United We Stood! - Divided We Fell! - But Why Stay Down?

From: Spirit Hawk
Date: May 2, 2008 5:33 PM


"United we stand, devided we fall!" We've all heard that phrase. It is best remembered as being said by Patrick Henry, but it goes back a lot farther than he. It was first coined by Aesop the Greek Phylosopher. Now that goes to show you just how long ago that concept was realised. Yet, it seems that it is still not understood to this very day! It is such a simple, yet powerful concept, so why is this so? Many of our Peoples leaders knew of it. They did their level best to get others to understand. Perhaps the best known for doing so was the Shawana ( Shawnee) leader Techumseh. He spent much of his life attempting to rally disparate Native American tribes in a mutual defense of their lands, which eventually led to his death in the War of 1812. But saddly, few listened. Why??? For the same reasons they still do so till this very day. Because there are those who don't want us united. Devided it is much easier to keep us confused and on their leashes like tame dogs. Much easier to keep us under their control. It's not so hard to see who these people are, though many hide behind lies. Their actions show their true selves. One of the most obvious is the same government that claims us as just so much booty from war and just a thorn in their sides. Some are buisness men getting rich at our exspense. That's nothing new to us, but the others are truly the worse. They are many of our own leaders, our own council members, our own blood! They do so for greed of money and power. They could care less about the welfare of our land, our traditions, or of ourselves. They do their best to silence any voice that speaks against them. They use lies, and if need be force, to get what it is that they wish. They do so without fear simply because they can. They have more power and money than the few who try to exspose and stop them. Many know this and fear them, so they don't even try, and all suffer as the result. Yet we have the most powerful weapon imaginable to defeat them, the most powerful weapon to solve all of our peoples problems of any kind, right here available at our disposal. That weapon is UNITY! The power of our numbers! Imagine if we put that weapon to use. Imagine if we were not just united as a tribe. Not just united as a Nation. Imagine if we were united as THE PEOPLE! A to Z, all of our Nations together! Petty differances tossed aside. Sell outs forced out of power and replaced by those who truly care. Our numbers working towards solutions and better lives for all. In the words of John Lennon, "IMAGINE".



I say to you as someone who cares, if you can imagine it, then why not make it so? So says, Spirit Hawk ^i^