SMOKE SIGNALS
Petition for National
Native American Day
TO: ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Congress of the United States
Senate of the United States
President of the United States
We the undersigned come together before you to request that each of these governing bodies take all necessary action to bring about a Federal Holiday for Native American Elected Leaders.
To include Congressional hearings on the racial exclusion of Native Americans in movies, television, sports advertising, music companies, etc.
With the special government to government relationship between the Indian Government of America and the Federal Government, it is fitting for the Federal Government to enact this holiday and conduct Congressional hearings.
Indian governments and the people they represent are requesting that the federal government bring about a National Holiday for Native Americans to be celebrated by all citizens of America and people around the world.
This holiday would pay tribute to Indian Tribal Leaders to include Alaskan Leaders and Hawaiian Leaders. This holiday would also pay tribute to those that endured the world's longest holocaust and most costly in human lives.
It is further stated that no Indian Government nor its people find reason to celebrate and pay for Columbus Day. Seventeen states do not recognize Columbus Day. The state of South Dakota has changed Columbus day to Native American Day.
Therefore, be it resolved that the Federal Government should reevaluate Columbus Day by moving it back to its original day, the second Wednesday of October and not be a tax paid holiday as is St. Patrick's Day and Octoberfest, and make the second Monday of October a Federal holiday for Native Americans.
The polls we conducted across the country show that the vast majority of Americans prefer changing Columbus Day as to creating a whole new holiday.
It is inappropriate for Indian children and children of America to celebrate Columbus (supposed) discovery of a nation of people and not having a holiday paying tribute to the people of those nations.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION HERE...
Many thanks to you, Tom T. Hall, for your inspirations and permission to incorporate my thoughts into your art...
I LOVE...
I love little baby ducks, old pick up trucks,
Old steam trains and rain!
I love little country streams, sleep without bad dreams,
Our PowWow in May and hay!
I love leaves in the wind, pictures of a friend,
Birds of the world and squirrels!
I love soup in a cup, little fuzzy pups,
Soda in a glass and grass!
I love honest open smiles, kisses from a child,
Tomatoes from the vine and wine!
I love little soft bunnies, they're so cute and funny,
With their little cotton tails and nails!
We love cuddly bunnykisses, eating veggie food and life..
..and we love you too!
To All The Perfideous IndividualSsss...
"Instead of holding anger in my heart toward you because of your distasteful inconsideracies,
I have forgiven you. My Spirit houses more compassion and love than you will ever know.
I've not the need for greed, the need to lie, nor the need to hide behind any walls of shame as you do.
My song will remain the same as my heart continues to sing kindness to others. I am proud to be
able to afford the luxury of doing for others when I don't have myself. This puts me above you.
I'll not regret all I've ever done for you, nor will I question your audacious ingratitudes in the end.
What matters most is the fact that my Spirit IS recognized and appreciated by animals and God.
You can deny it all you want, but come nightfall, when we retire to sleep to the silent end of each day,
You see you cannot hide from me, you realize you have to live with yourself and the truth of it all.
Whilst I sleep amongst the sheep, I have the clear conscience as I uphold my altruistic way of being.
You know who you are, may contentment and benevolence enter and remain in your hearts."
- Jaboa Sage Braveheart
"SHUANGXI"
Representing "double happiness." It is the symbol of the ideal state of fulfillment achieved when our minds, bodies and spirits are in perfect harmony.
Sincere thanks to Sid Khoudja
Your kindness is cherished in my heart forever, as my Spirit sings your praise, until my horse neighs...
"Hear me O! Great Spirit! My heart is broken and my head lays low with much sadness.
I tire seeing the infectious, cruel ways of wicked beings for so long!
Mother Earth can be filled with my tears..
as I feel the weight of the World's sadness & pain upon me.
Many animals and good people have suffered because of inhuman treacherous acts.
If forever more till the end of my days..I continue to Stand Lonewolf as always..
I will be satisfied.
Knowing I'd be without their devient curiousities & snickering hovering...
Without their racing to drive their sNakes through my heart, thinking they've out-lived me
Without all their selfish, two faced ways of materialism & acts of wickedry,
Standing Lonewolf would be a wishful blessing..because in all reality..O! Great Spirit...
You know..that as I steady upon the White Horse, readying for my journey home to you...
I can then finally close my eyes into an assured peaceful sleep..with my Spirit knowing...
that all this time, in my meek, animal spirited filled and thankful little world of my own..
I have really outlived them all!"
- Jaboa Sage Braveheart
"As-Salāmu `Alayk(um)—Peace be upon you"
What's This Rabbit Warrior Made Of?
Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice,
Spirit Wings & Indian Things.
From My Mother's Clan, This is Who I Am..
Mohegan Blooded & Narragansett Boned,
Within Animals' Hearts, I'm Blissfully At Home.
This Is What I Am Made Of..
AQUAI...There are three Mohegan/Pequot Indian bands in Connecticut, a Shinnecock Indian band on Long Island, and a Narragansett band in Rhode Island. Most of the people in these bands have mixed Indian heritage due to the merging of the Mohegan tribes in early American history. Other people with Mohegan Indian heritage live in communities throughout New England and New York.
Narragansett people are considered by most historians to be a sub-tribe of the Mohegans, though their language may have been closer to that of the Wampanoag. The Narragansett tribe, like the Niantic, Nipmuc, Montauk, and Pequot, was originally a distinct and independent nation. However, due to heavy population losses and aggressive colonial expansion, the Indian tribes of New England were scattered, merged, and assimilated to such a degree that they lost their languages and much of their individual tribal characters.
In particular, the Narragansett, Nipmuc, and Niantic tribes were driven together under the general Mohegan rubric; other Narragansetts took refuge with the Abenakis or Stockbridge Indians, assimilating into those cultures.
The Narragansett only regained official tribal status in 1985, though they never stopped practicing their culture within their communities. There are about 2500 Narragansetts in Rhode Island today, including those of Niantic, Nipmuc, and Pequot descent, and 2500 other Mohegans (including some with Narragansett ancestry) in Connecticut and Long Island.
Question: Were Pequot, Shinnecock, Narragansett, & Montauk Indians part of the Mohegan tribe?
Answer: Not originally. They spoke similar languages and shared similar cultures, but the Mohegans, Pequots, Montauks, Narragansetts, Niantics, and Nipmucs all used to be distinct tribes, each with its own leadership. But after Europeans arrived, many Native American people of the east coast died from disease and warfare. The survivors merged together, and many of their original tribal distinctions were lost. Colonists and Native Americans from other tribes started calling all of them Mohegans. AQUINE.
Boaz World
TO BE CONTINUED....
"As-Salāmu `Alayk(um)—Peace be upon you"
