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The Good Red Road

"The Good Red Road has been, Handed down through generations..."

By De OnaPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
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Lakota Sioux indian camp in South Dakota 1891

The Good Red Road has been

Handed down through generations

We all know white man is

Trying to extinct the Natives

I hate to give a crash lesson

But we will always be here

WE are one with nature

Which is white mans biggest fear

They took us away from our tribes

And tried to make us white

You'll never take the Indian outta me

Not without a fight

Lakota abided by the treaties

Since 1856

But washitu only follow by

The ones THEY wanna pick

White man treated us only

Like we were a savage

But who were the ones that

Came to our camps raining down ravage?

By setting fire to our tipi's

And shot every Indian in sight

But what they don't tell you

Lakota's put up a better fight

We gave it to Custer

Just as he deserved

Along with the 7th Calvary

In which Custer served

Before he went into battle

Crazy Horse shouted "Hoka Hey!"

He's still such a role model

To our Natives today

"It's a good day to die"

Is what Hoka Hey in Lakota means

This is what the Lakota know

And this is what we believe

I'll always be Oglala Lakota

And I stand with such pride

I'll always fight for my People

Till the very day I die

I live up in a white man's world

Always trying to get ahead

But the whites won't be happy

Till ALL the Natives are dead

To whoever decides to read this

May the Great Creator guide you on your way

And help you understand

What I am trying to say

I'm not hating on everybody

We're taught to hate no one

I am just ashamed as too

What the government has done

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