"To obtain a greater spirituality!"

Toledo, OH, USA
male, age 57
single
Speaks: very little Cherokee, very little Objibwa , english
Joined Feb 21, 2007

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I am a supporter of Native Americans. I feel that we were robbed of our birthright. Before this country goes into war supposedly for human rights they ought to first fix the wrongs and injustices that they have done in the past as well as the injustices and cruelties that they are destined to do in the future to the Native Americans the only true North Americans! I feel that all you Europeans ought to go back to Europe, we did not invite you and we want you to go home!!!


Here is a little something I wrote and I thought you all would be interested in reading!

The Gift Bow and Arrow! As a young boy I made myself a bow and arrows for play,All the other boys in the tribe made their bows and arrowsWe would play like we were hunting wild game for foodThen one day my father came to me and said this is the day, This would be the day I would first take my little bow and arrowInto the wilderness as he hunted, he was hunting for deerHe showed me how to be as quiet as the birds of the airHow to look for signs, follow the tracks and shoot the deer As he hunted I followed silently, watching and imitating his movesI missed playing with friends however I knew this would beAn important step in the rest of my life, he was showing me howTo provide the days foods not only for me, but all the tribe. The men of the tribe would form hunting parties and hunt Providing food for the whole tribe, not just his familyThis was an important thing to learn, that everyone In the whole tribe will benefit from the day’s hunt I would go into the wild for some time following closeTo my father echoing his every movement in the huntUntil one day my father came to me some time after the huntHe told me of my future how one day he would no longer be there He told me how it would be my responsibility to help Provide the food and provide protection of the whole tribeHe told how one day I would have a family of my ownAnd that the rest of the tribe would help provide for them He told me of how one day I to would take my own sonInto the wilderness and show to him how to huntThis is the day that he gave me “The Gift Bow and Arrow”This gift I would carry on my first real hunt on the next sunrise I slept not that night, eager for the next day’s huntI desired so to be able to bring home a deerOn my first day’s hunt, which we have been Told was a sign of abundance to come in our future! We entered the forest and spread out for the huntWe there only moments I saw a large deer in frontOf me I drew down on him and he fell, I broughtThe deer to the tribe and we feasted all day long! Douglas (Spirit Bear) Neely