“YOU NEED TO TAKE A HOLD OF THE BLACK JESUS”. I have been sharing with people about this
concept. It is not about Jesus being
black but the reality he was not White.
On a trip to Washington DC I was visiting an Inner-City church and I
came across a post card of sorts and it was a picture of the Black Jesus. I was a little stunned because I like most
have only ever seen a blond haired, blue eyed Jesus. Of course I like the picture of Jesus with
long hair and brown skin but I am Indian, oh I meant American Indian. In the first part of the 19th
Century there was a point in history that would change the way we as Lakota and
other Indigenous Nations would exist. It
was around then the churches took federal funding to destroy the Indian and
save the man tactics for the government.
It was a thought the Indigenous people were equal but had an inferior
culture. Now we can debate this for a
long time but it does not matter, because we are in this situation now; it was
disastrous to the American Indian Life.
I have heard of stories when a
white man came to the door the children would run and hide. The preachers and priest use to visit homes
seeking to share their faith and messages.
My own mother was made to go to school with a threat of having her
father sent to jail. I know some of you
know the feeling of a white man coming to the door and then running and
hiding. We had fear of the welfare lady
coming and we hid in our home back in the inner-city. The churches and other federal agents sought
to destroy the Lakota culture and take away the central facet of the culture,
which is language. No one really talks
about the involvement of the “Church” being an agent of the government but it
goes to show you, good intentions do not always bring good results. We know there are instances wrong doings
committed by the church and I am developing thought about these happenings.
I have a difficult time talking
about race because in my understanding we come from one creator and not many
creations. Thus, the human race is one
but just like siblings fights break out and the further you go from your
cousins the less they mean to you. So we
end up with different cultures around the world with different shades of brown. I have not seen a red man or a black man or
white man or yellow for that matter, maybe the closest I have to a red man was
when I saw this white guy who got sunburned but he was more pink than red. I am sorry but we need to realize we are but
one race and different cultures is what divides us. My message of the “Black Jesus” is to share
with people who do not have a clue about the Savior or Wanikiya. Lakota people sought for a savior and sang
the songs to call the Wanikiya(Savior) to come and save them. Now we have so much white guilt and white
hatred people are fueled in these ways.
It is a trick to keep up from the Knowledge of the Savior.
I am not going to seek to expose
the wrongdoings of people who came to Lakota country and did it with government
monies, such as the churches. It is just
an interesting point in our history that they were giving money to churches to
make the Indians “Christians”. It did
not work, and we have many confused individuals in Lakota Country. We can see what the effects are when you look
around the Reservations. It is a sad
state of affairs and you can see the destruction left behind by the policies of
the Government and the Churches. There
is a constant feeling of not being good enough among our Lakota people. I am not good enough and neither is any race
among mankind. We must begin to embrace truth
and see what are past has done to our future and present.
Now me being a Follower of Jesus
I need to preface my idea about being human.
We as a race of people will never be good enough to stand before a Holy
or Wanka Creator. So the idea needs to
be clear and concise because we have not found a Great White Savior because it
does not exist. We can argue religion or
ways all day, but in the end we need to understand Jesus was more than dark
skinned man, he is the Savior or Wanikiya.
The dignity of the Lakota Man has been stripped away by the Government
and the Church because it took away his identity. We need to begin to think differently in regards
to our future. Embracing a black Jesus
will help you to know the lighter your skin does not make you better or
worse.
I have written about some issues
we need to address and they are banking and Casino. We have many issues but these are important
to get the ball rolling. We can walk in
two worlds, making money to support our future is imperative. Look, Rapid City does not mind if we come to
their city and spend our money but what if we took the land back and put up the
casino, and started making money? It
would be a good responsible move in regards to being American. If there are any Council members reading this
I hope you think about it and begin the process of studying who owns the land
where Sioux Park sits in West Rapid City?
Then begin the process of developing a plan and locating monies to build
a convention center and make the government responsible for better health care
at Sioux San. We must humble ourselves
as Lakota and begin to work together.
Each tribe can donate machines so we can have our set machines through the
compact with the state. I can imagine
the State of South Dakota will not be happy but in the end, it will be a
federal issue and the trust land will be our responsibility. We could use our own people to police the
facility.
It is time we begin to change
our future as the Lakota Nation. The
Great Sioux Nation was a great idea our forefathers gave us and now we need to
use our brains take back our dignity.
We as humans are equal but until
people take a hold the person of Jesus, we will continue to struggle with
untruth. We as the Lakota Nation can
change our destiny and the United States Government will need to honor their
word through the treaty. I hope that we
can now move forward and begin to set a path of healing in regards to what the
“Church” and U.S. Government has done in the name of civility.
In closing this blog of old, I
would like to share with you my latest understanding. Many people actually are not sharing the
person of Jesus; they are sharing a set of rules. I like the idea of the Black Jesus because it
shares with people an idea, this idea is to understand Jesus is not just for
the White people but he is for all people I have seen many pictures since I
first saw the Black Jesus and they were from many cultures and yes I did see a
picture of Jesus in buckskin. My question
to you is, can you handle the Black Jesus?
