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Remembering the meaning of Tribalism
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
It was a chilly day when my daughter and I found ourselves on the road which leads to the Indian camp west of town.
It is called a survival camp for “homeless” Indians. We drove past multi-colored flags with names like Sicangu, Oglala, Ihanktowan, and Santee and pulled into a clearing where we found a number of people sitting next to a glowing fire from a huge cement fireplace.
When we walked toward them, a small woman came forward with hand out held: “anpetu waste da,” she said.
Then she laughed, “we were just sitting here … waiting for somebody to come and visit us.” She said: “tukte l nit ah ha he?”
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Elizabeth Cook-Lynn is a retired Professor of Native Studies. She taught at Eastern Washington University and Arizona State University. She currently lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has written 15 books in her field. One of her latest is Anti-Indianism in Modern America: A Voice from Tatekeya’s Earth, published by University of Illinois Press.
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