Chapter 8

"I am ready now," said Little Crow.

So he sat down on the floor like a little child getting ready for a story.

"When Shawn and Becky arrived at the Lakota village, the chief was waiting to greet them and welcomed them to his home; he showed them around the camp.

"This place is amazing," said Shawn.

"Please stay "kola" (friend), we would like to adopt you and your "winyan" (woman) into our nation are tribe?" asked the Chief.

"It’s a bad idea, there is going to be trouble, war, when the blue coats find us here, they are going to think you kidnapped us," said Shawn.

"But we can help you survive, especially in the winter time," said the Chief.

"We will stay," smiled Shawn and looking around.

So the Chief showed them more and was teaching them the language as well, he told them there will come a time where there will be blood spread on this land," said Grandfather.

"Why did they take our land, why couldn't we share it and live together as one?" asked Little Crow.

"Greed, also played a role on us as well, we didn't want to share neither did they, so we fought over it, because either side would not share, and they thought there was gold as well, but there was not, so both sides died over land and gold that wasn't even there, and fear," said Grandfather.

"Oh," said Little Crow.

"Yes, now as Shawn and Becky were adopted into the Lakota nation. Becky was with the women down by the stream; a woman looked up and saw a "waschia" (white man). They all ran into the camp, the warriors grabbed their weapons and, the white men started firing, Shawn and the warriors started fighting both sides were either killed or injured. The whites even killed Shawn, because to them, he was no longer a white eye, but an Indian," said Grandfather.

"So you see Grandson, not all whites are bad, they try to help us be will not allow them to, see Shawn could have went home. But he died as a Lakota warrior," said Grandfather.

"Like the red headed Kiowa Indian, he was a white boy captured by the Indians and he became one of them, and he died as a Kiowa and went back to the same Mother," said Little Crow.

"That's right my grandson," said Grandfather.

"Were going to change our community, and make a better place," said Little Crow.

"You can put C4 up George Washington's nose, it will get a good laugh, maybe that's what our people need is a good laugh," said Grandfather.

"No, I am not going to do that, but I am going to burn the liquor story in White Clay, maybe that will help our people," said Little Crow. "Thanks Grandfather" Little Crow running out of the house and went home and went to bed. Next morning he called a meeting at the center.