Family of Indians
(The Past)
By: Clarence Gonzales/Lavonne Gonzales (RezconnectEnt & Promotions)
As my mind, starts to think that maybe this covid mutated virus. Has become our new reaper. My experience with this beast had my opinion changed. That it is a killer, and has come for souls. It will mutate again, and our world needs to be ready if we want to be here on earth a little longer.
Self, is important, our bodies need vitamins, they need every day care, excerise and fluids. Medications for diabetes and high blood pressure to keep up with life.
As, I learned to cleanse my spirit on a daily bases. I learn to care for my physical self in making sure the body is working properly. But, when the body needs medical attention we should not be hesitant to get it.
As an Indian, a Native American, learning our history of how our lands were taken. It Brings me to think that our governments will always try to kill us off. All races are in this Ark with us as well. So, we need to, uplift one another and treat others with respect.
Back in ,1903 until 1937. At the time of its NRHP nomination. The valentine indian school was owned by the Hualapai Indian nation. It was built to educate not only the Hualapai. But also "Apache, Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo, Tohono O'odham (Papago), Pima, and Yavapai children during the early twentieth century". Growing up, we used to hear stories about the school. How the government gave blankets to the children there, with small pox. Killing off the Indian children and threw their lifeless bodies in pits. My mom lived in valentine for awhile, I used to visit. At night you could hear the children still active. It tells me that they are still restless, maybe looking for answers or maybe just imprinted in that time warp.
Never, could I have pictured, that till the covid pandemic hit, this past year. Watching the news in New York. Bodies were piled, then loaded into uhaul trucks to accommodate storage. What has our world come too?
Losing, so many of our elders, friends and relatives. It's really hard to think that our government would do this to down size our population control. They say it's the law of man. Law, of man is government control, taxes and so fourth.
On a regular basis, I used to talk to myself. In my world, it means talking with God(our creator), It's like an arm wrestling match. Sometimes self gets to take the wheel and sometimes God is in control. But, the ship is always moving.
God, is the spirit and with the spirit, moving a mountain is not impossible. Physically, to move a mountain requires heavy machinery and by far many years of man power.
Back in the late 1800's the Hualapai People were imprisoned at a place called ft beele, in Kingman, AZ. Today, we celebrate our ancestors who have lived before us. We celebrate them by holding a relay run event from Kingman to Peach Springs, Az, annually. Every 4th year, the event begins in Ehrenburg, Az. We call this event, the La Paz(Trail of Tears).
As our past, is already lived. We have already climbed those mountains, of yesterday. We have already told our stories as time goes by. It is time to move forward, living in a different time. Where traditional values are gifted in a way that compliments today's world.
