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Aboriginal Sin
by Leonard Peltier

We each begin in innocence.
We all become guilty.
In this life you find yourself guilty
     of being who you are.
Being yourself, that's Aboriginal Sin.
the worst sin of all. 
That's a sin you'll never be forgiven for.

We Indians are all guilty,
guilty of being ourselves.
We're taught that guilt from the day we're born.
We learn it well.

To each of my brothers and sisters, I say,
be proud of that guilt.
You are guilty only of being innocent,
of being yourselves,
of being Indian,
of being human

Your guilt makes you holy.






This selections is from  from Leonard Peltier's book
PRISON WRITINGS: MY LIFE IS MY SUNDANCE

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