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Samson StormMemberTo Kala and all, You asked: ‘Does history really make you who you are?’ I must answer ABSOLUTELY. Just as the 100 year old tree you see today is the product of the seed that took root 100 years ago, so YOU are the product of the cultural and societal ‘seeds’ of your family, community and nation. Don’t kid yourself into believing that just because an event is ‘in the past’ it has no bearing on today. My people would not be starving on 3rd world poverty stricken reservations if it were not for events that happened ‘in the past’. Sure, the past cannot be changed. But until this nation takes responsibility for its past and stops believing that ‘there is no one left’ to be accountable for historic crimes, this nation will not be free of hate. ‘Time’ does not heal wounds my friends, only truth and love. Just like the child who burns their hand REMEMBERS the pain of that PAST experience to avoid repeating it…. america must do the same. And as survivors of the brutality of americas past, we must REMEMBER, and tell america in so many words- ‘that hurt’. Does history matter today? YOU BET it does. It is alive in you and I….
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Samson StormMemberConcerning hair on the body/face of Indigenous people: Some do, some don’t. And you may be interested to know that we are NOT in any way related to Asian people. That idea comes from the ice-bridge story, which is a lie. Asians have their beautiful culture(s), and we have ours…
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