Our Way to Worship

By: Igmu Tanka Sutanaji, Gene Martin, Chief of the
Chicora Indian Tribe of South Carolina

When you came to our country
We gave you a hand
And so in return
You took our land
You said that we were savage
And that we had no God
So our way of worship was forbidden
Because you found it very odd
As the sun would rise
We would face the east
To pray for all creations
From the birds to the beast
To thank our Creator
For another sacred day
Because all days are sacred
If you worship the Indian way

©Gene Martin, 1995
"The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying." Chief Joseph

"We don't want riches, we want peace and love." Red Cloud

"There was a time when I had a choice." Red Eagle

"The Lakota was wise.  He knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard." Standing Bear

"I was living peaceable and satisfied when people began to speak bad of me." Geronimo

"An Honorable Man has enough Knowledge and wisdom within him to find the beauty of the truth before passing judgement." Igmu Tanka Sutanaji

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we will make for our children." Sitting Bull

"There is one God looking down on all of us.
We are all children of one God.
God is listening to me.
The sun, the darkness, the winds, are all listening to what we now say." Geronimo

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