WE ARE ONE... OR ARE WE?

ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO, THE NATIVE AMERICAN (AMERICAN INDIAN) MMIW CRISES AND PIPELINE CRISES IN THE UNITED STATES OVERSHADOWED OTHER AMERICAN INDIAN ISSUES SUCH AS BEING THE RACE OF AMERICANS KILLED BY POLICE AT THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES, THE RACE KILLED BY NON- INDIANS AT THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES, THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATES OF ALL AMERICANS, THE POOREST OF ALL AMERICANS, AND HIGHEST HIGH- SCHOOL DROP OUT RATES OF ALL AMERICANS, ETC. NEXT TO NO ONE KNOWS THIS, AND AMERICAN INDIANS ARE ALWAYS OVERSHADOWED BY OTHERS WHO STEAL THEIR THUNDER AND MORE. WE MUST KNOW ALL THE HISTORY IN AMERICA. WE MUST FIGHT FOR ALL PEOPLE. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER COSIMO DE' MEDICI ONCE SAID, "IT'S NOT ABOUT BACKING THE MAN MOST LIKELY TO WIN, IT'S ABOUT BACKING THE RIGHT MAN AND MAKING SURE HE DOES WIN." WE SHOULD ALL VOW TO DO THE SAME. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.