Resisting from the four directions through prayer and activism

0 Comments | Indian Country Today (Lakota Times), October, 2003 | by Norrell, Brenda

Norrell, Brenda Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 10-22-2003 DENVER - As dusk gave way to a full moon, 80-year-old Yank Badhand led the march from the south, carrying the banner of the American Indian Movement, as thousands marched in from the four directions carrying the flags of black, red, yellow and white. To the sounds of the American Indians' Four Winds drum and the Danzantes Aztec dancers' drums, people of all races, from all walks of life, converged at the site of four fires burning, many carrying candles in the night and chanting for an end to Columbus Day. It was the night before the Transform Columbus Day rally and it was a time for prayers and honoring cultures at the Four Directions March. When the Four Directions March culminated in Cuernavaca...