Supreme Authority And Segregational Control or Collectivism And Oneness Of Humanity. The Two Sides Of The Infighting On The Left Over Landback Aren't Listening.

No, the quotes, speeches, and principles shared by indigenous people throughout the past few hundred years do not side with the movement that indigenous people should get America back and have supreme authority/stewardship. While the quotes emphasize the importance of unity, equality, and collective responsibility for the earth and each other, they do not support the idea of one group having supreme authority or ownership over the land.

In fact, they suggest that the earth belongs to everyone and no one at the same time, and that we are all connected and responsible for its well-being, as well as each other. This perspective is more in line with a global citizenship and shared stewardship approach, rather than a nationalist or supremacist approach.

We get its important to recognize that indigenous peoples have been historically marginalized and displaced from their lands, and that their rights and interests should be respected and they themselves helped. However, the statements and principles the indigenous shared and taught us for centuries suggest a more inclusive and universal approach to the earth and its resources, rather than a exclusive or nationalist one.

Hear the words, the voices from the Indigenous people, from the planet, from the hive mind; hear the words from the people who knew their history and still spoke of the unity of humanity:

"Warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who cannot provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity." - Sitting Bull

"The earth does not belong to man. Man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." - Chief Seattle

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children." - Chief Seattle

"Today, we have gathered, and we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now, we bring our minds together as one, as we give greetings and thanks to each other as people. Now our minds are one." - Haudenosaunee Confederacy

"Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the hoop of the world. And while I stood there, I saw more than I can tell, and I understood more than I saw, for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as straight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father, and I saw that it was holy." - Black Elk

"Before our white brothers came to civilize us, we had no jails. Therefore, we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi, or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man's worth couldn't be measured by it. We had no written law, no attorneys or politicians, therefore we couldn't cheat. We really were in a bad way before the white men came, and I don't know how we managed to get along without these basic things which, we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a civilized society." - John Fire Lame Deer

"If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it." - Chief Joseph of Nez Perce

"Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it." - Chief Seattle

"All red races are born Socialists, and most tribes carry out the communistic ideas to the letter. Amongst the Iroquois, it is considered disgraceful to have food if your neighbor has none. To be a creditable member of the nation, you must divide your possessions with your less fortunate fellows. I find it much the same amongst the Coast Indians, though they are less bitter in their hatred of the extremes of wealth and poverty than are the Eastern tribes.

Still, the very fact that they have preserved this legend, in which they liken avarice to a slimy sea-serpent, shows the trend of their ideas; shows, too, that an Indian is an Indian, no matter what his tribe, shows that he cannot, or will not, hoard money; shows that his native morals demand that the spirit of greed must be strangled at all costs." - Tekahionwake

"A very great vision is needed, and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." - Crazy Horse

"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.

The universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle. And all the circles are connected to each other. Each family is a circle, and those family circles connect with each other and make a community. And the community makes a circle where it lives on the Earth.

The community cares for that part of the Earth, but cares for it as a circle - which is to say in a cooperative and egalitarian way, where everybody is cared for, and everybody is respected. All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really one.

Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the Universe. It is everywhere." - Black Elk, Oglala Lakota (Sioux)

"We are all indigenous people on this planet, and we have to reorganize to get along." - Rebecca Adamson

"Communism is the Horizon, Queer indigenous Feminism is the Way." - Nick Estes, The Red Nation

"As Native Americans, we believe the Rainbow is a sign from the Spirit in all things: It is a sign of the union of all people, like one big family. The unity of all humanity, many tribes and peoples, is essential." - Thomas Banyacya

"The indigenous understanding has its basis in spirituality, in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things, a holistic and balanced view of the world. All things are bound together. All things connect. What happens to the Earth happens to the children of the Earth. Humankind has not woven the web of life; we are but one thread. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves." - Rebecca Adamson

"I joined the Communist party because of poverty, because of mistreatment, because things had to change. I was a leader. Speaking to people made them see our sorrows. After so much struggle, even made the government cry." - Transito Araguaria

"We can effect real change by pushing ourselves to engage in conversations with each other. That's the goal for all of us, as professionals and community members, especially if we are in positions of power to create, change, and understanding. Because we are guests on this land - nobody owns it." - Serena Mills

"It's not so much about focusing on the omission or belonging and all of us having a right to a home, but rather about introducing non-indigenous people to this land's accurate confederate history and the importance of relationship to land, despite the dominant worldview owning the land. All we're asking you to do is to remember, and remember with us." - Serena Mills

"I hope to contribute to a global warming of hearts and a climate change in human consciousness." - Q'orianka Kilcher

"Although wrongs have been done to me, I live in hope. I have not got two hearts. Now we are together again to make peace. My shame is as big as the earth, although I will do what my friends advise me to do. I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for me to believe white men anymore." - Chief Black Kettle

"Human consciousness determines what we do and how we do it. Consciousness is given order through a belief system. The reality of any belief system is expressed through ideas and values, which give us practical guidance. Ideas work together with values in a consistent, mutually affirming system. Ideas such as love, truth, and justice work according to values of caring, honesty, and fairness. The wise must also be just. Every society organizes itself politically, socially, and economically according to its values.

For tribal people, who see the world as a whole, the essence of our work is in its entirety. In a society where all are related, simple decisions require the approval of nearly everyone in that society. It is society as a whole, not merely a part of it, that must survive. This is the indigenous understanding. It is the understanding in a global sense. We are all indigenous people on this planet, and we have to reorganize to get along." - Rebecca Adamson

These statements are just a small sample of the echoing of the indigenous voice. Either we are to respect the indigenous people's word that the earth belongs to everyone and everyone should have equal rights and say to the entire planet because no one van own or inherit the earth or we are being as hypocritical as MAGATs by saying that is not what the indigenous people meant and that they actually meant indigenous people should become and gain supreme authority over the land. The landback disagreement on the left is between collectivism and oneness vs Supreme authority and segregational control, nothing more, nothing less. Read the definition of sovereign, only those seeking landback for one group of humanity is seeking the power of the colonizers, the other is seeking to return to the indigenous ways of all people. Read John Maclean, early Europeans just like the indigenous if turtle island were communists and humanists, who believed in collectivism and oneness. There is a landback movement but that movement is for human to reclaim the earth from the capitalists and individualists that continue to oppress, exploit, enslave, and endanger every life on this planet.