2009 Apology To Us Amerindians

Layli Long Soldier speaks ... Legalese: with lots of "Whereas" Her Lakota people make other news in praying - She really believes in prayer as resistance Yes, "Indians" are so very different But I have not read, ever, they fought over sacred cities Or went to war over a sacred mountain, or river, or fish ... Their Great Father gave them that unity, not political Poetess Long Soldier discovered a 2009 US Apology Hidden quietly in a Defense Appropriations Bill "Leave the plant to stay alive," but take leaves Of the Red Willow: a living-giving-Resource God Like water; Long Soldier talks much of her one child A daughter. Legalized sorrow under President Obama Whose Healthcare Bill medicates and sustains those who hate him For being a successful black man, who took the presidency from Some outstanding human called a Caucasian Male, by election When real history tells us, Obama defeated a woman candidate Hilary Clinton, by the same game we celebrate in others This Obama hid the apology to Native Americans Her own dad did write Layli an apology; an absentee father But she knew how healing begins with heart-istic apology We have learned to be legal experts in social relations: Even when teachers work with kids, or at university But all of us love taking advantage of those we can subdue - In America many assume the worst of someone with an accent: Potential child abuser, rapist, thief, male chauvinist And of course for the male: potential terrorist After all, Why apologize for defending "my" land, country home? Layli Long Soldier's people did not judge "White strangers" Lakota means "Friend," but we would never guess that Whereas in the past, "Savage" and "*****" were our descriptors Anyway in 2010, this apology America gave Native Americans Became an Act (Look it up!). Or was it an "act" before 2010? (c) Anil Deo, still believes in Shalom, for SHALOM is more than mere "peace"