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Native Speaks Truths 

She's not your princess or your squaw;
She is respected clan mother of the Chippewa.

He's not your chief, buck, or redskin:
He is a proud warrior of the Algonquin.

We're not your fashion trend or mascot;
We are the original peoples, have you forgot?

Racism comes to us in many ways;
Often disguised with passive aggressive praise.

You demand that we forgive and forget;
And with your good book you preach and beset.

You say to stop living in the past;
But continue to treat us as social outcasts.

You claim that you've learned from what your ancestors did;
Yet you repeat it world wide and the truths forbid.

You judge my frustration and anger with ease;
But continue selfish ways and to do as you please.

You celebrate men who massacred my tribe;
Your holidays confirm your need to inscribe.

You cry that you are the current day victim;
That reversed racism is your affliction.

You moan that we don't understand what it's like;
But your greed has caused the mistrust and dislike.

All the while you refuse to admit;
That what you ignore is what you permit.

Are you so different than those that turned away;
While my people were the cavalry's prey?

How much have you really changed;
When history repeats and so much is still the same?

Perhaps you only wish to silence my voice;
Because guilt today can be a weapon of choice.

Does white privilege still exist today;
Do you still want us to assimilate and obey?

If I am bitter it is with good cause;
It is because you continue with hypocrisy and faux pas.

Should one day you learn that all lives truly matter;
I will consider forgiving the lives you have shattered.

When you can learn to love the brown, black, yellow, and red;
I will then forget the broken promises and the massacres you've led.

Until that day do not patronize me with lies;
I will only believe what I see with my own eyes.

When colonization is no longer forced upon;
We can then let bygones be bygones.

By:  Darlene Doll Smith
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