We recently went to the Mayo River State Park in North Carolina. It was absolutely beautiful. Our family loves nature…everything about it. The scene, the peacefulness, all the wonder. While we were walking my kids began asking historical questions about the Indians, and what happened when we came over.
One of them said, “The Indians didn’t stand a chance because we had guns.” Another said, “Why didn’t the Indians want us here?” It really bothered me that some of the same BS that was fed to us, is still being fed to my kids. I carefully explained that the world would probably actually be a better place if the *Indigenous People* had won. I also corrected the “because we had guns” comment. We showed up, pretended to be civil and allowed them to teach us all we needed to know about the land and harvesting and then we provided their babies with small pox blankets, we killed all of the buffalo we could find to take away their food/clothing/shelter resources. When the indigenous people killed an animal, they used every part. They were kind enough to show us how to live off of the land and we repaid them with mass murder, bio warfare and killing animals just to attempt to starve them.
The Indigenous people were resourceful, intelligent, kind and they respected the earth and all that walked it. They were peaceful humans that were labeled “savages” all the while their biggest mistake was being kind to us and teaching us how to live off of the land so that we could steal it right out from under them. There was no greed, other than from our side because for some reason it seems that it was in our ancestors nature to “own” and “control” everything.
Can you imagine a world where everyone worked together, with no greed, no judgments, no hate and no war to keep life going? Could you imagine a world where you had to work for all that you had including the food placed on your table and because of that you were thankful and grateful and proud of yourself? Could you imagine hunting animals and being able to utilize every part of that animal so that nothing goes to waste?
Now look at the world today…… There is greed everywhere. There is obesity. There are tons of animals killed and loads of food just thrown away as if it doesn’t even matter. Then there are the vegans screaming, “Don’t kill innocent animals!” Animals were put here to be our food. It’s the circle of life. The food chain of the natural world. However, they were not put here to be cooked, placed on a plate and then thrown away. There are people starving all around the world, and here in America, hunting is a sport. We go kill deer and bears etc. and we don’t even eat them. I remember a friend of mine finding an albino deer and he just had to hunt it and kill it. He wasn’t hungry and had no intentions of using the meat. He just wanted to kill it simply to hang its head on his mantle as a trophy. It was disgusting. Yes the albino deer was beautiful, but why not snap a pic when you see it and keep it moving and allow the animal to live. Allow the rest of the world to come across its beauty. Why did it have to die because of its beauty. That logic broke my heart. There are people looking down on those that do not have a lot. Like because they have less than me, they must be less than me. What kind of thinking is that? The world that we live in today is a selfish, greedy, ugly world. And some days I wish the Indigenous people would have won, and I wonder how differently things would be today. We rob each other, fight with each other and kill each other. People seriously lose their lives in this country for no good reason. The value of life is not respected and revered as the indigenous people did for each animal they killed for their families. Tell me this, the indigenous people revered the life of an animal more so than most humans today revere another humans life. So seriously, who were the savages?
Try to think of these things the next time you have food left on your plate. Put it up and eat the leftovers later. Or, better yet, start with a small plate and get more if you are still hungry. Leftovers are perfectly acceptable. The next time you meet someone “lower class” than you are, don’t judge them. Get to know them and appreciate that their life may be different than yours but that does not make them a lesser person than you are…. Never judge a book by its cover. They may have better family relationships. So while you’re driving that immaculate car and dressing in those fancy clothes, they have bonds with family members and friends that you may never experience in your life. So who is really the winner there? The next time you see someone in need, don’t be too busy to help them. When you have more than you need, be proud of it but also be giving and thoughtful where you can. Be thankful for all that you have. Shout out to the Indigenous People for being amazing, intelligent, beautiful, resourceful and helpful people. I personally apologize for the reward for those amazing traits being genocide and theft.
Anonymommy 