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Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye - He Places The Nation First) is from the Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux) Nation of South Dakota. He is the host of First Voices Indigenous Radio on WBAI NY - Pacifica Radio. First Voices Indigenous Radio brings to the airwaves the experiences, perspectives and struggles of Indigenous people who have been almost totally excluded from both mainstream and progressive, alternative media. Tiokasin is also a master musician and one of the great exponents of the ancient red cedar Lakota flute, and plays traditional and contemporary music, using both Indigenous and European instruments. He likes to be described as a perfectly flawed human being. "let me remind you of a native way of thinking. we have no word for exclusion, but for inclusion. we come into this dimension as energy, and what we do with that energy dialectically while we are in this program, is what matters in the end of this dimension." Children of the Sun: prosetry unplugged by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye - He Places The Nation First) is a pointed mix of prose and poetry that sheds much light on world changes while conveying the feeling and perspective of what it's like to be Indigenous: "I heard it said many times that 9-11 was an inside job. Suffice to say through my eyes as an Indigenous person of this land that America is an inside job since 1492." And the book is a wake-up call for all human beings: "Mother Earth is in her purification dance." Though at 48 pages not a lengthy book, there is so much between the lines that you can read it According to Tiokasin, there are about 350 million Indigenous Peoples (out of a world population close to 7 billion) who live on about 70% of the land that is pristine and clean. (Think about that and you will get some insight as to how important it is that corporate-governmental powers stop Was Manahatta really bought and sold? "Let us not ignore the fact that 9-11 was not the largest attack on this land. There were thousands, including two near and on the WTC site of Wappinger or Lenni Lenapi, on what was then known as New Amsterdam, what today is Manhattan. Where the mythical exchange of trinkets or $24 for ownership of a fishing port used and shared by many Native nations because of its abundance of shellfish and fish. The Native, not having the concept of ownership, concluded that the Dutch were Mixed among the insightful poetic prose are a variety of poetic flavors, from the brief to the I want to breathe the breath I take I want to see where I went blind * * * Counting
I thank you. I feel your prayers. They are strong. They are strong now more than ever. They are from our ancestors. Never stop counting the stars, It is our destiny to never stop. Time is a man-made idea. It is archaic as the system that hangs on to it. * * * . . . and the rustling trees whisper the coming night the staccato rhythm of crickets and the soft female rains fall upon the shoulders I wait for the dazzling morning star. * * * Cover and inside photographs by Jadina Lilien. Text printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, Allbook Books is grateful to have this opportunity to present the writings of Tiokasin Ghosthorse - Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye. May you read them with an open-mind, and more importantly, an open-heart. © 2011-12 Tiokasin Ghosthorse.
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