“The day will come when
the Eagle and Condor will fly
together in the same sky,
wing to wing, and the world will
come into balance.” Ancient
Prophecy

With all that is going on in my mind, like suspension from SVDP, with all I need to do around the house, with cooking, shopping and going to the Doctor not to mention the many phone calls I received today, I still went to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee tonight to hear two speakers on mining. Why?

One was a Mayan woman from Guatemala where her community has been blocking access to a mine for years and one was a Bad River Band member of the Ojibwe tribe who has been working against the fast-tracked Gogebic Taconite mining proposal in Wisconsin. Both are struggling with their communities to save the environment and the way of life of their people and who for all of us trying to save Mother Earth.

A friend who sent me the announcement said in an email: “There is an ancient Aztec Prophecy that says when the Eagle of North America and the Condor of South America unite; the spirit of peace will awaken on Earth.” I hope this prophecy is true and both did mention we are all one people and what we do for each other we do for ourselves.

What can we do about these two situations which are both struggles against greedy corporations and greedy politicians? They mentioned some letter writing but in dealing with people who do not care I do not have much confidence in that method.

I have visited mining areas and met with Mayans struggling against the mines with the delegation from SOAWatch. That felt good since we showing solidarity and support to persons in struggle. As Mayans are indigenous people of Guatemala the Native Americans are the first people in what we now call USA. They were first people here but are now treated as last. Treaties are made only to be broken when we want to take away more land and rights.

The Native American started off with a prayer in his native language. Although I did not understand a word I got the feeling it was a prayer deep from the heart. The woman from Guatemala spoke in Spanish but the translator could not translate the passion and spirit of her words.

People of the World who struggle for human rights need to gather and fly together like the Eagle of North America and the Condor of South America. It is only together we will overcome. Maybe that is a hint of why I went?

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