Dear Fellow Citizens of the United States of America,
Three hundred and thirty-two years ago today, American Patriots stood their ground at Lexington/Concord and said no to to British imperialism, oppression, and brutality. They were brought to this action after more than 150 years of living in the land of the Red Race, with the Algonquin ideals of individual freedom, democracy, gender equality, and free trade. Homegrown ideals which did not come across the oceans from Europe or elsewhere. Many Native and African people fought and many gave their lives in the Revolution which followed, one-half of the male population of the "Praying Indian" village of Mashpee on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, for instance. We can imagine today how our lives and the life of our nation might have developed had we listened more and respected more of what they tried to share with us then. We can make up for that somewhat by listening now to the voice of one Indian Patriot who, in spite of all the American imperialism, oppression, and brutality that has been visited on himself and his people is still willing to engage us with his people's timeless message of peace, social harmony, and living in balance with Mother Earth.
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