![]() It is so easy to think that the way things are in our time and our place is the “way the world is, has always been, and has to be.” Elders know differently. They have direct knowledge from their teachers and their own experience that the way cultures functioned were different from the way they are now. Our elders, if they have done their work and truly participated in their lives, are people who have lived long enough to know someone, who knew someone, who knew someone who lived when things were different. Most women and especially most Native people know to listen to their elders as one of the storehouses of great wisdom for us all. There are a lot of quotes from many cultures scattered throughout Version I, especially from elders. The first book is written in the style of an IRISH/CHEROKEE/WOMAN which is what I am! The second is written – as much as I am capable – in a style more comfortable with the dominant system. ![]() This means that there are two versions of the same book under one cover written in two different styles. There Will Be a Thousand Years of Peace and Prosperity and They Will Be Ushered in by the Women is written as a “flip” book. ![]()
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