since that time. This alone clouds our heritage. Cougar
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POPSReligion We all know of good and evil, the Indigenous Peoples believe in a Creator who placed us here to look after our mother the earth, so why is it that the others use religion for self gain or for destruction of other who do not believe in God, as they do? Puzzling? Not really, the Indigenous People believe we are here not for our selves, but for our children and their children, to care for Mother Earth, to live in harmony with all things and all peoples, we are still wondering what the others were put here for? Cougar
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POPSThink I grow increasingly worried about man and his thoughts! When reading or watching the world as it is today, we can see what man has on his mind and unfortunately it is not the good, but the evil in mans mind that is winning. We see the continual search for the better weapons in which to kill each other, the growing hunger and killing of our children, the continuing raping of Mother Earth, with no respite in the future. We must look to our Grandfathers for guidance, however for the People of the Earth and I speak of the Indigenous Peoples who at one time lived and breathed the life of Mother Earth, it will be easier, not so for the others who live for greed with every waking breath. The destruction of man will come from within, so pray to the Great Spirit that the others will come to respect and seek the guidance of our Earth Mother and that of the People of the Earth, before it is to late. Cougar
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POPSSacred Way Only through unity will we achieve and regain our way. We must pray to the Creator to guide us on the sacred path, where we once stood united as the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island. We as the true peoples of Turtle Island are all powerful when united as one. Cougar
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POPSEducation Education is vital for our survival, how ever the education provided is not up to standards with the rest of the world, you see the poor education programs provided to the Native communities lags far behind, for a reason, it's just another way the governments use to keep the Indigenous people under their control. Cougar
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POPSMother Earth Indigenous Peoples speak of the earth as their mother, while others walk on the earth as their trash. Cougar
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POPSSharing "INDIAN" This word is insulting, we are not Indians, Indians are from India, Christopher Columbus put this label on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas because he didn't know where he was. So why should we live with a lable that is not our's. Sharing is part of our culture, as Indigenous people, it comes naturally to those who follow the Red Path. Cougar
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POPSBright Days and Dark Days The Great Spirit created the world in which all mankind lived in peace and harmony at one time, the polititions of Canada and the United States do not believe in the Great Spirit, oh they say these believe in God, but look at what they do, can anyone who does the things they do in the name of the people they are supposed to represent or do the evil they inflict upon the people of the earth, the indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, believe in God. Can anyone take their word on anything, they act like they are the minions of Satan, instead of followers of Christianity. Cougar
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POPSLaw in Mexico Before the Conquest It makes one wonder how the Spanish could say the Aztec were un-civilized people, when one finds out more and more how the so called civilized European's came to South America and Turtle Island.
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POPSEarth Spirit Look around you, can you not see it? The Earth Spirit is speaking to all of mankind, warning us not to continue to rape the earth. Since the beginning of mankind, he has sought to make life easier for him to live a lazy life. The Aboriginal have been forced to live this way also, but many have cried and now wish to return to the ways before the colonists came. They have raped and pillaged to the point where the return is almost pointless, but we must strive for unity, if we are to prevail in our efforts to return the earth to what it was. We may be to slow, as the Earth Spirit, speaks to us on an almost daily bases now, telling us if we don not stop, she will stop us her self, and heal what we have destroyed. Cougar
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POPSEducation Even though this talks about the Cherokee people, this in fact speaks for all Aboriginal peoples, every where. In Canada the First Nation, Metis & Inuit peoples are not taught the same as in the outside world (white mans world) they are behind and kept that way by the governments who regulate education, they were & are never taught history because the Canadian Governments were and are scared to tell the truth about the Canadian history. This can possibly be said by all the governments around the world who suppress the Indigenous peoples of that country. Cougar