Iktomi and the Blackhawks speak

Some trips of the soul are without moving yet are powerfully moved by something that happens. Yesterday was such a day for me. It was such a day for many people. A day that carried a message through an act that holds no sense or reason other than something not light. It was dark.. it came in the form of 3 military Blackhawks. Their presence and unknown intention cast shadows over the burial site at WoundedKnee... literally. That was their chosen landing ground... that was the other voice behind the message.
There is no excuse or smoke screen that can hide the depth of this act and the lasting affect it will have. Old wounds picked at and our Ancestors mocked. We bring offerings and Prayers to that land where out Ancestors were murdered. We give of ourselves so their spirits can feel peace. People from all around the world come respectfully to learn, pray and honor our dead. The military bring their arrogance and sacrilege.
This will continue. We must demand they give their reason, they must honor our Nation. This is a mockery of a Nation's sovereignty. It would be seen as an act of military aggression anywhere else so don't be surprised that this is how my heart and all the Oyate's see it.

.....a little further down the road...

I have sat with the Blackhawk messengers and now I am happy. I'm happy because they bought truth. They spoke loudly of the non existent respect for us. They showed that nothing has changed. They showed our men and women's courage when charging towards the Blackhawks and resisting. No bowing down or being bullied.
In the old ways we would send runners. They had offerings for other tribes. This was to let them know we would be passing through... it's called respect. And we were called uncivilized.

So, we await Iktomi to come and tell the reason. We wait for the media web to slant any truth and no doubt show the Lakota to be in the wrong, ungrateful or over reacting. We wait but we do not cower.
I cannot apologize for the taste of this blog being 'us' and 'them' because that is the truth of this incident. But I do know that there are many non Lakota, non Indigenous that are as opposed to this as the Oyate ourselves. There are many who have felt and experienced the divide between civilian and military. Katrina showed that with the National Guard on the streets with guns. Were they going to shoot at the flood water? Were they going to shoot the mother that was labeled a looter? She had baby formula for her hungry child... was she supposed to wait until the store opened a few months later?
A little side road there.. but now heading for the destination again.

I hear that this is going to be taken before the UN Council, good, very good because this is a local issue, a Nation to Nation issue, a global Indigenous issue..... it's about respect and the actions of bullies.

It's time to talk and time for them to listen. It's time for unity as our Mother bleeds into the ocean. It's time for a new way.