T H E   J E S U S   W A Y

A BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE        with a rich heritage.

A PROUD PEOPLE            treated shamefully for 500 years.

A FORGOTTEN PEOPLE        in a dominant white culture.

A REJECTED PEOPLE        still on the lookout for acceptance.

And now-alcoholism, suicide, drug abuse, violence, unemployment, teen pregnancies, mistrust, tensions between traditional fullbloods and non-traditional mixed bloods-all these things plague our people.  Are there answers?

solutions?          real choices?          or just escapes?

The appealing vision of white America tempts us on TV.  We see all the things---the beautiful people,  the great machines---and it  looks like a promise of happiness. A treaty we sign with our dollars.  But somehow the white image on the screen never becomes red reality.  And then we learn that even the white people get cheated here.  No one redeems this treaty.  We cannot buy our dreams.

Sometimes we are tricked into thinking the chemicals will give us a way out.  But even as an escape they fail--they only increase the suffering of our people. Alcohol and drugs cause more problems than they soothe.  The pleasant haze of forgetfulness they bring disappears fast.  But the hard pain of their hurt and violence lasts.

Some say returning to our traditional Native religions will solve our problems.  Others are looking for a life by melting into the rest of society.  Often this has resulted in leaving behind our Native cultures.  But is any of this really working?  It seems to be all searching, but never finding.  The right trail eludes us.  What shall we do? The old Kiowa chief, Satank, once said, "Teach us the road to travel and we will not depart from it forever."

Now is the time to learn.  Now is the time for a choice. The Creator has a way of life for all our people.  He alone has a path of beauty for you.