Guest guest Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 wow. This article brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for sharing this. --- rawfood <bodybybliss wrote: > Our ill ones and our hopeless cry out to God > Yet we let the answer slip through our fingertips > > > Liz Gray 3/28/2007 > > I've seen many tribal leaders and council members wringing their > hands when they are confronted with the illnesses of their people. > The stories of limb loss and blindness due to diabetes of their > people plague them. When the issue gets overwhelming and they don't > know where to turn, sometimes they shut it out, or give in, accepting > the idea that we are genetically destined to this disease. They > accept the lie that Indian people are prone to diabetes and its side > effects and there is nothing that can be done about it. They hang > their head for a while from despair because many of them truly wanted > to help their people. Then they stop talking about it because they > don't know what to do. The issue was just too confusing and > overwhelming for them to conquer. So, it silently haunts them as they > ignore it. And the plague continues. > > Let me make it simple for you by asking this question: Would the > Creator design an environment or a genetic flaw that would allow this > horrific illness to happen to His people? This Creator we have danced > for since the beginning of our time? > > No, He wouldn't, anymore than he would the other animals of the earth. > > > If you could imagine a herd of caribou running across the tundra of > Alaska healthy and free would you believe that they are created to do > such a thing? And if the Caribou all of a sudden stopped running and > became short of breath, and if they obtained a disease that rotted > their hooves or blinded their eyes, would you blame their genetic > makeup that the Creator put in to existence for our four-legged > relatives? No. You would probably first look at their environment to > see what had changed. You would look at their food source to see what > toxins or change took place within it. But you certainly would not > blame the Caribou for being Caribou. > > > Such as it is for our people. We are designed to be as healthy as the > Caribou. We are a reflection of the Creator's harmonious creation. > The problem is we are no longer in harmony with Him and our > environment. We are no longer fed by Him like we used to be… like our > animal relatives of the earth and our elders before us. As a result, > we are ill. The various " lifeforce " that flowed from the sun to the > plants to the animals that we ate have been cut off from us; either > thru our own choice or thru our circumstances. > > > We as Native people take pride in our dance celebrations. The poorest > of our poor somehow still have the ability to put together dance > regalia for their children or themselves. They collect bead after > bead. They trade, they borrow or they labor over the task until it is > complete. > > > So why don't we do that with our traditional diet? > > > Why don't we hold on to that tradition? We want to hold on to our > language, our clan identities, our lands, even our jewelry. But we > tend to ignore the traditional knowledge of our elders when it comes > to diet. > > > We've been taught that our traditional knowledge of food isn't as > good as the federal government's knowledge of today. We listen to > their advice over and over yet we are still ill. We follow their food > pyramid and we don't argue with the foods they provide us thru the > government commodity program. Yet we are more ill than anytime in > history… any time in history. > > > When is it time to stop listening to those who pose as intellectuals > who know more than our people and begin again to think for ourselves > as the Creator intended? To reestablish our inherent knowledge of how > and what to eat by what used to work. > Some would say, " We can't. " But have we tried? Have we tried to > regain our traditions that pertain to food or are we too in love with === Message Truncated === Shay Butter! ______________________________\ ____ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing./arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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