tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508436481250154585.post6639803176174806659..comments2023-07-03T10:12:07.894-04:00Comments on Native Pride: Was Deganawida's Purpose For Peace Or Survival?John Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08258945528213164797noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508436481250154585.post-8031112610344531812008-11-18T11:39:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:39:00.000-05:00Whether our existence was really on the brink of e...Whether our existence was really on the brink of extinction or just in a severe state of turmoil we can now only speculate. I certainly do believe we are now on that brink. For the most part the genocide or assimilation is now peaceful. The threat is real and the need for action is urgent. The Kaienerakowa is not a pacifists bible. It is a roadmap for problem solving. This Great Path to Follow restated much that already existed in our culture but that had not been put to use because of greed and corruption. The symbolism of burying weapons was never intended to make us weak or unwilling to fight for our beliefs and/or survival. The Kaienerakowa provides very deliberate processes to use statesmanship for problem solving, but it also addresses treason, war and crime equally deliberate with harsh and, yes sometimes, non-peaceful means. What ever fighting means or what ever form it takes we better muster some up if we are going to survive as a people. The residential school policy of killing the Indian and saving the Man continues. We are barely recognizable as Onkweh Ohnweh. I don't believe what remains is a man. Not a "Real Man".<BR/>Great letter Janie!John Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258945528213164797noreply@blogger.com