(and all those struggling to reclaim their indigeny,
all those struggling to throw off the yoke of conquest.)
Hold strong,
May your ancestors sustain you.
Hold strong,
May you never bow your head in this fight.
Hold strong against these people,
who come with their foreign Gods, foreign ways
and no ancestral voices to speak for them.
The enemy comes offering bread.
The enemy comes offering books.
The enemy comes clothed in compassion
so that you will not see the poison behind their gifts.
That poison will destroy you.
Resist it with everything you have.
Resist it for your ancestors.
Resist it in the name of your Gods.
Resist it in the name of your people,
for your children,
so that they will have a future
in which their bellies and their spirits
will be fully nourished.
Hold fast, hold strong.
You are not alone in this fight.
Remember the sacrifices of your ancestors.
Remember the power and beauty of your people.
Do not allow the poison peddlers to divide you.
Engage, engage, engage
with all that nourishes you.
Drawn upon the wisdom and strength of your ancestors
And don’t ever let it go.
May you be nourished in all that you need.
May you ever hold fast.
I wrote this some time ago after learning that the new ideological position of Christian missionaries is that, as a colleague of mine wrote: “The un-G-O-D-ed folk of the world are now being referred to as "unengaged", not just "unreached".” We both wonder when this new position was taken and what it means to them. We also continue to take deep umbrage at that narrowly-focused target that gets placed on the backs of the world's otherwise QUITE fully and functionally 'engaged' indigenous people.” We are not unengaged. We’re unbrainwashed. There’s a difference).
all those struggling to throw off the yoke of conquest.)
Hold strong,
May your ancestors sustain you.
Hold strong,
May you never bow your head in this fight.
Hold strong against these people,
who come with their foreign Gods, foreign ways
and no ancestral voices to speak for them.
The enemy comes offering bread.
The enemy comes offering books.
The enemy comes clothed in compassion
so that you will not see the poison behind their gifts.
That poison will destroy you.
Resist it with everything you have.
Resist it for your ancestors.
Resist it in the name of your Gods.
Resist it in the name of your people,
for your children,
so that they will have a future
in which their bellies and their spirits
will be fully nourished.
Hold fast, hold strong.
You are not alone in this fight.
Remember the sacrifices of your ancestors.
Remember the power and beauty of your people.
Do not allow the poison peddlers to divide you.
Engage, engage, engage
with all that nourishes you.
Drawn upon the wisdom and strength of your ancestors
And don’t ever let it go.
May you be nourished in all that you need.
May you ever hold fast.
I wrote this some time ago after learning that the new ideological position of Christian missionaries is that, as a colleague of mine wrote: “The un-G-O-D-ed folk of the world are now being referred to as "unengaged", not just "unreached".” We both wonder when this new position was taken and what it means to them. We also continue to take deep umbrage at that narrowly-focused target that gets placed on the backs of the world's otherwise QUITE fully and functionally 'engaged' indigenous people.” We are not unengaged. We’re unbrainwashed. There’s a difference).
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