Decolonize your lies.

It’s not about losing faith, its about coming to terms with those that are beyond your grasp of reason. That are too arrogant for logical compassion. Too self-absorbed to be genuinely concerned about those that look to them for solution. When we need to be looking beyond them for solutions. Where the advice of others has no value amongst their self-aggrandizing short comings they have convinced themselves is their strength. Leech lake has been idling no more towards their fiscal cliff for decades. Being punked around by those with money within the MCT while languishing in their scraps. Cobell, nelson, and every other so-called leader that has put themselves up for sale are being validated by those frivolous few that have condemned themselves the chiefs of this vanishing market of misery and suffering. It’s not hard to differentiate who cares from those pretend to care. Where they can throw a little of their easy money at the problems of those they stand on the backs of to give themselves this false sense of superiority. Superiority complex must be the consequence of an long term life of pampered privilege where opportunities are handed over rather than earned. These people have lost sight of themselves or have never actually seen themselves for who they are. Distancing themselves from those they make effort to manipulate into their grandiose delusions. Constantly putting energy into authenticating themselves as 'one of the people' rather than actually living as one of the people. But yet I, like my father am a man of patience. And if my friendship and solidarity is abused as weakness, then the teeth will come out and the gloves will come off. It’s not that hard to be applauded for speaking on the intentions of moving forward while maintaining the status quo mentality that has given these individuals their false sense of success in an unsuccessful world they have accustomed themselves to. Maybe I do belong back in the jungle amongst the people they treat as livestock they never tend to. You can’t control the free spirit of the pillager. It’ll put up with you, but it will eventually tire of the insulting mannerism and scalp you for what your worth. Eventually an authentic leader will be cut out of this constant war and conflict. They will rise to the occasion and subject those traitors of our dignity to their knees with the weight of the people’s breath blowing them to the ground. This isn’t the time for good will and brotherhood because these things have no meaning as of now. Our priorities have been corrupted for far too long to all of a sudden realize the value of words like ‘tribe’ and ‘decolonization’. Yes there are those striving to obtain the true nature of these words, but we have those that exploit these words to glamorize themselves as the make believe warriors they never were. And how do you confront that without turning them away in shame, anger and resentment? You can’t because you, the teller of truth are not the owner of those feelings. You are not the one who has to as of yet come to terms with those character flaws. Those with excuses and justifications are not the people prepared to confront the oppressors of our rights. They are too busy oppressing themselves with excusing and justifying their own inappropriate behavior. And I’m not judging them, they have settled the verdict upon themselves before we could even consider their character. And yeah, they might be a okay guy once in a while, but their never a good guy all the time. But what I’m getting at is, is we can’t move forward until we go back and fix the things preventing us from getting there. And the dynamics of these ‘things’ are tremendous. But the initial problem it narrows down to is our own personal inability to find the courage to confront these out of control problems we refuse to analyze, emphasize, prioritize and articulate solutions towards. Sometimes it’s simple, sometimes it’s complex. And nothing comes easy. Not even the illusion of success. Decolonization is a hard concept to identify, and we cannot identify that aspect for anyone else but ourselves. Because colonization isn’t initially a matter of how we act, but how we think, how we live. How we act and carry ourselves is the benefit of those efforts we put forth to decolonizing ourselves. Nobody can tell you how much indian you are, we’re the ones that determine that. But what are the limits and standards on being indian? Whose the authority? Your name sake? The intellectual elites? Nobody should determine your indianess. We must come to terms with who we are and who we’re not on our own accord. There is no set standard to achieving this fulfillment of self. This feeling of balance is evident once we obtain it, just remember nobody can obtain it for you. They can only inspire you. And so far our so-called leaders are as of yet to even do that. But I’ll continue to be patient. At least for now. Because there is a time for patience and a time for disappointment and indignation.

You are the answers.

Much has happened, but nothing accomplished. Not yet at least, but we have taken the first step in the right direction. We are well on our way. Acquaintances come in and out of my life, but only the strong survive. And as I mentally scroll the catalog of my allies, genuine friends, foes, and potentials. I don't see much prospect outside a few dedicated individuals I consider reliable sources of transition. Agents of possibilities, thee awakened few, the solid foundation of that change yet to come. We will proceed with Caution, and victory is on our side. This is obvious. Because success speaks for itself. And now that I have applied myself to the situation, there's no turning back now. There isn't much standing in our way except ourselves. We, the fighting few are on different levels of consciousness, but at least we are conscience. We refuse to let the old ways of ruining things infect our potential, we won't let status quo jobbery, and bureaucracy bog us down. We won't let narcissistic, pompous, pretentious, self aggrandizing characters delude us from our goals. And we will not be distracted by pathetic attempts being re-applied to prevent the change most are either affriad of, resent, or lost sight of. Wrestling our interests out of the hands of those abusing, misusing, and refusing to do anything productive, or progressive with them is our duty. Not to ourselves, but for one another. Most importantly, for our children. We need to set examples, lead with innovation, courage, and compassion. Inspiring each other to think, not how to think. And our dignity does not have to be sacrificed in the process. That is a fallacy upheld by those that envy us for our potential. We are the way, it is time to believe in ourselves. Building the self respect, the confidence to accomplish what has to be done is not an impossible task. In fact, it is in our favor to succeed. We are those we have been waiting for. We are the new models of leadership that will light the way to our prosperity, our destiny. I'm not trying to hype you up beyond your capabilities. I'm trying to hold you accountable to your responsibility, because you are capable of much more then you have been lead to believe. You are much more important then you have been told, and it is time to awaken this energy that has been laying dormant. And I'm talking to everyone except those that have fooled themselves that they are the ones in charge. It is time those that think their in charge start answering to us, but first we need to assert the questions they are unable to answer. We are the answers, we are in charge, we are the people, we are the power. They've intentionally robbed you of your responcibility only to prove their incompitence. They would be foolish to not anticipate our realization of this fact. But then again they have fooled themselves into believing much worse. It is time for them to have a awakening of their own, hopefully it will not have to be a rude one. But most have been born into this illusion, or invested themselves into it. So it might be somewhat of a task to encourage them to abandon this treacherious lie, despite how seductive it may be to those mesmerized by aspirations of prestige and power, even at your expense. So when will enough be enough? Only you know. But lucky for you there is a committed few that will assist you to your feet and help you articulate your discrepancies. We've been waiting for you, and your just in time.

LET ME SEE YOUR WARFACE!

Anyone else tired of these misinformed, undereducated, poorly educated, ignorant, overrated, overly opinionated people running around, imposing their obnoxious stupidity on you like your suppose to be impressed? Me too. Tired of all these phony, insincere, disingenuous, condescending, want to be politicians trying feel you out so they can pander to you? Just to gain access to your utmost desires so they can take advantage of you? If the answer is no, then that's disappointing. Because by the looks of your facebook walls, most of you seem Pretty vulnerable to bullshit. I'm not the type to be investing all these expectations in people anyways. Sure I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, but I'm not going to set them up to let me down any worse then you let yourselves down, and gave up on trying to maintain any sort of genuine dignity, or integrity. I'm not for sale, nor am I as loyal as my options. I won't let you limit me, or my people who you've seemed to have targeted, or devalued with your greedy aspirations. I'm not a parasite looking for handout. Nor am I your scapegoat, or your excuse to justify your own character defects. I'd feel like a empty, piece of shit if that was the case. I probably feel just like you. Externally trying to reflect your bullshit on me, or anyone's else unfortunate enough to cross your path. Trying to hold everyone else accountable for your treachery, corruption, and lack of character. Yeah, I'm not really concerned if this offends you. I'm not really trying to be friends, asscociates, or a acquaintances with comprimised people, with fucked up, or no priorities at all. Yeah, I'll try to influence you to be a better person, but my patience is reserved for my family. Not selfish assholes wasting my time, stuck on stupid, being counterproductive, running in place. I'm bold, courageous, progressive, proactive, I strive on innovation. Yet I'm compassionate, considerate, empathetic. I'm not trying to pride a stubborn, conservative ignorance against you, your interests, or your needs. I'm here to try to serve as a voice of morality for those that obviously haven't any. I'm here to hold you accountable, to threaten your desires you try to entitle yourselves to at anyone else's expense. I'm here to foil your plans, your plots. I'm her to expose your treachery you try to sabotage, and infiltrate the movements to bring enduring justice to our people. I'm not going to play stupid for you, and let you get away with a bunch of bullshit. Not on my watch. I'm her to destroy the establishment you take comfort in. I'm her to rebuild it with concrete ideals, with a foundation of solid people. People you can not identify with, because they do not share in the lack of virtues like yourself. People that make you feel threatened for all the right reasons. Don't get me wrong, I'm threatened by you as well, but for all the wrong reasons. Because you possess the ability to fuck things up worse, or help reenforce the stability of the status quo establishment. Your delusions of grandeur has pulled you more out of touch then your probably willing to admit. So instead of trying to get along with all the other pathetic folks using each other for instant, self gratification. How about you? step away from the herd, and reclaim your independence from the status quo ignorance. And that definition "status quo" has lost a lot of meaning in the exchange of rhetoric. So let's reclaim this word as our weapon against those misusing it, misconstruing it, taking it out of context, and perverting it to serve their own selfish means. The hypocrisy of it's use is disgusting. But anyways. Just had to let people know I haven't forgot about you. I'm still trying to help free those oppressed. Internally, or externally. Still trying to bring justice, even to those participating, or veiling themselves in this injustice system. get your shit together people, it's the forth quarter, and we're not looking so good. Time to pick up the slack, and get our heads in the game. Our hearts too, we ain't going to win this without any heart. LET ME SEE YOUR WARFACE!

Pandering Pillagers.

We have a few inauthentic, out of touch candidates pandering to "the people" on issues they have little to no experience in, or very little concern about. Generally a candidates for office is drawn from a socially and economically elite who presently have no real life experience with the typical struggles of the people they seek to represent, and often seldomly have. But today we have an entire new crop of undeserving, inept, disengenuous candidates coming after your vote. It is not unusual for the candidates to do or say something to show just how out of touch they really are. They have a lot of flowery rhetoric intended to seduce you into supporting their extravagant promises, and outrageous falsehoods. We even have superfial candidates that encourage your imaginations to run wild with their unmet exspectations. So when they fail to meet their unmet exspectations, all you got is yourself to blame. We do not currently have a showing of couragious candidates, boldly challenging their opponents to a duel of wit. Rather we have a bunch of ridged, bitter, cynical, naive, foolish, arrogant, or just straight up ignorant folks trying to represent us. But I feel particularly uncomfortable about the conservative minded candidates we have vailed in the mist of tribal politics, trying to push forth their small minded, self serving agendas. These inconsiderate candidates are only trying to test the waters with their little selfish, political experiment. These inexperienced, would be politicians try to throw the public off their conservative scent by proclaiming their distaste for status quo jobbery(kind of like the tea party). Yet their blatant hypocrisy and their inability to see past their inherent, self centered ideaology speaks for itself. These people don't think tribal, yet they want to cast the burden of decision making upon the misinformed masses so its prevents them from holding the blame entirely. They want to promote the privatization of services and businesses against the collective effort of a struggling tribe. Even in times of uncertainty, when the tribe should be pulling together to prevent economic calamity. Yes, we all want to see successful Leech Lakers out in the world. But first we must build a means to encourage more of these stories of success. Now is not the time to be promoting entrepreneurship, and personal success. The success of our leaders should belong to their people. We are a tribe, it's about time we start acting as one and reject these ideas of personal accomplishment that contributes to many of our people falling out of touch, and becoming insensitive, apathetic towards their fellow countrymens needs. If there was ever a need to call for disenrollment of ones tribal status, it should be when that word "tribe" loses all meaning, or there is no personal desire to become familar with that word. When they take advantage of their tribal status, or help themselves to the vulnerabilities of their fellow countrymen. When they start promoting themselves above the efforts of our people trying to pull together. We see that a lot. People preverting, misconstruing, and diluting it's meaning. That is not only a disservice to those that share tribal affiliation with these inconsiderate indiviuals, but to themselves most of all. They rob themselves of a genuine relationship with their people, of a greater understanding of the problems we face together. It will take years for some of these individuals to come to terms with their flawed ideals. Mostly because their pretentious, or too stubborn, and stuck in their ways. These people will not lead us out of these times of hardship and uncertainty. They will selfishly drag us all down the wrong treacherious road they are unable to navigate. In four years we will be worse off then we currently find ourselves if we do not come together and make the right decisions for us all, and most importantly, our children.

Sleeper cells of status quo treachery.

When will these status quo people quit selling us out, and quit buying into the overpriced ideals their obviously to morally bankrupt to afford? The people that lack the resiliency to actually resist the absurdities conditioned against the will of our people really have their work cut out for them. Feeding into ideals of the predomant white premium that in reality doesn't keep their needs in mind just to feel validated against those of us realistically approaching, challenging the broke system they take comfort in. They create a false bravado to make it seem as if their current on the needs of our people, when in actuality their just trying to gain acceptance from those directly threatening their self centered interests in order to infiltrate and sabotage the movement against their inherent, status quo treachery. They do their best to deny their status quo, when in fact that is all they reflect is status quo ideals and values. Once they realize those they are unable to Abate from their principles Are too keen to their obsolete, self centered ideals, they become resentful, demeaning, spiteful, degrading and stand offish. They'll try to demonize, vilify you in the company of other self centered treacherous status quo cowards. Them and their co-conspirators form a coalition of treachery just to maintain their status quo jobbery, this is the core root of their motivation to "be involved" and get" organized". A lot of inconsiderate, short sighted, instant gratification taking place, over shadowing the actually needs of those they try to utilize for their own opportunistic endeavors. Some of these obviously treacherous, corrupt people give themselves more credit then the deserve. Delusions of grandeur. Fact is, they've been involved for years with no progress made in favor of those they try to represent in order to exploit just so they might gain opportunity and audience with those that utilized them to maintain status quo oppression over the matters of our people. That's why I am fine with not having the approval or acceptance of all those claiming their involved, because most are only involving themselves for the wrong reasons. These people are only making fools of themselves trying to covertly uphold their devious, narrow, self centered ideals against us. These people are some of the biggest hypocrites you'll encounter if you decide to genuinely take a position in the interests of our people. They'll welcome you with open arms just stab you in the back while their condescendingly embracing you in a false sense of fellowship. This might not even have been their conscience decisions. They might just be conditioned, indoctrinated, assimilated into thinking this is how we go about matters. That's why I say inherently treacherous, they might be carrying on a legacy of shame they try to shroud with their supposed dedication to our people. That's why I think qualifications and credentials are overrated. Who wants to be qualified or have credibility to uphold broken ways of thinking diminishing our way of life as Anishinasbeg? Educate yourselves to their broken ideals so we can dismantle them, don't dedicate and condition them into your own. Don't let them disconnect you or make you fall out of touch with our people. I'm not condemning these people to their treacherous ways, I just want them to come to terms with themselves so they can achieve their potential to becoming a actual asset to our struggles. The counterproductive individualistic ideals polluting our tribal issues has to eventually be discarded if they want to become effective in helping our people rise out of hopelessness and despair. But first they need to quit thinking they can rise to opportunity on the backs of the downtrodden. Their worse then the drug dealers that keep our people accessible to their treachery, their the gate keepers, the agents of oppression, sleeper cells of treachery that activate when a probable threat emerges to confront their broken way of thinking robbing us of the solutions we deserve. They have compromised far too much to realize they have inadvertently made themselves a enemy of our people, or way of life. They have convinced themselves they are beyond reprisal, or being held accountable for their selfish ways. They broken system we take a stand against empowers these traitors, gives them the means to enforce it's oppressive bureaucracies against us. These people need to become aware of their treachery, or aware we know they knowingly operate from treachery. That's not hard to determine. Whats hard is facing these people on the battlefields in front of us. Yeah they might be at a systematic advantage, but we have virtues at our disposal They think treachery can compensate for. We are the guerrillas of this war to reclaim our integrity, our dignity from these individuals that have decided to take advantage of our situations. We have watched them, studied them long enough. The time for action is now. The odds might not be in our favor, but when has that ever stopped our people from achieving what we require for survival?

Undeserved apathy of the Anishinaabeg

Oh I'm sorry, I must have mistaken you for someone who genuinely cares, someone who appreciates the truth, someone I can count on when I need your support on confronting issues that effect us all. I thought you'd realize the importance taking a stand, defending our rights, taking initiative to improve them, not settling for what little we are allowed. As first Americans we should be the most privileged, acknowledged, the first to be considered when policy and legislation are being handed down. Why? Because we have lost, sacrificed, bestowed the most in regards to any race of people in america that has of yet not been compensated in the value of rights, nor equality that we have all paid, and continue to pay so dearly for.


It is not as if we have outrageous demands that can't be met with compassion and consideration. No, we have to endure insensitivity, dehumanization, apathy, relentless attacks on what remains of our dignity, our integrity, our sovereignty. And most times these attacks come from our very own people. The agents of oppression indoctrinated, and administered to uphold the continuing onslaught against our humanity. It's nauseating, discouraging, disheartening to witness our own people selfishly dedicating themselves to the injust system pit against us. As first Americans they should be the most conscience, the most compassionate, the least subordinate of the bureaucracies intended to diminish what little we are forced to fight for to obtain.


How can anyone who identifies themselves as Anishinaabe lose sight of who we once were, dishonoring our ancestors, and most of all our children by feeding into the absurdities Intended to suppress us into even more disparities and disadvantages. I don't understand the mentality that leads these people to believe they were doing right by any assumption when they made themselves knowingly available to justify the intolerances and ignorances that are blatantly intended to injure our struggle to regain our composure in today's hostile world. They even feed their ignorances on the fallacies that help them justify their self centered, unwarranted self preservation that they take at the expense of our already besieged, and diminishing opportunities. They feed into and try to adopt the ideals, the standards, the premiums, and absurdities of the status quo. Allowing themselves to become bitter, cynical, pessimistic, intolerable, incompassionate, justified, loathing, and mostly, hopelessly out of touch with their own people.


What caused these Anishinaabeg to lose or pervert their identity, their dignity, their compassion for their countrymen? What's going to bring them back from the brink of nihilism to where they reinvest in their self worth, their precious energy to will of their people? Each and everyone of us are very valuable to our plight to reassert ourselves as human beings that have a right to participate equally within the society. that has discriminately held us hostage with it's inherent ignorance long enough. The ideals most of those that are vulnerable to these absurdities are out of date, obsolete. We are no longer to be romanticized or depreciated as the noble savages challenging the colonization of the territories of our wilderness. We are not conquered, culled, Defeated unless we insist on being. Together we are disenfranchised, discriminated, degraded by the predominant standards that rejects us for being who we are.


We need to return to those visionary, bold, compassionate models of stalwart defenders of our people like our ancestors. We need to quit taking the easy way out and embracing colonization, assimilation, indoctrination, and surrender. We were born into this struggle, perhaps for a reason beyond our comprehension. Yet we are here, and we have a responsibility to one another as Anishinaabeg. Maybe it's time we start living up to these responsibilities instead of looking for excuses to dismiss them. That individualistic mentality does not belong to tribal people such as ourselves. We are not that far removed from our tribalistic ideals to lose sight of who we really are and our purpose to one another. Yes their are some that are hopelessly far too invested into this broken thinking that is only meant to contribute to our decline and eventually the disappearance. But we can not let the casualties to these ideals discourage us from our goals to reignite our potential as Anishinaabeg. We need to prepare ourselves for the tasks in front of us and quit handing over our worth to those that have no use for it.


It is time to reject and abandon the ideals forced upon us that are preventing, and discouraging your potential. We haven't come this far as a people just to let opportunist saboteurs infiltrate our movements for their own selfish benefit. the ideals I share are considered racial, drastic, and unacceptable amongst those that abide by the status quo's demand of our lack of humanity. It's time to revolt, rebel, uprise and break those chains they have shackled to your mind. It is time to reclaim our self worth from those that devalue us. The person responsible for your undeserving depreciation of yourself might just be yourself. Some of us have been forced to think our entire lives we are no use to the society that constantly refuses us our dignity. We must use the momentum of these anti wall street movements to assure our demands are going to be acknowledged and confronted as well. Those non-Anishinaabeg people courageously taking to the streets in disapproval of this broken system are honoring the vibrant tradition of resistance that our ancestors assured our survival with more then most of us are. Their making you look bad people, just keep that in mind when apathy overwhelms you like I witness it doing to you all everyday.

The Broken ones.

Some can not fathom the call for change the younger generation is calling for. Most of us have as of yet indoctrinated, lost hope to the bureaucracies, To have dedicated ourselves to this broken system much of the older generation has forced itself to take comfort in. The bureaucratic and politicians call us confused, misdirected. They would like to think we have no demands or purpose. Well, let’s set the record straight. It’s not that we don’t have demands; it’s that we speak them in a different language. We speak them with our struggle. Our movement is made up of people fighting for jobs, adequate education, for financial stability, housing, as well as adequate healthcare. We are resisting oppression, ecological destruction, imperialism, racism, patriarchy, and capitalism. We are doing it all in a way that is participatory, democratic, fierce, and unwavering. There is nothing very vague, confused, or misdirected about it.
 
 
But we will not stop there. That, perhaps, is what sets us apart from those who wish to use our tremendous and growing power for small selfish gains or modest reforms. We want more. We want it all. Not for ourselves, but for OUR children. Some self serving individuals can not comprehend this because they have been simply self centered, opportunistic, and self absorbed. You can not tell anything of rationality to those that selfishly insist on themselves against the will of the people.


We want a political and economic system that we all actually control together, one that is equitable and humane, one that allows for people to self-manage but act in solidarity, one that is participatory and democratic to its core. We want a world where people have the right to their own identities, communities, and cultures, and the freedom from oppression and constraint. We want a world with institutions that take care of our youth, our elderly, and our families in ways that are nurturing, liberating, and consensual. We want a world in which community is not a hamper on individual freedom, but rather an expression of its fullest potential. We want identity those that take comfort in this broken system and poor leadership will not recognize. Sure they will claim we reflect their old ways of broken thinking, but that is only because they no longer have the desire to see it any other way. They try to inconsiderately simplify a very complex matter that deserves more then their willing to give the predicaments that we now face. They only do this in order to try to discourage the less incline of the next generation with their pessimism and cynicism, to rob their energy from the solutions our children deserve. Greedily, selfishly clinging to their broken ideals they take comfort in against the needs of the next generation, all the while trying to justify and excuse corruption assimilated themselves into. They think they have taken the easy way out against the problems we face together, little do they know that not only are their compromised ideals obsolete, but so is their ignorance's as well.
 
 
As we keep fighting, we will continue to ask ourselves difficult questions as these broken people only ask what they can get out of their participation in this broken system. We will ask what world do we envision? What kind of world does our children deserve. What values do we want to live by? What institutions do we need in order to live those values? What structures will we build to protect what we’ve won and create a platform for continued struggle? What will we win for generations to come? How will we fight these enormous battles in a way that is both effective and reflective of the new world we are ushering in that those broken people are doing everything within their selfish power of prevent.
 
 
Make no mistake about it though, we are not aimless; we simply speak a different language – a language of mutual respect(even if it is not reflected by our opposition that enjoys provoking unneeded conflict, and when we re-act to their treachery, they find it convenient to perpetuate their behaviors on anyone unfortunate enough to engage their ignorance), participation, self-management, and action. We make our demands in this language that screams that we are here for the long-run, that our goal is not merely reform, that our vision is deep and radical, that we will not be bought off or co-opted, and that we are prepared to struggle in order to win not only those gains we can pronounce now but also those we can’t even fully articulate yet. We claim our space through actions that shout that we are here to stay, that this movement isn’t going home, that we are winning already, and that there is no turning back. We build this movement through the firm and fearless declaration that another world is possible, and that anything less is unacceptable.
 
 
You will see our demands plastered on facebook walls, scrawled on hanging banners, tweeted across oceans, marched on the shoulders of hundreds of thousands, shouted in unison from millions of streets, windows, and computers screens. You will see them all over the world, from post-industrial cities to the ghettos of our reservations, from capitals to the country side. You will see them expressed in the streets, out in front of the institutions of oppression that has colonized our communities and minds of these broken people and their broken system and we will re-decorate it with our humanity. The world is revolting against the repulsive, inconsiderate, self serving behavior of the broken. Now is their opportunity to return to their drawing-board and re-evaluate their worth to the inevitable change they will soon witness and fail at preventing.
 
 
 
Yes, we speak a different language they can not understand, a fearless and visionary one. We are shouting, with every ounce of passion and strength we can muster: Of course there is an alternative. It is us. Victory is certain.