Si Ya!! Chief Lone Eagle, My Brother!! Your words of loyalty and honor and support are songs to my heart, and they are the rewards that truly belong to our Ancestors - They are the ones who guide my words and my actions most assuredly! I can claim no special self credit for what I do, and I seek no self grandizing credit for it because it isn't mine to take! Nevertheless, please know that I am most grateful for your overwhelming support and encouragements you send my way! I am but a simple person who the Ancestors have taken in to their confidences and have imbued me with their voices of guidance. This I say with every humility and as true reality! It is kinda' funny (in an ironic way) that you speak of me being a 'teacher' because it is the one avocation I have always shunned on many occasions during my tenure of life upon Mother Earth! I have always considered it a thing much too hard for me to tackle, and requiring much more responsibility than I want to manage! Do you not see the humor in that? LOL It would seem you are correct, however! LOL Again, I place all the blame on the Ancestors for this! Your support and good wishes mean everything to me in this 'teaching' endeavor, My Brother, and I thank you sincerely for all your kindnesses and very able assistance! I only hope to return the same in like measure to you in your endeavors! As to your factual words about 'anyone can dress up to look Indian'! - For sure that is true! They did it for the Boston Tea Party, didn't they? LOL Actually, if you think about it just for a little while, why anyone would want to be seen as 'Indian' is perplexing to me if they aren't of Red Blood! It's always the 'cowboys' who won all the fights - it's always the Indians who had to go live on reservations (aka - stockades) or hide out in the mountains to keep from being removed or killed, and who are kept from being able to achieve their ways of life like everybody else has in the other races - AND the Indian is the only race of peoples who have come to be required to rely on another race (Whites) of people to tell them who they are! To me, if you aren't RED, then you certainly wouldn't want to be looked upon as being RED! I surely wouldn't under these conditions! I've had all my life to ponder things like this about me and about others around me. Maybe that's one of the reasons why the Ancestors of these mountains around me have taken me into their inner circle. I also believe they are the ones who keep my perspective in the right mode of outlook too! That is, no hidden agendas or any sights upon gains of tangible or intangible worths. In this light, I am kept free from becoming 'tarnished' and biased and influenced by greed or avarice that would shackle my words and imprison them with skewed falsities. Independence of thought and action is paramount to my role as middle man for what the Ancestors direct me to say, and I always keep this as first consideration in everything I do. My natural "Crow" self is only fitting that I should be such! Another very important thing I strive to always keep ahead of my actions is to always be aware of the true minuteness I am within this world and universe, and no one will ever be any more or any less than anything else! We are ALL equals here, and no one or anything has it more than any of us have. That fact keeps my perspective in the proper order, you know? Wa-Do, My Brother! Black Crow, Messenger ----- Original Message ----- From: Metis Nation of America <metisna2001@yahoo.com> To: Black Crow <gwy@tellico.net> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 3:12 PM Subject: The Evil Spirits are hard at work > > > SiYo brother Black Crow,I just read the e-mail > about you being taken off the Mixed-Blool list.I also > noticed that some want you back on.You have a good > spirit and I would fight beside you anyday.Sometimes > we allow ourselves to open up to the evil spirits of > this world without knowing or relating to their > presence.You have good teachings of our people and > should not be wasted on those who are cought up in the > world of the self centerness.All we can do is teach > and hope our teachings are taken in by someone who > will turn and teach them to someone else that our > culture will be known and kept alive all over the > world.Anger can be a bad thing an turn a person inside > out.Only our people honor the teachings of our > acestors and when I say our people I'm talking about > the people who have the heart of our ancestors not > just the color or dress.Anyone can look and dress like > an Indian but only those who have it in their hearts > are the true Indian,blood amount doesn't count > either.If you are off the Mixed-Blood list it is > because Grandfather wants your teachings to be used > for those who will honor and keep them in their hearts > and pass them on to others of the same kind.Everyone > is not called by our ancestors to be teachers and all > are not called to carry on the Indian ways.Be strong > brother and be proud to be one of the chosen few.We > are few but we are strong and powerful with the > Spirits and the Great Spirit as our leader.I am proud > to call you brother but I am even more proud to be > your brother.May the Creator ride you on the wings of > learning so you can pass it on to the family.Your > brother and friend,Chief Lone Eagle > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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