Over 16,530,260 people are on fubar.
What are you waiting for?
Some would say we should forget
the events of years gone by,
Forgive and forget, they would say,
Just let sleeping dogs lie.
Then there are some, of which I'm one,
who say we can't let go,
We can't forget the horrible wrongs
that hurt our people so.
We can't forget Wounded Knee,
Sand Creek or the Trail of Tears,
Because the things that happened there
still happen after all these years.
People are still forced from their homes,
still driven from their land.
The government still dominates our people
with a hard and merciless hand.
Promise are still not kept,
Treaties are still broken,
the government has reneged
on every word it's spoken.
We must keep fresh the memory
of the ones who've gone before,
and not forget the awful pain they bore.
To honor them we must remember
the high price they paid,
The suffering that they endured
and the sacrifices they made.
We must keep and teach
the traditions they held dear.
And against injustice we must raise
our voices loud and clear.
We must teach our children honor and respect
for the Principle People of this land,
So that they, like we, might proudly say
they are Native American!
August 1999 
Marty Soaring Eagle
