| | "...Young Cherokees today tell us they grew up being told they were an "Indian" belonging to a "tribe". They should have been told they are a "Cherokee" belonging to a "nation".
Introducing an "oukah" (king) to them has been an almost impossible task, and introducing them to some truth of their own heritage has been like beating our heads against a stone wall. What little they do know is all wrong, produced by "old wives tales" made up at the moment, bad western movies and worse comic strips. Yet they clasp that poison to their breasts, not knowing it is poison and is killing them. It is their lies, and it is all that they know. Still, we have persisted in trying to teach some of the truth that we know, and have uncovered, and discovered... "
Lee MacDonald, Editor, Triskelion Press
Cherokees of North Texas, Inc. | |
