Wayaok

Before European attempts to eradicate tribal customs and turn them into Christianized farmers it was common among the Indigenous Nations to have both a Peace Chief and a War Chief. Peace has always been a better alternative except when an enemy(especially an enemy with evil intentions) exacerbates a conflict beyond a reasonable solution.. America's policy of cheating and genocide and cheating is still minimized and glossed over to the extent that there will never be a favorable win/win restitution for America's history of inhuman treatment of its native indigenous people and subsequent relocation onto reservations. In today's modern culture there is no longer a warrior society by which boys around 12 years of age were then initiated as men to begin proving their bravery. It was not uncommon for braves in their prime to sometimes resist the wisdom of older and wiser seasoned elders and turn the tribe against the overtures of the Peace Chief. Today, Indian women have commented that their men by and large don't know how to prove themselves. They aren't assertive enough in knowing how best to press for restituion of past and present grievances. Only recently are more men pursuing advanced education in natural resources, engineering, medical fields, teaching and legal degrees. Professions offering hope, giving tribal members pride and the men more respect by other men, women, their sons and daughters and "all their relatives" including whites. There will always be a need for wise Peace Counselors and wise War Counselors, but NOT troublemakers looking after their own shortsighted, misguided revengeful interests. There are now many more wise peace counselors and respected elders (both men and women) than there are loose cannons. That's something to be thankful for during this Thanksgiving.

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