True history is not only buried but it's lied about and white washed. And that history is carried forward in pop culture and what's taught to children everyday.

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That promissory note was not written to us. The creed was not to us. The American Dream was never ours. Our playing field was not tilted or skewed. It was stolen. We still fight for a free and independent existence, not for equality and sameness.

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Seven years ago we had a powerful movement that called for our people to be Idle No More! Since then far too many have grown idle and silent. It's time for us to to get active and support activism. I have no problem with social media activism but less selfies and mind numbing videos and more education valuable info would go along way.

Ours was not the "primitive culture." We saw all creation not as man's dominion but rather we saw our place in it. We made commitments to seven generations to do no harm. We didn't believe in an all seeing, all knowing, all powerful white man in the sky who created all things, heard all prayers and created man in his image to rule the world. Nope we had to regress to a primitive culture to buy this bullshit!

An anniversary of sorts, 7 years after standing up to cops trying to shut down an "Idle No More" flashmob round dance. But the real topic is calling out what has infiltrated our culture and sorting out what's ours and what's not.

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The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw fight the State of Oklahoma over the State's attempt to extort a new gaming compact out of Native casinos for more money.

Will Trump's New Years fireworks finally convince us to stop our kids from enlisting into the US military? It pains me to hear Native people boasting about our enlistment rates. If we really wanted to defend our lands we would fighting against the US not for them.

Some will celebrate. Others will struggle. Let's commit to more kindness in the new year.

Massacres, murder and the largest mass execution in US history make December a tough month for Native people. I have lost a family member in December and today I lost my Choctaw brother Ben Carnes.

Is "Identity Politics" becoming the new "Political Correctness"? I support both and so should you. I support identity and being correct.