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Samuelin MarTínez
I am the son of an American Holocaust Survivor. We pray for those who preyed on US. I pray for those who cannot see and who have inherited the riches of America, an America built on Native-American...view moreI am the son of an American Holocaust Survivor. We pray for those who preyed on US. I pray for those who cannot see and who have inherited the riches of America, an America built on Native-American graveyards. They ignored our blood to enjoy their inheritance. Such invisibility is brought to Light in these words of prayer, love, and resistance. We demand to be seen and to be heard. Our children's lives depend on it.
I am the Great grandfather of one, a Grandfather of nine, a Father of six, a Brother of nine, an Uncle of too many to count and a Partner to one. For all my relations I have joined my mother’s voice of protest to what AmeriCa has imposed on my family. I have responded with 42 years as a Conscientious Objector to war and as Community Activist in the MeChicano Human Rights Struggle; with 38 years as a Psychiatric Social Worker at La Clinica de La Raza, an Outpatient Mental Health Clinic. I have also responded with 18 years' service to the Northern Council of National Compadres Network, 15 years as a Temachtiani, a Sweat Lodge Leader of my Mechica-Familia Lodge, and 12 years as a Mitotiani, a Mexica Prayer-Warrior / Danzante Azteca with the Palabra Cuauhtonal, Ascending Eagle, and a Sun Dancer for five years with the Northern Paiute at Fort McDermitt.
To honor all my relations has required me to write this book, my personal Mitotli- Offering. I offer you a glimpse into the experience of Americanization, from Native eyes who see the lies, Native eyes who realize the Native adobe heart my mother gave me will never be taken from me again.
Before anything else I must express gratitude to Women, like my mother, who have historically raised a voice protesting Violent Crimes-Against-Our-Humanity. She taught me how to lift such a voice of hope, love and resiliency. I have been trying to understand man’s violence and addiction since four years old. I am a witness of two world views with irreconcilable differences exploding in the living room of my childhood between my father who became Americanized in America’s second war with the world and my mother who retained our Indigenous culture as a Medicine Woman and Oral Historian. I am the man she wanted me to be.view less
Books by Samuelin MarTínez
Americaca – the Sounds of Silenced Survivors: Surviving America’S Campaign to “Kill the Indian, Save the Child”