One of our people in the Native community said the difference between white people and Indians is that Indian people know they are oppressed but dont feel powerless. White people dont feel oppressed, but feel powerless. Deconstruct that disempowerment. Part of the mythology that theyve been teaching you is that you have no power. Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth.

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