"You know there was an artist, a very perceptive, very famous artist back in the first half of the 1800s. It was called the 19th Century. And for 8 to 9 years he lived among the Indians. He traveled among many of them, and he got to know them. Sometime after 1840 he wrote... a book. Many books, in fact. And I want you to listen to George Catlin's Creed. George Catlin, wow, what a man. He said:
I love a people that have always made me welcome to the very best that they had.
I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses.
I love a people who keep the commandments without ever having read or heard them preached from the pulpit.
I love a people who never swear or take the name of God in vain.
I love a people “who love their neighbors as they love themselves.
I love a people who worship God without a Bible, for I believe that God loves them also.
I love a people whose religion is all the same, and who are free from religious animosities.
I love a people who have never raised a hand against me, or stolen my property, with no law to punish either.
I love and don’t fear mankind where God has made and left them, for they are his children.
I love the people who have never fought a battle with the white man, except on their own ground.
I love a people who live and keep what is their own without lock and keys.
I love a people who do the best they can.
And oh how I love a people who don’t live for the love of money.
...
So America is no different than this Indian Reservation. You're dependent on the Government now, and you're getting what you deserve. And any time you try to get away from the Government they'll kill you. They'll put you in prison, or they'll let you become an American. (laughs)... If you catch my drift. 'Cuz you're the New Indians. You're the New American Indians. Welcome to the club."
-Russell Means
I love a people that have always made me welcome to the very best that they had.
I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses.
I love a people who keep the commandments without ever having read or heard them preached from the pulpit.
I love a people who never swear or take the name of God in vain.
I love a people “who love their neighbors as they love themselves.
I love a people who worship God without a Bible, for I believe that God loves them also.
I love a people whose religion is all the same, and who are free from religious animosities.
I love a people who have never raised a hand against me, or stolen my property, with no law to punish either.
I love and don’t fear mankind where God has made and left them, for they are his children.
I love the people who have never fought a battle with the white man, except on their own ground.
I love a people who live and keep what is their own without lock and keys.
I love a people who do the best they can.
And oh how I love a people who don’t live for the love of money.
...
So America is no different than this Indian Reservation. You're dependent on the Government now, and you're getting what you deserve. And any time you try to get away from the Government they'll kill you. They'll put you in prison, or they'll let you become an American. (laughs)... If you catch my drift. 'Cuz you're the New Indians. You're the New American Indians. Welcome to the club."
-Russell Means
WHERE WHITE MEN FEAR TO TREAD (2012) from Dominoes Falling Productions on Vimeo.
BIG THANKS TO DOMINOES FALLING PRODUCTIONS
A few songs to consider while pondering the film above...
Every pig, every public official, the boomerang is coming back to get you, you reap what you sow din'tchu
The system you created created a monster and now you scared cause it's coming back to haunt you.
-stic.man, Angels and Demons...
"Sometimes thank the Sun for shining so bright
And I thank my Mom and Dad for creating my life
But I still hate the Feds for wasting my time and taking what's mine
But they ain't worth the ink in a pen, am I lyin'
Now I'm trying to better myself
F the fame, kill the pain
I would rather that than wealth
And if something is out there, please come and help
Cuz the leaders of this planet can't take care this world
And if Men can't do the job, give it to the Girls
Cuz all I see is war and a bunch of old geezers out for themselves
All I see is war and a bunch of old geezer out for themselves
They're all out for themselves."
-SGB, Surviving the Times