Thoughts From Reading Our History

Freedom in the Form of a Prison

HERE! Have a prison, it comes preassembled and with everything, you could ever want. I'll show you where to put it, how to maintain it and how to believe it doesn't even exist. Sound good? Probably not. 

Prisons are something I know about because one day, I realized I had built a substantial one. This awareness is one of the most crucial self-realizations in life. 

I am reading a few books covering an awful period in which the U.S Government studied the Lakota way of life as if in a laboratory. Some reading this may instantly dismiss my writing, but it's valuable, and your life is on the line.

Knowledge is power, and my focus has been on Native American culture, both past, and present. Yesterday, I woke up and suddenly came to a realization. It was there all along, but now I could see it. Before I continue, I do not speak for anyone but myself, my journey, and my understanding. 

Native Americans have been resisting colonization for a long time. Many question why, and some feel full integration is the only answer.  

Hundreds, if not thousands of years ago, humans constructed something called civilization. Control, greed, and power are the key ingredients. Then, establishing laws, religions and economies occurred. Classes of society were clearly defined as the haves and have-nots. 

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