John Trudell - Tribes of Europe

Taken from the talk:
"What it means to be a human being"
Given by John Trudell at a benifit for the O'wa indians and there resistance to oil drilling on there ancestoral land.

Full talk can be downloaded for free

www.tucradio.org/native.html

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[Ginger McCarthy]

so like the balance is the now?

[E1GHTY8]

exactly, all things are hinged on the present.

[RESISTANCEFIGHTER]

Reading all these comments only proves that THEY are still winning. As long as we (of all races) are fighting amongst each other, we are not focusing on the REAL ENEMY who also oppresses white people. I think that Mr Trudell would agree with me. As long as we fight each other we are doing exactly what they want us to do...

[toocompassionate]

I think this is really cool. We need more of this! Maybe it would make people understand. I'm a european and I was born feeling connected to everything. I had no feeling of being different. No knowledge of the concept racism, or even religion. When we moved to the city, all that was changed. Concrete everywhere, couldn't take a deep breath without feeling strangled. Everyone are labeled and put in boxes. I hate it and I hate how people here can't see that it's not right.

[C greysky]

So tired of the White Man did this to the Americas... I hear them whispering or talking aloud about the evil white race. But wait! Aren't the Mexicans of Spanish descent? They sure did a number there. Yet they get in the game also and blame the white man. We could all blame other tribes for how ours got screwed over. Time to get over the divide and conquer. Look who you are electing and cheering on if you want to change things, become an activist instead of a victim. Simple really.

[TheRockstahhh]

Walking the streets of Salt Lake City in 2010, i see huge comercial signs: civilisation - and on 'em chairs and tables - you should by - well, working 35 years in this System, abused by the "rich", sitting at tables loaded with sorrow, on chairs made out of trouble, my spine was messed up - now i walk the path less traveled -

[TheRedhawk205]

So what we natives came from New Zealand and Samoa and mixed with vietnameese and philpines those white men were the real killers the reason why we live in house is because too much evil U Concord everything Cause of Cosmos the weights were not positive they were all negative

[Traci m]

" A little cruel" you are making me laugh. war,slavery,murder,they just left their own islands only to travel to new ones and spread the shit around like okay makes no sense. any who..... that was a long time ago... most people have evolved now they can pat theirselves on the back and relax.... they have a free country and are free to worship any religion they see fit.....heck they can sit back with their land and homes paid off and retire on social security with a clear conscious. Amen!

[Traci m]

THEN  they must not be that good at it, because the shit is gettting worse rather than better!

[RudeComment]

but whites can also be incredibly humanitarian which is why you see whites always responding to natural disasters to other nations and disease and starvation, if the tribes of northwestern Europe had never made it here you would be in a whole different spectrum right now and believe me you don't want to be there because this continent would be owned by Mexico, poor and impoverished, Russia or China, repressed with absolutely no rights and underdeveloped.

[RudeComment]

,,,those Europeans were products of their time, they had the technology of iron, guns, canons, ships, roads, bridges, armies, government, and believed that God was on their side, so when they found a new land with other people than theirs and had power to be dominate, sure they were a little cruel, and they also believed they were escaping the Monarchy dictation in Europe.