Yakoke, Cathy. That is exactly what we are saying ----- Original Message ----- From: cctraders <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Re: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-D Digest V00 #346 > I am new to the list and have just been on the sidelines mostly reading and > soaking in all that is being said. I can agree with some of what most people > are saying. True there are some who will always look down on those of us who > do not have a card. That does not make us any less Indian in our hearts and > souls. I can see their wariness as they have already had so much taken away > from them and are leery that it might be just another ploy that will strip > away just a little more of their heritage. But I have also found that if you > approach things with a sincere and open heart and don't go overboard trying > to push your way into their circle they will take the time to look and will > see the 'spirit' that you carry inside. Once they do it has been my > experience that they will open up to you, accept you into their hearts and > lives whether you can prove a paper trail or not and whether you are of > their same tribe or not. So many times they have been 'put off' by some of > these folks who are so anxious to be 'indian' that they grab onto a little > bit of this and that regardless of what tribe it came from just because it > sounds good or looks good. And to make matters worse they will not listen to > anything different from what they read in so and so's book or such and such > 'medicine person' told them. Those are the ones that make it hard for some > of the rest of us out here without cards or strikingly visible blood lines > to be accepted by the native community. But if you just hang in there and > conduct yourself in a proper manner the truth will always win out. Thanks > for letting me vent my feelings. I intend no disrespect to anyone whether we > may agree or not. Just thought I'd put my two cents worth in. > Cathy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Re: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-D Digest V00 > #346 > > > > I would also like to share something. There are card-carrying Indians who > > try to mislead the people who want to know about their heritage. I know > for > > a fact of one person in Oklahoma who is in the NA chatrooms constantly > asking > > for money for his "tribe." He is what might be termed, "meat, for the > beasts > > of the field." (Prophet Ezekiel) > > > > I would like to say something about the comment about seeing "Dances with > > Wolves." Personally, I have only seen it twice. It didn't really do > > anything for me, but the Creator speaks to the hearts of people through > all > > mediums. Yes, there are "New Agers," though there is nothing new about > them > > but I also believe that our ancestors are awakening us and this is what > might > > be called a Native American spiritual revival. > > > > Though I do no belong to any organized religion I remember the biblical > story > > of the chaff and the wheat (NT teaching of Jesus), to let them grow up > > together lest they take out the wheat, instead of the chaff; when the > times > > comes to separate them, it will be done by the ones who knows the hearts > and > > minds of the human being. > > > > In closing, I am reminded of a line in a movie I did see. The words were > > profound. "Listen to the wind, it'll tell you things, Kola." (Graham > Greene > > to Val Kilmer, Thunderheart) > > > > Carol Jean > > > > Carol Jean > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > Home Page: > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.htm > > Choctaw Chat: > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/chat.htm > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Home Page: > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.htm > Choctaw Chat: > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/chat.htm > >