I Am Indian by dreamcatcher19762001

I Am Indian
by
� dreamcatcher19762001

I am Indian. While I have learned much fom civilization I have not lost my Indian heritage sense of right and justice. When we reduce civilization to the basic terms it becomes a life of trade. Each man stakes his power and the product of his work with his social, political and religious standing against his neighbor. And what does he have to gain? Does he gain control over his brother or sister? Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit? Where Earth, Our Mother, was free to all and no one sought to impoverish or enslave his brother or sister, were the good things of Mother Eart not ours to use and enjoy together with them and with whom it was our privilege to share? Our contributions to our nation and the world is not to be measured in material realm. The greatest contribution has been spiritual and philosophical. Silently in worldless patience we have held stoutly to our native vision of personal faithfulness to duty and devotion to trust. We have not advertised nor capitalized our honor. But we have proved our worth as citizens of the country by constancy of hardship and death. Prejudice and racial injustice is not excuse to breaking your word. This simplicity and fairness has cost us dearly by our land and freedom and even our people as a separate race and unique people. As an ideal we live and will live not only in our past, poetry of our legends and art. Not only in the interfusion of our blood with yours but living in the heart of the nation.