Boom! Boom! Boom! Are giants stomping on the roof? It woke me from a deep sleep. Ancestors told stories about the way back time when men were the size of trees – yé’litsoh (the giant). When all living things and anthropomorphic animals could talk and communicate with us. Un memento mágico, when living in good relations with plant, animal, and water nations, flourished. Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ (Lakota Sioux), we are all related.
It was a time before the European invaders brought diseases and pandemics of hatred, prejudice, selfishness, and greed. Scarcity didn’t exist until they came; Mother Nature provided everything needed. The unwritten laws of caring for each other, as survival and safety were the priority, not the accumulation of wealth, possessions, and domination of the land.
I belong to this holy place, born of the cosmos, reared by awe and mystery—where the sky and earth are lovers. A long heritage of brothers and sisters of the Corn. The Indian religion believes in the fundamental in…
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