The United States was still at war with the Native Americans who occupied the land before Europeans ever touched shore. In an attempt to solve the 'Indian problem', the United States government helped fund religious organizations who then opened reli

How do we forgive our fathers, maybe in a dream?
Do we forgive our fathers for leaving us to often, or forever, when we were little?
Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage, or making us nervous, because there never seemed to be any rage there a

He Asks His Congregation To Return The Lands of The Native People of The United States, And For All European Settlers of North And South

America And To Return To Europe. He said, "It is the moral thing to do,
it is the civilized thing to do, It is th

Always give before you take.

It could be a gift, the tobacco, a prayer, a song, whatever you have. Give first before receiving.

Always be kind.

You never know the journey someone else has had to take, and they don't know yours. We all have burde

A Blackfoot Legend
Once there was a young woman with many suitors; but she refused to marry. She had seven brothers and one little sister. Their mother had been dead many years and they had no relatives, but lived alone with their father.

Every day

Sure everybody struggles. But to be born an Indigenous person, you are born into struggle. My struggle. Your struggle. Our struggle. The colonial struggle. There are many layers to this struggle. For the longest time, I didn’t even know what the true

There was a time when I was asked what to do when the National Anthem played. As a child I had always done the pledge of allegiance at school. Yet, as I grew older I started looking into Native American history and it led me to question whether or n

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Leonard loves to get letters and cards he can be contacted at the following address:
LEONARD PELTIER #89637-132
USP COLEMAN I
P.O. BOX 1033
COLEMAN, FL 33521
Note: Please always remember that, even if unsolicited, mail can result in sanctions agai

In 1779 Washington instructed Major General John Sullivan to attack Iroquois people. He said, “lay waste all the settlements around... that the country may not be merely overrun, but destroyed.” In the course of the carnage and annihilation of India

Aubrey Lynch, an Indigenous elder from the Goldfields area, said: “This study confirms our beliefs that we have ancient connections to our lands and have been here far longer than anyone else.”

Claims that Indigenous Australians are the most ancient

What constitutes a lie?  There is the obvious verbal and written distortions of the truth but what is not said may also be deemed a lie. Take this as an example:

Mr. Thompson goes to the A-1 Used Car Dealer. He is told that the vehicle he is interest

Santo Domingo Pueblo artist Ricardo Caté’s thought-provoking cartoons remind us there is always a different point of view.

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The expanse of Twilight and the long night to follow

Can no longer contain the distance that Lingers from its outer most Fringes

Where time stands still within it....

Our hearts search throughout the Black and the darkest shades of Great Empty

We wan

In 2015, $596 billion was spent by the U.S. on military expenditures. This is more than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, U.K., India, and France combined. To put it into context:

Every Homeless Person in America Could Have a $1 Million Home

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