Indigenous Rising

We were a powerful nation until the government told us we were poor.
We were a spiritual people until the government religions told us we were heathens.
We were a healthy people until the government gave us blankets infected with small pox.
We were a proud people until the government took our children away and beat our culture out of them.
We were a people who lived in harmony with the earth until the government gave our lands to companies that plundered and poisoned them.
We were a true democracy where every person had a say in every decision until the government forced us to elect a council to make decisions for us.
We were a peaceful people, Now we are a people fighting for our right to exist.
We were complacent, Now We are IDLE NO MORE.