WOMEN IN CEREMONY 1971

"When Anna Mae came, what was suppose to happen with the evolution of the Indian Movement in this country was that, the women, we were suppose to hand the staff to them. All of our societies, all our tribal governments, all of our councils were governed by women.

We are a matriarchal society by nature. It was the wasciu that came and created the patriarchal mentality. We were blessed with the golden opportunity in the 1970's to recognize that and surrender power to who it belongs to, which is the women.

Incredibly enough, because of the insanity of the times, the women turned on themselves and each other, and the men tried to destroy that one opportunity we had as Indian people to go forward."

Richard Two Elk 1999

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