Chief Sitting Bull
(Tatanka-Iyotanka)
ca. 1831-1890
Chief Sitting Bull who united the Lakota Nations - he spoke Truth to power - and to this day - is honored as a Chief who had Wisdom.
He was well known by all his people and those who dared to fight him and his people as a Hunkpapa military, religious, and political leader.
He defeated the U.S. troops in the battle of Little Bighorn.
We visited his land to stand shoulder to shoulder with thousands at Camp Oceti Sakowin - we saw the many atrocities committed - and we will remember.
Today the present administration has stalled that sordid pipeline bringing the worst type of petroleum - from Canada to the United States - today we who took a stand - rejoice with the present administration - all the same we must be vigilant.
Today the confusion prevailing in the House and Senate is as confusing as they can be - those in Congress and the Senate - not all - but most who speak with a " forked tongue " - say one thing and mean another.
We are in a pandemic and the most vulnerable are people of color - our indigenous people - those poor and indigent - who still are looked with disdain.
This utter nonsense must STOP.
This virus could have been nipped in the bud - but it was not. We have an egoistical maniac who thought when the Sun came out - the virus would disappear - and must be held accountable for the over 521,026 deaths and 29,060,600 who have come down with the COVID-19 virus.
Innocent indigenous people are most vulnerable - more because live and foster a congregate situation - too many living in close proximity - and when one factors in - lack of hygiene.
No - sound drinking water - pollution and contamination - of the air - all these conditions - coupled with " food security " and no sound health care - we have a situation that leads to disaster.
Chief Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt)
1841-1904
Nez Perce Leader
Chief Joseph fought those that tried to subdue his people - when the United States used superior forces with superior arms and ammunition - Chief Joseph led his people and crossed the border to Canada.
Again and again he always put his people before his own health -which took a heavy toll on Chief Joseph's - when many of his 300 warriors died fighting bravely - he took the 500 women and children, the aged - to a save place.
Pursued by the U.S Troops - 40 miles short of the Canadian border border - Chief Joseph surrender was held prisoner in Kansas - where five of his children died of diseases - that he and his tribe were not immune from.
Chief Joseph was not permitted to return to his homeland - he died in 1904 at the Colville Reservation in Washington, State.
Indigenous people in the United States are vulnerable - and most do have sound health care.
Even as so many are dying - we must be vigilant - and do our own research. Daily thousands are dying - LatinX, Black, Native Americans, others - mostly people of color.
We read about the disparities - more, the number of indigenous people who are dying.
Most are dying because they did not receive the vaccination.
The mRNA technology that produces the recent vaccines that are distributed - is technology that can help us - a far cry from other vaccines from the past - and this new technology started some ten years ago.
In years past - vaccines were created after a pandemic - after a break out of measles - after a break out of polio - I took an interest in all that I have mentioned - because I was a victim of poliomyelitis - short form POLIO.
Dr Salk who created the polio vaccine also created the flu vaccine. He was asked by many to trade mark his creations and make money - he refused. He once said " what if you were asked to pay for the sun that you enjoy ".
Indigenous people have been slow to understand the fundamentals of the vaccines and the COVID-19 virus - that from the beginning was spoken of with disdain for the Chinese, called the Wu Han virus, and other misleading - disinformation that suited the best interest of the man we got rid of from the White House.
Today more and more indigenous people are fully aware of the basics - but there is more to the situation. It takes a long time to recover from COVID-19 - loss of taste, weakened muscles, headaches one of kind - and just listening to the victims - is mind boggling.
We do not know how to handle the many " variants " - the English Variant, the South African Variant, the New York Variant, the Los Angeles Variant, the Brazilian Variant - and so on.
One factor that serves as well are the vaccines - all of them deter us from fall prey to the COVID-19 - giving us time to heal - and in large measure - fewer people to hospital - the vaccines are a kind of - " fire-wall ".
All this and more is convoluted to those that are not interested in science and the empirical data - that is critical to under the pandemic and its many nuances.
Paradoxically the Insurance Companies - for the first time - have realized they have failed us all - raking in billions - with increased insurance premiums.
When the COVID-19 cases inundated the hospitals - when there where no beds - when there were lack of respirators - when there were NO vaccines to be held - the insurance companies - had nothing to say.
Then the Insurance companies - sought to seek those that hoard gloves, swabs, personal protective equipment - always seeking other ways - to make money.
The entire Insurance business must be investigated and those that milk the system - must be sent to jail - for preying on those that pay their premiums - and when they need help most - cannot find any solace and peace of mind.
We - in the United States have NO health care system - worth the salt. What we have is a sordid Health Market System - that favors the Insurance Companies - acting like some Drug Cartels or the Mafia.
This is a golden opportunity to get to the operations of the many crooked and corrupt Insurance Companies - using ploys, machinations, and shenanigans - to cheat, steal, lie, deceive, and milk innocent people - with NO empathy and for sure NO compassion.
Scumbags of a kind - their ilk has been know for generation to gravitate towards money - dirty money - they always seeking a pound of flesh - to make all the money - they can grab - GREED.
The U.S. Government must mandated the Insurance Companies to pay for part of the billions spent on vaccines and related paraphernalia - gloves, needles, masks, PPE, vaccines, respirators - you get the picture.
If they do not pay - they must be find - $10,000 a day - or they can shut down their businesses. We do not want such sharks that prey on those that cannot defend themselves.
Insurance companies by a large measure are an anathema.
Our so called Health Maintenance Organizations - as the title states - traded us like chattel - Blue Shield, Kaiser Permanente , Athena, other so called Health Maintenance Organization - have failed us - and must be held accountable.
It is time we have a Health System that is holistic where doctors, nurses, janitors, social workers, medical technicians, radiologists, the many others who work in our hospitals - and treated as true essential workers.
So many of these essential workers were put in harms way and died - they must be compensated. The money can and must be got from the crooked and corrupt Insurance Companies.
We must also look into the large Pharmaceutical Companies - those that make drugs and distribute drugs - vulnerable people take them - get hooked - and thousands have died.
Now and then we hear some Pharmaceutical Company taken to Court and fined - but we have more to do - too many very corrupt Pharmaceutical Companies raking in billions - and in some cases trillions.
We the tax payers will have to pay for the vaccines - money was given in the billions - for those who brought forth the vaccines - the Moderna, the Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, others - all stand to make trillions - money first - and less empathy and compassion.
Few know that worldwide the poor and the indigent are dying - because it will take years for these poor nations to have a situation where they have " herd immunity ".
Millions will die - and most will not know - how they died.
Here in the United States we know that thousands have died - most died alone.
None - of their loved ones were there - and in many cases - the bodes incinerated - and the ashes - given to the love ones.
This ritual that all of us take for granted - being at the bed side of our loved one. Having a funeral and a repast - giving the spirit a farewell - so that that soul may Rest In Peace.
We have had No time to ponder - because we are all in shock - traumatized - few have the time to learn the spiritual aspects - our loved ones gone - without a decent burial - no farewell where the soul - that deserves the best - is left to fade into oblivion.
The Great Spirit sees it all. Aho.
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