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Colonialism Has Completed The Destruction Of The American Indian In The United States - The Cultural Destruction.

Tourists Came Around And Looked Into Our Tipis. That Those Were The Homes We Choose To Live In Didn`t Bother Them At All. The Untied The Door, Opened The Flap, And Barged Right In, Touching Our Things, Poking Through Our Bedrolls, Inspecting Everything. It Boggles My Mind That Tourists Feel They Have The God-given Right To Intrude Everywhere.

I Say To The Christians And To Every Missionary On The Reservations, You're Welcome To Have A Church Here If You Can Support Yourself. But If These Churches Can't Support Themselves, Then Take The Hint And Quit Using Our Poverty For Your Direct Mail Solicitations.

So I'd Much Rather Get Across The Concept Of Freedom. It's What's Important To Indian Children. The Only Way You Can Be Free Is To Know Is That You Are Worthwhile As A Distinct Human Being. Otherwise You Become What The Colonizers Have Designed, And That Is A Lemming. Get In Line, Punch All The Right Keys, And Die.

You See The One Thing I've Always Maintained Is That I'm An American Indian. I'm Not A Native American. I'm Not Politically Correct. Everyone Who's Born In The Western Hemisphere Is A Native American. We Are All Native Americans. And If You Notice, I Put American Before My Ethnicity. I'm Not A Hyphenated African-american Or Irish-american Or Jewish-american Or Mexican-american.