Obama Black Eagle
CROW AGENCY, Mont. — Sen. Barack Obama became the first American presidential candidate to visit the reservation of the Crow Nation, and in doing so was adopted into the nation under the Crow name “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.”
Drums pounded and the crowd cheered as Obama was escorted to the podium by his “new parents,” Hartford and Mary Black Eagle, in the manner of a groom being walked down the aisle. Obama beamed. His adoptive parents gave Obama hugs as he stepped onto a riser to speak.
“I want to thank my new parents,” he said. “The nicest parents you could ever want to know. I like my new name. Barack Black Eagle. That is a good name!”
You know, this makes me wonder what issues were talked about on the reservation. And would a similar welcome be had at either Pine Ridge or Rosebud? And does the President intend to do something about the status of the Native Peoples? I doubt it, but he’s at least acknowledged them more than anyone else that I can tell. Usually they appear to just be shoved under the rug and forgotten about. It is a dirty secret of the American past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU4WR_rcGUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT5Oj4Q9rNw
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