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From: "Sethie Pitt" <>
Subject: Re: [CHERO-CULTURE] Fw: THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS ONE
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 18:03:25 -0600


THAT IS THE BEST, I HAVE EVERY READ. IT IS MY LIFE TO A TEE, AND TEARS CAME
TO MY EYES. SETHIE

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From: Alli <>
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Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 10:50 AM
Subject: [CHERO-CULTURE] Fw: THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS ONE


>
>
> > FOR THE MOST PART I AM CHEROKEE,
> > BUT PART OF ME IS WHITE,
> > MIXTURES OF MANY WORLDS AM I,
> > THAT MAKES ME UP JUST RIGHT...
> >
> > I HAD NO CHOICE IN WHO I AM,
> > OR WHO MY ANCESTORS WERE,
> > THEY CAME FROM THIS VAST LAND OF OURS,
> > AND FROM OVER THE SEAS THAT STIR...
> >
> > MY HEART TELLS ME I AM RED,
> > THIS IS THE PATH I CHOSE,
> > TO LEARN ABOUT THIS PART OF ME,
> > IN WHICH MY RED BLOOD FLOWS,
> >
> > WHITES TELL ME I AM A HALF BREED,
> > AND INDIANS SAY I'M WHITE,
> > ALL I WANT IS TO BE WHO I AM,
> > I WILL DO THIS WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT...
> >
> > THIS PART OF ME WANTS TO BE ACCEPTED,
> > INTO THE RED, RED ROAD,
> > BUT IT IS HARD FOR ME TO FORGET,
> > THE ROWS THAT I HAVE HOED...
> >
> > I WAS RAISED TO BE WHITE,
> > MY FATHER FORBID ALL ELSE,
> > ALTHOUGH HE HIMSELF WAS RED,
> > IT WAS PROTECTION FOR HIMSELF,
> >
> > FROM ALL THE CRUELTY AND PREJUDICES,
> > THAT SO MAY NATIVES FACED,
> > FOR MANY YEARS THERE WAS NO WHERE,
> > THAT AN INDIAN COULD HAVE PEACE...
> >
> > I MISSED OUT ON A LOT OF THINGS,
> > NOT LEARNING THE RED WAY OF LIFE,
> > I AM NOT A WANNA BE,
> > I'M TRYING VERY HARD TO GET IT RIGHT...
> >
> > I READ OF THINGS LIKE CULTURAL THEFT,
> > I UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS,
> > OF ALL THE PURE BLOODS OF THIS EARTH,
> > AND THEIR ANCESTORS AWFUL STRIFES...
> >
> > BUT THEY ARE MY ANCESTORS TOO,
> > AND ALL I WANT IS TO LEARN,
> > TO GIVE ME THE CHANCE THAT I NEVER HAD,
> > TO SATISFY MY YEARNS...
> >
> > BECAUSE MY ANCESTORS HAD PRIDE,
> > AND SIGNING ROLLS WAS NOT THEIR PLAN,
> > AND THERE ISN'T ANY PROOF OF MY LINAGE,
> > IT DOES NOT MEAN THIS IS NOT WHO I AM...
> >
> > SO PLEASE DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE,
> > ON WHO YOU THINK I AM,
> > IT IS MY DREAM AND MY RIGHT,
> > TO WALK AMOUNG THE RED MAN...
> >
> > SO TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK,
> > FOR AN INDIAN IS WHAT YOU SEE,
> > I'LL NOT ASK YOU TO ACCEPT ONE PART,
> > BUT TO ACCEPT "ALL OF ME".
> >
> > WRITTEN BY:
> > JOYCE MOUNTAIN LION KOZIC
> > JULY 1999
> >
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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