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El Laberinto, 1971-1987
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[emblem] "I would be so much easier to fold our hands and not make this fight . . . to say, 'I, one man, can do nothing.' I grow afraid only when I see people thinking and acting like this. We all know the story about the man who sat beside the trail too long, and then it grew over and he could never find his way again. We can never forget what has happened, but we cannot go back nor can we just sit beside the trail. Poundmaker 1842-1886 Cree Nation Poundmaker speaks to us from the past, and his words are timely. Student apathy is infecting this campus and we must resist it. [photo] CHICANOS AND INDIANS: BOYCOTT APATHY It is easier not to be involved, but no people have ever had to be as involved as our people. We are involved in defending our rights, our lands and our people. Our treaties and civil rights are constantly threatened. Our people's right to hunt and fish at Tama is an example of eroding treaty rights. The Omaha's land in Iowa is an example of land erosion. It is not a natural erosion. The state of Iowa will benefit and the Omaha people will suffer if the land is lost. Our people are locked up in prisons across this country and more of us will be locked up if we allow it to continue. Our people will work forever and for nothing, in the fields; the lands will be strip-mined, pipe lines will stretch across Indian lands and the people will not benefit from them. What is happening in PineRidge will be happening to all our people, everywhere. We cannot just fold our hands and sit beside the trail. We must make this fight. While we are students here ,many times we feel small and that we can do nothing. But there is no better place to get involved. We are preparing ourselves. We must learn those skills that will prepare us for the time when we leave here. We want to make whatever mistakes we are going to make, here, and then learn from them. If we wait until later we won't have the time to learn and the consequences will hurt our people even more. I encourage all Chicanos and Indians to involve themselves as much as they can in the activities of the Chicano Indian American Student Union. There are many immediate rewards in the future - both personal and for all our people. There are plenty of projects to get involved in, and they satisfy many interests. Gene Rave Chairperson CIASU 1
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[emblem] "I would be so much easier to fold our hands and not make this fight . . . to say, 'I, one man, can do nothing.' I grow afraid only when I see people thinking and acting like this. We all know the story about the man who sat beside the trail too long, and then it grew over and he could never find his way again. We can never forget what has happened, but we cannot go back nor can we just sit beside the trail. Poundmaker 1842-1886 Cree Nation Poundmaker speaks to us from the past, and his words are timely. Student apathy is infecting this campus and we must resist it. [photo] CHICANOS AND INDIANS: BOYCOTT APATHY It is easier not to be involved, but no people have ever had to be as involved as our people. We are involved in defending our rights, our lands and our people. Our treaties and civil rights are constantly threatened. Our people's right to hunt and fish at Tama is an example of eroding treaty rights. The Omaha's land in Iowa is an example of land erosion. It is not a natural erosion. The state of Iowa will benefit and the Omaha people will suffer if the land is lost. Our people are locked up in prisons across this country and more of us will be locked up if we allow it to continue. Our people will work forever and for nothing, in the fields; the lands will be strip-mined, pipe lines will stretch across Indian lands and the people will not benefit from them. What is happening in PineRidge will be happening to all our people, everywhere. We cannot just fold our hands and sit beside the trail. We must make this fight. While we are students here ,many times we feel small and that we can do nothing. But there is no better place to get involved. We are preparing ourselves. We must learn those skills that will prepare us for the time when we leave here. We want to make whatever mistakes we are going to make, here, and then learn from them. If we wait until later we won't have the time to learn and the consequences will hurt our people even more. I encourage all Chicanos and Indians to involve themselves as much as they can in the activities of the Chicano Indian American Student Union. There are many immediate rewards in the future - both personal and for all our people. There are plenty of projects to get involved in, and they satisfy many interests. Gene Rave Chairperson CIASU 1
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